NAC391.500. Recommendation to Board for suspension or revocation; findings of board of trustees to accept or reject hearing officer’s recommendation; complaint for failure to comply with contract.

     1. Any recommendation for the suspension or revocation of the state license of a teacher, administrator or other holder and the charge which supports the recommendation must be made to the State Board of Education.

     2. Such a charge and recommendation may be made by the board of trustees of a school district or, unless the case is governed by NRS 391.350, by the Superintendent of Public Instruction.

     3. The board of trustees of a school district may recommend the suspension or revocation of the license of a person who has been dismissed or refused reemployment as a teacher or administrator only after the person has been afforded an opportunity for a hearing before a hearing officer pursuant to NRS 391.311 to 391.3197, inclusive.

     4. At any meeting in which a board of trustees of a school district decides to accept or reject a hearing officer’s recommendation to dismiss or not reemploy the holder of a license, the board shall enter its findings regarding the existence of any cause for revocation or suspension of the holder’s license and shall decide whether to recommend suspension or revocation of the license to the State Board of Education.

     5. The board of trustees of a school district may make a formal complaint to the State Board of Education concerning a teacher, administrator or other holder of a license who has failed to comply with his or her contract and may recommend the suspension or revocation of his or her license even though the board of trustees has not conducted a proceeding to dismiss him or her from employment or prevent his or her reemployment.

     [Bd. of Education, Certificate Reg. §§ 2 & 3, eff. 10-16-80]—(NAC A by Comm’n on Prof. Standards in Education, 11-4-91)