2001 REGULAR SESSION (71st) A SB245 R1 838
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Amend sec. 8, page 2, line 33, by deleting “organizations; or” and inserting “organizations;”.
Amend sec. 8, page 2, line 34, after “3.” by inserting:
“Engages in the practice of interpreting as necessary for the provision of an emergency medical or governmental service to a person who is deaf or whose hearing is impaired; or
4.”.
Amend sec. 9, page 3, by deleting lines 27 through 34 and inserting:
“3. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, a person, including, without limitation, a teacher and a teacher’s aide, who wishes to engage in the practice of interpreting in this state in a public school, including, without limitation, a charter school, or a private school must comply with the requirements set forth in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of subsection 1 and must:
(a) Comply with the requirements set forth in paragraph (d) of subsection 1; or
(b) Have completed the Educational Interpreter Performance Assessment administered by the Boys Town National Research Hospital or its successor organization and received a rating of his level of proficiency in providing interpreting services at level 4 or 5.
4. A person who has not complied with the requirements set forth in paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection 3 may engage in the practice of interpreting in a public school, including, without limitation, a charter school, or a private school for not more than 3 years if:
(a) There is a demonstrated shortage of personnel who have complied with those requirements in the geographic area of this state in which the public school or private school is located;
(b) The school district, charter school or private school that hires a person pursuant to this subsection has made and continues to make a good faith effort to recruit and hire persons who have complied with the requirements set forth in paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection 3;
(c) The shortage of personnel described in paragraph (a) has precluded the school district, charter school or private school from employing the number of persons who have complied with the requirements set forth in paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection 3 as is necessary to satisfy the personnel requirements of the school district, charter school or private school; and
(d) The person hired by the school district, charter school or private school pursuant to this subsection makes satisfactory progress, as determined by the school district, charter school or private school, toward complying with the requirements set forth in paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection 3 during the period of his employment.”.
Amend sec. 9, page 3, line 35, by deleting “4.” and inserting “5.”.
Amend sec. 9, page 3, line 36, after “(a)” by inserting:
““charter school” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 385.007.
(b)”.
Amend sec. 9, page 3, line 49, by deleting “(b)” and inserting “(c)”.
Amend sec. 9, page 4, line 1, by deleting “(c)” and inserting “(d)”.
Amend the bill as a whole by renumbering sections 22 through 30 as sections 23 through 31 and adding a new section designated sec. 22, following sec. 21, to read as follows:
“Sec. 22. NRS 391.019 is hereby amended to read as follows:
391.019 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 391.027, the commission:
(a) Shall adopt regulations:
(1) Prescribing the qualifications for licensing teachers and other educational personnel and the procedures for the issuance and renewal of such licenses.
(2) Identifying fields of specialization in teaching which require the specialized training of teachers.
(3) Requiring teachers to obtain from the department an endorsement in a field of specialization to be eligible to teach in that field of specialization.
(4) Setting forth the educational requirements a teacher must satisfy to qualify for an endorsement in each field of specialization.
(5) Setting forth the qualifications and requirements for obtaining a license or endorsement to teach American Sign Language [.] , including, without limitation, being qualified to engage in the practice of interpreting pursuant to subsection 3 of section 9 of this act.
(6) Except as otherwise authorized by subsection 4 of section 9 of this act, requiring teachers and other educational personnel to satisfy the qualifications set forth in subsection 3 of section 9 of this act if they:
(I) Provide instruction or other educational services; and
(II) Concurrently engage in the practice of interpreting, as defined in section 6 of this act.
(b) May adopt such other regulations as it deems necessary for its own government or to carry out its duties.
2. Any regulation which increases the amount of education, training or experience required for licensing:
(a) Must, in addition to the requirements for publication in chapter 233B of NRS, be publicized before its adoption in a manner reasonably calculated to inform those persons affected by the change.
(b) Must not become effective until at least 1 year after the date it is adopted by the commission.
(c) Is not applicable to a license in effect on the date the regulation becomes effective.”.
Amend the bill as a whole by adding a new section designated sec. 28.5, following sec. 27, to read as follows:
Sec. 28.5. On or before July 1, 2005, the Commission on Professional Standards in Education shall adopt regulations pursuant to the amendatory provisions of section 22 of this act.”.
Amend sec. 28, page 9, line 1, by deleting “30,” and inserting “31,”.
Amend sec. 28, page 9, line 4, by deleting “2003.” and inserting “2005.”.
Amend sec. 29, page 9, line 6, by deleting “2003.” and inserting “2005.”.
Amend sec. 30, page 9, line 7, by deleting:
“26 to 29,” and inserting:
“27 to 30,”.
Amend sec. 30, page 9, line 8, by deleting:
“October 1, 2001.” and inserting:
“July 1, 2003.”.
Amend sec. 30, page 9, line 9, by deleting “25,” and inserting “26,”.
Amend sec. 30, page 9, line 10, by deleting “2003.” and inserting “2005.”.
Amend the title of the bill, second line, after “certification;” by inserting:
“requiring the commission on professional standards in education to adopt regulations that require certain teachers and other educational personnel to satisfy the requirements for certification as an interpreter;”.