In 1997, the Nevada Legislature enacted Senate Bill 482 (Chapter 473, Statutes of Nevada 1997 ) directing the Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE) to provide certain information to Nevada school districts on enrollments in remedial courses within the NSHE and the costs associated with providing that instruction. Codified in Nevada Revised Statutes (NRS) 396.548, the mandate states the following:
NRS 396.548 Provision of information to board of trustees of school districts regarding remedial instruction. The Board of Regents shall require employees of the System to provide to the board of trustees of each school district of this State, as appropriate, information regarding the:
The cost calculations are based on enrollment in the year immediately following high school graduation. Cost calculations are for all institutions and are not based on whether or not an institution is eligible for state support for remedial instruction. While the universities do not receive state support in remedial courses, they do incur a cost of providing such instruction and therefore estimates of that cost are included. Per credit costs are calculated based on the state-supported operating budget whereby a per credit cost is derived for the purpose of calculation the cost of remediation to the institution.
Effective Fall 2021
NSHE Board of Regents passed the NSHE Corequisite and College-Ready Gateway Policy which requires all degree-seeking students to be enrolled in college-level or co-requisite gateway English and/or math courses in their two regular academic semesters. The policy also states that no traditional forms of remediation, including courses numbered below 100, shall not be offered independently at any NSHE institution.
As a result of this policy implementation, NSHE instituions have not offered traditional remedial courses since fall 2021. This also means that the System cannot calculate the cost incurred by the System in providing remedial instruction.