2013 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 385 - State Administrative Organization
NRS 385.366 - Annual rating of schools; issuance of preliminary ratings; opportunity for schools to review data; notice of final ratings.

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 August 15 of each year, issue a preliminary rating for each public school in the school district in accordance with the statewide system of accountability for public schools, excluding charter schools sponsored by the State Public Charter School Authority or by a college or university within the Nevada System of Higher Education. The board of trustees shall make preliminary ratings for all charter schools that are sponsored by the board of trustees. The Department shall make preliminary ratings for all charter schools that are sponsored by the State Public Charter School Authority and all charter schools sponsored by a college or university within the Nevada System of Higher Education.

2. Before making a final rating 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 rating is based and to present evidence. 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 rating for the school on September 15. If the school is a charter school sponsored by the State Public Charter School Authority or by a college or university within the Nevada System of Higher Education, the Department shall make a final determination concerning the rating for the school on September 15.

3. On or before September 15 of each year, the Department shall provide written notice of the determinations made pursuant to NRS 385.3613 and the final ratings made pursuant to this section as follows:

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

(1) Governor;

(2) State Board;

(3) Committee; and

(4) Bureau.

(b) The determinations and final ratings 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 rating made for each school to the principal of the school.

(d) The determination and final rating made for each charter school to the sponsor of the charter school.

(Added to NRS by 2003, 19th Special Session, 17; A 2005, 1172; 2007, 2558; 2011, 570, 2338; 2013, 1918)