POWERLINE Nevada State Education Association March 27, 2015 Volume 15 Issue 7 Your Voice in Carson City Senate Bill 226 – Professional Development Bill Heard (Carson City, NV) - Thursday, March 26, Senate Bill 226 (SB226) was heard in the Senate Committee on Education. SB 226, the Professional Development (PD) bill is sponsored by state Senator Patricia Farley (R-Las Vegas). Clark County Education Association President Vikki Courtney, 5th Grade Teacher Stephanie Swain, and CCEA Professional Learning program Director Brenda Pearson testified in support of the bill and asked the committee to consider recognizing NSEA and its affiliates as providers of PD. CCEA President Courtney (pictured below) described how their association set a goal to help ensure teachers receive the highest quality professional development that supports student learning. Through their research, CCEA learned the gaps that needed to be filled to invest in and support educators. Funded by grants, the Professional Learning Program was developed. “We have provided professional development to over 2,000 educators in Clark County,” testified Pres. Courtney. The association worked with the District to ensure the classes CCEA provides to educators meets the criteria of the Nevada Academic Contents Standards as well as the Nevada Educator Performance Framework. Public Employees Sound Off on AB182 Wednesday, March 25, the overflow rooms in Carson City and at the Grant Sawyer Building in Las Vegas had to be opened for the huge public worker turnout to oppose Assembly Bill 182 (AB182). AB 182 was described by its sponsor Assemblyman Randy Kirner as bringing much needed balance, but in fact nothing could be further from the truth. This bill is loaded with revisions to collective bargaining laws put in place long ago to level the playing field between public workers and local governments. Without those protections, the relationship between employee and employer would be anything but balanced. NSEA President Ruben Murillo, Jr. testified in opposition to AB 182 and asked for an amendment exempting educators from the provisions, such as prohibiting payroll deduction for dues. Pres. Murillo talked about how eliminating dues deduction would starve the association and prohibit NSEA and its associations from working collaboratively with the business community, districts, and parents. “A significant portion of our resources, dues are spent in support of our members in their practice,” said Murillo, Jr. Pres. Murillo continued his testimony by illustrating how educators have been working collaboratively to improve public education through meaningful reforms, but AB 182 misses the mark by including educators in the problems it is trying to solve. We need everyone to continue to speak out and speak up for legislation. No votes were taken on AB 182 and SB 226, but we expect a vote in the coming days. Visit the Legislative Action Center on the NSEA website, www.nsea-nv.org to learn more. Take action today and have your voice heard on these bills by visiting www.NSEAVoice.org. You will be linked directly to the state legislative website. NSEA BILL TRACKING FOR THE 2015 LEGISLATIVE SESSION The following is a partial list of bills NSEA is tracking. This complete list is updated weekly and posted to nsea-nv.org in the Legislative Action Center. NSEA’s position taken on these bills are coded as follow: ASSEMBLY BILLS (S) support, (SC) support in concept, (O) oppose. firearms. AB165 (SC) AB3 (O) Establishes the Nevada Educational Choice 2.25.15 Failed to Move out of Committee Scholarship Program. Revises provisions governing the Public AB182 (O) Employees' Retirement Board. Revises provisions relating to collective AB27 (S) bargaining by local government employers. Makes various changes regarding the licensure AB190 (O) of educational personnel. Revises provisions governing public AB30 (SC) employees’ retirement. Revises provisions relating to plans to improve AB216 (SC) the achievement of pupils enrolled in public schools in this state. Revises provisions governing discipline of pupils and prohibited acts at public schools. AB54 (O) AB234 (S) Revises provisions relating to local governments existing in a severe financial Enacts provisions related to multicultural emergency. education. AB55 (SC) Revises provisions relating to the licensure Are You Getting Our Texts? of certain teachers and other educational personnel. We have a goal to sign up 3,000 members to the NSEA AB93 (S) Text Message Program. Revises provisions relating to the continuing education required to renew certain licenses. Signing up is easy! AB94 (S) Grab your cellphone. Authorizes a registered voter to elect to Type this message: receive a sample ballot by electronic mail. @NVLEG15 AB109 (O) Send it to this number/recipient: Requires an employee organization to prepare an annual report concerning the 23559 dues, expenditures, compensation and other finances of the employee organization. You’ll get a text whenever we need our more than 24,000 NSEA AB120 (O) members to take action. Clarifies rights of public school pupils regarding That’s all there is to it. Sign up today the free exercise of religion. to get with the program and help make AB148 (O) a difference this legislative session. Revises provisions governing concealed NSEA BILL TRACKING FOR THE 2015 LEGISLATIVE SESSION The following is a partial list of bills NSEA is tracking. This complete list is updated weekly and posted to nsea-nv.org in the Legislative Action Center. NSEA’s position taken on these bills are coded as follow: AB249 (O) Makes various changes relating to collective bargaining. AB280 (O) Revises provisions relating to relations between local governments and public employees. AB290 (S) Revises provisions governing certain pupils who are limited English proficient and provides funding for programs and services for such pupils at Zoom and other middle schools and junior high schools. AB291 (S) Makes an appropriation for school districts to provide early childhood education programs. AB339 (O) Revises provisions governing the composition of the boards of trustees of county school districts. AB376 (S) Revises provisions relating to charter schools. AB378 (O) Makes various changes relating to education. AB394 (O) Revises provisions relating to education. AB411 (S) Provides for funding for repair and improvement of school facilities. AB412 (S) Revises provisions relating to public financial administration. AB483 (O) Makes various changes relating to the compensation of certain public school employees. (S) support, (SC) support in concept, (O) oppose. ASSEMBLY JOINT RESOLUTION AJR5 (O) Proposes to amend the Nevada Constitution to authorize the governor to reduce or veto appropriations or authorizations to expend money. SENATE BILLS SB91 (S) Provides for the donation of unclaimed property by the owner for educational purposes. SB100 (S) Revises provisions relating to education provided to children in a hospital or other licensed facility that provides residential treatment to children. SB126 (S) Revises provisions relating to education. SB133 (S) Authorizes the reimbursement of teachers for certain out-of-pocket expenses. SB168 (O) Revises provisions relating to collective bargaining by local government employers. SB203 (S) Revises provisions relating to elections. SB211 (S) Revises provisions governing public schools. SB212 (SC) Revises provisions governing discipline of pupils and prohibited acts at public schools. SB220 (S) Requires instruction on financial literacy in public middle schools and junior high schools. SB226 (S) POWERLINE Nevada State Education Association 3511 E. Harmon Avenue Las Vegas, NV 89121 “Powerline” is an official publication of the Nevada State Education Association Government Relations Division. Revises provisions relating to education. SB236 (S) Revises provisions relating to Advisory Council on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. SB237 (S) Makes certain changes relating to education. SB252 (S) Revises provisions governing the state business license fee. SB302 (O) Establishes a program by which a child enrolled in a licensed private school may receive a grant of money in an amount equal to a certain percentage of the per-pupil amount apportioned to the resident school district of the child. SB332 (S) Makes an appropriation to the Clark County School District to carry out a program of peer evaluations of teachers. SENATE JOINT RESOLUTIONS SJR7 (S) Proposes to amend the Nevada Constitution to provide certain rights to voters. SJR9 (S) Expresses support for continued enforcement action against voting discrimination. SJR12 (S) Proposes to amend the Nevada Constitution to limit the total amount of property taxes that may be levied on real property. For the latest information on bills currently before the Legislature, visit the Legislative Action Center on the NSEA website, www.nsea-nv.org or the Nevada Legislature website, www.leg.state.nv.us.
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