Title 34

NRS 396.315 Community College: System for dismissal of professional employees. The Board of Regents shall adopt and promulgate regulations establishing a fair dismissal system for the professional employees of the Community Colleges who have completed probation as required by the…

NRS 396.320 Grounds for dismissal or removal of certain personnel. 1. The willful neglect or failure on the part of any teacher, instructor, professor, president or chancellor in the System to observe and carry out the requirements of this chapter is sufficient cause for the dism…

NRS 396.323 Powers of Regents and other officers to issue subpoenas; enforcement. 1. The Board of Regents, the Chancellor of the System and the presidents of all the branches and facilities within the System may issue subpoenas in all instances involving disciplinary hearings of …

NRS 396.324 Person with communications disability entitled to use of registered community interpreter at hearing. The person who is the subject of a disciplinary hearing under this chapter or who is a witness at that hearing, and who is a person with a communications disability a…

NRS 396.325 Creation; interlocal agreements with other law enforcement agencies. The Board of Regents may: 1. Create a Police Department for the System and appoint one or more persons to be members of the Department; and 2. Authorize the Department to enter into interlocal agreem…

NRS 396.327 Police required to wear badges. Every member of the Police Department for the System must be supplied with, authorized and required to wear a badge bearing the words “University Police, Nevada.” (Added to NRS by 1965, 304; A 1969, 1434; 1993, 344)

NRS 396.328 Provision of crash reports and related materials upon receipt of reasonable fee; exceptions. The Police Department for the System shall, within 7 days after receipt of a written request of a person who claims to have sustained damages as a result of a crash, or the pe…

NRS 396.3291 Campus review board: Creation authorized to review allegations of misconduct by peace officers of the Police Department; membership; conditions for membership; payment of per diem and travel expenses. 1. The Board of Regents may create on each campus of the System a …

NRS 396.3293 Campus review board: Limitation on jurisdiction; abridgement of rights of peace officer prohibited. A campus review board created pursuant to NRS 396.3291: 1. Does not have jurisdiction over any matter in which it is alleged that a crime has been committed. 2. Shall …

NRS 396.3295 Panel of campus review board: Membership; authority to refer complaint and review internal investigation concerning peace officer; Police Department required to provide personnel information; notice and opportunity for hearing on internal investigation; report of fin…

NRS 396.3297 Panel of campus review board: Authority to administer oaths, take testimony, issue subpoenas and issue commissions to take testimony; enforcement of subpoena by court. 1. A panel of a campus review board created pursuant to NRS 396.3291 may: (a) Administer oaths; (b)…

NRS 396.330 Acceptance of grants of land. 1. The State of Nevada hereby accepts the grants of lands made by the Government of the United States to this state, in the following Acts of Congress, upon the terms and conditions expressed in such acts, and agrees to comply therewith: …

NRS 396.340 Acceptance of federal appropriations and grants; annual report. 1. The System was, and now is, established in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution of the State of Nevada, and also in accordance with the provisions of an Act of Congress entitled “An Act d…

NRS 396.350 Irreducible University Fund. 1. The moneys arising from the sale of the 72 sections of land granted this state by the Act of Congress entitled “An act concerning Lands granted to the State of Nevada,” approved July 4, 1866 (c. 166, 14 Stat. 86), for the establishment …

NRS 396.360 Contingent University Fund. The interest derived from the Irreducible University Fund shall be and constitute a fund to be known as the Contingent University Fund. [Part 4:85:1873; A 1929, 61; NCL § 7746]—(NRS A 1999, 427)

NRS 396.370 Appropriations for support and maintenance of System. 1. The following money is hereby set aside and inviolably appropriated for the support and maintenance of the System, and must be paid out for the purposes designated by law creating the several funds: (a) The inte…

NRS 396.380 Receipt and disbursement of money by Board of Regents; control of expenditures. 1. The members of the Board of Regents are the sole trustees to receive and disburse all money of the System for the purposes provided in NRS 396.370. 2. The Board of Regents shall control…

NRS 396.381 Board of Regents authorized to delegate authority to sign contract for obligations not issued under University Securities Law; approval by Board of Regents; authorized investment of proceeds. 1. Before the sale or delivery by the System of an obligation to repay money…

NRS 396.383 Accounts Payable Revolving Fund. 1. The Nevada System of Higher Education Accounts Payable Revolving Fund is hereby created. The Board of Regents may deposit the money of the Fund in one or more state or national banks or credit unions in the State of Nevada. 2. The c…

NRS 396.384 Collegiate License Plate Account. 1. The Collegiate License Plate Account is hereby created in the State General Fund. 2. The money in the Account does not lapse to the State General Fund at the end of any fiscal year. 3. The Board of Regents shall administer the Acco…

NRS 396.385 Use of facsimile signature by chief business officer; conditions. The Board of Regents may authorize the chief business officer of each business center of the System to use a facsimile signature produced through a mechanical device in place of his or her handwritten s…

NRS 396.390 Claims: Procedure and payment. 1. Before payment, all claims of every name and nature involving the payment of money by or under the direction of the Board of Regents from funds set aside and appropriated must be passed upon by the State Board of Examiners. 2. The Boa…

NRS 396.395 Establishment of electronic payment system for academic staff and employees; waiver of participation in payment system. 1. The Board of Regents may establish an electronic payment system to pay the salaries and wages of academic staff and employees of the System throu…

NRS 396.400 Public inspection of accounts. The Board of Regents shall keep open to public inspection an account of receipts and expenditures. [Part 3:37:1887; A 1917, 52; 1945, 448; 1943 NCL § 7728] UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONS

NRS 396.405 Meetings; records; exemption from certain taxes; governing body; nondisclosure of contributors. 1. A university foundation: (a) Shall comply with the provisions of chapter 241 of NRS; (b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, shall make its records public and …

NRS 396.420 Acceptance of property. 1. The Board of Regents may accept and take in the name of the System, for the benefit of any branch or facility of the System, by grant, gift, devise or bequest, any property for any purpose appropriate to the System. 2. Property so acquired m…

NRS 396.425 Purchase of real property. 1. The Board of Regents may purchase real property for cash or by making a cash down payment and executing or assuming an obligation to pay the remainder of the price in deferred installments. 2. Such obligation may be secured by a mortgage …

NRS 396.430 Sale and lease of property; use of proceeds. 1. The Board of Regents may sell or lease any property granted, donated, devised or bequeathed to the System if: (a) The sale or lease is not prohibited by or inconsistent with the provisions or conditions prescribed by the…

NRS 396.431 Disclosure required for sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or exchange of land with domestic or foreign limited-liability company. 1. If the System sells, leases, transfers or conveys land to, or exchanges land with, a domestic or foreign limited-liability company, the…

NRS 396.432 Disposition of unclaimed property. Any property which is in the possession of any authorized agent of the System and which is not claimed within 1 year by the owner of the property or the owner’s authorized agent or representative must be disposed of by the System in …

NRS 396.433 Fidelity and other insurance. 1. The Board of Regents may budget for and purchase fidelity insurance and insurance against: (a) Any liability arising under NRS 41.031. (b) Tort liability on the part of any of its employees resulting from an act or omission in the scop…

NRS 396.435 Regulations governing traffic on System’s property; publication; filing; penalty. 1. The Board of Regents may by affirmative vote of a majority of its members adopt, amend, repeal and enforce reasonable regulations governing vehicular and pedestrian traffic on all pro…

NRS 396.436 Maintenance and delivery of records and controls for inventory. The Board of Regents shall cause perpetual inventory records and controls to be maintained for all equipment, materials and supplies stored or used by or belonging to the System. Copies of current invento…

NRS 396.4365 Maintenance and availability of material safety data sheet for hazardous materials used on buildings or grounds of campus. 1. The Board of Regents shall ensure that each university, state college and community college within the System: (a) Maintains at the universit…

NRS 396.437 Recycling of paper, paper products, electronic waste and other recyclable materials; regulations and procedures; exception; deposit of money received. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the System shall recycle or cause to be recycled the paper, paper pr…

NRS 396.438 Disposal of electronic waste. 1. Before disposing of electronic waste, the System shall permanently remove any data stored on the electronic waste. 2. As used in this section, “electronic waste” means electronic equipment that has been discarded, is no longer wanted b…

NRS 396.440 Course of study, terms and vacations. The Board of Regents may prescribe the course of study, the commencement and duration of the terms, and the length of the vacations for the System. [Part 3:37:1887; A 1917, 52; 1945, 448; 1943 NCL § 7728]—(NRS A 1993, 349)

NRS 396.441 Regents to establish policy for use of low-cost course materials and no-cost open educational resources. The Board of Regents shall establish a policy for the use of low-cost course materials and no-cost open educational resources in courses offered at an institution …

NRS 396.500 Instruction in United States Constitution and Nevada’s Constitution; examination. 1. Instruction within the System must be given in the essentials of the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Nevada, including the origin and history of…

NRS 396.504 Regents encouraged to examine and audit efficiency and educational opportunities, review mission and parity among institutions and implement certain measures; annual report to Legislature. 1. The Legislature hereby encourages the Board of Regents to: (a) Examine and a…

NRS 396.505 Comprehensive plan for new programs and expansions of existing programs of instruction, public service and research; presentation of revised plan to Legislature. 1. The Board of Regents shall prepare a comprehensive plan for the next 4 years which explains: (a) Any an…

NRS 396.509 Establishment of statewide standards for awarding credit for military education, training or occupational experience; applicability of credit towards degree or certificate. 1. The Board of Regents or its designee shall, in consultation with the State approving agency …

NRS 396.514 Instruction in essentials of green building construction and design. Instruction within the System must be given in the essentials of green building construction and design to assist students in preparing for the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Professio…

NRS 396.515 Instruction in ecology and environmental protection; inclusion in program for education of teachers. Instruction within the System must be given in the essentials of ecology and environmental protection. Such instruction must be included in the program developed by th…

NRS 396.516 Uniform course of study and policies and procedures on teaching American Sign Language. The Board of Regents may approve a uniform course of study and develop policies and procedures on the teaching of American Sign Language in the System. (Added to NRS by 1995, 150; …

NRS 396.517 Program to educate and train persons for work in nursing home. 1. The Board of Regents may plan for and establish a model program to educate and train persons for work in a nursing home. 2. The program must be developed and administered through the community colleges …