Sen. Angie Taylor, chair of the Senate Committee on Education, opened discussion of Assembly Bill 383 during a work session in Carson City and asked committee staff to summarize the measure.

Jen Sturm Gainor, the committee policy analyst, explained that, in its first reprint, Assembly Bill 383 authorizes the State Board of Education to adopt rules and regulations setting the criteria a high-impact tutoring vendor must meet for school districts or charter-school governing bodies to contract for services. She said proposed amendments clarify that the board must use high-impact tutoring standards criteria and remove specific statutory prescriptions about session frequency, pupil-to-tutor ratios, use of assessments to measure progress, timing during the school day, and the type of instructional materials.

The committee moved to amend and recommend the bill. The motion carried unanimously; the vice chair offered the motion to amend and do pass and Sen. Titus seconded, and the chair noted the record as unanimous. The committee assigned the floor statement on the bill to Assemblymember Hanson for the Senate floor.

The policy analyst said the bill was heard on May 12. The work session record does not include the exact text of the standards the State Board would adopt; it removes operational details from statute and leaves standard-setting to the board.

Votes at the committee: amended do-pass recommendation, unanimous.