2022 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 388G - Alternative School Management

EMPOWERMENT SCHOOLS

General Provisions

• NRS 388G.010 - "Empowerment school" defined.

Program of Empowerment Schools

• NRS 388G.050 - Establishment of Program; required percentage of empowerment schools in certain counties; membership and duties of school district design team; acceptance of gifts and grants by school district.
• NRS 388G.060 - Adoption of policies and procedures; school choice for pupils; enrollment of pupils in empowerment school; no duty to provide transportation; procedure for empowerment school to obtain waiver from school district requirements and regulations.

School Empowerment Teams

• NRS 388G.100 - Establishment of empowerment team for school; exception from requirement of empowerment team; development of empowerment plan; participation by charter schools.
• NRS 388G.110 - Duties of school empowerment team.

School Empowerment Plans

• NRS 388G.120 - Requirements of school empowerment plan; request for waiver from certain statutes and regulations; budget for empowerment school and discretion over certain percentage of money.
• NRS 388G.130 - Review of empowerment plan for public school or district-sponsored charter school; opportunity to correct deficiencies; term of effectiveness; request for amendment; review of request for waiver from statute or regulation by State Board.
• NRS 388G.140 - Review of empowerment plan for State Public Charter School Authority-sponsored and Nevada System of Higher Education-sponsored charter schools; opportunity to correct deficiencies; term of effectiveness; request for amendment; review of request for waiver from statute or regulation by State Board.

Miscellaneous Provisions

• NRS 388G.200 - Quarterly report by empowerment school; annual financial audit required; compilation of reports and audits.
• NRS 388G.210 - Compliance with state law; exception if waiver granted; acceptance of gifts and grants by empowerment school.
• NRS 388G.220 - Regulations.

PROGRAMS OF SCHOOL-BASED DECISION MAKING

• NRS 388G.300 - Authority of board of trustees to prescribe rules relating to creation and administration of program.
• NRS 388G.310 - Authority of board of trustees to waive requirements of regulations for public school adopting program.
• NRS 388G.320 - Authority of State Board of Education to waive required course of study for school council created pursuant to program.

TURNAROUND SCHOOLS

• NRS 388G.400 - Determinations regarding principal and employees of school; financial and other incentives for teachers, administrators and paraprofessionals; reassignment of teachers to another public school; effect of determinations regarding employees on cost of operation of school; regulations to establish criteria for designation.

ORGANIZATION OF LARGE SCHOOL DISTRICTS

General Provisions

• NRS 388G.500 - Legislative findings and declaration.
• NRS 388G.510 - Definitions.
• NRS 388G.515 - "Board of trustees" defined.
• NRS 388G.520 - "Central services" defined.
• NRS 388G.525 - "Confidential information" defined.
• NRS 388G.530 - "Large school district" defined.
• NRS 388G.535 - "Local school precinct" defined.
• NRS 388G.540 - "Organizational team" defined.
• NRS 388G.545 - "Plan of operation" defined.
• NRS 388G.550 - "School associate superintendent" defined.
• NRS 388G.555 - "Specialty school" defined.
• NRS 388G.560 - "Superintendent" defined.
• NRS 388G.570 - Applicability.
• NRS 388G.580 - Superintendent of Public Instruction to ensure reorganization of large school district; cooperation of large school districts required.
• NRS 388G.590 - Regulations.

Formation of Local School Precincts

• NRS 388G.600 - Certain public schools deemed local school precincts; operation using site-based decision-making; limitation on reducing size or converting specialty schools.
• NRS 388G.610 - Responsibilities of local school precincts and large school districts; procurement of equipment, services and supplies from outside sources required in certain circumstances; assignment of staff from central services; transferring additional responsibility to local school precincts.
• NRS 388G.620 - Assignment of school associate superintendents to oversee local school precincts; manner of filling vacancy; employment decisions concerning school associate superintendent.
• NRS 388G.630 - Duties of school associate superintendent; accountability for performance of local school precincts.

Financial Determinations and Considerations for Local School Precincts

• NRS 388G.650 - Annual establishment and publication of certain information to assist local precincts prepare budgets for the next school year; carry forward of year-end balance to next school year.
• NRS 388G.660 - Establishment of estimated total amount of money to be received by large school districts in next school year and estimated percentage to be allocated to local school precincts; requirements regarding amount of money to be allocated to local school precincts; publication of information concerning allocations.
• NRS 388G.670 - Allocation per pupil to local school precincts; establishment of weights for categories of pupils; amount provided to specialty or rural schools; variance from weights.
• NRS 388G.680 - Local school precinct to be informed of allocation for next school year; determination of number and category of pupils; determination of allocation for new local school precinct; annual adjustment to amount allocated.
• NRS 388G.690 - Annual determinations concerning actual expenditures for and teacher vacancies at each local school precinct for preceding school year.

Management and Operation of Local School Precincts

• NRS 388G.700 - Establishment of organizational team for local school precinct; plan of operation for local school precinct.
• NRS 388G.710 - Presentation of plan of operation at public meeting; submission of plan of operation for approval; adjustments to budget after plan of operation approved.
• NRS 388G.720 - Organizational team: Composition; election of certain members; immunity from liability for civil damages.
• NRS 388G.730 - Organizational team: Chair; quorum; meetings; terms of members; vacancies; members serve without compensation.
• NRS 388G.740 - Duties and authority of organizational team; participation of organizational team in selection of principal.
• NRS 388G.750 - Submission of request to revise plan of operation to school associate superintendent; response to such a request; appeal of decision of school associate superintendent.
• NRS 388G.760 - Creation of community education advisory boards.

Monitoring Effectiveness of Local School Precincts

• NRS 388G.800 - Survey to be administered annually to certain persons involved with local school precincts and employees of central services; publication of summary of results of surveys.
• NRS 388G.810 - Superintendent to prepare report with information from school year before immediately preceding school year; contents of report; report to be forwarded to certain persons.