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AB 573

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2025-2026 Regular Session Introduced by Elijah Behnke and 13 co-sponsors

The bill appropriates 8,710,708 to the Nevada Department of Education to fund the Incentivizing Pathways to Teaching Grant Program through 2027, with specified spending deadlines.

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Bill Summary · AB 573

AB 573 (BDR S-1196) — Summary

Status: Chaptered (Chapter 273)
Introduced: February 12, 2025
Subject: Appropriation to carry out the Incentivizing Pathways to Teaching Grant Program (Nevada)

Purpose / Intent

AB 573 provides a direct appropriation from the State General Fund to the Nevada Department of Education to implement the Incentivizing Pathways to Teaching Grant Program established under NRS 391A.705. The purpose is to fund activities and grants that support pathways into the teaching profession (program details are governed by NRS 391A.705).

Key provisions

  • Appropriation: The bill appropriates $8,710,708 from the State General Fund to the Department of Education to carry out the Incentivizing Pathways to Teaching Grant Program.
    • Note: an earlier version of the bill proposed $13,583,954; Assembly Amendment No. 815 reduced the amount to $8,710,708 and that is the enacted amount.
  • Spending deadlines and reversion:
    • Entities receiving the funds must not commit any portion of the appropriation for expenditure after June 30, 2027.
    • Any portion of the appropriation remaining may not be spent after September 17, 2027.
    • Unspent funds must be reverted to the State General Fund on or before September 17, 2027.
  • Effective date: The act becomes effective July 1, 2025.
  • Fiscal note: The bill contains an appropriation included in the Executive Budget. It is stated to have no effect on local government.

Who is affected

  • Primary recipient: Nevada Department of Education (state-level).
  • Secondary recipients: entities (e.g., school districts, postsecondary institutions, teacher-preparation programs, or other organizations) that receive grants or subawards under the Incentivizing Pathways to Teaching Grant Program pursuant to NRS 391A.705.
  • State finances: reduces State General Fund by the appropriation amount for the period before reversion, subject to the deadlines above.

Legislative / procedural highlights

  • Assembly Amendment No. 815 (Committee on Ways and Means) amended the bill to set the enacted appropriation at $8,710,708 and added the expenditure/reversion deadlines.
  • The bill was enacted and chaptered (Chapter 273) and takes effect July 1, 2025.
  • The bill implements an appropriation included in the Governor’s Executive Budget for 2025–27.

If you want, I can:
- Pull and summarize NRS 391A.705 (the statutory program to be funded) to show what activities and recipients the appropriation is likely to support.
- Prepare a short fiscal impact estimate showing how many years the appropriation covers and likely uses based on typical grant program budgets.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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