2021 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 277 - Cooperative Agreements: State, Counties, Cities, Districts and Other Public Agencies
NRS 277.0655 - Cooperative agreements for educational services at hospital or other facility that provides residential treatment to children.
1. The Department of Education, the county school districts of the various counties, charter schools and the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services may enter into cooperative agreements for the provision of educational services at any hospital or other facility which is licensed:
(a) By the Division that provides residential treatment to children and which operates a private school licensed pursuant to chapter 394 of NRS; or
(b) In the District of Columbia or any state or territory of the United States that:
(1) Meets the requirements of 42 C.F.R. §§ 441.151 to 441.156, inclusive;
(2) Provides residential treatment to children; and
(3) Operates an educational program accredited by a national organization and approved by the Department of Education.
2. The authorization provided by subsection 1 includes the right to pay over money appropriated to a county school district or charter school for the education of a child placed in such a hospital or facility.
3. As used in this section, "hospital" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 449.012.
(Added to NRS by 2013, 1008; A 2019, 3111)
