2014 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 391 - Personnel
NRS 391.31217 - Report to Interim Finance Committee on results of 2013-2014 validation study; determination by Interim Finance Committee whether all school districts prepared to implement statewide performance evaluation system.

1. On or before August 1, 2014, the Department of Education shall submit a report to the Interim Finance Committee which includes, without limitation:

(a) An assessment of the results of the validation study of the statewide performance evaluation system conducted pursuant to NRS 391.31213;

(b) The effectiveness of each school district that participated in the validation study in implementing the statewide performance evaluation system; and

(c) The determination of the Department whether all school districts that participated in the validation study are prepared, commencing with the 2014-2015 school year, to implement the statewide performance evaluation system for all of its teachers and administrators.

2. On or before August 15, 2014, the Interim Finance Committee shall review the report submitted by the Department of Education pursuant to subsection 1 and make a determination whether all school districts that participated in the validation study are prepared to implement the statewide performance evaluation system for all of its teachers and administrators commencing with the 2014-2015 school year.

3. If the Interim Finance Committee determines that all school districts which participated in the validation study are prepared to implement, during the 2014-2015 school year, the statewide performance evaluation system:

(a) All school districts that participated in the validation study shall implement the statewide performance evaluation system adopted by the State Board of Education pursuant to NRS 391.465 for its teachers and administrators commencing with the 2014-2015 school year and each school year thereafter.

(b) The Department of Education may request a work program revision pursuant to NRS 353.220 to transfer not more than $1,315,000 from the Reserve Category to the Regional Professional Development Category in the Account for Programs for Innovation and the Prevention of Remediation created by NRS 385.379 for use by the regional training programs for the professional development of teachers and administrators to implement the statewide performance evaluation system.

4. If the Interim Finance Committee determines that all school districts that participated in the validation study are not prepared to implement, during the 2014-2015 school year, the statewide performance evaluation system:

(a) Except as otherwise provided in NRS 391.31212, all school districts that participated in the validation study shall comply with the policies for the evaluations of teachers and administrators prescribed by NRS 391.31214 and 391.31215 for the 2014-2015 school year and also participate in a second validation study of the statewide performance evaluation system for that school year pursuant to NRS 391.31213.

(b) The Department of Education may request a work program revision pursuant to NRS 353.220 to transfer not more than $986,250 from the Reserve Category to the Regional Professional Development Category in the Account for Programs for Innovation and the Prevention of Remediation created by NRS 385.379 for use by the regional training programs for the professional development of teachers and administrators to implement the statewide performance evaluation system.

5. On or before September 1, 2014, the Department of Education shall provide notice to the board of trustees of each school district concerning the determination made by the Interim Finance Committee pursuant to subsection 2.

6. 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, 3160)