republic-os/legislation/us/states/nv/80/sb-89.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Makes various changes relating to education. (BDR 34-331)"
description: "AN ACT relating to education; revising provisions governing the annual reports of accountability for public schools; revising requirements for a plan to improve the achievement of pupils enrolled in a public school; requiring the State Board of Education to develop nonbinding recommendations for the pupil-specialized instructional support personnel ratio in public schools; requiring a school safety specialist to be designated for each public school; revising provisions related to providing a safe and respectful learning environment; revising provisions related to plans used by schools in responding to a crisis, emergency or suicide; revising provisions related to a statewide framework for providing integrated student supports for pupils enrolled in a public school and the families of such pupils; revising provisions related to school police officers; revising provisions relating to pupil discipline; and providing other matters properly relating thereto."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "80"
identifier: "SB 89"
citation: "Nevada SB 89 (80)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HIGHWAY PATROL", "NEVADA", "SOCIAL MEDIA", "LEGISLATURE", "FIRES", "HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF", "SCHOOLS", "CHARTER (See also SCHOOLS", "PUBLIC)", "SCHOOLS", "PUBLIC", "CONFIDENTIAL AND PRIVILEGED INFORMATION", "CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS", "MARSHALS (See also PEACE OFFICERS)", "SCHOOL ACCOUNTABILITY", "LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL BUREAU", "PEACE OFFICERS", "TELEPHONE AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS", "PORTABLE EVENT RECORDING DEVICES", "VEHICULAR EVENT RECORDING DEVICES", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE‑MANAGEMENT RELATIONS", "SCHOOL PERSONNEL", "EDUCATION", "DEPARTMENT OF", "SCHOOLS", "PRIVATE", "FIRE MARSHAL", "STATE", "EDUCATION", "STATE BOARD OF", "SCHOOL DISTRICTS", "AUDITS", "ARREST", "GOVERNOR", "MEETINGS OF PUBLIC AGENCIES", "CLARK COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT (See also SCHOOL DISTRICTS)", "SCHOOL PUPILS", "PUBLIC SAFETY", "DEPARTMENT OF", "WASHOE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT (See also SCHOOL DISTRICTS)", "SCHOOL FINANCES AND FUNDS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-11-21T08:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-06-13T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c0759d0-cb5b-41f5-9f28-911803ae9ddd"
source_url: "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/80th2019/Bill/6036/Overview"
source_hash: "49b4fdea2c0a574f085def66f98d7b1fa3ed9d3059898e26ac740df051324dfb"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nv"]
---

# Nevada SB 89 (80) — Makes various changes relating to education. (BDR 34-331)

AN ACT relating to education; revising provisions governing the annual reports of accountability for public schools; revising requirements for a plan to improve the achievement of pupils enrolled in a public school; requiring the State Board of Education to develop nonbinding recommendations for the pupil-specialized instructional support personnel ratio in public schools; requiring a school safety specialist to be designated for each public school; revising provisions related to providing a safe and respectful learning environment; revising provisions related to plans used by schools in responding to a crisis, emergency or suicide; revising provisions related to a statewide framework for providing integrated student supports for pupils enrolled in a public school and the families of such pupils; revising provisions related to school police officers; revising provisions relating to pupil discipline; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/SB/SB89.pdf)
2. **Amendment 1009** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/Amendments/A_SB89_R1_1009.pdf)
3. **Amendment 1067** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/Amendments/A_SB89_R2_1067.pdf)
4. **Amendment 544** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/Amendments/A_SB89_544.pdf)
5. **Reprint 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/SB/SB89_R1.pdf)
6. **Reprint 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/SB/SB89_R2.pdf)
7. **Reprint 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/SB/SB89_R3.pdf)
8. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/SB/SB89_EN.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Senate Committee on Education — primary (organization)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-11-21T08:00:00+00:00** Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Education. To printer. `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-11-26T08:00:00+00:00** From printer.
- **2019-02-04T08:00:00+00:00** Read first time. To committee. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-24T08:00:00+00:00** Notice of eligibility for exemption.
- **2019-04-18T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 544.) Re-referred to Committee on Finance. To printer. `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-19T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To committee. Exemption effective.
- **2019-05-29T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on General File. Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 1009.) Reprinting dispensed with. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 20, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To printer. `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-30T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Second reprint. To Assembly. In Assembly. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Education. To committee.
- **2019-06-01T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Declared an emergency measure under the Constitution. Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 1067.) Dispensed with reprinting. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 41, Nays: None, Vacant: 1.) To printer. From printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Third reprint. To Senate. `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-02T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate.
- **2019-06-03T07:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment No. 1067 concurred in. To enrollment. Enrolled and delivered to Governor.
- **2019-06-12T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-13T07:00:00+00:00** Chapter 534.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5c0759d0-cb5b-41f5-9f28-911803ae9ddd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).