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NRS 387.335 Issuance of general obligations by board of trustees: Authorized purposes; combining questions for voting. 1. The board of trustees of a county school district may issue its general obligations to raise money for the following purposes, and no others: (a) Construction…

NRS 387.400 Limitation on bonded indebtedness of county school district. The total bonded indebtedness of a county school district must at no time exceed an amount equal to 15 percent of the total of the last assessed valuation of taxable property, excluding motor vehicles, situa…

NRS 387.510 Abolition or change of boundaries of county school district; liability for bonded indebtedness. 1. Whenever a county is abolished as provided in Section 36 of Article IV of the Constitution of the State of Nevada and NRS 243.420 to 243.455, inclusive, the county schoo…

NRS 387.513 “Executive Director” defined. As used in NRS 387.513 to 387.528, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, “Executive Director” means the Executive Director of the Department of Taxation. (Added to NRS by 1997, 2707; A 1999, 599)

NRS 387.516 Application for guarantee agreement; duties of State Treasurer; limitations on amount of guarantee; ineligibility of certain obligations; investigation and report by Executive Director. 1. The board of trustees of a school district may apply to the State Treasurer for…

NRS 387.519 Conditions under which State Treasurer may enter into guarantee agreement. 1. The State Treasurer may enter into a guarantee agreement if: (a) The report submitted by the Executive Director indicates that a school district has the ability to make timely payments on th…

NRS 387.522 Limitation on total amount of outstanding bonds that may be guaranteed; certification by State Treasurer deemed pledge by this state. 1. The total amount of outstanding bonds guaranteed pursuant to NRS 387.513 to 387.528, inclusive, must not exceed: (a) Two hundred fi…

NRS 387.524 Guarantee agreement: Required contents; approvals required. 1. A guarantee agreement entered into pursuant to NRS 387.519 must: (a) Require the board of trustees of the school district to appoint the State Treasurer, or a commercial bank designated by the State Treasu…

NRS 387.526 Loan to school district upon failure to make timely payment on debt service of guaranteed bonds: Duties of State Treasurer and Executive Director; interest; restrictions on school district. 1. If a school district fails to make a timely payment on the debt service of …

NRS 387.528 Repayment of loan by school district; duty of State Treasurer to withhold other money from school district upon failure to repay. 1. If a loan is made from the State Permanent School Fund pursuant to NRS 387.526, the loan must be repaid by the school district from the…

NRS 387.531 Joint acquisition authorized; issuance of negotiable general obligation bonds. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, the boards of trustees of county school districts are encouraged, authorized and empowered to acquire any or all of the facilities or pro…

NRS 387.541 Issuance of bonds: Approval of debt management commission and voters required; applicability of Local Government Securities Law. 1. Bonds of any such county school district for the joint facility must not be issued unless: (a) The bonds are approved by the debt manage…

NRS 387.551 Joint operation and maintenance: Powers of districts. 1. Subject to any contractual provisions between the county school districts, including, without limitation, a compact entered into pursuant to NRS 387.563, if applicable, such county school districts hereby are jo…

NRS 387.561 Interdistrict agreements and contracts. In addition to a compact entered into pursuant to NRS 387.563, if applicable, county school districts may from time to time enter into agreements, short-term and long-term, but not exceeding a term of 50 years, with each other c…

NRS 387.563 Acquisition of facility or project for career and technical education; requirements of compact; establishment of advisory council; agreements with community and businesses authorized. 1. If two or more school districts acquire a facility or project jointly pursuant to…

NRS 387.571 Powers, rights and benefits of officers, agents and employees of districts preserved. All of the powers, privileges, immunities and rights, exemptions from laws and rules, all retirement, relief, disability, industrial insurance and other benefits which apply to the a…

NRS 387.581 Public purpose. The exercise of any power authorized in NRS 387.531 to 387.591, inclusive, upon behalf of any county school district by its board of trustees has been determined, and is hereby declared, to effect a public purpose, and the facility or project, as autho…

NRS 387.591 Liberal construction; other powers preserved. 1. The provisions of NRS 387.531 to 387.591, inclusive, being necessary to secure and preserve the public health, safety, convenience and welfare, shall be liberally construed to effect their purpose. 2. Nothing contained …

NRS 387.602 “Management principles” defined. As used in NRS 387.602 to 387.644, inclusive, “management principles” means the financial management principles set forth in NRS 387.622. (Added to NRS by 2005, 2439)

NRS 387.607 Applicability to extent money is available. The provisions of NRS 387.602 to 387.644, inclusive, apply only to the extent that money is made available by the Legislature to carry out the provisions of those sections. The Legislative Counsel Bureau may accept gifts, gr…

NRS 387.613 Review of school districts; recommendations by Legislative Auditor; selection of school districts by Legislature; qualifications and selection of consultant to conduct reviews; monitoring and oversight of consultant; self-assessment by school district required. 1. Exc…

NRS 387.618 Establishment and duties of oversight committee to assist in process of review. 1. If a school district is selected for a review, an oversight committee must be established to assist the consultant in the process of the review for that school district. Each oversight …

NRS 387.622 Financial management principles and areas for review; additional review by consultant authorized. 1. Each school district selected for a review must be evaluated to determine whether the school district is successfully carrying out the following financial management p…

NRS 387.626 Duties of consultant; Department required to provide technical support; availability of books, accounts and records necessary for conducting review; confidentiality. 1. A consultant selected to perform a review of a school district shall: (a) Consider the results and …

NRS 387.631 Final written report of review; issuance of preliminary report to school district; response by school district; exemption from next review for certain school districts; availability of reports to public. 1. The consultant shall complete the review of a school district…

NRS 387.636 School district required to hold public meeting concerning final report; vote whether to adopt corrective action plan; effect of failure to vote within prescribed time; appearance before Legislature under certain circumstances. 1. Upon receipt of a final written repor…

NRS 387.639 Reports by school district concerning progress on corrective action plan; review of reports by Legislative Auditor and Legislature; exemption from next review for certain school districts. 1. If the board of trustees of a school district adopts a plan for corrective a…

NRS 387.644 Annual reporting by school districts exempt from review. 1. If a school district is granted an exemption pursuant to NRS 387.631 or 387.639, the board of trustees of the school district shall provide written notice for each year that the exemption applies which includ…

NRS 387.652 Requirements to receive grant; application. 1. The Department shall, to the extent money is available, award grants of money to school districts, sponsors of charter schools, institutions within the Nevada System of Higher Education and nonprofit organizations to supp…

NRS 387.654 Separate accounting; uses. 1. Any grant of money received by a school district, sponsor of a charter school or nonprofit organization pursuant to NRS 387.652 and any money received by the governing body of a charter school from a grant awarded to its sponsor must be a…

NRS 387.656 Regulations. 1. The State Board shall adopt regulations prescribing: (a) Comprehensive services that a program supported by a grant made pursuant to NRS 387.652 must provide. (b) Any evaluations in which a program supported by a grant made pursuant to NRS 387.652 must…

NRS 387.658 Report. The Department shall, not later than November 1 of each odd-numbered year, submit to the Governor and the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for transmittal to the Joint Interim Standing Committee on Education a report concerning the effectiveness of p…

NRS 387.900 Award of money to school districts for compensation for hard-to-fill positions; declaration of legislative intent; contents of application for award; collective bargaining; reports. [Effective October 1, 2026.] 1. To the extent that money has been appropriated for tha…