2017 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 388 - System of Public Instruction
NRS 388.157 - Plan to improve literacy of pupils enrolled in certain grades: Contents; submission to Department for approval.

1. The board of trustees of each school district and the governing body of each charter school shall prepare a plan to improve the literacy of pupils enrolled in kindergarten and grades 1, 2 and 3. Such a plan must include, without limitation:

(a) A program to provide intensive instruction to pupils who have been identified as deficient in the subject area of reading to ensure that those pupils achieve adequate proficiency in that subject area. Such a program must include, without limitation, regularly scheduled reading sessions in small groups and specific instruction on phonological and phonemic awareness, decoding skills and reading fluency;

(b) Procedures for assessing a pupil’s proficiency in the subject area of reading using valid and reliable assessments that have been approved by the State Board by regulation:

(1) Within the first 30 days of school after the pupil enters kindergarten or upon enrollment in kindergarten if the pupil enrolls after that period; and

(2) During grades 1, 2 and 3;

(c) A program to improve the proficiency in reading of pupils who are limited English proficient; and

(d) Procedures for facilitating collaboration between learning strategists and classroom teachers.

2. The board of trustees of each school district or the governing body of a charter school, as applicable, shall:

(a) Submit its plan to the Department for approval on or before the date prescribed by the Department on a form prescribed by the Department; and

(b) Make such revisions to the plan as the Department determines are necessary.

(Added to NRS by 2015, 1861)