NAC387.125. Program of instruction based on alternative schedule.

     1. On or before May 1, the board of trustees of a school district in a county whose population is less than 100,000 that wishes to offer a program of instruction based on an alternative schedule pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 388.090 shall submit to the Superintendent of Public Instruction an application and a copy of its proposed school calendar for the next school year.

     2. On or before May 1, the board of trustees of a school district in a county whose population is 100,000 or more that wishes to offer a program of instruction based on an alternative schedule pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 388.090 shall:

     (a) Submit to the Superintendent of Public Instruction an application and a copy of its proposed school calendar for the next school year; and

     (b) Demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Superintendent of Public Instruction that the proposed alternative schedule will apply only to a:

          (1) Rural portion of the county that is located in a rural geographic area which has its own identity and which is distinct and physically distant from the center of the major community in the county; or

          (2) Remote portion of the county that is located in a remote and isolated geographic area which has its own identity and which is distinct and physically distant from the center of the major community in the county.

     3. A school district may not offer a program of instruction based on an alternative schedule pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 388.090 without the approval of the Superintendent of Public Instruction.

     4. On or before December 31 following the end of a school year in which the school district operated under an alternative schedule approved pursuant to this section, the board of trustees of the school district shall submit to the Superintendent of Public Instruction a written report in a form prescribed by the Department. Such a report must include:

     (a) A description of the alternative schedule; and

     (b) An evaluation of the effect of the alternative schedule on the pupils, parents and legal guardians and the community.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Education by R043-04, eff. 7-16-2004)