2019 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 385A - Accountability of Public Schools
NRS 385A.230 - Information on teachers, other licensed educational personnel and paraprofessionals.
1. The annual report of accountability prepared pursuant to NRS 385A.070 must include information on teachers, other licensed educational personnel and paraprofessionals, including, without limitation:
(a) Information on the professional qualifications of teachers and other licensed educational personnel employed by each school in the district and the district as a whole, including, without limitation, each charter school sponsored by the district. The information must include, without limitation:
(1) The total number of:
(I) Teachers and other licensed educational personnel employed at each school;
(II) Vacancies at each school which are not filled by a teacher who has a contract to teach at the school on a full-time basis, as determined by the Commission on Professional Standards in Education;
(III) Teachers and other licensed educational personnel employed at each school who provide instruction in a grade level or subject area for which they do not meet the requirements for licensure or do not hold a required endorsement;
(IV) Teachers and other licensed educational personnel employed at each school who are inexperienced, as defined by the Commission on Professional Standards in Education; and
(V) Employees at each school whose overall performance was determined to be highly effective, effective, developing or ineffective under the statewide performance evaluation system.
(2) The percentage of:
(I) Teachers and other licensed educational personnel employed by the school district who are employed at each school;
(II) Vacancies at each school which are not filled by a teacher who has a contract to teach at the school on a full-time basis, as determined by the Commission on Professional Standards in Education;
(III) Teachers and other licensed educational personnel employed at each school who provide instruction in a grade level or subject area for which they do not meet the requirements for licensure or do not hold a required endorsement;
(IV) Teachers and other licensed educational personnel employed at each school who are inexperienced, as defined by the Commission on Professional Standards in Education; and
(V) Employees at each school whose overall performance was determined to be highly effective, effective, developing or ineffective under the statewide performance evaluation system.
(3) For each middle school, junior high school and high school:
(I) The number of persons employed as substitute teachers for 20 consecutive days or more in the same classroom or assignment, designated as long-term substitute teachers, including the total number of days long-term substitute teachers were employed at each school, identified by grade level and subject area; and
(II) The number of persons employed as substitute teachers for less than 20 consecutive days, designated as short-term substitute teachers, including the total number of days short-term substitute teachers were employed at each school, identified by grade level and subject area.
(4) For each elementary school:
(I) The number of persons employed as substitute teachers for 20 consecutive days or more in the same classroom or assignment, designated as long-term substitute teachers, including the total number of days long-term substitute teachers were employed at each school, identified by grade level; and
(II) The number of persons employed as substitute teachers for less than 20 consecutive days, designated as short-term substitute teachers, including the total number of days short-term substitute teachers were employed at each school, identified by grade level.
(b) Records of attendance of teachers who provide instruction, for each school in the district and the district as a whole, including, without limitation, each charter school sponsored by the district. The records of attendance maintained by a school for purposes of this paragraph must include the number of teachers who are in attendance at school and the number of teachers who are absent from school. A teacher shall be deemed in attendance if the teacher is excused from being present in the classroom by the school in which the teacher is employed for one of the following reasons:
(1) Acquisition of knowledge or skills relating to the professional development of the teacher; or
(2) Assignment of the teacher to perform duties for cocurricular or extracurricular activities of pupils.
(c) Information on the paraprofessionals employed by each public school in the district, including, without limitation, each charter school sponsored by the district. The information must include:
(1) The number of paraprofessionals employed at the school;
(2) The number of paraprofessionals employed at the school who do not satisfy the requirements prescribed by the Department to comply with 20 U.S.C. § 6311(g)(2)(M);
(3) The percentage of paraprofessionals employed by the school district who do not satisfy the requirements prescribed by the Department to comply with 20 U.S.C. § 6311(g)(2)(M) who are employed at the school; and
(4) Any other information required by regulation of the State Board.
2. As used in this section, “paraprofessional” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 391.008.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 2117; A 1993, 2745; 1995, 1741, 1744; 1997, 1767, 1841, 2832; 1999, 613, 617, 2650, 3449; 2001, 248, 1470, 3119; 2003, 19th Special Session, 34; 2005, 353, 1164, 2390, 2530; 2007, 366, 1070, 1809, 1936, 2549; 2009, 344; 2011, 552, 640, 1964, 2234, 2269, 2318; 2013, 1646; 2017, 3217) — (Substituted in revision for NRS 385.3478)
