Title 34

NRS 391.095 Student teachers: Agreement between school district or governing body of a charter school or university school and Nevada System of Higher Education or accredited postsecondary educational institution for assignment; instruction and supervision of pupils; compensation…

NRS 391.096 Student teachers: Employment as substitute teachers; compensation; supervision by licensed teacher. 1. A board of trustees of a school district that has entered into an agreement pursuant to NRS 391.095 shall, before assigning a long-term substitute who is not a licen…

NRS 391.0965 Review of person’s qualifications for license to teach or perform other educational functions; Department authorized to assess fee for such review. 1. The Department may charge and collect a fee of $50 to review information pertaining to and provide feedback concerni…

NRS 391.097 Parent or guardian may request information regarding professional qualifications of licensed employees; annual notice of right to request information. 1. Upon the request of a parent or legal guardian of a pupil who is enrolled in a public school, the board of trustee…

NRS 391.098 Notice to parent or guardian of pupil in Title I school if teacher is not licensed to teach or does not hold endorsement to teach in certain subject area. 1. If a pupil enrolled in a Title I school or a school that is rated as underperforming pursuant to the statewide…

NRS 391.100 Employment of personnel by trustees; certain paraprofessionals required to possess qualifications prescribed by State Board. 1. The board of trustees of a school district may employ a superintendent of schools, teachers and all other necessary employees. 2. The board …

NRS 391.102 Transfer of teacher or administrator evaluated as developing or ineffective to another school; development of plan to address such assignments when principal of school does not consent; submission of plan to State Board. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any collec…

NRS 391.1025 Definitions. As used in NRS 391.1025 to 391.106, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 391.103 and 391.1035 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 2019, 1519; A 2023, 1380)

NRS 391.103 “Unsupervised contact” defined. 1. “Unsupervised contact” means direct contact or interaction with one or more pupils who are not under the direct supervision of an employee of a school district or other person designated by a public school as the person responsible f…

NRS 391.1035 “Volunteer” defined. “Volunteer” means any person who, without compensation, works at, assists with or oversees any activity or event conducted or sponsored by a public school during or outside of school hours. The term: 1. Includes, without limitation, a coach, assi…

NRS 391.104 Fingerprinting and investigation into the background of certain applicants for employment, employees and volunteers; school district prohibited from requiring licensed employees on approved leave to submit fingerprints as condition of return to employment; exception; …

NRS 391.105 Conditions under which volunteer not required to submit fingerprints. 1. A volunteer who is likely to have unsupervised contact with pupils is not required to submit fingerprints to the board of trustees of a school district pursuant to NRS 391.104 if the volunteer su…

NRS 391.1055 Regulations concerning method for determining whether to require volunteers of certain entities involved in work-based learning programs to submit fingerprints. 1. The Department shall prescribe by regulation a method for the board of trustees of a school district to…

NRS 391.106 List of approved entities for which volunteer of entity is authorized to be volunteer for school without investigation into criminal background. The Department shall compile a list of entities for which it approves a school to allow a volunteer of the entity to be a v…

NRS 391.110 Employment of superintendent of schools; employment of chief financial officer of schools in certain school districts; qualifications applicable to certain school districts; review of candidate by Department; term; dismissal; contents of employment contract; administr…

NRS 391.115 Consideration of military education, training or occupational experience. 1. If a person who is a member of the Armed Forces of the United States or a veteran of the Armed Forces of the United States submits an application for employment in a school district for a pos…

NRS 391.120 Written contract of employment for licensed personnel; limitations on employment; suspension or termination for failure to maintain valid license; exception; submission of employment information to Department; confidentiality of employment information. 1. Boards of tr…

NRS 391.122 Authorization to temporarily employ as teacher person who is unlicensed and meets certain requirements; report of hiring to Department. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board of trustees of a school district or the governing body of a charter school …

NRS 391.125 Request by board of trustees to employ teachers who do not hold appropriate endorsement if shortage exists; limitations; duty of Commission if request granted. 1. If the board of trustees of a school district determines that a shortage of teachers exists within the sc…

NRS 391.135 Determination of number of job vacancies; reporting. 1. To the extent that money is available, the board of trustees of a school district shall determine the number of job vacancies based on the number of licensed teachers needed to achieve the recommended ratios of p…

NRS 391.145 Involuntary transfer or reassignment of unlicensed employees. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, any involuntary transfer or reassignment of an unlicensed employee must be based on assignment and seniority and may not be made as a form of discipline. 2. …

NRS 391.155 School districts required to submit biannual report to Interim Finance Committee concerning employment of consultants. Repealed. (See chapter 153, Statutes of Nevada 2025, at page 872.) Salaries and Other Compensation

NRS 391.160 Determination of salaries: Standards for determining. The salaries of teachers and other employees must be determined by the character of the service required as described in NRS 391.161 to 391.169, inclusive. A school district shall not discriminate between male and …

NRS 391.1605 Determination of salaries: Use of testing as factor in vertical promotion; appeals; prohibited acts; exception. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, notwithstanding the provisions of any collective bargaining agreement to the contrary, if the superintende…

NRS 391.161 Determination of salaries: Increased salary for certain teachers who are certified by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. Each year when determining the salary of a teacher who holds certification issued by the National Board for Professional Teach…

NRS 391.162 Determination of salaries: Increased salary for certain speech-language pathologists; required classification of certain employees subject to collective bargaining agreement in same manner as certain employees licensed to practice speech-language pathology. 1. Each ye…

NRS 391.163 Determination of salaries: Increased salary for certain professional school library media specialists with additional certification. Each year when determining the salary of a person who is employed by a school district as a professional school library media specialis…

NRS 391.167 Determination of salaries: Credit for previous teaching service. 1. In determining the salary of a licensed teacher who is employed by a school district after the teacher has been employed by another school district in this State, the present employer shall, except as…

NRS 391.169 Determination of salaries: Credit for previous administrative service. 1. In determining the salary of a licensed administrator, other than the superintendent of schools, who is employed by a school district after the administrator has been employed by another school …

NRS 391.170 Conditions for receipt of public money as compensation by certain teachers and other employees; exception for charter schools. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a teacher or other employee for whom a license is required is not entitled to receive any po…

NRS 391.172 Reservation of money for negotiated salary increase; money does not revert and must not be subtracted from operating expenses. 1. If a school district negotiates with an employee organization pursuant to NRS 288.150 to increase the salary of employees for a fiscal yea…

NRS 391.175 Payment of salaries of certain teachers and other employees from apportionment of public money; deductions from salary. 1. Boards of trustees of school districts in this state may pay toward the salaries of teachers and other employees the public money apportioned to …

NRS 391.180 Absences of employees: Compensation; deductions; accumulation and transfer of sick leave; intermission and extension of days of school. 1. As used in this section, “employee” means any employee of a school district or charter school in this State. 2. A school month in…

NRS 391.200 Salaries of teachers are prior claims on school district fund. The salaries of: 1. Teachers and other licensed personnel in a school district, as determined by the contracts between the teachers and other licensed employees and the board of trustees; and 2. Teachers i…

NRS 391.202 Authorization to provide stipend to certain teachers of program of bilingual education; prohibition on providing stipend more than once per school year; money to be used for stipend. 1. Each school year, the board of trustees of a school district or the governing body…

NRS 391.2055 Legislative declaration. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that: 1. Pupils are the most vital resource to the future of this State; 2. Persons who enter professions that necessitate interaction with the pupils of this State have an obligation to act professio…

NRS 391.2056 Establishment of Code; training on Code to teachers, administrators and others; posting of Code on Internet website. 1. The Commission shall prescribe by regulation a written policy that establishes the Nevada Model Code of Educator Ethics for teachers, administrator…

NRS 391.210 Exercise of trustees’ authority in school by certain personnel. The board of trustees of a school district may direct the administrators, principals, teachers and other licensed personnel employed by them to exercise such powers and authority in the schools as the boa…

NRS 391.230 Filing of licenses with superintendent of school district; exception for unlicensed teachers of charter school. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, upon the opening of any public school in this state, every teacher and other licensed employee employed for…

NRS 391.235 Board of trustees authorized to adopt policy to engage district-level administrators in classroom. 1. The board of trustees of each school district may adopt a policy that sets forth procedures and conditions for a program to engage administrators employed by the scho…

NRS 391.240 Teachers: Keeping register of pupils. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, each teacher in the public schools shall keep a true, full and correct register of all pupils attending such school as required by the board of trustees of the school district in ac…

NRS 391.260 Teachers: Enforcement of courses of study, textbooks and regulations; exception for charter schools. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, each teacher in the public schools shall enforce the course of study as prescribed by law, the use of legally authoriz…

NRS 391.270 Teachers: Holding pupils to account for conduct. Every teacher in the public schools shall hold pupils to a strict account of their conduct on and in close proximity to the school grounds, on the play ground, and during any intermission. [349:32:1956]

NRS 391.271 School district to provide for legal defense of employee charged with certain crimes committed within scope of employment; exceptions. 1. If a person who is or was employed by a school district is charged by criminal complaint with assault, battery or a similar crime …

NRS 391.272 School employee immune from liability for good faith intervention in certain incidents posing risks to safety; required reporting of intervention; record of reports. 1. A school employee is immune from both criminal and civil liability for actions taken in good faith …

NRS 391.273 Supervision of unlicensed personnel; exemptions; reduction of adjusted base per pupil funding for failure to comply; exception for certain unlicensed personnel of charter school; record of exempt personnel. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section and except fo…