400.025 - Legislative declaration. - Nevada Statutes

400.025  Legislative declaration.  The Legislature hereby finds and declares that:

      1.  The Board of Regents of the University of Nevada was created by the Nevada Constitution and empowered to control and manage the affairs of the Nevada System of Higher Education.

      2.  Matters relating to education are vitally important to the future of the State of Nevada, its economy and the general welfare of its residents. In light of the growing enrollments in Nevada’s system of public elementary and secondary education and Nevada’s system of public higher education, it is important that the Nevada Legislature, the Board of Regents, the State Board and the Executive Branch of the State Government work together as partners in developing a needed public agenda to advance education in this State.

      3.  The development of an agenda to advance education should be carried out with a view toward seeking input from all parties who have a stake in the advancement of education in this State.

      4.  Coordination between elementary, secondary and higher education must be strengthened to ensure that pupils in the 12th grade are prepared adequately to make the transition from secondary education to higher education or to careers. To this end, a body should be established to coordinate education from the level of preschool through the completion of a bachelor’s degree, to be known as the P-16 Advisory Council.

      (Added to NRS by 2007, 3155)