NAC391.059. Testing or assessment of teacher assigned to program of bilingual education; maintenance of records; annual report.

     1. A school district which has a program of bilingual education shall select or develop, and administer, an appropriate test or other means of assessment to ascertain that the language proficiency of each teacher assigned to teach pupils enrolled in a program of bilingual education in the school district is sufficient to provide instruction to those pupils in a language other than English.

     2. Passage of a test or other means of assessment administered by a school district pursuant to this section does not exempt a teacher from any other requirement of title 34 of NRS and any regulations adopted pursuant thereto relating to licensure, endorsements or other required qualifications.

     3. A school district that has a program of bilingual education shall:

     (a) Maintain records of the testing or assessment conducted pursuant to this section of teachers assigned to teach pupils enrolled in a program of bilingual education in the school district; and

     (b) Annually report to the Department the results of that testing or assessment conducted during the previous year.

     (Added to NAC by Comm’n on Prof. Standards in Education by R101-00, 1-22-2001)