On February 23, 2010, I, Jim Gibbons, Governor of the State of Nevada, through my proclamation, convened a Special Session of the Nevada Legislature. Section 9 of Article V of the Nevada Constitution provides that the Governor may request the Legislature, when convened in Special Session, to consider matters other than those set forth in the call. With this First Amended Proclamation, I am exercising my constitutional authority to bring additional legislative business to your attention.

Therefore, during this Special Session, I ask the Legislature to consider the following additional matters:

1. Revising NRS 386.650(1)1h) by eliminating language prohibiting the use of student test scores for the purpose of evaluating teachers or paraprofessionals;

2. Amending Chapter 288 of NRS regarding collective bargaining to allow for re-opening of collective bargaining contracts at the discretion of local governing boards, to provide that collective bargaining discussions are subject to Nevada’s Open Meeting Law, and to specify that all collective bargaining contracts that receive fUnds from the State general fund are subject to final approval by the State Board of Examiners;

3. Revising Title 34 of NRS by adding a new chapter that provides for scholarships available to Nevada resident students in grades 1-12 who attend private schools;

4. Revising NRS 388.700-388.720 by eliminating the mandatory language relating to the reduction of pupil-teacher ratio in certain classes;

5. Revising Chapter 385 of NRS by eliminating the elected State Board of Education and creating an education advisory board with certain powers
and duties and requiring the State superintendent of public instruction to be appointed by and report to the Governor;

6. Revising Title 34 of NRS, specifically, NRS 389.500-389.570 by eliminating the Council to Establish Academic Standards for Public Schools and transfer its duties to the State Board of Education and Department of Education; NRS 388.780-388.805 by eliminating the Commission on Educational Technology and transfer its duties to the State Board of Education and Department of Education; NRS 385.3781-385.379 by eliminating the Commission on Educational Excellence and transfer its duties to the State Board of Education and Department of Education; NRS 385.600-385.620 by eliminating the Advisory Council on Parental involvement and transfer its duties to the State Board of Education and Department of Education; NRS 218.5356 and NRS 385.359 by eliminating the Legislative Bureau of Educational Accountability and Program Evaluation;

7. Revising provisions in Assembly Bill 522 considered in the Seventy-Fifth Session of the Legislature to allow energy efficiency projects to be eligiblefor the ARRA revolving loan program; and

8. Revising NRS 533.370 concerning the time in which the State Engineer must act upon a water rights application so that subsection 4 applies refroactively to all applications filed with the State Engineer between July 1, 1947 and July 1, 2003 and so that provisions of subsection 8(d) apply refroactively to pending applications and applications/permits under
appeal involving certain transfers of groundwater.
The Special Session shall end no later than 11:59 P.M. Pacific Standard Time on Sunday, February 28, 2010.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State of Nevada to be affixed at the State Capitol in Carson City, this 24th day of February, in the year two thousand ten.