2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 388A - Charter Schools › NRS 388A.487 - Adoption of rules for providing intervention services and intensive instruction; annual report concerning intervention services and intensive instruction. [Effective through June 30, 2028.] Adoption of rules for providing intervention services and intensive instruction and academic retention of pupils; annual report concerning intervention services and intensive instruction and academic retention of pupils. [Effective July 1, 2028.]

1. The governing body of a charter school that operates as an elementary school shall adopt rules for the provision of intervention services and intensive instruction to pupils who are enrolled in the charter school that are consistent with NRS 392.750, 392.760 and 392.765. The rules must:
(a) Prescribe the programs and instruction which will be provided to a pupil who has been identified as deficient in the subject area of reading in accordance with the plan established pursuant to NRS 388.157.
(b) Require the school to provide to a pupil who has been identified as deficient in the subject area of reading with intervention services and intensive instruction in accordance with the plan established pursuant to NRS 388.157.
2. On or before October 15 of each year, the governing body of each charter school that operates as an elementary school shall:
(a) Prepare a report concerning the number and percentage of pupils at the charter school who were:
(1) Designated in grade 3 to be provided intervention services and intensive instruction while enrolled in an elementary school of a charter school pursuant to NRS 392.760 for a deficiency in the subject area of reading, including whether or not any such pupils were previously provided intervention services and intensive instruction while enrolled in an elementary school of a charter school; and
(2) Received educational programs or services identified pursuant to subsection 1 of NRS 392.750 at each grade level and whose proficiency in the subject area of reading:
(I) Did not improve at a rate prescribed by the governing body of a charter school, indicating a need for more intensive or different interventions;
(II) Improved at a rate prescribed by the governing body of a charter school, indicating growth toward performing at a level determined by a statewide assessment to be within the level established by the State Board for pupils enrolled in the same grade in which the pupils are enrolled; and
(b) Submit a copy of the report to the Department, the Legislature and the sponsor of the charter school; and
(c) Post the report on the Internet website maintained by the charter school and otherwise make the report available to the parents and legal guardians of pupils enrolled in the charter school and the general public.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 3291; A 2015, 1860; A 2019, 4492)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 386.583)
1. The governing body of a charter school that operates as an elementary school shall adopt rules for the provision of intervention services and intensive instruction to and the academic retention of pupils who are enrolled in the charter school that are consistent with NRS 392.750, 392.760, 392.765 and 392.780. The rules must:
(a) Prescribe the programs and instruction which will be provided to a pupil who has been identified as deficient in the subject area of reading in accordance with the plan established pursuant to NRS 388.157.
(b) Require the school to provide to a pupil who has been identified as deficient in the subject area of reading with intervention services and intensive instruction in accordance with the plan established pursuant to NRS 388.157.
(c) Require a pupil enrolled in grade 3 to be retained in the same grade, rather than promoted to grade 4, when required pursuant to NRS 392.780.
2. On or before October 15 of each year, the governing body of each charter school that operates as an elementary school shall:
(a) Prepare a report concerning the number and percentage of pupils at the charter school who:
(1) Were designated in grade 3 to be provided intervention services and intensive instruction while enrolled in an elementary school of a charter school pursuant to NRS 392.760 for a deficiency in the subject area of reading, including whether or not any such pupils were previously provided intervention services and intensive instruction while enrolled in an elementary school of a charter school;
(2) Received educational programs or services identified pursuant to subsection 1 of NRS 392.750 at each grade level and whose proficiency in the subject area of reading:
(I) Did not improve at a rate prescribed by the governing body of a charter school, indicating a need for more intensive or different interventions; or
(II) Improved at a rate prescribed by the governing body of a charter school, indicating growth toward performing at a level determined by a statewide assessment to be within the level established by the State Board for pupils enrolled in the same grade in which the pupils are enrolled;
(3) Were retained in grade 3 pursuant to NRS 392.780, including whether or not any such pupils were previously retained in kindergarten or grade 1 or 2; and
(4) Were not retained in grade 3 because a good-cause exemption was approved pursuant to NRS 392.785 but who were previously retained in kindergarten or grade 1 or 2 for a total of 2 years;
(b) Submit a copy of the report to the Department, the Legislature and the sponsor of the charter school; and
(c) Post the report on the Internet website maintained by the charter school and otherwise make the report available to the parents and legal guardians of pupils enrolled in the charter school and the general public.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 3291; A 2015, 1860; A 2019, 4492; 2023, 2187, effective July 1, 2028)