MINUTES OF THE
	ASSEMBLY SUBCOMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

	Sixty-eighth Session
	April 20, 1995


The Subcommittee on Education was called to order at 1:30 p.m., on Thursday, 
May 20, 1995, Chairman Max Bennett presiding in Room 330 of the Legislative 
Building, Carson City, Nevada.  Exhibit A is the Agenda.  Exhibit B is the 
Attendance Roster.


COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESENT:

Mr. Max Bennett, Chairman
Mrs. Gene Wines Segerblom

STAFF MEMBERS PRESENT:

H. Pepper Sturm, Chief Principal Research Analyst

OTHERS PRESENT:

Henry Etchemendy, Nevada Association of School Boards
Janine Hansen, Nevada Eagle Forum
Kevin Crowe, Nevada Department of Education
Mary L. Peterson, Superintendent of Public Instruction, Nevada Department
 of Education

The Education Subcommittee meeting on Assembly Bill 197 was held on this date.

ASSEMBLY BILL 197 -	Makes various changes to provisions governing program 
for accountability of school districts.

After discussion most interested parties were in agreement concerning the need to 
consolidate all the provisions contained in the separate accountability bills which 
are A.B. 124, A.B. 196, A.B. 197 and S.B. 27.  The following amendments for 
A.B. 197 were proposed:

1.	Amend Section 1, Page 1, Lines 8 and 9, by deleting "during March" and
inserting: "on or before March 31".

2. 	Amend Section 1, Page 1, Line 20, by deleting "in each grade level".


3.  	Amend Section 1, Page 2, Lines 1 and 2, by deleting ", set forth individually 
for each source of funding"

4.  	Amend Section 1, Page 2, by deleting Lines 13 and 14 and inserting:

(I)    Each source of funding for the school district;
(j)   All incidents of violence as defined in NRS 392.466 on school
       property for each school and the district as a whole;
(k)   Expenditures made for books, instructional supplies and computers
       for each school in the district; and
(l)    Such other information as is directed by the superintendent of public
      instruction.

5.	Amend Section 1, Page 2, by deleting lines 34 and 35 and inserting:

(b)   A description of the efforts the district has made to [correct deficiencies
       identified in the report submitted pursuant to] improve its educational
       programs at the school and district level in response to the data 
       contained in the report specified in paragraph (a).

6.  	Eliminate Section 2 of the bill by deleting the sunset clause imposed upon
the current accountability program by S.B. 511 of the 1993 Legislative
Session.

The subcommittee will report to the Assembly Education Committee with the 
recommendation to consider a vote of "Amend, and Do Pass" on A.B. 197.

The meeting was adjourned at 2:20 p.m.





RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED:

	
Barbara Prudic,
Committee Secretary

APPROVED BY:

Assemblyman Max Bennett, Chairman




Assembly SubCommittee on Education
April 20, 1995
Page