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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 393 - School Property › NRS 393.245 - Procedure for sale or lease of real property to bidder or through licensed real estate broker; terms of payment; board of trustees authorized to enter into brokerage agreement to list house or other structure built by pupils.

1. The board of trustees may sell or lease real property:
(a) To a responsible bidder in the manner provided by NRS 393.250 to 393.300, inclusive; or
(b) Through a licensed real estate broker. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, an exclusive listing may not be given. In all listings, the board of trustees shall specify the minimum price or rental, the terms of the sale or lease, and the commission to be allowed, which must not exceed the normal commissions prevailing in the community at the time.
2. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, all sales may be made for cash, or for not less than 25 percent cash down and upon deferred payments for not more than 10 years, secured by a mortgage or deed of trust, bearing such interest and upon such further terms as specified by the board of trustees. The sale of a house or other structure that is built by pupils enrolled in a program of instruction offered by a public school in the school district may be for cash or upon such terms and conditions as are determined by the board of trustees.
3. If the board of trustees proposes to sell a house or other structure built by pupils enrolled in a program of instruction offered by a public school in the school district, the board of trustees may enter into a brokerage agreement to list the house or structure with a real estate broker who:
(a) Is licensed in this state;
(b) Maintains an office within the county where the school district is located; and
(c) Has been selected by the board of trustees pursuant to the provisions of NRS 393.247.
4. The provisions of this section apply to all sales and leases of real property, except leases and rentals subject to NRS 393.3251 to 393.3255, inclusive, but if an appraisal is required pursuant to the provisions of NRS 393.240, the board of trustees shall not adopt the resolution described in NRS 393.250 or otherwise commence bidding or listing procedures until the appraisal has been received.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 269; A 1975, 32; 2001, 589)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 393 - School Property › NRS 393.250 - Adoption and contents of resolution declaring intention to sell or lease property; additional requirements of resolution for sale of house or other structure built by pupils.

1. Before ordering the sale or lease of any property, the board of trustees shall, in an open meeting by a majority vote of the members, adopt a resolution declaring its intention to sell the property, or a resolution declaring its intention to lease it.
2. The resolution must:
(a) Describe the property proposed to be sold or leased in such a manner as to identify it.
(b) Specify the minimum price or rental, and the terms upon which it will be sold or leased, and the commission, if any, which must not exceed the normal commissions prevailing in the community at the time, which the board will pay to a licensed real estate broker.
(c) Except as otherwise provided in NRS 393.247, fix a time, not less than 3 weeks thereafter, for a public meeting of the board of trustees to be held at its regular place of meeting, at which sealed proposals to purchase or lease will be received and considered.
3. In addition to the requirements specified in subsection 2, if the property proposed to be sold is a house or other structure built by pupils enrolled in a program of instruction offered by a public school in the school district and the board of trustees has listed the house or structure with a real estate broker pursuant to the provisions of subsection 3 of NRS 393.245, the resolution required pursuant to the provisions of this section must include:
(a) The name, business address and telephone number of the real estate broker; and
(b) The period during which the house or structure may be inspected by prospective purchasers.
[433:32:1956]—(NRS A 1967, 269; 1975, 32; 2001, 589)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 393 - School Property › NRS 393.260 - Notice of adoption of resolution and of meeting: Posting and publication.

Notice of the adoption of the resolution and of the time and place of holding the meeting, if required pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (c) of subsection 2 of NRS 393.250, must be given by:
1. Posting copies of the resolution in three public places in the school district not less than 15 days before the date of the meeting; and
2. Publishing the resolution not less than once a week for 2 successive weeks before the meeting in a newspaper of general circulation published in the school district, if any such newspaper is published therein.
[434:32:1956]—(NRS A 2001, 590)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 393 - School Property › NRS 393.270 - Opening of proposals; acceptance; procedure to be followed if a bid is not received that is at least equal to cash market value of property.

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 393.247, at the time and place fixed in the resolution for the meeting of the board of trustees, each sealed proposal that has been received must, in public session, be opened, examined and declared by the board. Of the proposals submitted which conform to all terms and conditions specified in the resolution of intention to sell or to lease and which are made by responsible bidders, the proposal which is the highest must be finally accepted, unless a higher oral bid is accepted or the board rejects all bids.
2. If the real property is subject to the requirement of an independent appraisal pursuant to NRS 393.240 and the board of trustees does not receive a bid that is at least equal to the cash market value of the property as determined by the appraisers, the board of trustees may, at the session held pursuant to subsection 1 or in an open meeting of the board of trustees held pursuant to NRS 393.250, amend the resolution, including, without limitation, setting a time, not less than 3 weeks thereafter, for another public meeting of the board of trustees to be held at its regular place of meeting, at which sealed proposals to purchase or lease will again be received and considered. If the board of trustees adopts an amended resolution pursuant to this subsection, the board shall notice the amended resolution pursuant to NRS 393.260 and proceed in accordance with the provisions of subsection 1.
3. If the board of trustees, upon opening the proposals received pursuant to the amended resolution, does not receive a bid that is at least equal to the cash market value of the property as determined by the appraisers, the board of trustees may, at the session held pursuant to the amended resolution or in an open meeting of the board of trustees held pursuant to NRS 393.250, amend the resolution a second time, including, without limitation, setting a time, not less than 3 weeks thereafter, for another public meeting of the board of trustees to be held at its regular place of meeting, at which sealed proposals to purchase or lease will again be received and considered. If the board of trustees adopts an amended resolution pursuant to this subsection, the board shall notice the amended resolution pursuant to NRS 393.260 and proceed in accordance with the provisions of subsection 1. Of the proposals received and considered at the meeting, the board of trustees may finally accept the proposal which is the highest, even if that proposal is for an amount less than the cash market value of the property as determined by the appraisers.
[435:32:1956]—(NRS A 2001, 590; 2003, 937)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 393 - School Property › NRS 393.280 - Oral bids; acceptance of highest oral bid; commission for broker.

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 393.247:
1. Before accepting any written proposal, the board of trustees shall call for oral bids. If, upon the call for oral bidding, any responsible person offers to purchase the property or to lease the property, as the case may be, upon the terms and conditions specified in the resolution, for a price or rental exceeding by at least 5 percent the highest written proposal, after deducting the commission, if any, to be paid a licensed real estate broker in connection therewith, the oral bid which is the highest after deducting any commissions to be paid a licensed real estate broker in connection therewith, which is made by a responsible person, must be finally accepted.
2. If a sale or lease is made on a higher oral bid to a purchaser procured by an authorized, licensed real estate broker, other than the broker who submitted the highest written proposal, the board shall allow a commission on the full amount for which the sale is confirmed. One-half of the commission on the amount of the highest written proposal must be paid to the broker who submitted it, and the balance of the commission on the purchase price to the broker who procured the purchaser to whom the sale was confirmed. If a sale or lease is made on a higher oral bid to a purchaser not procured by a licensed real estate broker, the board shall allow one-half of the commission on the amount of the highest written proposal, if that highest written proposal was submitted by a licensed real estate broker.
[436:32:1956]—(NRS A 1967, 270; 2001, 590)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 393 - School Property › NRS 393.290 - Final acceptance.

The final acceptance by the board of trustees may be made:
1. At the same session held pursuant to the provisions of NRS 393.270;
2. At any adjourned session of the same meeting held within the 10 days next following; or
3. If the board of trustees is selling a house or other structure built by pupils enrolled in a program of instruction offered by a public school in the school district, at any public meeting held pursuant to the provisions of NRS 393.247.
[437:32:1956]—(NRS A 2001, 591)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 393 - School Property › NRS 393.300 - Rejection of bids and withdrawal of property from sale or lease.

The board of trustees may:
1. At the session held pursuant to the provisions of NRS 393.270; or
2. At any public meeting held by the board of trustees pursuant to the provisions of NRS 393.247,
if it deems such an action to be for the best public interest, reject any bid, and withdraw the property from sale or lease.
[438:32:1956]—(NRS A 2001, 591)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 393 - School Property › NRS 393.310 - Authorization to execute and deliver deed or lease.

Any resolution of acceptance made by the board of trustees of any bid or any sale through an authorized broker shall authorize and direct the president of the board of trustees to execute a deed or lease and to deliver it upon performance and compliance by the purchaser or lessee with all the terms or conditions of his or her contract which are to be performed concurrently therewith.
[439:32:1956]—(NRS A 1967, 270)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 393 - School Property › NRS 393.325 - Lease of school building for community center; conditions.

1. Notwithstanding any of the provisions of NRS 393.220 to 393.320, inclusive, the board of trustees shall have the power to lease any school building not in use at a nominal rental for community center purposes.
2. The following conditions shall apply:
(a) The lease must be made with a nonprofit association properly and regularly formed and maintained by residents of a particular community or area within the school district desiring to utilize an available school building as a community center.
(b) Any school building so leased must be used for community center purposes only, and may not be used for private gain.
(c) The lease shall provide for cancellation of the lease and a return of the school building to the possession of the school district, upon 30 days’ written notice and demand, should the board of trustees find it desirable again to operate a school within the building or should the building cease to be used for community center purposes.
3. The lease may contain such further provisions as the board of trustees deems appropriate, including but not restricted to a provision for the cancellation of the lease and return of the building under such other conditions and upon such terms as may be agreed.
(Added to NRS by 1957, 103; A 1967, 174)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 393 - School Property › NRS 393.3251 - Lease or rental of certain real property without formal appraisal; resolution of intention to lease or rent.

1. When the board of trustees determines that the rental value of any real property belonging to the school district is $5,000 or less a year, the board of trustees may lease or rent such property for a year or less without obtaining a formal appraisal.
2. After determining the amount and the terms of the lease, the board of trustees shall in open meeting by a majority vote of the members adopt a resolution declaring its intention to lease the property. The resolution shall:
(a) Describe the real property proposed to be leased, and such description must be sufficiently clear to identify readily the property involved.
(b) Specify the rental price and the use for which the property is to be leased or rented. All leases and rentals shall be for cash.
(c) Fix a time, not less than 1 week after publication of notice, for a public meeting of the board of trustees to be held at its regular place of meeting, at which time lease or rental proposals will be heard and considered.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 274; A 1975, 164)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 393 - School Property › NRS 393.3253 - Meeting: Procedure; call for bids; acceptance of highest oral bid.

1. At the time and place fixed in the notice for the meeting required by NRS 393.3251, the clerk of the board of trustees shall read the public notice.
2. The president of the board of trustees shall then ask for any:
(a) Protests to the proposed lease.
(b) Proposals from any individuals or associations interested in leasing the property. The board of trustees shall not consider any such proposal unless the amount of the rental is at least 5 percent greater than the amount specified in the original proposal and the notice.
3. After hearing any protests or additional proposals, the board of trustees shall determine whether to lease or rent such property, and if so, it shall accept the highest oral bid if such bid is made by a responsible person and meets the requirements of subsection 2.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 274)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 393 - School Property › NRS 393.3254 - Renewal of lease or rental agreement; review and adjustment.

Any lease or rental agreement entered into pursuant to NRS 393.3251, 393.3252 and 393.3253 may be renewed without a public hearing, for 3 years after the original agreement, subject to yearly review and adjustment, at the discretion of the board of trustees, of the amount of the rental and the terms of the lease or agreement. Any adjustment of the amount of the rental shall not be for an amount less than that provided in the original agreement unless the board of trustees determines that it is in the best interest of the school district.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 274)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 393 - School Property › NRS 393.3255 - Deposit of money received from lease or rental in buildings and sites fund.

All moneys received from the rental or lease of real property pursuant to NRS 393.3251 to 393.3255, inclusive, shall be deposited with the county treasurer of the county in which the school district is located and shall be credited to the school district buildings and sites fund.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 275)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 393 - School Property › NRS 393.326 - Power of trustees.

1. When the board of trustees of a school district determines that the exchange of real property belonging to the school district for real property belonging to an individual, partnership or corporation, other than a public agency as defined in NRS 277.050 or an Indian tribe, is necessary or for the best interests of the school district, the board shall have the power to exchange such real property, whether acquired by purchase, dedication or otherwise.
2. The provisions of subsection 1 shall not be construed to permit the exchange of any real property in contravention of any condition in a gift or devise of real property to the school district.
(Added to NRS by 1961, 64; A 1999, 1161)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 393 - School Property › NRS 393.327 - Manner of making exchanges.

Every exchange with an individual, partnership or corporation must be made in the manner provided in NRS 393.326 to 393.3293, inclusive. Exchanges with public agencies and Indian tribes must be made in the manner provided in NRS 277.050.
(Added to NRS by 1961, 64; A 1999, 1162)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 393 - School Property › NRS 393.328 - Appraisers: Appointment, report and compensation.

1. When the board of trustees proposes to exchange real property, the board shall appoint one appraiser. The owner of the other real property proposed to be exchanged shall appoint one appraiser. A third appraiser shall be appointed by the Superintendent of Public Instruction.
2. The appraisers shall make a report to the board of trustees of their findings and determinations of the cash market value of the real properties proposed to be exchanged.
3. The exchange of real property shall be made only at the values fixed by the appraisers. If the real properties sought to be exchanged are not of equal value, the owner of the parcel of real property of lesser value shall pay in money to the owner of the parcel of real property of greater value the difference.
4. The compensation of the appraisers shall be fixed by the board of trustees, and shall be a legal charge against the school district.
(Added to NRS by 1961, 64; A 1979, 1620)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 393 - School Property › NRS 393.329 - Resolution declaring intention to exchange property: Adoption and contents.

1. After receiving the report of the appraisers and before ordering the exchange of any real property, the board of trustees shall, in open meeting by a majority vote of the members, adopt a resolution declaring the board’s intention to exchange the real property.
2. The resolution shall:
(a) Describe the real properties proposed to be exchanged in such a manner as to identify them.
(b) Specify the cash market value of the real properties proposed to be exchanged as determined by the appraisers.
(c) Fix a time, not less than 3 weeks thereafter, for a public meeting of the board of trustees to be held at its regular place of meeting, at which meeting objections to the proposed exchange may be made by interested persons.
(Added to NRS by 1961, 64)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 393 - School Property › NRS 393.3291 - Notice of adoption of resolution and of meeting: Posting and publication.

Notice of the adoption of the resolution and of the time and place of the meeting shall be given by:
1. Posting copies of the resolution in three public places in the school district not less than 15 days before the date of the meeting; and
2. Publishing the resolution not less than once a week for 2 successive weeks before the meeting in a newspaper of general circulation published in the school district, if any such newspaper is published therein.
(Added to NRS by 1961, 64)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 393 - School Property › NRS 393.3292 - Order for exchange; execution of necessary conveyances.

After the public meeting, if the board determines that the exchange of such real properties is necessary or for the best interests of the school district, the board shall order that the exchange be made, and shall direct the president of the board of trustees to execute all necessary conveyances therefor.
(Added to NRS by 1961, 65)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 393 - School Property › NRS 393.3293 - Deposit of money received from exchange in school district fund.

All moneys received by a school district from exchanges of real property as provided in subsection 3 of NRS 393.328 shall be deposited forthwith with the county treasurer to be credited to the school district fund, unless the board of trustees of such county school district has elected to establish and administer a separate account under NRS 354.603 for the school district fund, in which case such moneys shall be placed in such separate account.
(Added to NRS by 1961, 65; A 1971, 1349; 1975, 1810)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 393 - School Property › NRS 393.370 - Abolishment of county.

1. When a county is abolished as provided in Section 36 of Article 4 of the Constitution of the State of Nevada, and NRS 243.420 to 243.455, inclusive, and all the territory thereof is included within an existing county, the property of the abolished school district shall become the property of the county school district to which the territory is annexed.
2. When a county is abolished as provided in Section 36 of Article 4 of the Constitution of the State of Nevada, and NRS 243.420 to 243.455, inclusive, and all the territory thereof is included within the territory of two or more existing counties, the personal property of the abolished school district shall be divided among the county school districts to which the territory is attached in the same proportion as the ratio of the assessed valuation of the territory added to each county bears to the total assessed valuation of the abolished county. All real property of the school district situated in the territory added to a county shall become the property of the school district of which it becomes a part.
[445:32:1956]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 393 - School Property › NRS 393.380 - Change of county’s boundaries.

When a portion of a county is detached and annexed to another county, the personal property of the school district whose boundaries are conterminous with the boundaries of the county from which territory is annexed shall be divided between the school districts in the same proportion as the ratio of the assessed valuation of the territory detached to the total assessed valuation of the territory of the county before the portion was detached and annexed. All real property of the school district situated in the portion of the county detached and annexed shall become the property of the school district of which it becomes a part.
[446:32:1956]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 393 - School Property › NRS 393.400 - Surreptitious electronic surveillance; exceptions.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, it is unlawful for a person to engage in any kind of surreptitious electronic surveillance on any property of a public school without the knowledge of the person being observed.
2. Subsection 1 does not apply to any electronic surveillance:
(a) Authorized by a court order issued to a public officer, based upon a showing of probable cause to believe that criminal activity is occurring on the property of the public school under surveillance;
(b) By a law enforcement agency pursuant to a criminal investigation;
(c) By a peace officer pursuant to NRS 289.830;
(d) Which is necessary as part of a system of security used to protect and ensure the safety of persons on the property of the public school; or
(e) Of a class or laboratory when authorized by the teacher of the class or laboratory.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 2138; A 2015, 575, 3667; 2017, 595)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 393 - School Property › NRS 393.405 - Use of diisocyanate in maintenance or repair of building owned or operated by school while certain persons are present; penalty.

1. It is unlawful for a person who knows or in the exercise of reasonable care should know that a substance or material contains at least one-tenth of 1 percent by weight or volume of a diisocyanate to use, or cause or permit another person to use, the substance or material in the maintenance or repair of a building owned or operated by a school district while any person who is not necessary to the maintenance or repair is present in the building.
2. A person who knows or in the exercise of reasonable care should know that a substance or material which contains at least one-tenth of 1 percent by weight or volume of a diisocyanate has been used in the maintenance or repair of a building owned or operated by a school district shall ensure that the building is not occupied for at least 4 hours following the use of that substance or material by any person who is not necessary to the maintenance or repair.
3. A person who violates subsection 1 or 2 is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
4. For the purposes of this section, "diisocyanate" includes, without limitation, toluene diisocyanate (TDI), methylene bisphenyl isocyanate (MDI) or hexamethylene diisocyanate (HDI).
(Added to NRS by 1997, 3352)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 393 - School Property › NRS 393.410 - Damage to school property; nuisance; loitering; trespass; penalties.

1. It is unlawful for any person:
(a) Willfully and maliciously to injure, mark or deface any public schoolhouse, its fixtures, books or appurtenances;
(b) To commit any nuisance in any public schoolhouse;
(c) To loiter on or near the school grounds; or
(d) Purposely and maliciously to commit any trespass upon the grounds attached to a public schoolhouse, or any fixtures placed thereon, or any enclosure or sidewalk about the same.
2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, any person violating any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a public offense, as prescribed in NRS 193.155, proportionate to the value of the property damaged or destroyed and in no event less than a misdemeanor.
3. Any person who is in possession of a dangerous weapon during his or her commission of a violation of paragraph (b), (c) or (d) of subsection 1 is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
4. As used in this section:
(a) "Dangerous knife" means a knife having a blade that is 2 inches or more in length when measured from the tip of the knife which is customarily sharpened to the unsharpened extension of the blade which forms the hinge connecting the blade to the handle.
(b) "Dangerous weapon" means:
(1) An explosive or incendiary device;
(2) A dirk, dagger, switchblade knife or dangerous knife;
(3) A nunchaku or trefoil;
(4) A blackjack or billy club or metal knuckles; or
(5) A pistol, revolver or other firearm.
(c) "Explosive or incendiary device" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 202.253.
(d) "Nunchaku" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 202.350.
(e) "Switchblade knife" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 202.265.
(f) "Trefoil" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 202.350.
[415:32:1956]—(NRS A 1967, 567; 1993, 40; 2001, 807; 2015, 1591)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 394 - Private Educational Institutions and Establishments › NRS 394.005 - Definitions.

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 394.006 to 394.112, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 1498; A 1979, 1620; 1985, 990; 1989, 1458)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 394 - Private Educational Institutions and Establishments › NRS 394.006 - "Accredited" defined.

A postsecondary educational institution is "accredited" if:
1. It has met the standards required by an accrediting body recognized by the United States Department of Education; or
2. The United States Department of Education recognizes it as accredited.
(Added to NRS by 1985, 987; A 1997, 176; 2017, 3487)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 394 - Private Educational Institutions and Establishments › NRS 394.009 - "Agent" defined.

"Agent" means:
1. In the case of a private elementary or secondary educational institution, a natural person owning an interest in, employed by or representing for remuneration any such institution within or outside this state, or who holds himself or herself out to residents of this state as representing any such institution for any purpose.
2. In the case of a postsecondary educational institution, a natural person representing the institution while off its premises and having the authority:
(a) To obligate the institution or a prospective student of the institution; or
(b) To accept money, on behalf of the institution, from any prospective student.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 1498; A 1989, 1458)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 394 - Private Educational Institutions and Establishments › NRS 394.011 - "Agent’s permit" defined.

"Agent’s permit" means a nontransferable written authorization issued to a natural person by the Board or Commission which allows that person to solicit or enroll any resident of this State for education in a private elementary, secondary or postsecondary educational institution.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 1498)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 394 - Private Educational Institutions and Establishments › NRS 394.026 - "Confidential" defined.

"Confidential" means information that is subject to disclosure only to:
1. The Attorney General;
2. A member of the Commission or its staff; or
3. As deemed appropriate by the Administrator, a person responsible for reviewing the curriculum or financial records of a postsecondary educational institution.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 1457; A 1997, 950)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 394 - Private Educational Institutions and Establishments › NRS 394.035 - "Document of indebtedness" defined.

"Document of indebtedness" means any contract, note, instrument or other evidence of indebtedness entered into by a resident of this state and a private elementary, secondary or postsecondary educational institution, its agent or lending agency specifying the terms of payment for educational services to be provided by any private elementary, secondary or postsecondary educational institution.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 1498)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 394 - Private Educational Institutions and Establishments › NRS 394.037 - "Driving school" defined.

"Driving school" means a postsecondary educational institution that trains its students to drive motor vehicles as a vocation. The term does not include the Program for the Education of Motorcycle Riders established pursuant to NRS 486.372.
(Added to NRS by 1985, 987; A 1991, 1067)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 394 - Private Educational Institutions and Establishments › NRS 394.043 - "Educational credentials" defined.

"Educational credentials" means degrees, diplomas, certificates, transcripts, reports, documents or letters of designation, marks, appellations, series of letters, numbers or words which signify, purport to signify or are generally taken to signify enrollment, attendance, progress or satisfactory completion of the requirements or prerequisites for education at a private elementary, secondary or postsecondary educational institution.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 1498)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 394 - Private Educational Institutions and Establishments › NRS 394.045 - "Elementary and secondary educational institutions" defined.

"Elementary and secondary educational institutions" includes an academic, vocational, technical, correspondence, business or other school or other person offering educational credentials, diplomas or certificates, or offering instruction or educational services. This term includes all grades from kindergarten through the twelfth grade.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 1499; A 1987, 1308; 1991, 975)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 394 - Private Educational Institutions and Establishments › NRS 394.071 - "Lending agency" defined.

"Lending agency" means:
1. Any private elementary, secondary or postsecondary educational institution;
2. Any person controlling, controlled by or held in common ownership with an elementary, secondary or postsecondary institution; or
3. Any person regularly loaning money to such an educational institution or its students.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 1499)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 394 - Private Educational Institutions and Establishments › NRS 394.091 - "Operate" defined.

"Operate" means to establish or maintain any facility in this state from or through which education or educational credentials are offered or granted, and includes contracting with any person, group or entity for the purpose of providing education or educational credentials.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 1499)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 394 - Private Educational Institutions and Establishments › NRS 394.098 - "Postsecondary education" defined.

"Postsecondary education" is limited to education or educational services offered by an institution which is privately owned to persons who have completed or terminated their elementary and secondary education or who are beyond the age of compulsory school enrollment and attendance for the attainment of academic, professional or vocational objectives.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 1499; A 1985, 991; 2023, 1220)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 394 - Private Educational Institutions and Establishments › NRS 394.099 - "Postsecondary educational institution" defined.

"Postsecondary educational institution" means an academic, vocational, technical, home study, business, professional or other school, college or university that is privately owned, or any person offering postsecondary education if he or she:
1. Is not licensed as a postsecondary educational institution in this state by a federal or another state agency;
2. Charges tuition, requires or requests donations or receives any consideration from a student for any portion of the instruction, including written or audiovisual material;
3. Educates or trains persons who are not his or her employees; and
4. Educates or trains, or claims or offers to educate or train, students in a program leading toward:
(a) Employment at a beginning or advanced level;
(b) Educational credentials;
(c) Credits that are intended to be applied toward an educational credential awarded in another state which does not require the person to obtain a majority of the credits required in that state; or
(d) Preparation for examinations for initial licensing in a profession or vocation.
The term includes a branch or extension of a public or private postsecondary educational institution of another state that is located in this state or which offers educational services or education in this state. The term does not include an institution or person offering only educational services or programs at the introductory level on the use of computer software to persons who have purchased that software from the institution or person.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 1499; A 1985, 991; 1989, 1458; 1999, 2115)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 394 - Private Educational Institutions and Establishments › NRS 394.103 - "Private schools" defined.

"Private schools" means private elementary and secondary educational institutions. The term does not include a home in which instruction is provided to a child who is excused from compulsory enrollment and attendance pursuant to NRS 392.070.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 1499; A 1991, 975; 1999, 3319; 2023, 1220)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 394 - Private Educational Institutions and Establishments › NRS 394.125 - Legislative statement of policy and purpose of chapter.

It is the policy of this State to encourage and enable its residents to receive an education commensurate with their respective talents and desires. The Legislature recognizes that privately owned institutions offering elementary, secondary and postsecondary education and vocational and professional instruction perform a necessary service to the residents of this State. It is the purpose of this chapter to provide for the protection, education and welfare of the residents of the State of Nevada, its educational, vocational and professional institutions, and its students, by:
1. Establishing minimum standards concerning quality of education, ethical and business practices, health and safety, and fiscal responsibility, to protect against substandard, transient, unethical, deceptive or fraudulent institutions and practices;
2. Prohibiting the granting of false or misleading educational credentials;
3. Prohibiting the use or attempted use of false or misleading degrees and honorary degrees and the use or attempted use of degrees and honorary degrees in a false or misleading manner;
4. Regulating the use of academic terminology in naming or otherwise designating educational institutions;
5. Prohibiting misleading literature, advertising, solicitation or representation by educational institutions or their agents;
6. Providing for the preservation of essential academic records; and
7. Providing certain rights and remedies to the consuming public and the Commission and the Board necessary to effectuate the purposes of this chapter.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 1499; A 2005, 618)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 394 - Private Educational Institutions and Establishments › NRS 394.128 - Provision of education records upon request of agency which provides child welfare services; penalty.

1. Upon receiving a request for education records pursuant to NRS 432.028, a private school shall, within 10 school days or by the date of a scheduled court hearing which affects the child, whichever is earlier, provide the requested education records to the person who made the request.
2. The governing body of a private school may be joined as a party in a proceeding concerning the protection of the child pursuant to NRS 432B.4655 for failure to comply with the requirements of subsection 1.
3. As used in this section, "education records" has the meaning ascribed to it in 20 U.S.C. § 1232g(a)(4).
(Added to NRS by 2017, 392)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 394 - Private Educational Institutions and Establishments › NRS 394.130 - Required instruction; provisions governing cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillator for health course in private secondary school; reports; religious instruction; no right to share in apportionment of money for public schools.

1. In order to secure uniform and standard work for pupils in private schools in this State, instruction in the subjects required by law for pupils in the public schools shall be required of pupils receiving instruction in such private schools, either under the regular state courses of study prescribed by the Board or under courses of study prepared by such private schools and approved by the Board.
2. A course of study in health provided at a private secondary school must include, for the grade levels determined by the private school, instruction in:
(a) The administration of hands-only or compression-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation, including a psychomotor skill-based component, according to the guidelines of the American Red Cross or American Heart Association; and
(b) The use of an automated external defibrillator.
3. A teacher who provides instruction required pursuant to subsection 2 is not required to hold certification in the administration of cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
4. The private school may collaborate with entities to assist in the provision of the instruction required pursuant to subsection 2 and the provision of equipment necessary for the instruction, including, without limitation, fire departments, hospitals, colleges and universities and public health agencies.
5. A pupil who is enrolled in a course of study in health through a program of distance education or a pupil with a disability who cannot perform the tasks included in the instruction required pursuant to subsection 2 is not required to complete the instruction to pass the course of study in health.
6. Such private schools shall be required to furnish from time to time such reports as the Superintendent of Public Instruction may find necessary as to enrollment, attendance and general progress within such schools.
7. Nothing in this section shall be so construed as:
(a) To interfere with the right of the proper authorities having charge of private schools to give religious instruction to the pupils enrolled therein.
(b) To give such private schools any right to share in the public school funds apportioned for the support of the public schools of this State.
[459:32:1956]—(NRS A 2013, 2262; 2017, 106)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 394 - Private Educational Institutions and Establishments › NRS 394.134 - Provision of program of distance education authorized.

1. The governing body of a private school may provide a program of distance education for any student or prospective student who is otherwise eligible to attend the private school.
2. As used in this section, "program of distance education" means a program comprised of one or more courses of study for which instruction is delivered by means of video, computer, television or the Internet or other electronic means of communication, or any combination thereof, in such a manner that the person supervising or providing the instruction and the student receiving the instruction are separated geographically for a majority of the time during which the instruction is delivered.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 1195)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 394 - Private Educational Institutions and Establishments › NRS 394.145 - Documents required for permanent admission; name under which child must be admitted; failure or refusal to furnish accurate documents; penalty.

1. A private elementary or secondary school in this State shall not permanently admit any child until the parent or guardian of the child furnishes a birth certificate or other document suitable as proof of the child’s identity and, if applicable, a copy of the child’s records from the school the child most recently attended.
2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, a child must be admitted to a school under his or her name as it appears in the identifying document or records required by subsection 1, unless the parent or guardian furnishes a court order or decree authorizing a change of name or directing the principal or other person in charge of that school to admit the child under a name other than the name which appears in the identifying document or records.
3. A child who is in the custody of the agency which provides child welfare services, as defined in NRS 432B.030, may be admitted to a school under a name other than the name which appears in the identifying document or records required by subsection 1 if the court determines that to do so would be in the best interests of the child.
4. If the parent or guardian fails to furnish the identifying document or records required by subsection 1 within 30 days after the child is conditionally admitted, the principal or other person in charge of the school shall notify the local law enforcement agency and request a determination as to whether the child has been reported as missing.
5. Any parent, guardian or other person who, with intent to deceive under this section:
(a) Presents a false birth certificate or record of attendance at school; or
(b) Refuses to furnish a suitable identifying document, record of attendance at school or proof of change of name, upon request by a local law enforcement agency conducting an investigation in response to notification pursuant to subsection 4,
of a child under 18 years of age who is under his or her control or charge, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Added to NRS by 1985, 2169; A 1987, 213; 1993, 2692; 2001 Special Session, 22; 2007, 1085, 2184)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 394 - Private Educational Institutions and Establishments › NRS 394.147 - Petition for order of court permitting admission of child under name other than that appearing on birth certificate or record of attendance.

A parent or guardian who has legal custody of a child may petition the appropriate district court for an order directing the principal or other person in charge of a private elementary or secondary school in this state to admit the child to that school under a name other than the name which appears in the identifying document or records required by subsection 1 of NRS 394.145. The court shall issue the order if it determines that to do so would be in the best interests of the child.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 213)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 394 - Private Educational Institutions and Establishments › NRS 394.150 - Instruction in United States Constitution and Nevada’s Constitution; exception; examination.

1. In all private schools, colleges and universities located within this state, except those operated exclusively for employees of the Department of Defense of the Federal Government and their families, instruction must be given in the essentials of the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Nevada, including the origin and history of the Constitutions and the study of and devotion to American institutions and ideals.
2. The instruction required in subsection 1 must be given during at least 1 year each of the elementary, high school and college grades.
3. A student in such schools must not receive a certificate or diploma of graduation without having passed an examination upon the Constitutions.
[461:32:1956]—(NRS A 1985, 991)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 394 - Private Educational Institutions and Establishments › NRS 394.152 - Definitions.

As used in NRS 394.152 to 394.155, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 394.153 and 394.154 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 1523; A 2023, 3079)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 394 - Private Educational Institutions and Establishments › NRS 394.153 - "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 private school or other person designated by a private 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 private school 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 private school.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 1523)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 394 - Private Educational Institutions and Establishments › NRS 394.154 - "Volunteer" defined.

"Volunteer" means any person who, without compensation, works at, assists with or oversees any activity or event conducted or sponsored by a private 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 private 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, 1524)