Nevada Administrative Code

NAC 388A.010 Definitions. (NRS 388A.105, 388A.110) As used in NAC 388A.010 to 388A.680, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NAC 388A.015 to 388A.039, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NAC by Dep…

NAC 388A.015 “Authorized insurer” defined. (NRS 388A.105, 388A.110) “Authorized insurer” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 679A.030. (Added to NAC by Dep’t of Education by R044-05, eff. 10-31-2005)—(Substituted in revision for NAC 386.015)

NAC 388A.020 “Charter school” defined. (NRS 388A.105, 388A.110) “Charter school” means a public school that is formed pursuant to NRS 388A.010 to 388A.640, inclusive, and NAC 388A.010 to 388A.600, inclusive. (Added to NAC by Dep’t of Education by R196-97, eff. 3-13-98; A by R044-…

NAC 388A.025 “Department” defined. (NRS 388A.105, 388A.110) “Department” means the Department of Education. (Added to NAC by Dep’t of Education by R196-97, eff. 3-13-98)—(Substituted in revision for NAC 386.030)

NAC 388A.030 “Fiscal year” defined. (NRS 388A.105, 388A.110) “Fiscal year” means the 12-month period beginning on the first day of July and ending on the last day of June. (Added to NAC by Dep’t of Education by R193-01, eff. 4-1-2002)—(Substituted in revision for NAC 386.037)

NAC 388A.035 “Governing body” defined. (NRS 388A.105, 388A.110) “Governing body” means the governing body of a charter school that is established pursuant to NRS 388A.320 and NAC 388A.525. (Added to NAC by Dep’t of Education by R196-97, eff. 3-13-98; A by R193-01, 4-1-2002)—(Subs…

NAC 388A.037 “Multi-campus school” defined. (NRS 388A.110) “Multi-campus school” means a charter school that operates two or more campuses, each of which has a distinct academic leader who is responsible for its staff and each of which may serve the same group of grade levels or …

NAC 388A.039 “Single-campus school” defined. (NRS 388A.110) “Single-campus school” means a charter school that serves a specified group of grade levels with a single academic leader responsible for its staff for the entire group of grade levels of the campus regardless of whether…

NAC 388A.100 Committee to form charter school and governing body: Interpretation of statutory qualification for membership. (NRS 388A.105, 388A.110, 388A.168, 388A.240, 388A.243, 388A.246, 388A.320) As used in subsection 4 of NRS 388A.240 and subsection 6 of NRS 388A.320, the Dep…

NAC 388A.105 “First day of operation of the charter school after the charter contract has been executed” interpreted. (NRS 388A.105, 388A.110, 388A.168, 388A.270) For the purposes of subsection 8 of NRS 388A.270, the “first day of operation of the charter school after the charter…

NAC 388A.110 Administrative head: Selection; qualifications and responsibilities; notification of selection or replacement. (NRS 388A.105, 388A.110, 388A.168, 388A.521, 388A.524) 1. A committee to form a charter school may select a person to function as the administrative head of…

NAC 388A.115 Appointment of liaison between committee to form charter school and proposed sponsor. (NRS 388A.105, 388A.110, 388A.168, 388A.240) A committee to form a charter school shall, to enable the proposed sponsor to deal with a single person as the committee applies to form…

NAC 388A.120 Application for authorization to sponsor charter schools; deadline; review of application and determination by Department. (NRS 388A.105, 388A.110, 388A.220) 1. If the board of trustees of a school district, a college or university within the Nevada System of Higher …

NAC 388A.125 Submission and contents of letter of intent to form charter school. (NRS 388A.105, 388A.110, 388A.249, 388A.252, 388A.255) 1. A committee to form a charter school must submit to the proposed sponsor a letter of intent to form a charter school. The letter of intent mu…

NAC 388A.130 Application to form charter school: Forms; restrictions on submission and acceptance. (NRS 388A.105, 388A.110, 388A.243, 388A.246, 388A.249) 1. Each applicant approved by the Department to sponsor charter schools shall prescribe forms for the use of a committee to fo…

NAC 388A.135 Application to form charter school: Proposed dates of enrollment for first year of operation; limits on acceptance of applications for enrollment. (NRS 388A.105, 388A.110, 388A.243, 388A.246, 388A.249) 1. For the purposes of subsection 13 of NRS 388A.246, the propose…

NAC 388A.140 Application to form charter school: Inclusion of information regarding facility and equipment. (NRS 388A.105, 388A.110, 388A.168, 388A.246) An application to form a charter school must include information regarding the facility and equipment of the proposed charter s…

NAC 388A.145 Application to form charter school: Inclusion of information regarding educational program. (NRS 388A.105, 388A.110, 388A.168, 388A.246) An application to form a charter school must include information regarding the educational program of the proposed charter school,…

NAC 388A.150 Application to form charter school: Inclusion of information regarding committee to form charter school, and governance and staffing. (NRS 388A.105, 388A.110, 388A.168, 388A.240, 388A.246) An application to form a charter school must include information regarding the…

NAC 388A.155 Application to form charter school: Inclusion of information regarding issues of health and safety. (NRS 388A.105, 388A.110, 388A.168, 388A.240, 388A.246) An application to form a charter school must include information regarding issues of health and safety that affe…

NAC 388A.160 Application to form charter school: Inclusion of certain miscellaneous information. (NRS 388A.105, 388A.110, 388A.168, 388A.246) An application to form a charter school must include miscellaneous information concerning the proposed charter school, including, without …

NAC 388A.165 Restrictions on application to form charter school submitted to State Public Charter School Authority after previous denials of application. (NRS 388A.105, 388A.110, 388A.168, 388A.252) If the State Public Charter School Authority receives an application to form a ch…

NAC 388A.170 Public meeting required to consider certain resubmitted applications. (NRS 388A.105, 388A.110, 388A.168, 388A.252, 388A.255) If: 1. A board of trustees of a school district or a college or university within the Nevada System of Higher Education receives an applicatio…

NAC 388A.175 Grounds for denial by proposed sponsor of application to form charter school. (NRS 388A.105, 388A.110, 388A.168, 388A.249) 1. A proposed sponsor shall not approve an application to form a charter school if: (a) The application does not satisfy the requirements of sub…

NAC 388A.180 Submission of certificate of occupancy for certain facilities. (NRS 388A.110) If a charter school occupies a facility that is not being used as a public school by the school district in which the charter school is located, the charter school shall submit to the spons…

NAC 388A.185 Duty of governing body to provide written notice of any change in mailing address of a charter school. (NRS 388A.110) Not later than 5 days after any change to the mailing address of a charter school, the governing body of the charter school shall provide written not…

NAC 388A.190 Provision and maintenance of industrial and general liability insurance coverage. (NRS 385.080, 388A.110) 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4 of NAC 388A.140, a committee to form a charter school shall obtain insurance from an authorized insurer as follow…

NAC 388A.195 Provision and maintenance of insurance coverage or reserve fund for certain compensatory damages and certain fees, costs and expenses. (NRS 388A.110) 1. In addition to maintaining the insurance required pursuant to NAC 388A.190, the governing body of a charter school…

NAC 388A.200 Advisory committee required to comply with Open Meeting Law. (NRS 388A.110) If the governing body of a charter school establishes an advisory committee, the advisory committee shall comply with the provisions of chapter 241 of NRS. (Added to NAC by Dep’t of Education…

NAC 388A.205 Department to conduct comprehensive review of sponsors every 3 years; determination to continue or revoke authorization of sponsor based on comprehensive review; sponsor required to submit application to sponsor additional charter schools in certain circumstances. (N…

NAC 388A.250 “Applicant” defined. (NRS 388A.168) As used in NAC 388A.250 to 388A.270, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, “applicant” means a charter management organization or a committee to form a charter school which submits an application to form a charter schoo…

NAC 388A.255 Abbreviated application to form charter school. (NRS 388A.168, 388A.258) The Executive Director may develop an abbreviated application for submission by prospective applicants that do not have experience operating a charter school. The State Public Charter School Aut…

NAC 388A.260 Application to form charter school: Submission of notice of intent to submit; examination; withdrawal; establishment and duties of review panel; review of recommendation by State Public Charter School Authority; considerations; decision concerning applicant is final;…

NAC 388A.265 Submission of redacted application to be shared with public. (NRS 388A.168) 1. In addition to the application to form a charter school submitted pursuant to NAC 388A.260, each applicant shall submit a version of the application which excludes or redacts from the appl…

NAC 388A.270 Designation of applicant as proven provider. (NRS 388A.168) 1. Before submitting an application to form a charter school to the State Public Charter School Authority pursuant to NAC 388A.260, an applicant may request that the State Public Charter School Authority des…

NAC 388A.300 Request for change in sponsorship of charter school. (NRS 385.080, 388A.231) 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the governing body of a charter school may request a change in the sponsorship of the charter school pursuant to NRS 388A.231. 2. A request f…

NAC 388A.305 Amendment of charter contract: Public meeting; approval of majority of members of governing board required; request; authority for approval by staff of sponsor. (NRS 388A.105, 388A.110, 388A.168, 388A.276) 1. The governing body of a charter school shall hold a public…

NAC 388A.310 Amendment of charter contract: Request to expand instruction to grade levels of pupils other than those for which charter school is currently approved. (NRS 388A.105, 388A.110, 388A.168, 388A.276) 1. If the governing body of a charter school wishes to amend its chart…

NAC 388A.315 Amendment of charter contract: Request to occupy new or additional facility. (NRS 388A.105, 388A.110, 388A.168, 388A.276) 1. If the governing body of a charter school wishes to amend its charter contract pursuant to NRS 388A.276 to occupy a new or additional facility…

NAC 388A.320 Amendment of charter contract: Request to acquire a new or additional facility. (NRS 388A.105, 388A.110, 388A.168, 388A.276) 1. If the governing body of a charter school wishes to amend its charter contract pursuant to NRS 388A.276 to acquire a new or additional faci…

NAC 388A.325 Amendment of charter contract: Request to eliminate a grade level or other educational services. (NRS 388A.105, 388A.110, 388A.168, 388A.276) 1. If the governing body of a charter school wishes to amend its charter contract pursuant to NRS 388A.276 to eliminate a gra…

NAC 388A.330 Amendment of charter contract: Governing body must obtain approval from sponsor for certain amendments. (NRS 388A.105, 388A.110, 388A.168, 388A.276) The governing body of a charter school must obtain approval from the sponsor of the charter school for any of the foll…

NAC 388A.335 Amendment of charter contract: Request for amendment not otherwise described in NAC 388A.310 to 388A.335, inclusive. (NRS 388A.105, 388A.110, 388A.168) If the governing body of a charter school wishes to amend its charter contract in a way that is not described in NA…

NAC 388A.337 Amendment of charter contract: Closure of campus at multi-campus school. (NRS 388A.110) The sponsor of a multi-campus school may amend the charter contract to close a campus without closing the multi-campus school. (Added to NAC by Dep’t of Education by R131-16, eff.…

NAC 388A.340 Governing body to notify sponsor of certain changes; changes must be approved in public meeting. (NRS 388A.110) 1. The governing body of a charter school shall notify the sponsor of the charter school not later than 10 days after the charter school makes any change t…

NAC 388A.345 Procedure for termination of charter contract. (NRS 388A.105, 388A.110, 388A.330) If the sponsor of a charter school intends to terminate the charter contract pursuant to NRS 388A.330, the sponsor shall: 1. Notify the governing body of the charter school, pursuant to…

NAC 388A.347 Procedure to restart charter school upon termination of charter contract; person selected to restart charter school granted right of first refusal to acquire assets of previous charter school; enrollment of previously enrolled pupils before new pupils are enrolled. (…