Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 388 - System of Public Instruction › DISTANCE EDUCATION › Section 388.830 - Submission and review of application for program; approval or denial of program; renewal of application; modification of program; enrollment of pupils in program

Current through June 11, 2024
1. The Department
			 shall engage in the process of reviewing applications for programs of distance
			 education not less than once per year. An application must be received by the
			 Department from the board of trustees of a school district or a governing body
			 of a charter school on or before January 15 for consideration of a program that
			 will begin operation in the immediately succeeding school year. An application
			 must be received by the Department from a committee to form a new charter
			 school on or before September 1 for a program that will begin operation in the
			 immediately succeeding school year.
2. The Department shall prescribe the form
			 for the application. An application must include:
(a) The name of the school district or
			 charter school submitting the application;
(b) The date on which the board of trustees
			 of the school district, the governing body of the charter school or the
			 committee to form a charter school, as applicable, reviewed and approved the
			 application;
(c) The original
			 signature of the president of the board of trustees, or his or her designee, a
			 member of the governing body of the charter school or a member of the committee
			 to form a charter school, as applicable, indicating approval of the
			 application;
(d) The name, address
			 and telephone number of the person who will administer the program of distance
			 education;
(e) A list designating
			 each course of distance education that will be offered through the
			 program;
(f) If a course of
			 distance education that will be offered through the program is included on the
			 list of approved distance education courses prepared by the Department, an
			 identification of each course, including, without limitation, the title of the
			 course and the name of the provider of the course of distance
			 education;
(g) If a course of
			 distance education that will be offered through the program is not included on
			 the list of approved distance education courses prepared by the Department, the
			 information required by subparagraphs (1) to (10), inclusive, of paragraph (e)
			 of subsection 1 of NAC 388.825;
(h)
			 A description of the manner by which the school district or charter school will
			 document the attendance and participation of each pupil who is enrolled in a
			 course offered through the program, consistent with the provisions of NAC
			 387.193 and 387.294;
(i) A
			 description of the criteria that will be used to enroll pupils in the program,
			 including, without limitation, the manner by which the eligibility of each
			 pupil for enrollment will be determined and documented in compliance with NRS
			 NRS
			 NRS
			 388.850;
(j) A description of the plan for assessing
			 the academic achievement of pupils who are enrolled in the program, which must
			 include, without limitation, the administration of the examinations required by
			 NRS
			 389.550 and
			 389.805
			 and section 44.3 of Assembly Bill No. 288, chapter 506, Statutes of Nevada
			 2013, at page 3296;
(k) A
			 description of the manner by which the school district or charter school will
			 document the completion of a course by a pupil enrolled in the program and
			 award credit to each pupil who completes a course; and
(l) A description of the manner by which the
			 school district or charter school will monitor the progress of each pupil
			 enrolled in the program, including, without limitation:
(1) A method for identifying pupils who are
			 experiencing difficulty with completing assignments or who are otherwise not
			 demonstrating satisfactory progress; and
(2) The assistance or support that will be
			 provided to pupils identified pursuant to subparagraph (1) in addition to any
			 assistance or support offered by the provider of the course of distance
			 education.