Title 34

NRS 385A.650 Preparation and requirements for plan; annual review; submission of plan. 1. The principal of each school, including, without limitation, each charter school, shall, in consultation with the employees of the school and the administrator designated pursuant to NRS 388…

NRS 385A.670 Annual determination of whether public schools are meeting school achievement targets and performance targets; transmission of determinations; effect of irregularity in testing administration or testing security. 1. On or before July 31 of each year, the Department s…

NRS 385A.680 Monitoring administration of examinations by Department required under certain circumstances if school fails to meet school achievement targets and performance targets. If the Department determines that a public school has failed to meet the school achievement target…

NRS 385A.720 Issuance of preliminary ratings; opportunity for schools to review data; waiver; posting of final ratings. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3: (a) Based upon the information received from the Department pursuant to NRS 385A.670, the board of trustees of …

NRS 385A.730 Regulations governing alternative performance framework. 1. The State Board shall adopt regulations that prescribe an alternative performance framework to evaluate public schools that are approved pursuant to NRS 385A.740. Such regulations must include, without limit…

NRS 385A.740 Application for approval to be rated using alternative performance framework; eligibility. 1. A public school, including, without limitation, a charter school, that wishes to be rated using the alternative performance framework prescribed by the State Board pursuant …

NRS 385A.745 Designation of focus school; posting of such designations; notice; proposal of specific school-level tiered interventions. 1. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall designate a public school, other than a public school approved by the State Board to be rated …

NRS 385A.750 Form for notice to parents concerning focus or priority rating of school or school district; contents. The Department shall prescribe a form for notice to parents and guardians concerning the rating of a public school designated by the Superintendent of Public Instru…

NRS 385A.800 Establishment and maintenance of system; access to data within system. 1. The Department shall establish and maintain an automated system of accountability information for Nevada. The system must: (a) Have the capacity to provide and report information, including, wi…

NRS 385A.810 Adoption of uniform program for school districts to collect, validate and maintain electronic records of pupils and transfer data to system; provision of electronic data to Department. The board of trustees of each school district shall: 1. Adopt and maintain the pro…

NRS 385A.820 Duties of Superintendent of Public Instruction regarding uniform program for collection, validation and maintenance of electronic records of pupils and transfer of data to system; deduction of money from apportionment. 1. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shal…

NRS 385A.830 Operation of system in compliance with federal laws governing release and confidentiality of records. 1. The Department, the school districts and the public schools, including, without limitation, charter schools, shall, in operating the automated system of informati…

NRS 385A.840 Collection and reporting of data on discipline of pupils. 1. Each public school in this State shall collect data on the discipline of pupils. Such data must: (a) Be reported annually to the Department through the automated system of accountability information establi…

NRS 385A.900 Requirements of system; consultation with parents and legal guardians; provision of technical assistance and guidance; approval of certain components of system. 1. The Department shall make every effort to ensure that the statewide system of accountability for public…

NRS 385A.905 Determination of whether achievement and performance targets are met; transmittal of findings; recommendations for tiered interventions. 1. On or before a date determined by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, but not later than the third Friday in August of ea…

NRS 385A.910 Issuance of preliminary rating; opportunity for schools to review data; waiver; posting of final ratings. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, based upon the determinations made by the Department pursuant to NRS 385A.905, the Department shall, on or befor…

NRS 385A.915 Designation of focus school district or sponsor of charter school; designation of priority school district or sponsor of charter school; proposal of specific tiered interventions. 1. The Superintendent of Public Instruction: (a) Shall designate a school district or s…

NRS 385A.950 School climate survey: Creation; administration; use of results; annual reporting of data. 1. The Department shall, to the extent that money is available for that purpose, create and conduct at each school in a school district and at each charter school in this State…

NRS 385A.955 Plan to improve academic achievement of pupils enrolled in public elementary schools; performance assessment for certain principals; removal of certain principals from such positions. 1. Each public elementary school shall prepare a plan to improve the academic achie…

NRS 385A.960 Declaration of legislative intent; petition to modify, suspend or eliminate reporting requirements; review of petition; evaluation by Superintendent of Public Instruction; submission of reports. 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to: (a) Enhance the efficiency of…

NRS 385B.010 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 385B.015 to 385B.045, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 2015, 2141; A 2017, 728; 2019, 271; 2023, 3384)

NRS 385B.015 “Child of a military family” defined. “Child of a military family” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 388F.010. (Added to NRS by 2019, 271)

NRS 385B.017 “Out-of-school activity” defined. “Out-of-school activity” means an activity that is not associated with a school, including, without limitation, a club team or athletic camp or program. (Added to NRS by 2023, 3382)

NRS 385B.020 “Pupil” defined. “Pupil” means a student of a school or a child that receives instruction at home and is excused from compulsory enrollment and attendance pursuant to NRS 392.070. (Added to NRS by 2015, 2141; A 2023, 1199)

NRS 385B.030 “Sanctioned sport” defined. “Sanctioned sport” means any athletic competition that is approved by the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association. (Added to NRS by 2015, 2141)

NRS 385B.040 “School” defined. “School” means any school that is affiliated with or is a member of the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association. (Added to NRS by 2015, 2141)

NRS 385B.045 “Zone of attendance” defined. “Zone of attendance” means the zone established by the board of trustees of a school district pursuant to NRS 388.040 to designate which school within the district a pupil must attend. (Added to NRS by 2017, 728)

NRS 385B.050 Formation; composition; purposes; board members; terms. 1. The county school district trustees may form a nonprofit association, to be known as the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association, composed of all of the school districts of the State for the purposes of…

NRS 385B.060 Adoption, repeal or amendment of certain rules, policies, practices and regulations in manner provided by Nevada Administrative Procedure Act; safety standards for spirit squads; qualifications for coaches of spirit squads; consultation with Homeschool Advisory Counc…

NRS 385B.065 Authorization to allow certain pupils to participate in sanctioned sport or other interscholastic event at different school; payment of costs associated with such participation. 1. The Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association may, by regulation, allow a pupil wh…

NRS 385B.070 Rules and regulations to include criteria for staging of all-star game and participation of all-star team. The rules and regulations adopted by the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association pursuant to NRS 385B.060 must provide criteria to be used by the Associat…

NRS 385B.080 Adoption of regulations prescribing policy for prevention and treatment of injuries to the head which may occur during or affect participation; requirements of policy; compilation of educational information on injuries to the head; annual acknowledgment of policy by …

NRS 385B.090 Procedures for review of disputes; stay of decision pending court’s final judgment prohibited. 1. The rules and regulations of the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association adopted pursuant to NRS 385B.060 must provide for adequate review procedures to determine …

NRS 385B.100 Pupils and schools authorized to appeal final decision or order to Executive Director; appointment and duties of hearing officer; posting of summary of appeal; authorization to appeal decision of hearing officer to school district. 1. Any pupil or school that is aggr…

NRS 385B.110 Membership of charter schools, private schools and parochial schools. The rules and regulations adopted by the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association must provide for the membership of charter schools, private schools and parochial schools which may elect to j…

NRS 385B.120 Applicability of regulations and requirements to charter schools, private schools and parochial schools. If a charter school, private school or parochial school elects to become a member of the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association, the school is subject to t…

NRS 385B.130 Rules and regulations governing eligibility of pupil who transfers schools apply equally to public schools and private schools; eligibility of pupil who transfers schools under certain circumstances. 1. Any rules and regulations adopted by the Nevada Interscholastic …

NRS 385B.135 Request of eligibility for pupil who transfers: Waiver; circumstances requiring approval of waiver; evidence; rules and regulations concerning review procedures for waivers. 1. A pupil who transfers from a school to another school is immediately eligible to participa…

NRS 385B.140 Eligibility of pupil enrolled in grade 9 to participate and practice in sanctioned sport at public or private school. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 385B.225, a pupil who enrolls in grade 9 at: 1. A public school and who resides within the zone of attendance of …

NRS 385B.145 Eligibility of pupil who attended school in another country as foreign exchange student to participate in sanctioned sport. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, if a pupil who attended a school in another country as a foreign exchange student upon return …

NRS 385B.150 Participation by homeschooled children in interscholastic activities and events; applicability of provisions to homeschooled children. 1. A homeschooled child must be allowed to participate in interscholastic activities and events in accordance with the regulations a…

NRS 385B.160 Limitation on challenges based upon participation by homeschooled children and certain children of military families. No challenge may be brought by the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association, a school district, a public school or a private school, a parent or…

NRS 385B.170 Limitation on adoption of regulations and rules by school districts and schools concerning eligibility and participation of homeschooled children, certain children of military families and certain children who transfer schools. A school district, public school or pri…

NRS 385B.180 Requests to join similar association in another state. The rules and regulations of the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association must provide criteria for the approval of requests made by public schools for authorization to join an interscholastic activity assoc…

NRS 385B.190 Determination of liability of Association and public school belonging to similar association in another state. 1. Any liability or action against the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association must be determined in the same manner and with the same limitations and…

NRS 385B.200 Prohibition against required participation in out-of-school activity; disciplinary action; adoption of regulations. 1. A coach, manager or other person associated with a sanctioned sport or spirit squad at a school shall not: (a) Condition qualification for a team or…