Nevada regents must track college outcomes and study student hardship

The Board of Regents must maintain an online dashboard with statistics about student outcomes. The dashboard covers students who graduate from Nevada high schools and enroll in System colleges, remedial or support courses, and average time to graduate. It also covers certain graduates’ later work, enrollment, and public benefit outcomes. The dashboard must not include personal identifying information. Some statistics about graduates’ work, enrollment, and public benefits are required only if data is available. The dashboard must be available on the System’s website by September 1, 2026.

The Board of Regents must set a policy for courses that use only low-cost materials and free open educational resources. The policy applies to courses at institutions within the Nevada System of Higher Education. The policy must define both kinds of materials and set one system for marking qualifying courses in each institution’s registration system. This section took effect July 1, 2026.

The Board of Regents must study students’ food and money problems and report findings and recommendations. The study covers students in the Nevada System of Higher Education. The study must examine why financial or food problems lead some students to temporarily leave academic programs and assess possible ways to reduce those problems. Possible options may include letting students with unpaid System debts or late fees register for courses; the law does not require that option. The study covers the 2025–2026 interim, and the Board must submit its report by July 1, 2026.