2011 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 385 - State Administrative Organization
NRS 385.37605 - Designation of non-Title I schools as demonstrating need for improvement for 5 consecutive years or more: Corrective action and other consequences and sanctions authorized; delay from imposition required for certain schools; monitoring of turnaround plan by Department; notice of consequences and sanctions.


NV Rev Stat § 385.37605 (2011) What's This?

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, if a public school that is not a Title I school is designated as demonstrating need for improvement pursuant to NRS 385.3623 for 5 or more consecutive years for failure to make adequate yearly progress:

(a) The State Public Charter School Authority may, for a charter school sponsored by the State Public Charter School Authority, take corrective action as set forth in NRS 385.3744 or proceed with consequences or sanctions, or both, as prescribed by the State Board pursuant to NRS 385.361.

(b) The Department may, for a charter school sponsored by a college or university within the Nevada System of Higher Education, take corrective action as set forth in NRS 385.3744 or proceed with consequences or sanctions, or both, as prescribed by the State Board pursuant to NRS 385.361.

(c) The board of trustees of a school district may, for a school of the school district or a charter school sponsored by the board of trustees, take corrective action as set forth in NRS 385.3744 or proceed with consequences or sanctions, or both, as prescribed by the State Board pursuant to NRS 385.361.

2. The Department shall monitor the implementation of the turnaround plan for the school developed pursuant to NRS 385.3745.

3. The State Public Charter School Authority, the Department or the board of trustees of a school district, as applicable, shall grant a delay from the imposition of corrective action, consequences or sanctions pursuant to this section for a school, including, without limitation, the development and implementation of a turnaround plan, for a period not to exceed 1 year if the school qualifies for a delay in the manner set forth in 20 U.S.C. 6316(b)(7)(D). If the school fails to make adequate yearly progress during the period of the delay, the State Public Charter School Authority, the Department or the board of trustees, as applicable, may proceed with corrective action or with consequences or sanctions, or both, for the school, as appropriate, as if the delay never occurred.

4. Before the board of trustees, the State Public Charter School Authority or the Department proceeds with consequences or sanctions, the board of trustees, the State Public Charter School Authority or the Department, as applicable, shall provide to the administrators, teachers and other educational personnel employed at that school, and parents and guardians of pupils enrolled in the school:

(a) Notice that the board of trustees, the State Public Charter School Authority or the Department, as applicable, will proceed with consequences or sanctions for the school;

(b) An opportunity to comment before the consequences or sanctions are carried out; and

(c) An opportunity to participate in the development of the consequences or sanctions.

(Added to NRS by 2009, 2301; A 2011, 2349)

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