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Bill Text

- 83rd Session (2025)
Senate Bill No. 322–Senator Taylor

Joint Sponsor: Assemblymember Hansen

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AN ACT relating to higher education; requiring each member of the
Board of Regents of the University of Nevada to complete
certain training for professional development; and providing
other matters properly relating thereto.
Legislative Counsel’s Digest:
The Nevada Constitution requires the Legislature to provide for: (1) the
establishment of a State University controlled by a Board of Regents, whose duties
are to be prescribed by law; and (2) the election of the members of the Board of
Regents of Nevada. (Nev. Const. Art. 11, §§ 4, 7; NRS 396.040) Existing law
establishes the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada and imposes upon the
Board, and the members of the Board, certain duties. (Chapter 396 of NRS)
In addition, existing law requires each member elected or appointed to serve on
the board of trustees of a school district to complete a certain amount of training for
professional development during their term, which must contain instruction on
certain topics relating to the administration of public schools. (NRS 386.327)
Section 1 of this bill requires each member of the Board of Regents to
complete 6 hours of training for professional development during the first and third
year of each term that the member serves on the Board of Regents. Section 1
provides that the training may include instruction covering various matters relating
to the administration of a public system for higher education, including instruction
concerning the duties of the Board of Regents and other persons involved in higher
education, laws on ethics, laws on public records and meetings, laws governing
employment, financial matters and the fiduciary duties of the members of the
Board. Section 1 requires each member of the Board to complete each year that the
member is required to complete training, as part of the training requirement,
training relating to: (1) the Open Meeting Law (Chapter 241 of NRS); and (2) the
elimination of bias and discrimination in higher education.
Existing law authorizes the Board of Regents to employ a Secretary of the
Board and requires the Secretary to perform certain duties. (NRS 396.090, 396.120,
396.853) Section 1 requires the Secretary to: (1) assist the members of the Board
with completing the training for professional development; (2) post notice of any
failure of a member of the Board to complete this training on an Internet website
maintained by the Board; and (3) provide written notice of such failure of a
member to the other members of the Board.
Existing law entitles each member of the Board of Regents to receive a certain
salary for each meeting of the Board that he or she attends. (NRS 396.070) Section
1 provides that each member of the Board is entitled to receive compensation for
each 3 hours of training for professional development that the member completes
outside of a meeting of the Board, subject to a maximum limit of 18 hours for each
calendar year, in an amount that is equal to the salary that the member is entitled to
receive for each meeting of the Board that the member attends.

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- 83rd Session (2025)
EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

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:
1. Each person who is elected or appointed to serve as a
member of the Board of Regents shall complete training for
professional development during the first and third year of each
term of the member, which must consist of not less than 6 hours of
instruction during each year that such training is required. Except
as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the instruction required
pursuant to this subsection may cover any of the following topics:
(a) The Open Meeting Law, including, without limitation, the
provisions of chapter 241 of NRS;
(b) The elimination of bias and discrimination in higher
education;
(c) Laws relating to public records, including, without
limitation, the provisions of chapter 239 of NRS;
(d) Strategies for the improvement of campus safety;
(e) Laws and standards relating to the ethical obligations of
public officers and employees, including, without limitation, the
provisions of chapter 281A of NRS;
(f) The system of public higher education in this State,
including, without limitation, the provisions of this chapter and
any regulations adopted pursuant thereto;
(g) The duties and responsibilities of the members of the Board
of Regents, the officers and staff of the Board of Regents, the
Chancellor, the staff of the Chancellor and the presidents of the
institutions within the System, including, without limitation,
circumstances under which the Board of Regents is required to
consult with such persons;
(h) The existing relationship an