2010 Nevada Code
TITLE 34 EDUCATION
Chapter 385 State Administrative Organization
NRS 385.366 Annual designation of schools; issuance of preliminary designations; opportunity for schools to review data; notice of final designations.

NRS 385.366 Annual designation of schools; issuance of preliminary designations; opportunity for schools to review data; notice of final designations.

1. Based upon the information received from the Department pursuant to NRS 385.3613, the board of trustees of each school district shall, on or before July 1 of each year, issue a preliminary designation for each public school in the school district in accordance with the criteria set forth in NRS 385.3623, excluding charter schools sponsored by the State Board or by a college or university within the Nevada System of Higher Education. The board of trustees shall make preliminary designations for all charter schools that are sponsored by the board of trustees. The Department shall make preliminary designations for all charter schools that are sponsored by the State Board and all charter schools sponsored by a college or university within the Nevada System of Higher Education. The initial designation of a school as demonstrating need for improvement must be based upon 2 consecutive years of data and information for that school.

2. Before making a final designation for a school, the board of trustees of the school district or the Department, as applicable, shall provide the school an opportunity to review the data upon which the preliminary designation is based and to present evidence in the manner set forth in 20 U.S.C. 6316(b)(2) and the regulations adopted pursuant thereto. If the school is a public school of the school district or a charter school sponsored by the board of trustees, the board of trustees of the school district shall, in consultation with the Department, make a final determination concerning the designation for the school on August 1. If the school is a charter school sponsored by the State Board or by a college or university within the Nevada System of Higher Education, the Department shall make a final determination concerning the designation for the school on August 1.

3. On or before August 1 of each year, the Department shall provide written notice of the determinations made pursuant to NRS 385.3613 and the final designations made pursuant to this section as follows:

(a) The determinations and final designations made for all schools in this State to the:

(1) Governor;

(2) State Board;

(3) Committee; and

(4) Bureau.

(b) The determinations and final designations made for all schools within a school district to the:

(1) Superintendent of schools of the school district; and

(2) Board of trustees of the school district.

(c) The determination and final designation made for each school to the principal of the school.

(Added to NRS by 2003, 19th Special Session, 17; A 2005, 1172; 2007, 2558)