2011 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 386 - Local Administrative Organization
NRS 386.545 - Duty of Department, board of trustees and sponsor to provide information and assistance; provision of additional services by district-sponsored charter schools; availability of summer school and Internet-based classes for certain charter school pupils; request for additional information by Department.

1. The Department and the board of trustees of a school district shall:

(a) Upon request, provide information to the general public concerning the formation and operation of charter schools; and

(b) Maintain a list available for public inspection that describes the location of each charter school.

2. The sponsor of a charter school shall:

(a) Provide reasonable assistance to an applicant for a charter school and to a charter school in carrying out the provisions of NRS 386.490 to 386.610, inclusive;

(b) Provide technical and other reasonable assistance to a charter school for the operation of the charter school;

(c) Provide information to the governing body of a charter school concerning the availability of money for the charter school, including, without limitation, money available from the Federal Government; and

(d) Provide timely access to the electronic data concerning the pupils enrolled in the charter school that is maintained pursuant to NRS 386.650.

3. If the board of trustees of a school district is the sponsor of a charter school, the sponsor shall:

(a) Provide the charter school with an updated list of available substitute teachers within the school district.

(b) Provide access to school buses for use by the charter school for field trips. The school district may charge a reasonable fee for the use of the school buses.

(c) If the school district offers summer school or Internet-based credit recovery classes, allow the pupils enrolled in the charter school to participate if space is available. The school district shall apply the same fees, if any, for participation of the pupils enrolled in the charter school as it applies to pupils enrolled in the school district.

4. The Department shall provide appropriate information, education and training for charter schools and the governing bodies of charter schools concerning the applicable provisions of title 34 of NRS and other laws and regulations that affect charter schools and the governing bodies of charter schools.

5. If the Department prescribes a process for charter schools to report certain information, the Department may request the identified information regardless if that information is required to be submitted by charter schools pursuant to a specific statute. Upon such a request, a charter school shall provide the information if the Department includes a detailed description of the requested information and the mechanism by which the Department will pay or reimburse the charter school for the requested information, if the provision of the information will incur any costs for the charter school.

(Added to NRS by 1997, 1856; A 1999, 3297; 2005, 2402; 2007, 2573; 2011, 3052)