2011 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 385 - State Administrative Organization
NRS 385.210 - Form of school register; dissemination of information regarding statutes and regulations relating to schools; memorandum to school districts and charter schools; preparation and publication of Department bulletin.

1. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall prescribe a convenient form of school register for the purpose of securing accurate returns from the teachers of public schools.

2. The Superintendent shall prepare pamphlet copies of the codified statutes relating to schools and shall transmit a copy to each school, school trustee and other school officer in this State. If the State Board adopts regulations to carry out these codified statutes or if additions or amendments are made to these codified statutes, the Superintendent shall have the regulations, additions or amendments printed and transmitted immediately thereafter. Each pamphlet must be marked State property to be turned over to your successor in office. Each school shall maintain a copy of the pamphlet with any regulations, additions or amendments in the school library.

3. In addition to the requirements set forth in subsection 2, the Superintendent shall, to the extent practicable and not later than July 1 of each year, provide to the board of trustees of each school district and to the governing body of each charter school a memorandum that includes:

(a) A description of each statute newly enacted by the Legislature which affects the public schools in this State and the pupils who are enrolled in the public schools in this State. The memorandum may compile all the statutes into one document.

(b) A description of each bill, or portion of a bill, newly enacted by the Legislature that appropriates or authorizes money for public schools or for employees of a school district or charter school, or both, or otherwise affects the money that is available for public schools or for employees of school districts or charter schools, or both, including, without limitation, each line item in a budget for such an appropriation or authorization. The memorandum may compile all bills, or portions of bills, as applicable, into one document.

(c) If a statute or bill described in the memorandum requires the State Board or the Department to take action to carry out the statute or bill, a brief plan for carrying out that statute or bill.

(d) The date on which each statute and bill described in the memorandum becomes effective and the date by which it must be carried into effect by a school district or public school, including, without limitation, a charter school.

4. If a statute or bill described in subsection 3 is enacted during a special session of the Legislature that concludes after July 1, the Superintendent shall prepare an addendum to the memorandum that includes the information required by this section for each such statute or bill. The addendum must be provided to the board of trustees of each school district and the governing body of each charter school not later than 30 days after the special session concludes.

5. The Superintendent shall, if directed by the State Board, prepare and publish a bulletin as the official publication of the Department.

[21:32:1956] (NRS A 1969, 1526; 1973, 1478; 1979, 1570; 1999, 1752; 2001, 114; 2005, 1646)