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.

1.

If the Department designates a school as a turnaround school pursuant to this section:

(a)

The board of trustees of the school district in which the school is located may review the performance of the principal at the school to determine whether to retain or replace the principal. If the board of trustees decides to replace the principal, the board of trustees must:

(1)

Immediately commence the process of selecting a new principal for the school to make a selection with the approval of the Department so that the new principal may begin before the start of the next school year; and

(2)

Reassign the replaced principal to another public school within the school district.

(b)

The principal of the school may:

(1)

Review the performance of each employee of the school to determine whether to retain the employee based on the needs of the school. The board of trustees of the school district in which the school is located shall reassign any employee who is not retained pursuant to this subparagraph to another public school within the school district; and

(2)

Make all determinations for the school concerning hiring and the school’s curriculum, schedule and instructional design.

(c)

The board of trustees of the school district in which the school is located shall create financial and other incentives to be offered to teachers, administrators and paraprofessionals who work in classrooms or provide tutoring to pupils at the school that are intended to motivate such persons to apply for positions with the school and continue employment with the school. Such incentives may include, without limitation:

(1)

Salary increases and bonuses;

(2)

Flexible schedules that allow teachers to pursue other assignments or education;

(3)

Opportunities to receive training and to participate in programs for professional development; and

(4)

Opportunities for promotion and career development.

2.

If a teacher of a school is reassigned to another public school within the school district pursuant to subparagraph (1) of paragraph (b) of subsection 1, the board of trustees of the school district shall ensure that the teacher receives assistance to help the teacher meet the standards for effective teaching, which may include, without limitation, peer assistance and review, participation in programs of professional development and other appropriate training.

3.

If a determination made by the principal of a school pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1 will:

(a)

Increase the cost of operating the school, the principal must seek to obtain any available grant from the Department and request any necessary additional amount of money from the board of trustees of the school district.

(b)

Decrease the cost of operating the school, the board of trustees of the school district must not reduce the amount of money allocated to the school as a result of the savings.

4.

The State Board shall, in consultation with the board of trustees of each school district, establish, by regulation, the criteria for designating an underperforming school as a turnaround school for the purposes of this section. Such criteria must use current data from multiple sources.
ORGANIZATION OF LARGE SCHOOL DISTRICTS
General Provisions

Source: Section 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., https://www.­leg.­state.­nv.­us/NRS/NRS-388G.­html#NRS388GSec400.

388G.010
“Empowerment school” defined. 388G.050
Establishment of Program 388G.060
Adoption of policies and procedures 388G.100
Establishment of empowerment team for school 388G.110
Duties of school empowerment team. 388G.120
Requirements of school empowerment plan 388G.130
Review of empowerment plan for public school or district-sponsored charter school 388G.140
Review of empowerment plan for State Public Charter School Authority-sponsored and Nevada System of Higher Education-sponsored charter schools 388G.200
Quarterly report by empowerment school 388G.210
Compliance with state law 388G.220
Regulations. 388G.300
Authority of board of trustees to prescribe rules relating to creation and administration of program. 388G.310
Authority of board of trustees to waive requirements of regulations for public school adopting program. 388G.320
Authority of State Board of Education to waive required course of study for school council created pursuant to program. 388G.400
Determinations regarding principal and employees of school 388G.500
Legislative findings and declaration. 388G.510
Definitions. 388G.515
“Board of trustees” defined. 388G.520
“Central services” defined. 388G.525
“Confidential information” defined. 388G.530
“Large school district” defined. 388G.535
“Local school precinct” defined. 388G.540
“Organizational team” defined. 388G.545
“Plan of operation” defined. 388G.550
“School associate superintendent” defined. 388G.555
“Specialty school” defined. 388G.560
“Superintendent” defined. 388G.570
Applicability. 388G.580
Superintendent of Public Instruction to ensure reorganization of large school district 388G.590
Regulations. 388G.600
Certain public schools deemed local school precincts 388G.610
Responsibilities of local school precincts and large school districts 388G.620
Assignment of school associate superintendents to oversee local school precincts 388G.630
Duties of school associate superintendent 388G.650
Annual establishment and publication of certain information to assist local precincts prepare budgets for the next school year 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 388G.670
Allocation per pupil to local school precincts 388G.680
Local school precinct to be informed of allocation for next school year 388G.690
Annual determinations concerning actual expenditures for and teacher vacancies at each local school precinct for preceding school year. 388G.700
Establishment of organizational team for local school precinct 388G.710
Presentation of plan of operation at public meeting 388G.720
Organizational team: Composition 388G.730
Organizational team: Chair 388G.740
Duties and authority of organizational team 388G.750
Submission of request to revise plan of operation to school associate superintendent 388G.760
Creation of community education advisory boards. 388G.800
Survey to be administered annually to certain persons involved with local school precincts and employees of central services 388G.810
Superintendent to prepare report with information from school year before immediately preceding school year
Last Updated

Jun. 24, 2021

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