2015 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 388 - System of Public Instruction
NRS 388.395 - Grants: Application by school district or charter school for remainder of available state money; criteria for and limitation on awards.

1. The board of trustees of a school district or the governing body of a charter school may apply to the State Board for Career and Technical Education for a grant for a program of career and technical education, to be paid for from the remainder of state money described in subsection 3 of NRS 388.392.

2. The State Board for Career and Technical Education shall review all applications submitted pursuant to subsection 1 and award grants based on the following criteria of the program of career and technical education:

(a) Standards and instruction.

(b) Leadership development.

(c) Practical application of occupational skills.

(d) Quality and competence of personnel.

(e) Facilities, equipment and materials.

(f) Community, business and industry involvement.

(g) Career guidance.

(h) Program promotion.

(i) Program accountability and planning.

(j) Pupil-teacher ratio.

(k) Whether the program will lead to a national credential or certification.

3. The proportion of the total amount awarded pursuant to subsection 2 to a school district or charter school during a fiscal year must not exceed the proportion of the duplicated enrollment of pupils in programs of career and technical education in the school district or charter school during the previous fiscal year, as compared to the duplicated enrollments of pupils in programs of career and technical education throughout the State during the previous fiscal year. For the purposes of determining the duplicated enrollment of pupils in a program of career and technical education, each pupil must be counted once for each program of career and technical education in which he or she is enrolled.

(Added to NRS by 2013, 2771)