Referred to Committee on Legislative Affairs and Operations
SUMMARY--Urges Board of Regents of University of Nevada to conduct study regarding teacher training programs. (BDR R-1758)
EXPLANATION - Matter in italics is new; matter in brackets [ ] is material to be omitted.
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION--Urging the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada to conduct a study regarding the teacher training programs of the University and Community College System of Nevada.
Whereas, The State of Nevada is the fastest growing state in the nation and is experiencing a phenomenal increase in enrollments in the public school system; and
Whereas, The Clark County School District alone enrolls the equivalent of one classroom of children every day, which is the equivalent of one elementary school every month; and
Whereas, The school districts in this state hired an additional 1,800 new classroom teachers for the 1996-1997 school year; and
Whereas, The University and Community College System of Nevada is governed by the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada; and
Whereas, An average of 200 students who have completed the teacher training program graduate annually from the College of Education at the University of Nevada, Reno, and an average of 350 students who have completed the teacher training program graduate annually from the College of Education at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas; and
Whereas, Only an estimated 80 percent of the total of those who have completed teacher training programs remain in the State of Nevada; and
Whereas, School districts in this state must, as a consequence, hire an increasing number of teachers from out of state to fill the necessary teaching positions; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate of the State of Nevada, the Assembly Concurring, That the Nevada Legislature respectfully urges the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada to conduct a study regarding the projected need for teachers in the public school system; and be it further
Resolved, That the study include an evaluation of:
1. The projected number of teachers that will be required to be hired to meet the needs of the public schools of this state over the next decade;
2. The current enrollment of students in the schools of education in the University and Community College System of Nevada and the ability of the university system to accommodate an increase in students seeking to become teachers;
3. Whether the projected enrollment of students in the schools of education is anticipated to meet the needs for new teachers; and
4. If an increase in enrollment in students entering such programs is anticipated, the advisability and cost of expanding teacher training programs and the advisability and costs of expanding the physical facilities necessary to meet the anticipated need for expanding the teacher training programs; and be it further
Resolved, That the Nevada Legislature respectfully urges the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada to submit a report of its findings to the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for transmittal to the 70th session of the Legislature; and be it further
Resolved, That the report include estimates of expenditure requirements of the University and Community College System of Nevada for expansion of the teacher training programs and to provide additional required physical facilities for the teacher training programs as recommended in the report by the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada; and be it further
Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate prepare and transmit a copy of this resolution to the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada.