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Commission reviews 2025 legislative impacts and moves temporary regulations to workshops
Summary
Commissioners reviewed multiple 2025 bills that will require the commission to draft or amend regulations (including AB 49, SB 81, SB 115, SB 175, SB 277, SB 400, and SB 460) and agreed to send temporary regulations and legislative-impact items to public workshops for rulemaking and further public input.
The Commission on Professional Standards in Education reviewed a broad set of 2025 legislative changes that will require regulatory work and moved the related temporary regulations to public workshops for detailed drafting and public comment.
Jeff Briski, secretary to the commission, walked commissioners through bills and regulatory implications. He said AB 49 will allow a school district or charter board to hire an applicant without an existing Nevada educator license if the applicant holds a valid out-of-state license, has applied to the Nevada Department of Education for a license and has completed a background check; the department must write regulations to set the operational details (effective date cited as 07/01/2026). SB 81 removes the ARL pathway for program and school administrators and requires the department to design an alternate pathway for already-licensed educators. SB 115 requires a bilingual endorsement for bilingual assignments (a topic covered in the temporary regulations review). SB 175 provides a pathway for military personnel and veterans with JROTC certification to receive an endorsement and establishes a provisional option. SB 277 allows school psychologists, counselors and social workers to obtain a provisional license while completing internships. SB 400 will require elementary music and art teachers in districts with over 200,000 students to hold an endorsement; the department will need to draft implementing regulations and consider transition timeframes for incumbent teachers. SB 460 established a Science of Reading course requirement for K–3 staff and certain professional development rules and also added requirements around registered apprenticeship licensing and fingerprinting at license renewal; Briski said fingerprinting will carry a processing charge to the department but teachers will not need to go to an external vendor to be re-fingerprinted.
Commissioners raised implementation questions. Deputy Attorney John Gregg said workshops will help establish reasonable ramp-up periods and logistical details; Briski added that the bill language allows either college courses or professional development for the Science of Reading requirement and that the department will work with partners to design an approved course matrix with an implementation window through July 2028 for current employees.
The commission moved the temporary regulations discussed under item 8 and the legislative-impact items to public workshops for the standard regulation-development process.
Why it matters: several statutory changes passed in 2025 will require the commission to draft or amend administrative regulations that affect licensure pathways, endorsements, renewal processes, fingerprinting procedures and training requirements for Nevada educators. Public workshops will allow the department and stakeholders to shape the operational details and transition periods.
Next steps: the department will bring draft workshop notices, matrices for course approval, and proposed regulation language to public workshops and back to the commission for adoption and submission to the legislative commission as required.
