Nevada Ed-Watch: State Board of Education 10/07/26

Consejo de Educación del Estado de Nevada

¿Qué es el Consejo Estatal de Educación y de qué es responsable? El Consejo de Educación del Estado de Nevada adopta reglamentos basados en las leyes de Nevada, que se transmiten a los distritos escolares de Nevada para su aplicación. La Junta tiene 11 miembros en total (7 nombrados y 4 elegidos públicamente).

How often does the State Board meet? The Nevada State Board of Education meets once per month on Wednesdays at 9:00 AM. Click here to see the 2026 meeting materials.

¿Pueden los miembros de la comunidad participar en las reuniones del Consejo Estatal? Se proporciona un tiempo para comentarios públicos al comienzo (para los puntos de la agenda) y al final (sobre cualquier asunto) de cada reunión de la Junta. Los miembros del público pueden proporcionar comentarios públicos por escrito a través del correo electrónico; los comentarios públicos se aceptarán a través del correo electrónico durante toda la reunión y se compartirán con la Junta Estatal de Educación durante los períodos de comentarios públicos. Los comentarios del público pueden enviarse por correo electrónico a NVBoardED@doe.nv.gov.

Haga clic aquí para consultar la lista de todos los miembros del Consejo Estatal.

Wednesday,October  7, 2026

Consejo de Educación del Estado de Nevada 

Haga clic aquí para consultar el orden del día de la reunión ordinaria del SBOE.

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Comentario público nº 1

Se escucharon comentarios del público sobre los siguientes temas:

• Mining technology program standards
• Disciplina de los alumnos
• Nevada education performance data

Board Approved Flexible Agenda

Superintendent's Report

Entre lo más destacado:

• On September 25th, an emergency regulation to allow schools to use projected 2026-27 enrollment counts for funding purposes was approved. This regulation is effective for 120 days, meaning it is effective to the beginning of the 2027 Legislative Session.
• The first statewide K-5 literacy convening was held October 6th. These convenings focus on helping district, school, and classroom leaders take concrete actions to achieve Nevada's emerging statewide literacy vision, with two more convenings planned on October 21st and 26th.
• Public comment is still open for the Statewide Plan for the Improvement of Pupils. Individuals who would like to contribute their input can fill out this survey by October 21st.
• There are 5 policy-focused bill draft request priorities for the upcoming Legislative Session:
  • "Strong Foundations" focuses on establishing criteria for instructional materials and increasing early literacy.
  • "Empowering Pathways" focuses on creating graduation plans, career preparedness coursework, and quality of and access to instruction.
  • "Graduation Success" focuses on postsecondary success and studying integrated academic and career and technical education coursework and credit.
  • "Equipped Educators" focuses on supporting professional learning, educator scholarships, licensure procedures, and recruitment.
  • "Aligned Systems" focuses on aligning strategic improvement planning with the Nevada School Performance Framework and the Nevada District Performance Framework, integrating improvement goals with performance monitoring, more accurately reporting expenses, and shifting budgeting/payment to annual Average Daily Enrollment reporting.
• Budget-focused bill draft requests are still being decided.

Explore la presentación.

Orden del día aprobado por consenso

Puntos del orden del día de consentimiento incluidos:

• September draft meeting minutes
• The 2027 State Board of Education Meeting Schedule
• A set of standards for a high school Mining Technology program of study
• The addition of several dual credit courses to Washoe County School District's course catalog
• The addition of several dual credit courses to CIVICA Nevada Career & Collegiate Academy's course catalog
• Amendments to the bylaws of The Honors Academy of Literature

Review the consent agenda.

Board Received a Legislative Subcommittee Report

The Board heard an update from the Legislative Subcommittee regarding their work since the last Board Meeting, including a proposed policy rubric for evaluating legislation, a process for Board legislative engagement, and a recommendation to seek a presentation before the Nevada Assembly and Senate Education Committees. Highlights of the report included:

• Under the proposed legislative engagement process, the Department would complete a "Board Alignment" analysis on new bills to determine whether they apply to any State Board or Department priorities. These priorities include third grade literacy; eighth grade numeracy; pathway expansion; universal pre-k; efficiency, alignment, and coherence; and board authority.
• The Department would also draft the "bill summary" and "policy alignment" sections of the proposed policy rubric and forward this to the Legislative Subcommittee, which would complete the policy rubric and determine whether to forward the bill to the full Board for discussion.
• If a legislative hearing for a bill is scheduled before the next regular Board meeting, the Department will email the Board President and the Chair of the Legislative Subcommittee to determine whether a special meeting will be held to discuss the bill.
• A motion to approve the policy rubric and legislative engagement process, along with seeking a presentation before the Nevada Assembly and State Education Committees, was approved.

Explore the draft policy rubric and draft legislative engagement process.

Board Heard an Update regarding Executive Order 26-003 and Nevada Department of Education Guidance Memorandum 26-16

The Board heard an update on the efforts and outreach by the Nevada Department of Education to conduct a comprehensive review of the state's education regulations to determine if rules and regulations should be streamlined, clarified, and repealed. Highlights of the presentation included:

• Executive Order 2026-003 requires executive branch departments to examine their regulations and streamline, clarify, or repeal them as necessary.
• Recommendations for alterations to regulations can be submitted to superintendent@doe.nv.gov until October 29th.
• As recent or active code updates may not be reflected in the current code, an index of current regulations was created to reflect current and recent work.
• A common theme is that regulation wording is being changed to allow regulations to be more flexible where helpful but also more rigid where needed.

Explore Executive Order 26-003, Guidance Memorandum 26-16, and an index of current regulations.

Board Received a Presentation on 2025-2026 School Year Education Performance Data

The Board received a presentation on the Smarter Balanced Assessments (SBAC)

student outcome results, Nevada School Performance Framework (NSPF) star ratings, and the Nevada District Performance Framework (NDPF) ratings for the 2025-2026 school year. Highlights of the presentation included:

• This presentation, focused on "what the data show" is the first of three proposed presentations, with a November meeting presentation to be focused on "what the data mean for improvement" and a December meeting presentation to be focused on "how the Nevada Department of Education is responding"
• SBAC data show that, from the 2023-24 school year to now, math skills are trending upward, English language arts (ELA) skills have plateaued, and science skills have declined in grades 5-8 but increased in high school.
  • The lowest rates of proficiency are in English learners (13.5% ELA, 13.1% math) and students with disabilities (14.8% ELA, 12.2% math).
  • Black and Hispanic students saw the largest increase in math scores but remain over 30 percentage points behind Asian students.
• NSPF ratings show that, in comparison to the 2024-25 school year, the 2025-26 school year saw a slight decrease in 5-star ratings and increase in 1-star ratings, but most schools maintained the same start rating.
  • High school had the highest percentage of 3- to 5-star ratings.
• The Nevada District Performance Framework measures 5 indicators, rating each as 1, 2, or 3, with 3 being the highest level of performance.
  • The 2025-26 school year was used to establish a baseline, with accountability actions established under Senate Bill 460 beginning next year.
  • Most school districts are rated at level 2 (13 districts), with 2 districts at level 1 and 3 districts at level 3.

Explore la presentación.

Board Received a Presentation on Read by Grade 3 Alternative Assessment Considerations

The Board received a presentation on considerations for the selection of an alternative assessment for Read by Grade 3, including a review of State Board of Education decision timeline, statutory guidance, instructional priorities, relevant information from the field, and an overview of the department's approach for the recommendation of an alternative assessment. Highlights of the presentation included:

• This school year, the Board will decide on the alternative standardized reading assessment and the passing scores for the uniform examination and alternative standardized reading assessment.
• In the 2027-28 school year, schools will practice using the uniform and alternative assessment passing scores and good-cause exemptions.
• Assessment scores from the 2028-29 school year will be the first that inform grade retention decisions, with the 2029-30 school year seeing the first cohort of 3rd graders retained based on these scores.
• An important focus in determining the alternative assessment is the assessment's ability to identify a specific ability gap (e.g., word recognition or language comprehension) leading to low reading scores.
• Options for the alternative assessment include using MAP or iReady based on whichever the district has not already used, using SBAC as the alternative assessment, and choosing from a pool of additional assessments.
• A choice from the pool of additional assessments is the option most likely to be used.

Explore la presentación.

Board Received a Presentation on Education Service Center Project and Service Delivery

The Board received a presentation on the recent work of the Education Service Center (ESC), including information regarding the Chief Financial Officer Network, school district strategic planning grants, and reporting efficiency efforts. Highlights of the presentation included:

• The ESC is focused on providing support at the district level.
• The current focus is largely on "aligned systems", with projects including the Reporting Efficiency Project, aimed at decreasing the amount of time teachers and leaders spend on reporting; building/enhancing the capacity of chief financial officers; and a strategic planning cohort in collaboration with the Nevada Department of Education.
• The ESC is also developing a strategic service delivery plan using the Statewide Plan for the Improvement of Pupils and the NDPF to guide what services it provides.

Explore la presentación.

Futuros puntos del orden del día

A Legislative Subcommittee report was suggested as a future agenda item.

The next meeting of the State Board of Education will be held on Wednesday, November 4th, at 9:00 a.m.