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NV Rev Stat § 391.0965 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 391 - Personnel|NRS 391.0965 - Review of person’s qualifications for license to teach or perform other educational functions; Department authorized to assess fee for such review.

  1. The Department may charge and collect a fee of $50 to review information pertaining to and provide feedback concerning a person’s qualifications for a license to teach or perform other educational functions, including, without limitation, records from a college or other educational institution and scores on examinations administered pursuant to the regulations adopted by the Commission, before the person applies for such a license. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, the money received from the fee collected pursuant to this section must be deposited with the State Treasurer for credit to the appropriate account of the Department.  2. Upon submission and payment of the fee prescribed pursuant to subsection 1, the Department shall review the information submitted pursuant to that subsection and provide feedback to a person concerning whether the information submitted by the person is indicative of whether the person appears to satisfy all or some of the requirements for the issuance of a license and, if so, the kind of license for which it appears the person may satisfy the requirements.  3. The submission of information pursuant to subsection 1 or any feedback provided by the Department pursuant to subsection 2 is not a substitute for the application process prescribed by NRS 391.033 and does not confer upon any person a right to the issuance of a license.  4. If the Department determines from the information submitted pursuant to subsection 1 that the person satisfies the requirements for the issuance of a license, the fee prescribed pursuant to subsection 1 must be applied toward the fee prescribed for the initial issuance of a license by the Commission pursuant to NRS 391.040.  (Added to NRS by 2017, 2114)
NV Rev Stat § 391.097 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 391 - Personnel|NRS 391.097 - Parent or guardian may request information regarding professional qualifications of licensed employees; annual notice of right to request information.

  1. Upon the request of a parent or legal guardian of a pupil who is enrolled in a public school, the board of trustees of the school district in which the school is located or the governing body of the charter school, as applicable, shall provide to the parent or guardian information regarding the professional qualifications of any licensed employee of the public school in which the pupil is enrolled. The State Board shall prescribe the time by which such information must be provided after receipt of the request by the school district or charter school. The information provided must include, without limitation:  (a) For each teacher who provides instruction to the pupil:  (1) Whether the teacher holds a license for the grade level and subject area in which the teacher provides instruction;  (2) Whether the teacher is:  (I) Providing instruction pursuant to NRS 391.125;  (II) Providing instruction pursuant to a waiver of the requirements for licensure for the grade level or subject area in which the teacher is employed; or  (III) Otherwise providing instruction without an endorsement for the subject area in which the teacher is employed;  (3) The degree held by the teacher and any other graduate certification or degree held by the teacher, including, without limitation, the field in which each degree or certification was obtained; and  (4) The competency examinations passed by the teacher; and  (b) If a paraprofessional, as defined in NRS 391.008, provides services to the pupil, the qualifications of the paraprofessional.  2. At the beginning of each school year, the board of trustees of each school district and the governing body of each charter school shall provide written notice to the parents and guardians of each pupil enrolled in a school within the school district or enrolled in the charter school, as applicable, that a parent or guardian may request information pursuant to subsection 1. The State Board shall prescribe the date by which the notice required by this subsection must be provided.  3. The information required pursuant to subsection 1 and the notice required pursuant to subsection 2 must be provided in a uniform and understandable format and, to the extent practicable, in a language that parents and guardians can understand.  (Added to NRS by 2003, 19th Special Session, 69; A 2019, 1055)
NV Rev Stat § 391.098 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 391 - Personnel|NRS 391.098 - Notice to parent or guardian of pupil in Title I school if teacher is not licensed to teach or does not hold endorsement to teach in certain subject area.

  1. If a pupil enrolled in a Title I school or a school that is rated as underperforming pursuant to the statewide system of accountability for public schools:  (a) Is assigned to a teacher, as the pupil’s regular classroom teacher, who is not licensed to teach pursuant to this chapter or who does not hold an endorsement to teach in the subject area in which he or she is teaching; or  (b) Has been taught for 4 consecutive weeks or more by a teacher who is not the pupil’s regular classroom teacher and who is not licensed to teach pursuant to this chapter or who does not hold an endorsement to teach in the subject area in which he or she is teaching,  the principal of the school or the administrative head of the charter school, as applicable, shall provide notice of that fact to the parent or legal guardian of the pupil.  2. The State Board shall prescribe the date on which the notice required by subsection 1 must be provided. The notice must be provided in a uniform and understandable format and, to the extent practicable, in a language that parents and guardians can understand.  (Added to NRS by 2003, 19th Special Session, 70; A 2013, 1932; 2017, 3259)
NV Rev Stat § 391.100 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 391 - Personnel|NRS 391.100 - Employment of personnel by trustees; certain paraprofessionals required to possess qualifications prescribed by State Board. [Parts of this section were replaced in revision in 2015 by NRS 391.102, 391.104 and 391.281.]

  1. The board of trustees of a school district may employ a superintendent of schools, teachers and all other necessary employees.  2. The board of trustees of a school district:  (a) May employ teacher aides and other auxiliary, nonprofessional personnel to assist licensed personnel in the instruction or supervision of children, either in the classroom or at any other place in the school or on the grounds thereof. A person who is employed as a paraprofessional by a school district to work in a program supported with Title I money must possess the requirements prescribed by the State Board pursuant to NRS 391.094.  (b) Shall establish policies governing the duties and performance of teacher aides.  [332:32:1956] — (NRS A 1967, 450; 1971, 175; 1975, 614; 1979, 871, 1603; 1985, 287; 1987, 1000, 1481; 1989, 630; 1993, 2531; 1995, 1910; 1999, 3462; 2001, 2482; 2003, 2848; 2003, 19th Special Session, 72; 2015, 1737, 2100, 3827; 2017, 3259)
NV Rev Stat § 391.102 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 391 - Personnel|NRS 391.102 - Transfer of teacher or administrator evaluated as developing or ineffective to another school; development of plan to address such assignments when principal of school does not consent; submission of plan to State Board.

  1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any collective bargaining agreement or contract of employment to the contrary, before the board of trustees of a school district may transfer a teacher or administrator who has received an evaluation designating his or her overall performance as developing or ineffective to another school as a result of decreased enrollment, administrative transfer or a reduction in workforce at a public school, the board of trustees of the school district must seek the consent of the principal of the school to which the teacher or administrator is proposed to be transferred. If such consent is not obtained, the superintendent of schools of the school district:  (a) May assign the teacher or administrator to a school within the district other than the school from which the teacher or administrator was transferred; and   (b) May assign the teacher or administrator to the school at which the principal did not consent to the transfer of the teacher or administrator.  2. The superintendent of schools of a school district shall develop and submit to the State Board a plan to address the assignment of teachers or administrators who have received evaluations designating their overall performance as developing or ineffective when the consent of a principal to a transfer pursuant to subsection 1 is not obtained. Such a plan must include, without limitation, a plan for any such teacher or administrator to receive assistance to help the teacher or administrator, as applicable, meet the standards for effective teaching, which may include, without limitation, peer assistance and review, participation in programs of professional development and other appropriate training.  [332:32:1956] — (NRS A 1967, 450; 1971, 175; 1975, 614; 1979, 871, 1603; 1985, 287; 1987, 1000, 1481; 1989, 630; 1993, 2531; 1995, 1910; 1999, 3462; 2001, 2482; 2003, 2848; 2003, 19th Special Session, 72; 2015, 1737, 2100, 3827; 2017, 2124, 2140) — (Substituted in revision for part of NRS 391.100)
NV Rev Stat § 391.1025 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 391 - Personnel|NRS 391.1025 - Definitions.

As used in NRS 391.1025 to 391.106, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 391.103 and 391.1035 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.  (Added to NRS by 2019, 1519)
NV Rev Stat § 391.103 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 391 - Personnel|NRS 391.103 - "Unsupervised contact" defined.

  1. "Unsupervised contact" means direct contact or interaction with one or more pupils who are not under the direct supervision of an employee of a school district or other person designated by a public school as the person responsible for pupils.   2. For the purposes of this section:  (a) A pupil is under the direct supervision of an employee of a school district or other person designated by a public school as the person responsible for the pupil if the employee or other person:  (1) If indoors, is present in the same room as the pupil or has visual contact with the pupil.  (2) If outdoors, is within 30 yards of the pupil or has visual contact with the pupil.  (b) A person shall not be deemed to have unsupervised contact with pupils if he or she has the potential for only incidental unsupervised contact with pupils in commonly used areas on the grounds of a public school.  (Added to NRS by 2019, 1519)
NV Rev Stat § 391.1035 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 391 - Personnel|NRS 391.1035 - "Volunteer" defined.

Volunteer means any person who, without compensation, works at, assists with or oversees any activity or event conducted or sponsored by a public school during or outside of school hours. The term:  1. Includes, without limitation, a coach, assistant coach, director of in-school or extracurricular activities and chaperone of an overnight trip.  2. Does not include a student who is enrolled at an institution of higher education and is:  (a) Taking a course which requires the student to be present in the classroom of the public school on a limited basis to observe and to be observed in the classroom; and   (b) Under direct supervision of a teacher or his or her professor at all times while in the classroom.  (Added to NRS by 2019, 1520)
NV Rev Stat § 391.106 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 391 - Personnel|NRS 391.106 - List of approved entities for which volunteer of entity is authorized to be volunteer for school without investigation into criminal background.

The Department shall compile a list of entities for which it approves a school to allow a volunteer of the entity to be a volunteer for the school without submitting fingerprints or an investigation into his or her criminal background. The Department shall:  1. Include on the list any entity that:  (a) Requires an investigation into the criminal background of a person for the purpose of employment, licensure or volunteering that the Department determines to be at least as stringent as an investigation into the criminal background of a volunteer conducted pursuant to NRS 388A.515, 388C.200 or 391.104; and  (b) Meets any other requirements prescribed by regulation of the Department; and  2. Remove from the list any entity that the Department determines no longer meets the requirements of subsection 1.  (Added to NRS by 2019, 1522)
NV Rev Stat § 391.110 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 391 - Personnel|NRS 391.110 - Superintendent of schools: Employment; qualifications; term; dismissal; administration of oaths.

  1. The board of trustees of a school district may:  (a) Employ any person the board of trustees determines is qualified to serve as the superintendent of schools of the school district. The Commission may require the superintendent of any school district to hold a master’s degree.  (b) Define the powers and fix the duties of the superintendent of schools.  (c) Fix the salary of the superintendent of schools.  2. If the board of trustees of a school district employs a person who is not licensed as an administrator to serve as the superintendent of schools, the board of trustees shall employ a person who is licensed as an administrator to oversee the academic programs of the public schools within the school district.  3. A superintendent of schools may be employed for an initial term not to exceed 4 years. The term of any subsequent employment may be of any duration.  4. A superintendent of schools may be dismissed at any time for cause.  5. A superintendent of schools may administer oaths or affirmations relating to public schools.  [333:32:1956] — (NRS A 1971, 549; 1979, 1603; 1985, 868; 1987, 1000; 1995, 33; 1999, 1134)
NV Rev Stat § 391.115 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 391 - Personnel|NRS 391.115 - Consideration of military education, training or occupational experience.

If a veteran of the Armed Forces of the United States submits an application for employment in a school district for a position that requires certain training, experience or licensure in a skilled trade, the school district must consider any military education, training or occupational experience listed on a Joint Services Transcript or a similar document as credit towards any such required training, experience or licensure.  (Added to NRS by 2019, 888)
NV Rev Stat § 391.120 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 391 - Personnel|NRS 391.120 - Written contract of employment for licensed personnel; limitations on employment; suspension or termination for failure to maintain valid license; exception; submission of employment information to Department; confidentiality of employment information.

  1. Boards of trustees of the school districts in this State may employ legally qualified teachers and other licensed personnel and may determine their salaries and the length of the term of school for which they are employed. These conditions and any other conditions agreed upon by the parties must be embodied in a written contract, or notice of reemployment, to be approved by the board of trustees and accepted and signed by the employee. A copy of the contract or notice of reemployment, properly written, must be delivered to each teacher or other licensed employee not later than the opening of the term of school.  2. A board of trustees may not employ teachers or other licensed personnel for any school year commencing after the expiration of the time for which any member of the board of trustees was elected or appointed.  3. It is unlawful for the board of trustees of any school district to employ any teacher who is not legally qualified to teach all the grades which the teacher is engaged to teach. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 391.3015, the board of trustees shall suspend or terminate, as applicable, the employment of any teacher who fails to maintain a license issued pursuant to this chapter in force, if such a license is required for employment. Any such suspension or termination must comply with the requirements of NRS 391.301 to 391.309, inclusive.  4. The school district shall annually, on or before the date prescribed by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, submit to the Department, in a form prescribed by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the following information for each licensed employee employed by the school district during that year:  (a) The amount of salary of the employee;  (b) The designated assignment, as that term is defined by the Department, of the employee; and  (c) The overall performance rating of the employee as highly effective, effective, developing or ineffective under the statewide performance evaluation system established by the State Board pursuant to NRS 391.465 and the criteria for making the designation.  5. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 239.0115, information submitted to the Department pursuant to paragraph (c) of subsection 4 is confidential.  [334:32:1956] — (NRS A 1967, 449; 1969, 127; 1979, 1604; 1987, 1001; 1993, 1432; 2003, 2820; 2007, 312; 2017, 2125)
NV Rev Stat § 391.125 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 391 - Personnel|NRS 391.125 - Request by board of trustees to employ teachers who do not hold appropriate endorsement if shortage exists; limitations; duty of Commission and State Board if request granted.

  1. If the board of trustees of a school district determines that a shortage of teachers exists within the school district in a particular subject area, the board of trustees may, on or before September 1 of the school year in which such a determination is made, submit a written request to the Superintendent of Public Instruction to employ persons who are licensed teachers but who do not hold an endorsement to teach in the subject area for which there is a shortage of teachers at a public school within the school district. The Superintendent of Public Instruction may grant such a request if the Superintendent determines that a shortage of teachers exists in the subject area. If the Superintendent of Public Instruction grants a request pursuant to this subsection, a person who holds a license to teach but not an endorsement in the subject area for which the request was granted may be employed by the school district for not more than 3 school years to teach in that subject area at a public school within the school district.  2. If the Superintendent of Public Instruction grants a request pursuant to subsection 1, the Superintendent shall submit a written report to the Commission and the State Board that includes the name of the school district for which the request was granted and the subject area for which the request was granted. Upon receipt of such a report, the Commission and the State Board shall consider whether to adopt revisions to the requirements for an endorsement in that subject area to address the shortage of teachers.  (Added to NRS by 2001 Special Session, 176; A 2003, 19th Special Session, 74; 2013, 1932; 2017, 2125, 3260)
NV Rev Stat § 391.145 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 391 - Personnel|NRS 391.145 - Involuntary transfer or reassignment of unlicensed employees.

  1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, any involuntary transfer or reassignment of an unlicensed employee must be based on assignment and seniority and may not be made as a form of discipline.  2. An unlicensed employee may be reassigned for less than 30 days in response to temporary requirements for work.  3. If an unlicensed employee believes an involuntary transfer or reassignment was made as a form of discipline, he or she is entitled to a hearing on that issue.  (Added to NRS by 1987, 1162) — (Substituted in revision for NRS 391.205)
NV Rev Stat § 391.155 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 391 - Personnel|NRS 391.155 - School districts required to submit biannual report to Interim Finance Committee concerning employment of consultants.

Each school district in this State that employs a consultant shall, at least once every 6 months, submit to the Interim Finance Committee a report setting forth:  1. The number of consultants employed by the school district;  2. The purpose for which the school district employs each consultant;  3. The amount of money or other remuneration received by each consultant from the school district; and  4. The length of time each consultant has been employed by the school district.  (Added to NRS by 2011, 3104)
NV Rev Stat § 391.160 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 391 - Personnel|NRS 391.160 - Determination of salaries: Standards for determining. [Parts of this section were replaced in revision in 2015 by NRS 391.161, 391.162, 391.163, 391.167 and 391.169.]

The salaries of teachers and other employees must be determined by the character of the service required as described in NRS 391.161 to 391.169, inclusive. A school district shall not discriminate between male and female employees in the matter of salary.  [338:32:1956] — (NRS A 1969, 1178; 1971, 75; 1979, 307, 1605; 1991, 817; 1993, 426; 1999, 1037, 1559; 2001, 1904; 2001 Special Session, 182; 2005, 2446; 2007, 2385; 2015, 2314)
NV Rev Stat § 391.161 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 391 - Personnel|NRS 391.161 - Determination of salaries: Increased salary for certain teachers who are certified by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards.

Each year when determining the salary of a teacher who holds certification issued by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, a school district shall add 5 percent to the salary that the teacher would otherwise receive in 1 year for the teacher’s classification on the schedule of salaries for the school district if:  1. On or before January 31 of the school year, the teacher has submitted evidence satisfactory to the school district of his or her current certification; and  2. The teacher is assigned by the school district to provide classroom instruction during that school year.  No increase in salary may be given pursuant to this section during a particular school year to a teacher who submits evidence of certification after January 31 of that school year. For the first school year that a teacher submits evidence of his or her current certification, the board of trustees of the school district to whom the evidence was submitted shall pay the increase in salary required by this section retroactively to the beginning of that school year. Once a teacher has submitted evidence of such certification to the school district, the school district shall retain the evidence in its records, as applicable, for future school years. An increase in salary given in accordance with this section is in addition to any other increase to which the teacher may otherwise be entitled.  [338:32:1956] — (NRS A 1969, 1178; 1971, 75; 1979, 307, 1605; 1991, 817; 1993, 426; 1999, 1037, 1559; 2001, 1904; 2001 Special Session, 182; 2005, 2446; 2007, 2385; 2015, 2314) — (Substituted in revision for part of NRS 391.160)