Charter School Operation Administrative Costs/Sponsorship Fee Reimbursement NRS 386.570 allows charter school sponsors to receive reimbursement from charter schools for administrative costs associated with sponsorship of the charter school. Sponsors may request up to 2 percent of the total amount of money apportioned to the school during the school year. Charter schools should budget for this expense. Amendment of a Charter (NRS 386.527) A charter school may request from the sponsor amendment of the charter. The requested amendment must be approved by the school's governing body in an open meeting before it may be submitted to the sponsor for the sponsor's consideration. If a charter school wishes to change any aspect of its operation that is addressed in the school's charter (the charter consists of the charter school application as approved by the sponsor along with a “written agreement” signed by the school and sponsor), it must request of the school's sponsor amendment of the charter. The following is a partial list of matters addressed in the charter: Governing Body bylaws/rules of governance; Courses offered; Grades served; Contracts the school has entered into; School facility; Plan for provision of services to disabled pupils; Financial plan; Insurance; Truancy/absence rules; Etcetera. The governing body of a charter school cannot "amend" the charter itself, it may request of the sponsor amendment of the charter. As an agendized action item for an open meeting, the governing body identifies the amendment it desires and requests of the sponsor amendment of the charter. A written request to amend the charter signed by the charter school's governing body president must be submitted to the sponsor; it must include the date of the governing body meeting at which the actions discussed above were taken. As always, agendas and minutes must be detailed enough to fully describe each item contained in them. Depending upon the nature of the requested amendment, staff for the school's sponsor, rather than the sponsor itself, may approve the amendment request (NAC 386.325). To request amendment of the charter to add grade levels see NAC 386.326:
Suggested agenda action item wording: Prescription of the procedures by which orders for the payment of money belonging to the charter school must be approved and cumulative voucher sheets signed to comply with NRS 386.575(2) This must be done initially and whenever the changes its prescription. NRS 386.583, Rules for academic retention Suggested agenda action item wording: Adoption of rules for the academic retention of pupils to comply with NRS 386.583 This must be done initially, and whenever the rules for retention change. NRS 386.585, Rules of behavior and punishments Suggested agenda action item wording: Adoption of written rules of pupil behavior and appropriate punishments for violation of the rules to comply with NRS 386.585 This must be done initially, and whenever the rules or punishments change. Annual Responsibilities NAC 386.410(5), Evaluate contractors Suggested agenda action item wording: Review of the performance of each entity with whom the board has entered into a contract to comply with NAC 386.410(5) This should be done at least annually for each entity. NAC 387.720, Tentative budget Suggested agenda item wording: Public hearing on tentative budget to comply with NAC 387.720(3-6) This must be done annually during the second or third week in May. NAC 387.725, Final budget Suggested agenda action item wording: Adoption of budget to comply with NAC 387.725(1) This must be done annually not later than June 8.