Revises provisions relating to educational programs. (BDR 34-275)

Existing law requires the board of trustees of each school district in a county whose population is 100,000 or more (currently Clark and Washoe Counties), and authorizes the board of trustees of any other school district, to establish and maintain a program of career and technical education to provide instruction in subjects approved by the State Board of Education. (NRS 388.380) Existing law authorizes the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the State Board to award grants to school districts and charter schools for programs of career and technical education, including, without limitation, grants awarded based on criteria established by the State Board but limited in amount according to the proportional enrollment of pupils in programs of career and technical education in a school district or charter school. (NRS 388.392-388.395) Section 1 of this bill revises the calculation of the limit on the amount of this grant by providing that the limit is based on the proportion of pupils enrolled in advanced courses within a program of career and technical education rather than the proportion of all pupils enrolled in a program of career and technical education. The federal Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act provides grants to certain state agencies to, without limitation, promote programs of career and technical education. (20 U.S.C. §§ 2301 et seq.) The Act additionally sets forth certain: (1) reporting requirements that a state agency that receives a grant pursuant to the Act must follow; (2) information that is required to be included in such a report; and (3) characteristics for which certain performance data must be disaggregated. (20 U.S.C. § 2323(b)(3)(C)) Existing law: (1) authorizes the board of trustees of a school district or the governing body of a charter school to offer a work-based learning program upon the approval of the Superintendent of Public Instruction; and (2) requires a school district or charter school that offers a work-based learning program to submit a report to the State Board and the Legislature that contains certain information about the program, including the number of participating pupils, disaggregated based on certain characteristics. (NRS 389.167) Section 2 of this bill instead requires that the report contain the information required to be included in the report submitted pursuant to the Act, disaggregated according to the characteristics set forth in the Act.