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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 388G - Alternative School Management › NRS 388G.300 - Authority of board of trustees to prescribe rules relating to creation and administration of program.

The board of trustees of a school district may prescribe rules relating to the creation and administration of a program of school-based decision making for the public schools within the district. The rules must provide:
1. For the creation of a school council;
2. For the involvement of parents and other members of the community on and with the school council;
3. The requirements for recordkeeping by the school council;
4. The procedure for appealing a decision of the school council;
5. The procedure for a school to obtain a waiver of the requirements of regulations of the board of trustees or the State Board;
6. A method for determining the progress of a pupil in a program of school-based decision making;
7. A method for reporting the progress of a pupil to the pupil, the pupil’s parents or guardians, the board of trustees and the State Board;
8. Plans for improving the schools within the district;
9. A method for allocating money to schools that have adopted a program of school-based decision making and for the administration of the budget of the school district; and
10. The procedure which a school council or board of trustees may use to withdraw from a program of school-based decision making.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 2886; A 1995, 862; 1997, 2357)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 386.4154)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 388G - Alternative School Management › NRS 388G.310 - Authority of board of trustees to waive requirements of regulations for public school adopting program.

The board of trustees of a school district may waive the requirements of regulations of the board of trustees and the State Board for a public school within the district that adopts a program of school-based decision making. The board of trustees may not waive statutory requirements.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 2887; A 1995, 862; 1997, 2357)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 386.4156)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 388G - Alternative School Management › NRS 388G.320 - Authority of State Board of Education to waive required course of study for school council created pursuant to program.

The State Board may waive a course of study otherwise required by statute upon application of the board of trustees of a school district on behalf of a school council created pursuant to a program of school-based decision making.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 2887; A 1995, 862; 1997, 2357)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 386.4158)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 388G - Alternative School Management › NRS 388G.500 - Legislative findings and declaration.

1. The Legislature hereby finds that in large school districts:
(a) Because of their significantly larger enrollment of pupils, greater number of local school precincts and more expansive and extensive scope of operations, large school districts are prone to develop large, complex and potentially inefficient, cumbersome and unresponsive bureaucracies that tend to become too dependent upon a centralized operational model where most decision-making is made by central services.
(b) Under such a centralized operational model in large school districts, the operational structure and culture may result in an entrenched and inflexible operational paradigm where decisions are made by central services without regular, consistent or adequate examination, exploration and consideration of the particularized, specialized or localized circumstances, needs and concerns of each local school precinct.
(c) When more decision-making is transferred from central services in large school districts to the site-based administrators, teachers and other staff and the parents and legal guardians of pupils in each local school precinct, the State’s system of public schools is better structured to educate efficiently, effectively and successfully the diverse and varied populations of pupils within large school districts because a site-based operational model encourages decision-making that is more innovative, proactive and responsive to the particularized, specialized or localized circumstances, needs and concerns of each local school precinct.
(d) To promote, achieve and advance the educational policies and objectives of transitioning and restructuring large school districts from a centralized operational model to a more decentralized and autonomous site-based operational model, it is necessary and essential to transfer and redirect more funding from the control of central services to the control of the site-based administrators, teachers and other staff and the parents and legal guardians of pupils in each local school precinct and ensure that more funding follows pupils with increased or specialized needs or abilities to each local school precinct.
2. The Legislature hereby declares that it is in the best interests of this State, beneficial to the public’s welfare and necessary and essential to the efficient, effective and successful operation of the State’s system of public schools to implement and carry out the provisions of NRS 388G.500 to 388G.810, inclusive, in large school districts for the purposes of promoting, achieving and advancing the educational policies and objectives of this State.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 41)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 388G - Alternative School Management › NRS 388G.510 - Definitions.

As used in NRS 388G.500 to 388G.810, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 388G.515 to 388G.560, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 42)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 388G - Alternative School Management › NRS 388G.525 - "Confidential information" defined.

"Confidential information" means:
1. Personal information, including, without limitation, the home address, employment records, academic records and disciplinary records of a pupil or any other person; and
2. Any other information declared by law to be confidential.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 42)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 388G - Alternative School Management › NRS 388G.570 - Applicability.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the provisions of NRS 388G.500 to 388G.810, inclusive, apply to each large school district.
2. If any school district that is not a large school district at the beginning of a school year becomes a large school district during the school year, the provisions of NRS 388G.500 to 388G.810, inclusive, apply to that school district at the beginning of the immediately succeeding school year.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 42)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 388G - Alternative School Management › NRS 388G.580 - Superintendent of Public Instruction to ensure reorganization of large school district; cooperation of large school districts required.

1. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall take such actions as deemed necessary and appropriate to ensure that each large school district carries out the reorganization of the school district in accordance with NRS 388G.500 to 388G.810, inclusive, and any regulations adopted pursuant thereto.
2. Each large school district shall cooperate with the Superintendent of Public Instruction in carrying out the provisions of NRS 388G.500 to 388G.810, inclusive, including, without limitation, by providing any financial or other information requested, including any information requested to ensure that the intent of the provisions of NRS 388G.500 to 388G.810, inclusive, is carried out.
3. Information that may be requested pursuant to subsection 2 and which each large school district must provide upon request to the Superintendent of Public Instruction includes, without limitation:
(a) Budgets for personnel, excluding any personally identifiable information and names, made available by local school precinct and job function;
(b) Expenditures made by the large school district, including, without limitation, expenditures for programs, support, transportation, police, legal services, food services, internal services, settlements and risk management payments;
(c) The amount paid for general administrative services, including, without limitation, the salaries of administrators, staff of central services and school administrators, the salaries of the members of the board of trustees of the large school district and support services for the board of trustees, and other amounts paid for central services and school administration; and
(d) Detailed information regarding other budgetary items of the large school district, including, without limitation, identification of all sources of money available to the large school district, expenditures of money for buildings, capital projects, federally funded projects and state funded projects and any other expenditures of money.
4. Each large school district shall provide any information requested pursuant to subsection 2 as soon as possible and in the format requested by the Superintendent of Public Instruction. If the large school district is unable to provide the information in the format requested, the information must be provided in another easily interpreted format that is approved by the Superintendent of Public Instruction.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 55)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 388G - Alternative School Management › NRS 388G.600 - Certain public schools deemed local school precincts; operation using site-based decision-making; limitation on reducing size or converting specialty schools.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, each public school within a large school district shall be deemed a local school precinct, including, without limitation, any school operating as a specialty school. A charter school or university school for profoundly gifted pupils shall not be deemed a local school precinct.
2. Each local school precinct must operate using site-based decision-making in which certain authority to carry out responsibilities is transferred from the large school district to the local school precinct as set forth in NRS 388G.610.
3. On and after May 8, 2017, a specialty school must not be reduced in size or converted into any other type of school unless otherwise specifically provided by law or:
(a) The reduction or conversion is recommended by the local school precinct and approved by the superintendent and the board of trustees of the large school district; or
(b) The superintendent with the approval of the board of trustees of the large school district, determines that there is good cause to reduce the size of the specialty school or convert the specialty school into another type of school.
4. This section does not authorize a local school precinct:
(a) To change, grant a waiver regarding or in any way affect any zone of attendance which has been established pursuant to NRS 388.040.
(b) To change the policy of the large school district concerning the eligibility and selection of a pupil to attend a specialty school.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 42)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 388G - Alternative School Management › NRS 388G.620 - Assignment of school associate superintendents to oversee local school precincts; manner of filling vacancy; employment decisions concerning school associate superintendent.

1. The superintendent shall assign a school associate superintendent to oversee one or more local school precincts.
2. Whenever a vacancy occurs in the position of school associate superintendent, the superintendent shall post notice of the vacancy. The superintendent shall interview qualified candidates for the vacant position. At least one, but not more than two representatives of the principals of the local school precincts overseen by the vacant position must be allowed to participate in interviewing candidates for the vacant position. If the local governmental agency which has the most schools that are overseen by the vacant position is:
(a) A city, the governing body of the city may appoint one representative to participate in interviewing candidates for the vacant position.
(b) Not a city, the board of county commissioners for the county in which the large school district is located may appoint one representative to participate in interviewing candidates for the vacant position.
3. Each person who participates in interviewing candidates pursuant to subsection 2 shall comply with all laws that apply to an employer when making a decision about employment.
4. Upon completion of the interviews pursuant to subsection 2 and before the superintendent makes a final determination about which candidate to hire, the superintendent must notify the governing body of the city or the board of county commissioners for the county, as applicable, regarding the candidate whom the superintendent intends to hire. After receiving such notice, the governing body of the city or the board of county commissioners, as applicable, may hold a public meeting within 10 days to question the superintendent and the candidate for the vacant position and receive public input. After any such meeting or, if no such meeting is held, after 10 days, the superintendent shall, in his or her sole discretion, hire a candidate for the vacant position.
5. After the school associate superintendent is hired, the superintendent may, in his or her sole discretion, reassign and make other employment decisions concerning the school associate superintendent.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 48; A 2019, 3602)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 388G - Alternative School Management › NRS 388G.630 - Duties of school associate superintendent; accountability for performance of local school precincts.

1. A school associate superintendent shall, with respect to each local school precinct to which he or she is assigned to oversee:
(a) Provide training to and supervise the principal of the local school precinct;
(b) Review and approve the plan of operation for the local school precinct and assist the principal of the local school precinct in making any necessary revisions to the plan;
(c) Ensure that each local school precinct to which he or she is assigned to oversee remains in compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws;
(d) Provide a report in person, not less than quarterly, to the governing body of each city and county within which a local school precinct to which he or she is assigned to oversee is located and, if created pursuant to NRS 388G.760, to the Community Education Advisory Board; and
(e) Carry out any other duties assigned by the superintendent at his or her discretion or after approval by the superintendent of a request made by the local school precinct.
2. The school associate superintendent must be held accountable for all aspects of the performance of each local school precinct to which he or she is assigned to oversee. As used in this subsection, "performance" means the overall operation of each such local school precinct as measured by:
(a) The satisfaction of the parents and legal guardians of pupils and the teachers, administrators and other staff of the local school precinct as determined by the surveys administered pursuant to NRS 388G.800; and
(b) The progress made by the local school precinct to satisfy the goals and objectives set forth in the statewide system of accountability for public schools.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 48)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 388G - Alternative School Management › NRS 388G.660 - Establishment of estimated total amount of money to be received by large school districts in next school year and estimated percentage to be allocated to local school precincts; requirements regarding amount of money to be allocated to local school precincts; publication of information concerning allocations.

1. On or before January 15 of each year, the superintendent shall establish for the next school year:
(a) The estimated total amount of money to be received by the large school district from all sources, including any year-end balance that is carried forward, and shall identify the sources of such a year-end balance and whether the year-end balance is restricted. If the year-end balance is restricted, the superintendent shall identify the source of the restriction and the total of amount of money to be received by the large school district that is unrestricted. Money may only be identified as restricted if it is required by state or federal law, if it is proscribed by the Department or if it has been otherwise encumbered.
(b) The estimated percentage of the amount of money determined pursuant to paragraph (a) to be unrestricted that will be allocated to the local school precincts. The percentage must equal:
(1) For the first school year in which the large school district operates pursuant to the provisions of NRS 388G.500 to 388G.810, inclusive, not less than 80 percent of the total amount of money from all sources received by the large school district that is unrestricted for the school year; and
(2) For each subsequent school year, 85 percent of the total amount of money from all sources received by the large school district that is unrestricted for the school year.
(c) The estimated amount of categorical funding to be received by the large school district and whether such funding is restricted in a manner that prohibits the large school district from including that categorical funding in the amount of funding per pupil that is allocated to the local school precincts.
(d) The total estimated amount of money that will be allocated to each local school precinct as determined pursuant to NRS 388G.680.
2. The superintendent shall post the information established pursuant to subsection 1 on the Internet website of the large school district and make the information available to any person upon request.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 45)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 388G - Alternative School Management › NRS 388G.670 - Allocation per pupil to local school precincts; establishment of weights for categories of pupils; amount provided to specialty or rural schools; variance from weights.

1. The amount of money allocated to a local school precinct by the large school district must be determined on a per pupil basis by assigning a category to each pupil and assigning weights to each category in a manner that provides a greater amount of funding for each pupil who belongs to certain designated categories. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 3, the categories for which a greater weight must be assigned must include, without limitation:
(a) Pupils who are eligible for free or reduced-price lunches pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §§ 1751 et seq. or a similar alternative measure prescribed by the State Board of Education;
(b) Pupils who are English learners;
(c) Pupils with disabilities; and
(d) Gifted and talented pupils.
2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, to establish the weight for each category of pupil as required pursuant to subsection 1, the large school district shall apply the same weights and distribution of weights established by the Department for the state funding formula. If the large school district wishes to apply a different weight to any category or a different distribution of weights, the large school district must submit a request for a variance to use a different weight or distribution of weights to the Department for approval.
3. Except if a specialty school is proportionally reduced in size in the manner authorized pursuant to NRS 388G.600, the weights and categories assigned pursuant to this section must ensure that any specialty school or rural school that exists on May 8, 2017, or before the school district becomes a large school district continues to receive not less than the proportionally larger amount of money that was used to fund the specialty school or rural school before those dates.
4. Upon receipt of a request for a variance pursuant to subsection 2, the Department shall review the proposed weights, distribution of weights or request for a variance and inform the large school district whether it approves the proposed weights, distribution of weights or request within 30 days. Once approved, the weights assigned for each category of pupil and the distribution of weights must be posted on the Internet website of the large school district and made available to any person upon request.
5. As used in this section, "distribution of weights" means the manner in which it is determined which weight or weights to apply to a pupil who may qualify for more than one category for which a weight is assigned.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 46)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 388G - Alternative School Management › NRS 388G.680 - Local school precinct to be informed of allocation for next school year; determination of number and category of pupils; determination of allocation for new local school precinct; annual adjustment to amount allocated.

1. On or before January 15 of each year, the superintendent shall inform each local school precinct of the estimated amount of money that will be allocated to the local school precinct for the next school year. The allocation must be based upon estimates by the large school district of the number of pupils in each category who will attend the local school precinct after applying the appropriate weight to each category of pupil as determined pursuant to NRS 388G.670.
2. If an additional local school precinct is added in the large school district, for the purpose of determining the first allocation for the new local school precinct, the large school district must estimate the number of pupils in each category who will attend the new local school precinct and the effect on any existing local school precinct. If the opening of a new local school precinct is anticipated to reduce the number of pupils who will attend another local school precinct, for purposes of determining the allocation, the number of pupils must be adjusted accordingly.
3. The estimated amount of money allocated to each local school precinct for the next school year must be adjusted on or before November 1 of each year to reflect the actual number of pupils in each category who attend the local school precinct.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 47; A 2019, 792, 3603)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 388G - Alternative School Management › NRS 388G.690 - Annual determinations concerning actual expenditures for and teacher vacancies at each local school precinct for preceding school year.

1. On or before November 1 of the year after the first year that a large school district operates pursuant to the provisions of NRS 388G.500 to 388G.810, inclusive, and on or before November 1 of each year thereafter, the superintendent shall determine for the immediately preceding school year:
(a) The total per pupil allocation made to each local school precinct in the large school district and the actual amount expended by the large school district for the local school precinct;
(b) The amount budgeted by each local school precinct for teacher salaries and benefits and the actual amount expended by the large school district for teacher salaries and benefits for teachers employed at each local school precinct;
(c) The number of teacher vacancies at each local school precinct and the amount of money included in the allocation to that local school precinct which the local school precinct used for other purposes as a result of those vacancies; and
(d) The amount budgeted by each local school precinct for each type of employee other than teachers and the actual amount expended by the large school district for salaries and benefits of such employees at each local school precinct.
2. The superintendent shall post the information determined pursuant to subsection 1 on the Internet website of the large school district and make the information available to any person upon request.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 47)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 388G - Alternative School Management › NRS 388G.730 - Organizational team: Chair; quorum; meetings; terms of members; vacancies; members serve without compensation.

1. Upon the establishment of an organizational team pursuant to NRS 388G.700, the principal of the local school precinct shall schedule the first meeting of the team and act as the chair of the team until a chair is selected. The first item of business for the organizational team must be to select a chair and vice chair from among its members.
2. A majority of the voting members of the organizational team constitutes a quorum for purposes of voting. A majority vote of the quorum is required to take action with respect to any matter.
3. Notice of a meeting of the organizational team must be posted not less than 3 working days before the date on which the meeting will be held. Members of the public must be allowed to attend any portion of the meeting, except any portion of the meeting during which confidential information is discussed, and each meeting must include a period for public comment. A meeting held pursuant to this subsection is not subject to the provisions of chapter 241 of NRS.
4. Each member of the organizational team serves until October 1 of the year following his or her election and may serve additional terms.
5. The organizational team must meet not less than one time each month during the school year.
6. If a vacancy occurs in the membership of the organizational team, a new member must be elected in the same manner as the original selection, and the vacancy must be filled within 30 days.
7. Each member of the organizational team serves without compensation of any kind.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 52)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 388G - Alternative School Management › NRS 388G.760 - Creation of community education advisory boards.

To facilitate broad community input and to provide advice and assistance to the organizational team of any local school precinct and the board of trustees of the large school district, one or more community education advisory boards may be created by:
1. The governing body of a city in which one or more local school precincts are located.
2. The board of county commissioners of the county in which the large school district is located for any area in the county in which a local school precinct is located and which is not a city.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 53)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 388G - Alternative School Management › NRS 388G.800 - Survey to be administered annually to certain persons involved with local school precincts and employees of central services; publication of summary of results of surveys.

1. On or before May 1 of each year, the superintendent shall cause a survey to be administered to all persons involved with the local school precincts in the large school district to measure their satisfaction with the local school precincts. A survey must be administered to each:
(a) Employee of each such local school precinct by classification of employee. Such classifications must include, without limitation, principals, vice principals and other administrative staff, teachers, custodians, counselors and school nurses.
(b) Pupil who attends such a local school precinct.
(c) Parent or legal guardian of a child who attends such a local school precinct.
2. On or before May 1 of each year, the superintendent shall cause a survey to be administered to each employee of central services. The surveys must be administered to each employee by classification of employee within each department or other organizational unit of central services to measure the satisfaction of the employees concerning, without limitation, their ability to serve the local school precincts, provide services in a timely manner and provide quality services to the local school precincts. Such a survey must also be administered to each school associate superintendent, principal and teacher to determine their satisfaction with the services provided to the local school precincts by central services.
3. A summary of the results of the surveys administered pursuant to this section must be posted on the Internet website of the large school district before the commencement of the next school year and be made available to any person upon request. Such a summary must identify results by each group of respondents and as overall results.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 54)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 388G - Alternative School Management › NRS 388G.810 - Superintendent to prepare report with information from school year before immediately preceding school year; contents of report; report to be forwarded to certain persons.

1. On or before October 1 of each year, the superintendent shall prepare a report with information from the school year before the immediately preceding school year which includes, without limitation:
(a) A summary of the responsibilities for which authority to carry out was transferred to the local school precincts pursuant to NRS 388G.610;
(b) A summary of the results of the surveys administered pursuant to NRS 388G.800;
(c) An assessment of the performance of the local school precincts based upon specific measures of achievement which are established by the superintendent on or before January 1 of the immediately preceding school year;
(d) An assessment of the effectiveness of operating local school precincts and the large school district in the manner set forth in NRS 388G.500 to 388G.810, inclusive; and
(e) Any recommendations for regulations or legislation to improve the operation of the local school precincts and the large school district in the manner set forth in NRS 388G.500 to 388G.810, inclusive.
2. The superintendent shall forward the report prepared pursuant to subsection 1 to the:
(a) Governor;
(b) Superintendent of Public Instruction; and
(c) Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for transmittal to the members of the Legislature.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 54)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 388H - Programs of Education for Incarcerated Persons › NRS 388H.010 - "Incarcerated persons" defined.

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, "incarcerated persons" means persons who are incarcerated in a facility or institution operated by the Department of Corrections.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 1363)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 388.573)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 388H - Programs of Education for Incarcerated Persons › NRS 388H.020 - Establishment of statewide program by Department of Education; requirements of statewide program.

1. The Department of Education, after consulting with the Department of Corrections, shall:
(a) Adopt regulations that establish a statewide program of education for incarcerated persons; and
(b) Coordinate with and assist school districts in operating programs of education for incarcerated persons.
2. The statewide program may include courses of study for:
(a) A high school diploma;
(b) Basic literacy;
(c) English as a second language;
(d) General educational development;
(e) Life skills;
(f) Career and technical education; and
(g) Postsecondary education.
3. The statewide program does not include the programs of general education, vocational education and training established by the Board of State Prison Commissioners pursuant to NRS 209.389.
4. The statewide program must establish:
(a) Standards for each course of study that set forth the:
(1) Curriculum;
(2) Qualifications for entry; and
(3) Evaluation of incarcerated persons for placement; and
(b) Procedures to ensure that an incarcerated person who earns credits in a program of education for incarcerated persons operated by a school district at a facility or institution shall, if transferred to a different facility or institution, transfer those credits to the program operated by a school district at that facility or institution.
5. As used in this section, "general educational development" means preparation for and administration of the standardized examinations or other high school equivalency assessments that enable persons who have not graduated from high school to demonstrate that they have achieved an educational level which denotes competency in core curriculum. The term includes programs for obtaining a general educational development certificate or an equivalent document.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 1363; A 2005, 1050; 2013, 3266)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 388.575)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 388H - Programs of Education for Incarcerated Persons › NRS 388H.030 - Fund for Programs of Education for Incarcerated Persons: Creation; administration; use of money; limitations on use; allocation of money to certain school districts.

1. There is hereby created in the State Treasury the Fund for Programs of Education for Incarcerated Persons. The Fund is administered by the State Board. The Superintendent of Public Instruction may accept gifts and grants of money from any source for deposit in the Fund. The interest and income earned on the money in the Fund, after deducting any applicable charges, must be credited to the Fund.
2. Money in the Fund must be used for programs of education for incarcerated persons.
3. Money in the Fund must not be:
(a) Considered in negotiations between a recognized organization of employees of a school district and the school district; or
(b) Used to reduce the amount of money which would otherwise be made available for programs of education for incarcerated persons in the absence of this section.
4. The Department shall establish a formula for equitably allocating money from the Fund to each school district that operates a program of education for incarcerated persons.
5. The State Board shall establish annually, within the limits of money available in the Fund, a basic allocation to each school district that operates a program of education for incarcerated persons.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 1364)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 388.577)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 388H - Programs of Education for Incarcerated Persons › NRS 388H.040 - Boards of trustees of school districts authorized to operate program; compliance with statewide program; conditions for receipt of money from Fund.

1. The board of trustees of a school district may, with the cooperation of the Department of Corrections, operate a program of education for incarcerated persons in any facility or institution operated by the Department of Corrections in the county of the school district.
2. A school district that operates a program of education for incarcerated persons shall:
(a) Comply with the standards for such programs established by the Department of Education in the statewide program established pursuant to NRS 388H.020;
(b) As a condition for obtaining an allocation from the Fund for Programs of Education for Incarcerated Persons, submit to the Department of Education:
(1) An application to operate such a program; and
(2) A detailed budget for the program; and
(c) If the school district receives an allocation from the Fund, obtain the approval of the Department of Education before it makes any changes in categorical expenditures.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 1364)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 388.579)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 388H - Programs of Education for Incarcerated Persons › NRS 388H.050 - Board of Regents authorized to offer certain courses to incarcerated persons.

The Board of Regents of the University of Nevada may, with the cooperation of the Department of Corrections, offer courses that lead to a postsecondary degree for incarcerated persons in any facility or institution operated by the Department of Corrections.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 1365)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 388.582)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 388H - Programs of Education for Incarcerated Persons › NRS 388H.060 - Authority of Director of Department of Corrections to restrict access of school district employee to facility or institution upon good cause shown; interagency panel required to be convened if employee’s access is restricted; final decision of panel.

1. The Director of the Department of Corrections may, upon good cause shown, restrict the access of a person employed by a school district to operate a program of education for incarcerated persons to a facility or institution in which the program is operated for not more than 30 days. Within the 30-day period, an interagency panel must be convened to conduct a hearing and render a final decision pursuant to subsection 2.
2. The interagency panel must:
(a) Consist of:
(1) The Director of the Department of Corrections or the Director’s designee;
(2) The Superintendent of Public Instruction or the Superintendent’s designee; and
(3) The immediate supervisor of the person employed by the school district.
(b) Conduct a hearing in compliance with all applicable provisions of chapter 233B of NRS.
3. The decision of the interagency panel is a final decision in a contested case.
4. For purposes of subsection 1, "good cause shown":
(a) May include the failure of a person employed by a school district to adhere to rules or regulations established by the Director of the Department of Corrections to protect the health and safety of staff of the facility or institution, offenders in the facility or institution and employees of the school district who operate a program of education for incarcerated persons in a facility or institution.
(b) May not include disagreements over the content of the courses of study for such a program of education.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 1365; A 2013, 345)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 388.583)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 389 - Academics and Textbooks › NRS 389.003 - Enforcement of standards and courses of study by trustees.

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 389.041, boards of trustees of school districts in this State shall enforce in schools:
1. The standards of content and performance established by the Council to Establish Academic Standards for Public Schools pursuant to NRS 389.520 and the courses of study related to those standards; and
2. The courses of study prescribed and adopted by the State Board.
[291:32:1956]—(NRS A 1979, 1598; 1991, 2088; 1999, 3258, 3388; 2001, 236; 2017, 452)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 389 - Academics and Textbooks › NRS 389.007 - Uniform grading scale for high schools.

1. The State Board shall adopt regulations that prescribe a uniform grading scale for all public high schools, including, without limitation, a uniform grading scale for dual credit courses, international baccalaureate courses, advanced placement courses and honors courses. The regulations adopted pursuant to this section must assign the same weight to dual credit courses and international baccalaureate courses as the weight assigned to advanced placement courses if the dual credit course or international baccalaureate course is a core academic subject designated pursuant to NRS 389.018 or a subject for which an advanced placement course is offered.
2. The board of trustees of each school district and the governing body of each charter school that operates as a high school shall comply with the uniform grading scale.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 2179; A 2021, 749)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 389 - Academics and Textbooks › NRS 389.009 - Public high school to administer certain examination concerning civics; requirements for administration of examination; pupil required to take examination as condition for graduation; waiver from examination; reports.

1. A public high school shall administer an examination containing a number of questions, determined by the public high school, which are identical to the questions contained in the civics portion of the naturalization test adopted by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services of the Department of Homeland Security, to each pupil enrolled in the public high school.
2. A public high school shall:
(a) Determine the course in which the examination will be administered;
(b) Establish the number of questions which will be included on the examination, which must not be less than 50;
(c) Determine the desired score on the examination and the manner in which the results of the examination administered to a pupil will affect the grade of the pupil in the course in which the examination is administered; and
(d) Not later than August 31 of each year, aggregate the results of the examination for all pupils at the public high school and report the aggregated results to the board of trustees of the school district in which the public high school is located.
3. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, no pupil in any public high school may receive a certificate or diploma of graduation without having taken the examination described in subsection 1.
4. A pupil may receive a waiver from the examination administered pursuant to subsection 1 if:
(a) The pupil is a pupil with a disability and the waiver is in accordance with his or her individualized education program;
(b) The pupil is identified as an English learner and the public high school is unable to offer the examination in the language which would be most likely to provide accurate results for the pupil; or
(c) The principal or administrator of the public high school determines that the pupil has completed all other academic requirements to receive a certificate or diploma of graduation and has shown good cause for a waiver. The principal or administrator of a public high school shall not grant a waiver pursuant to this paragraph to more than 10 percent of each graduating class of the public high school.
5. On or before December 31 of each year, the board of trustees of each school district shall report the aggregated results of the examination received by the board of trustees of the school district pursuant to subsection 2 to the Department.
6. As used in this section, "public high school" includes, without limitation, any charter school that operates as a high school.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 2052; A 2017, 2053; 2021, 1954)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 389 - Academics and Textbooks › NRS 389.0095 - Establishment of plan to identify pupils for placement in more rigorous courses; notification of parent or guardian; establishment of more rigorous courses.

1. The State Board shall adopt regulations that require each public school to establish and carry out a plan to identify pupils in grades 3 to 12, inclusive, for placement in more rigorous courses in mathematics, English language arts, science and social studies. The regulations must require a school to use the criterion-referenced examinations administered pursuant to NRS 390.105 or norm-referenced, nationally recognized examinations and any other methods determined appropriate by the State Board to identify pupils for such placement.
2. If a pupil is identified for placement in a more rigorous course pursuant to subsection 1 and such a course is offered at the public school in which the pupil is enrolled:
(a) The principal of the public school in which the pupil is enrolled shall provide to the parent or guardian of the pupil written notice that the pupil has been identified for such placement which must include, without limitation:
(1) The subject area for which the pupil has been identified for such placement; and
(2) A statement that the pupil will be placed in a more rigorous course in that subject area unless the parent or guardian submits to the principal a written notice of his or her objection to such placement.
(b) The pupil must be placed in the more rigorous course unless the parent or guardian submits to the principal a written notice of his or her objection to such placement.
3. The board of trustees of a school district or the governing body of a charter school shall establish a more rigorous course in mathematics, English language arts, science or social studies if:
(a) There are sufficient numbers of pupils enrolled in the highest level of a course in that subject area offered in the school district or charter school who are identified for placement in a more rigorous course pursuant to subsection 1 to warrant the establishment of such a more rigorous course; and
(b) The school district or charter school has sufficient financial resources to establish the course.
4. The provisions of this section must not be construed to require a school district or charter school to establish a course for which sufficient financial resources are not available.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 1205)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 389 - Academics and Textbooks › NRS 389.014 - Patriotic observance.

Each public school shall set aside appropriate time at the beginning of each school day for pupils to pledge their allegiance to the flag of the United States. In addition, each public school may set aside appropriate time during the school day for additional patriotic observance.
[294:32:1956]—(NRS A 1999, 125)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 389.040)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 389 - Academics and Textbooks › NRS 389.0186 - Public high schools to allow pupils to receive certain credit for completion of certain computer science courses; limitation on application of such credit.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, each public high school, including without limitation, a charter school, must allow a pupil enrolled in the school to receive a fourth unit of credit towards the mathematics credits required for graduation from high school or a third unit of credit towards the science credits required for graduation from high school for successful completion of:
(a) An advanced placement computer science course;
(b) A computer science course that is offered through a program of career and technical education; or
(c) A computer science course that is offered by a community college or university which has been approved pursuant to NRS 389.160.
2. A pupil may not apply more than one unit of credit received for the completion of one or more courses described in subsection 1 toward the mathematics or science credits required for graduation from high school.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 4339; A 2023, 3371)