2011 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 385 - State Administrative Organization
NRS 385.349 - Summary of accountability information for school districts and charter schools; submission and public dissemination of summary; availability of summary on Internet.

1. The board of trustees of each school district, the State Public Charter School Authority and each college or university within the Nevada System of Higher Education that sponsors a charter school shall prepare a summary of the annual report of accountability prepared pursuant to NRS 385.347 on the form prescribed by the Department pursuant to subsection 3 or an expanded form, as applicable. The summary must include, without limitation:

(a) If prepared by a school district, the information set forth in subsection 1 of NRS 385.34692, reported for the school district as a whole and for each school within the school district;

(b) If prepared by the State Public Charter School Authority or a college or university within the Nevada System of Higher Education, the information set forth in subsection 1 of NRS 385.34692, reported for the charter schools sponsored by the State Public Charter School Authority or the institution, as applicable.

(c) Information on the involvement and engagement of parents, legal guardians and families in the education of their children; and

(d) Other information required by the Superintendent of Public Instruction in consultation with the Bureau.

2. The summary prepared pursuant to subsection 1 must:

(a) Comply with 20 U.S.C. 6311(h)(2) and the regulations adopted pursuant thereto; and

(b) Be presented in an understandable and uniform format and, to the extent practicable, provided in a language that parents will likely understand.

3. The Department shall, in consultation with the Bureau, the school districts, the State Public Charter School Authority and each college or university within the Nevada System of Higher Education that sponsors a charter school, prescribe a form that contains the basic information required by subsection 1. The board of trustees of a school district, the State Public Charter School Authority or a college or university may use an expanded form that contains additions to the form prescribed by the Department if the basic information contained in the expanded form complies with the form prescribed by the Department.

4. On or before October 20 of each year, the board of trustees of each school district, the State Public Charter School Authority and each college or university within the Nevada System of Higher Education that sponsors a charter school shall:

(a) Submit the summary in an electronic format to the:

(1) Governor;

(2) State Board;

(3) Department;

(4) Committee;

(5) Bureau; and

(6) Schools within the school district or charter schools, as applicable.

(b) Provide for the public dissemination of the summary of the school district, the State Public Charter School Authority or the college or university, as applicable, by posting a copy of the summary on the Internet website maintained by the school district, the State Public Charter School Authority or institution, if any. If a school district, the State Public Charter School Authority or an institution does not maintain a website, the district, the State Public Charter School Authority or institution, as applicable, shall otherwise provide for public dissemination of the summary. The board of trustees of each school district, the State Public Charter School Authority or an institution shall ensure that the parents and guardians of pupils enrolled in the school district or each charter school, as applicable, have sufficient information concerning the availability of the summary, including, without limitation, information that describes how to access the summary on the Internet website maintained by the school district, the State Public Charter School Authority or the institution, if any. Upon the request of a parent or legal guardian, the school district, the State Public Charter School Authority or an institution, as applicable, shall provide the parent or legal guardian with a written copy of the summary.

(Added to NRS by 2005, 1157; A 2007, 1945, 2555; 2011, 561, 1973, 2326)