2014 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 391 - Personnel
NRS 391.31212 - For 2014-2015 school year: Application by school district to opt out of delay of implementation of statewide performance evaluation system; school district with approved application not required to participate in validation study.
1. If the Interim Finance Committee makes a determination pursuant to NRS 391.31217 that all school districts which participated in the validation study pursuant to NRS 391.31213 are not prepared to implement the statewide performance evaluation system adopted by the State Board of Education pursuant to NRS 391.465, the board of trustees of a school district that participated in the validation study and that is prepared, commencing with the 2014-2015 school year, to implement the statewide performance evaluation system for its teachers and administrators and does not want to delay the implementation of the evaluation system may submit an application on a form prescribed by the Department of Education which includes information demonstrating that the school district is prepared to implement the evaluation system for all of its teachers and administrators and any other information requested by the Department.
2. Upon review of the application submitted pursuant to subsection 1, the Department of Education may approve the application if the Department determines that the school district is prepared to implement the statewide performance evaluation system commencing with the 2014-2015 school year.
3. A school district whose application is approved by the Department pursuant to subsection 2 is not required to participate in the validation study of the statewide performance evaluation system conducted pursuant to NRS 391.31213 for the 2014-2015 school year. Upon the request of such a school district, the Department may authorize the school district to participate in a portion of the validation study.
4. As used in this section, administrator means an administrator employed by a school district who provides primarily administrative services at the school level and who does not provide primarily direct instructional services to pupils, regardless of whether licensed as a teacher or administrator, including, without limitation, a principal and vice principal.
(Added to NRS by 2013, 3161)
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