NAC385.616. Designation of Title I school, other than charter school, as demonstrating need for improvement for 5 or more consecutive years: Notice; implementation of plan for restructuring; implementation of proposal for corrective actions, consequences or sanctions; update of proposal; submission of status reports to Department.

     1. Except as otherwise provided in NAC 385.619, if a Title I school is designated as demonstrating need for improvement pursuant to NRS 385.3623 for 5 or more 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 385.37607.

     (b) 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 plan for restructuring the school developed pursuant to NAC 385.601 or the revised plan for restructuring the school developed pursuant to this section, whichever is applicable.

     (c) 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.

     (d) Revise the plan for restructuring the school and update each component of the plan for restructuring the school set forth in NAC 385.601.

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

     (a) The plan for restructuring the school 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 385.601, including, without limitation, a copy of the application submitted pursuant to NAC 385.626.

     3. Within 45 days after the Department receives:

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

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

          (2) Return the plan for restructuring the school 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 plan for restructuring the school pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 3, the board of trustees of the school district shall, within 20 days after the board of trustees receives the plan for restructuring the school, revise and resubmit the plan for restructuring the school to the Department.

     (b) The updated proposal pursuant to paragraph (b) of 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:

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

     (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. On or before January 31 and June 30 of each school year during which a plan for restructuring the school is implemented in a public school, the board of trustees of the school district shall submit to the Department status reports concerning the implementation of the plan for restructuring the school. The status reports must, without limitation:

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

     (b) For each action step listed in the plan for restructuring the school:

          (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;

          (5) Describe any consequences imposed upon the public school by the board of trustees of the school district for failure to complete an activity required by the plan for restructuring the school; and

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

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