SUMMARY--Revises provisions governing credits earned at community college. (BDR 34-1458)
FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.
Effect on the State or on Industrial Insurance: No.
EXPLANATION - Matter in italics is new; matter in brackets [ ] is material to be omitted.
AN ACT relating to the University and Community College System of Nevada; requiring that certain credits earned at a community college be accepted and applied toward the requirements for graduation at any branch of the University of Nevada; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1 Chapter 396 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a new section to read as follows:
All credits earned by a student in a course at a community college within the system must be accepted and applied toward the coursework required of the student in his major, if applicable, or other coursework required of the student, for the award of a baccalaureate degree upon graduation of the student from any university within the system if the catalog for the community college:
1. Designates the course as transferable by the system;
2. Identifies the course by the same title as the equivalent required course offered at a university; and
3. Contains the same description for the course as the equivalent required course offered at a university.
Sec. 2. This act becomes effective on July 1, 1997.