NAC385.581. Designation of school, other than charter school, as demonstrating need for improvement for 3 consecutive years: Notice; comprehensive audit of school; proposal for implementation of corrective actions, consequences or sanctions.

     1. Except as otherwise provided in NAC 385.584, if a public school is designated as demonstrating need for improvement pursuant to NRS 385.3623 for 3 consecutive years, the board of trustees of the school district shall:

     (a) Not later than 14 days before the beginning of the school year, provide notice of the designation pursuant to NRS 385.3721.

     (b) Not later than May 31 of the school year, conduct the comprehensive audit required by NRS 385.3721, which must include, without limitation, an audit of the leadership of the public school.

     (c) Develop a proposal, on a form prescribed by the Department, to implement one or more differentiated corrective actions, consequences or sanctions, or any combination thereof, in the following school year if the public school is designated as demonstrating need for improvement for a consecutive year. The proposal must, without limitation:

          (1) Include a list of the differentiated corrective actions, consequences or sanctions, or any combination thereof, set forth in NAC 385.589 that the board of trustees of the school district will implement;

          (2) Provide an analysis of the results of the comprehensive audit and any additional data that the board of trustees of the school district determines is relevant;

          (3) Specify the data on which the proposal is based, including, without limitation, relevant data demonstrating trends, over a period of 3 to 5 years, in the achievement of pupils who are economically disadvantaged, pupils from major racial and ethnic groups, pupils with disabilities and pupils who are limited English proficient;

          (4) State how the implementation of the differentiated corrective actions, consequences or sanctions, or any combination thereof, will affect the public school financially and affect the personnel of the public school;

          (5) In addition to the actions taken by the Department to monitor the proposal pursuant to NRS 385.3745, designate a plan for the board of trustees of the school district to monitor and evaluate the proposal;

          (6) Include any other information the board of trustees of the school district determines is relevant to the proposal; and

          (7) Include a copy of the application for available funds to support the implementation of the differentiated corrective actions, consequences or sanctions, or any combination thereof, submitted pursuant to NAC 385.626.

     2. Not later than June 30 of the school year in which the public school is designated as demonstrating need for improvement pursuant to NRS 385.3623 for 3 consecutive years, the board of trustees of the school district shall submit to the Department the proposal developed pursuant to subsection 1.

     3. Within 45 days after the Department receives the proposal submitted pursuant to subsection 2, the Department shall review the proposal and may:

     (a) Approve and provide notice to the board of trustees of the school district that the proposal was approved; or

     (b) Return the proposal to the board of trustees of the school district with its recommendations for revision.

     4. If the Department returns the proposal pursuant to subsection 3, the board of trustees of the school district shall, within 20 days after the board of trustees receives the proposal, revise and resubmit the proposal to the Department.

     5. Within 20 days after the Department receives the revised proposal submitted pursuant to subsection 4, the Department shall review and approve the proposal. If the board of trustees of the school district failed to include in the revised proposal the recommendations for revision of the Department, the Department may include such revisions in the approved proposal.

     6. The Department may grant an extension of time to the board of trustees of a school district to comply with the provisions of this section.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Education by R031-10, eff. 7-22-2010)