2021 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 391A - Training, Professional Development and Incentives
NRS 391A.505 - Distribution of grants of money from Fund; award of grants by State Board; priorities of programs; Superintendent of Public Instruction to post on Internet website and transmit to Legislature list of gifts and grants received.
1. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall coordinate the annual distribution of grants of money from the Great Teaching and Leading Fund to the following entities whose applications for a grant are approved:
(a) The governing body of a regional training program for the professional development of teachers and administrators.
(b) The board of trustees of a school district.
(c) The governing body of a charter school.
(d) The State Public Charter School Authority.
(e) A university, state college or community college within the Nevada System of Higher Education.
(f) Employee associations representing licensed educational personnel.
(g) Nonprofit educational organizations.
2. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall:
(a) Prescribe the form for an entity described in subsection 1 to submit an application for a grant of money from the Fund and the deadline for submission of such an application.
(b) Assign a committee to review the applications and make recommendations to the Superintendent for awarding grants of money from the Fund.
(c) Make recommendations to the State Board regarding awarding grants of money from the Fund.
3. Based upon the recommendations made by the Superintendent of Public Instruction pursuant to paragraph (c) of subsection 2 and to the extent money is available in the Fund, the State Board shall award grants of money to each entity with an approved application not later than December 31 of each year. To the extent that money is available, a grant of money from the Fund may be awarded for the period specified by the applicant in the application, not to exceed 3 years. The State Board may not award more than 20 percent of the money placed in the Fund by legislative appropriation to any single entity in a fiscal year.
4. On or before September 30 of each year, the State Board shall prescribe the priorities of programs set forth in subsection 2 of NRS 391A.510 for which grants of money will be made from the Fund on or before December 31 of that year. In developing the priorities, the State Board shall review and consider the assessment of the training needs of teachers and administrators made by the governing body of each regional training program for the professional development of teachers and administrators pursuant to NRS 391A.175.
5. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall:
(a) Post on the Internet website maintained by the Department a list of each gift or grant, if any, received pursuant to subsection 1 of NRS 391A.500 for deposit in the Fund and the name of the donor of the gift or grant.
(b) Update the list annually.
(c) On or before February 1 of each year, transmit the list prepared for the immediately preceding year:
(1) In odd-numbered years, to the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for transmittal to the next regular session of the Legislature; and
(2) In even-numbered years, to the Legislative Committee on Education.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 3694)
