NAC385.611. Designation of non-Title I charter school as demonstrating need for improvement for 5 or more consecutive years: Notice; implementation of turnaround plan; implementation of proposal for corrective actions, consequences or sanctions; update of proposal; submission of status reports to Department.

     1. If a charter school that is not a Title I school is designated as demonstrating need for improvement pursuant to NRS 385.3623 for 5 or more consecutive years:

     (a) The governing body of the charter school shall:

          (1) Not later than 14 days before the beginning of the school year, provide notice of the designation pursuant to NRS 385.37603.

          (2) Not later than September 30, pursuant to NRS 385.37603, repeal the plan to improve the academic achievement of pupils developed pursuant to NRS 385.357 and implement the turnaround plan developed pursuant to NAC 385.596 or the revised turnaround plan developed pursuant to this section, whichever is applicable.

          (3) Not later than September 30, implement the most recently updated proposal to implement one or more of the differentiated corrective actions, consequences or sanctions, or any combination thereof.

     (b) For a charter school sponsored by the board of trustees of a school district, the board of trustees shall, in conjunction with the governing body of the charter school, revise the turnaround plan and update each component of the turnaround plan set forth in NAC 385.596.

     (c) For a charter school sponsored by the State Board or a college or university within the Nevada System of Higher Education, the Department shall, in conjunction with the governing body of the charter school, revise the turnaround plan and update each component of the turnaround plan set forth in NAC 385.596.

     2. Not later than June 30 of the school year in which the charter school is designated as demonstrating need for improvement pursuant to NRS 385.3623 for 5 or more consecutive years, the board of trustees of a school district shall, for a charter school sponsored by the board of trustees, submit to the Department:

     (a) The turnaround plan which is revised pursuant to subsection 1.

     (b) An update of the proposal to implement one or more of the differentiated corrective actions, consequences or sanctions, or any combination thereof, developed pursuant to NAC 385.596, including, without limitation, a copy of the application submitted pursuant to NAC 385.626.

     3. Within 45 days after the Department receives:

     (a) The turnaround plan submitted pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 2, the Department shall review the turnaround plan and may:

          (1) Approve the turnaround plan and provide notice to the board of trustees of the school district that the turnaround plan was approved; or

          (2) Return the turnaround plan to the board of trustees of the school district with its recommendations for revision.

     (b) The updated proposal submitted pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 2, the Department shall review the proposal and may:

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

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

     4. If the Department returns:

     (a) The turnaround plan pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 3, the board of trustees shall, in conjunction with the governing body of the charter school, within 20 days after the board of trustees receives the turnaround plan, revise and resubmit the turnaround plan to the Department.

     (b) The updated proposal pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 3, the board of trustees of the school district shall, in conjunction with the governing body of the charter school, 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:

     (a) The revised turnaround plan submitted pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 4, the Department shall review and approve the turnaround plan. If the board of trustees of the school district failed to include in the revised turnaround plan the recommendations for revision of the Department, the Department may include such revisions in the approved turnaround plan.

     (b) The updated proposal submitted pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 4, the Department shall review and approve the proposal. If the board of trustees of the school district failed to include in the updated proposal the recommendations for revision of the Department, the Department may include such revisions in the approved proposal.

     6. For a charter school sponsored by the State Board or a college or university within the Nevada System of Higher Education, the Department shall provide to the sponsor of the charter school a copy of the turnaround plan developed pursuant to subsection 1.

     7. On or before January 31 and June 30 of each school year during which a turnaround plan is implemented in a charter school, the governing body of the charter school shall submit to the Department status reports concerning the implementation of the turnaround plan. The status reports must, without limitation:

     (a) Include a list of persons who are responsible for the implementation of the turnaround plan; and

     (b) For each action step listed in the turnaround plan:

          (1) State the extent to which the action step has been implemented and, if the action step was not implemented, the reasons that the action step was not implemented;

          (2) Designate a timeline for completion of the action step;

          (3) Include a list of reports and other data to document the implementation of the action step;

          (4) Describe any monitoring completed by the board of trustees of the school district for a charter school sponsored by the board of trustees or completed by the governing body of the charter school for a charter school sponsored by the State Board or a college or university within the Nevada System of Higher Education;

          (5) Describe any consequences imposed upon the charter school by the board of trustees of the school district for a charter school sponsored by the board of trustees or imposed by the Department for a charter school sponsored by the State Board or a college or university within the Nevada System of Higher Education for failure to complete an activity required by the turnaround plan; and

          (6) Include a list of the personnel of the charter school who have oversight for the completion of the action step.

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