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Section
391.002
Definitions.
Section
391.005
"Commission" defined.
Section
391.008
"Paraprofessional" defined.
Section
391.009
Superintendent of Public Instruction required to ensure Commission carries out duties successfully.
Section
391.0085
"Statewide Central Registry" defined.
Section
391.0088
"Veteran" defined.
Section
391.011
Creation; membership.
Section
391.013
Limitation on terms of certain members.
Section
391.015
Officers.
Section
391.017
Meetings; quorum; travel expenses and subsistence allowances; payment of certain costs by school district or charter school.
Section
391.019
Regulations prescribing qualifications for licensure; fields of specialization in teaching; endorsements; issuance of licenses pursuant to alternative routes.
Section
391.021
Regulations governing examinations for initial licensure; exemption for teachers and educational personnel who obtain reciprocal license.
Section
391.023
Regulations for relief from other regulations and for resolution of medical or administrative conflicts.
Section
391.027
Approval or disapproval of Commission’s regulations by State Board of Education.
Section
391.028
Annual report concerning status of Commission’s regulations and work plan.
Section
391.029
Provision of personnel; location of offices.
Section
391.031
Kinds of licenses.
Section
391.032
Provisional licenses; reciprocal licensure of educational personnel from other states; licensure of member or veteran of Armed Forces or spouse of member or veteran.
Section
391.033
Issuance of licenses; fingerprinting and investigation into the background of applicants; provisional licensure authorized; denial of license; transfer and use of investigative information; immunity from liability; reciprocal agreements. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting the professional, occupational and recreational licenses for child support arrearages and for noncompliance with certain processes relating to paternity or child support proceedings.]
Section
391.033
Issuance of licenses; fingerprinting and investigation into the background of applicants; provisional licensure authorized; denial of license; transfer and use of investigative information; immunity from liability; reciprocal agreements. [Effective on the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting the professional, occupational and recreational licenses for child support arrearages and for noncompliance with certain processes relating to paternity or child support proceedings.]
Section
391.034
Additional requirements for issuance and renewal of license: Statement regarding obligation of child support; grounds for denial of license; duty of Superintendent of Public Instruction. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting the professional, occupational and recreational licenses for child support arrearages and for noncompliance with certain processes relating to paternity or child support proceedings.]
Section
391.035
Confidentiality of application; exceptions; authorization for Department to require background investigation of certain employees.
Section
391.036
Regulations of Commission providing for expedited licensure of spouse of member of Armed Forces on active duty.
Section
391.037
Regulations by Commission for approval of training offered by educational institutions to qualify person to be a teacher or administrator; satisfactory completion of course of study required of applicants for licensure; exception.
Section
391.038
Review, evaluation and approval of course of study and training required for licensure of educational personnel; fee for review; hearing and judicial review of adverse action by Commission.
Section
391.039
Annual evaluation by State Board concerning courses of study and training approved by Commission for licensure as teacher or administrator; posting of evaluation on Department’s website.
Section
391.040
Fees for issuance and renewal of licenses; fee for duplicate license; waiver of fees for certain persons affiliated with Armed Forces.
Section
391.042
Department required to maintain directory of licensed educational personnel, provide school districts with electronic list of licenses that will expire and notify licensee of date of expiration.
Section
391.051
License is revocable privilege.
Section
391.053
"Arrest" defined.
Section
391.055
Adoption of regulations to establish procedure for notification, tracking and monitoring the status of criminal cases; maintenance of file on licensee.
Section
391.056
Adoption of policy by board of trustees requiring licensed employees to report arrests for or convictions of a crime; contents of policy.
Section
391.057
Timely submission of information by school district or charter school.
Section
391.059
Immunity from liability for certain persons involved in making report, conducting investigation or submitting information concerning arrest.
Section
391.060
Authorization for school district or charter school to employ licensee who has legal right to work in United States; warrant; penalty.
Section
391.070
Employment of alien teacher through program of exchange permitted.
Section
391.080
Official oath for licensed employees; exception; persons authorized to administer oath.
Section
391.091
Licensed teachers to complete training in certain state laws and provisions of Nevada’s Constitution; establishment of contents of training and standards of proficiency.
Section
391.092
Certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation: Establishment and submission of plan for training; requirements of plan; certain educational personnel required to establish and maintain certification; agreement to provide training.
Section
391.094
State Board required to prescribe examination for certain paraprofessionals.
Section
391.095
Student teachers: Agreement between school district and Nevada System of Higher Education or accredited postsecondary educational institution for assignment; instruction and supervision of pupils.
Section
391.096
Student teachers: Employment as substitute teachers; compensation; supervision by licensed teacher.
Section
391.097
Parent or guardian may request information regarding professional qualifications of licensed employees; annual notice of right to request information.
Section
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.
Section
391.0315
Issuance of additional license to teach outside grade level of experience; application; qualifications; exemption from student teaching under certain circumstances.
Section
391.0345
Additional requirements for renewal of license: Information regarding whether applicant has state business license; grounds for nonrenewal.
Section
391.0347
Additional requirements for renewal of license of certain teachers: Proof of completion of course in multicultural education; regulations.
Section
391.0365
Prohibition on denial of licensure based on immigration or citizenship status; provision of personally identifying number required; confidentiality.
Section
391.0965
Review of person’s qualifications for license to teach or perform other educational functions; Department authorized to assess fee for such review.
Section
391.100
Employment of personnel by trustees; certain paraprofessionals required to possess qualifications prescribed by State Board. [Parts of this section were replaced in revision in 2015 by NRS 391.102, 391.104 and 391.281.]
Section
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.
Section
391.103
"Unsupervised contact" defined.
Section
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; use of certain information; acceptance of gifts, grants and donations; immunity from liability.
Section
391.105
Conditions under which volunteer not required to submit fingerprints.
Section
391.106
List of approved entities for which volunteer of entity is authorized to be volunteer for school without investigation into criminal background.
Section
391.110
Superintendent of schools: Employment; qualifications; term; dismissal; administration of oaths.
Section
391.115
Consideration of military education, training or occupational experience.
Section
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.
Section
391.125
Request by board of trustees to employ teachers who do not hold appropriate endorsement if shortage exists; limitations; duty of Commission and State Board if request granted.
Section
391.145
Involuntary transfer or reassignment of unlicensed employees.
Section
391.155
School districts required to submit biannual report to Interim Finance Committee concerning employment of consultants.
Section
391.160
Determination of salaries: Standards for determining. [Parts of this section were replaced in revision in 2015 by NRS 391.161, 391.162, 391.163, 391.167 and 391.169.]
Section
391.161
Determination of salaries: Increased salary for certain teachers who are certified by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards.
Section
391.162
Determination of salaries: Increased salary for certain speech-language pathologists.
Section
391.163
Determination of salaries: Increased salary for certain professional school library media specialists with additional certification.
Section
391.167
Determination of salaries: Credit for previous teaching service.
Section
391.169
Determination of salaries: Credit for previous administrative service.
Section
391.170
Conditions for receipt of public money as compensation by certain teachers and other employees; exception for charter schools.
Section
391.172
Reservation of money for negotiated salary increase; money does not revert and must not be subtracted from operating expenses.
Section
391.175
Payment of salaries of certain teachers and other employees from apportionment of public money; deductions from salary.
Section
391.180
Absences of employees: Compensation; deductions; accumulation and transfer of sick leave; intermission and extension of days of school.
Section
391.200
Salaries of teachers are prior claims on school district fund.
Section
391.210
Exercise of trustees’ authority in school by certain personnel.
Section
391.230
Filing of licenses with superintendent of school district; exception for unlicensed teachers of charter school.
Section
391.235
Board of trustees authorized to adopt policy to engage district-level administrators in classroom.
Section
391.240
Teachers: Keeping register of pupils.
Section
391.260
Teachers: Enforcement of courses of study, textbooks and regulations; exception for charter schools.
Section
391.270
Teachers: Holding pupils to account for conduct.
Section
391.271
School district to provide for legal defense of employee charged with certain crimes committed within scope of employment; exceptions.
Section
391.273
Supervision of unlicensed personnel; exemptions; reduction of basic support allocation for failure to comply; exception for certain unlicensed personnel of charter school; record of exempt personnel. [Effective through June 30, 2021.]
Section
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. [Effective July 1, 2021.]
Section
391.274
Policy prescribing duties, roles and responsibilities of school counselors; limitation on time school counselors required to assist with test administration.
Section
391.281
Fingerprinting and investigation into the background of applicant for employment or appointment as school police officer and certain nonlicensed employees; use of certain information; disqualification of certain applicants, employees and volunteers; acceptance of gifts, grants and donations; immunity from liability; employment of school police officers; contract for police services; training in prevention of suicide.
Section
391.282
Jurisdiction of school police officers; law enforcement agency to respond to request for assistance by school district which does not have school police according to agency protocol.
Section
391.283
Policy for procedures to be followed by peace officers in arresting pupil on school grounds during school hours.
Section
391.291
Supervision by chief nurse required; qualifications for employment as school nurse; designation of school employees authorized to administer auto-injectable epinephrine.
Section
391.292
Duties of school nurse.
Section
391.293
Duties, authority and supervision of school counselor.
Section
391.294
Authority and supervision of school psychologist.
Section
391.296
Authority and supervision of school social worker.
Section
391.301
"Employee" defined.
Section
391.302
Suspension and termination required; exception; reinstatement if extension of time or other relief granted.
Section
391.305
Notice of suspension; effect of reinstatement of license within prescribed period; termination for failure to reinstate license.
Section
391.308
Hearing to determine whether additional time to reinstate license should be granted; transmittal of written ruling; effect of ruling.
Section
391.309
Effect of provisions.
Section
391.320
Suspension or revocation of teacher’s license by State Board.
Section
391.321
Mandatory suspension of license for failure to pay child support or comply with certain subpoenas or warrants; reinstatement of license. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting the professional, occupational and recreational licenses for child support arrearages and for noncompliance with certain processes relating to paternity or child support proceedings.]
Section
391.322
Notice to licensee of receipt of recommendation for suspension or revocation of license; written request for hearing; selection of hearing officer; immediate processing required upon receipt of notice of conviction of licensee.
Section
391.323
Time of hearing; report and recommendation by hearing officer; action by State Board of Education upon receipt of report.
Section
391.330
Grounds for suspension or revocation of license or letter of reprimand; process for issuance of letter of reprimand; reinstatement of suspended license.
Section
391.340
Revocation or forfeiture for falsely reporting pupils’ attendance.
Section
391.350
Suspension or revocation of license for employee’s failure to fulfill employment obligations or breach of contract; suspension or revocation of administrator’s license for wrongfully securing employee’s acceptance of employment; notice to other agencies of revocation.
Section
391.355
Procedure for conduct of hearings.
Section
391.361
Charges not to become part of employee’s permanent record if State Board of Education determines evidence insufficient.
Section
391.365
Reimbursement for cost of course work to receive endorsement.
Section
391.369
Account for Computer Education and Technology.
Section
391.375
Plan of school district for extension of benefits of social security to substitute teachers; approval by state agency.
Section
391.380
Annuities or shares for employees: Purchase; conditions.
Section
391.450
"Council" defined.
Section
391.455
Creation of Council; membership; terms; election of Chair; meetings and quorum; allowance and travel expenses; administrative support by Department; payment of certain costs by school district or charter school.
Section
391.460
Recommendations to State Board concerning statewide performance evaluation system; authorization to establish working groups and task forces.
Section
391.465
State Board to establish statewide performance evaluation system and prescribe tools to be used by schools to measure performance; school district authorized to apply to use different performance evaluation system and tools; prohibition against evaluating certain administrators using statewide performance evaluation system.
Section
391.470
Annual report by school districts concerning process for peer observations of teachers.
Section
391.475
Electronic tool for providing documents concerning evaluations.
Section
391.480
Development of learning goals for pupils; Department to establish list of assessments to measure achievement of learning goals; evaluation of educational personnel based on achievement of learning goals; regulations.
Section
391.485
Annual review of statewide performance evaluation system; annual review of manner in which schools carry out evaluations pursuant to system.
Section
391.490
"Task Force" defined.
Section
391.492
Creation; members; terms; vacancies; Chair; quorum; members serve without compensation; members holding office or employed by governmental entity; administrative support.
Section
391.494
Qualifications of members; application for membership.
Section
391.496
Duties.
Section
391.650
Definitions.
Section
391.655
Applicability of NRS 391.650 to 391.826, inclusive; exceptions.
Section
391.660
Contract negotiated by collective bargaining may supersede provisions of NRS 391.650 to 391.826, inclusive; exceptions.
Section
391.675
Evaluations of counselors, librarians and certain other licensed educational personnel; provision of copy of evaluation and assistance to employee.
Section
391.680
Policy for evaluations of teachers; conference required before and after each scheduled observation.
Section
391.685
Evaluations of probationary teachers; evaluations to be based upon certain number of scheduled observation cycles.
Section
391.690
Evaluations of postprobationary teachers; evaluations based upon certain number of scheduled observation cycles; request by postprobationary teacher for another evaluator.
Section
391.695
Requirements for evaluations of teachers; performance of pupils not included in evaluation of certain teachers; evaluation to be provided to teacher; effort must be made to provide assistance to teacher to improve performance upon request.
Section
391.700
Policy for evaluations of administrators; conference required before and after each scheduled observation.
Section
391.705
Evaluations of probationary administrators; evaluations to be based upon certain number of scheduled observation cycles.
Section
391.710
Evaluations of postprobationary administrators; evaluations to be based upon certain number of scheduled observation cycles.
Section
391.715
Requirements for evaluations of administrators; performance of pupils not included in evaluation of certain administrators; evaluation to be provided to administrator; effort must be made to provide assistance to administrator to improve performance upon request.
Section
391.720
Procedures for transfer or reassignment of administrators and appeal to board.
Section
391.725
Evaluation designating performance of probationary employee as ineffective: Contents of written statement included in evaluation; request for another evaluator; request for assistance in improving performance.
Section
391.730
Postprobationary employee whose performance is designated as developing or ineffective deemed probationary and required to serve additional probationary period in certain circumstances.
Section
391.750
Grounds for suspension, demotion, dismissal and refusal to reemploy teachers and administrators; consideration of evaluations and standards of performance.
Section
391.755
Duties of administrator when admonishing employee in certain circumstances; removal of admonition from records; when admonition not required; grounds for immediate action without admonition.
Section
391.760
Suspension of licensed employee; dismissal proceedings; reinstatement; salary during suspension or dismissal proceedings; forfeiture of right of employment for certain offenses; period of suspension.
Section
391.765
Recommendation for demotion, dismissal or nonreemployment; request for appointment of hearing officer.
Section
391.770
Request for hearing officer; appointment; procedures for challenging selection of hearing officer; duties of hearing officer.
Section
391.775
Notice of intention to recommend demotion, dismissal or refusal to reemploy; rights of employee; request for expedited hearing if dismissed before completion of current school year.
Section
391.780
Request for hearing: Action by superintendent.
Section
391.785
Procedures for hearing; payment for expenses of hearing officer and transcript.
Section
391.790
Person with communications disability entitled to use of registered legal interpreter at hearing.
Section
391.795
Written report of hearing: Contents; final and binding if so agreed; time limited for filing.
Section
391.800
Action by superintendent upon receipt of report; action by board; notice to licensed employee; judicial review.
Section
391.810
Reemployment of postprobationary employees: Notice of reemployment or delivery of contract; acceptance of employment.
Section
391.815
Certain postprobationary employees subsequently employed by another school district or charter school not required to serve probationary period; exception.
Section
391.820
Probationary employment: Term; notice of reemployment; school district required to offer probationary administrator contract as teacher under certain circumstances.
Section
391.822
Written notice of intent to dismiss probationary employee required; contents of notice.
Section
391.824
Request and procedures for expedited hearing concerning dismissal of probationary employee; actions of superintendent upon receipt of report from arbitrator.
Section
391.825
Period of at-will employment of principals; reassignment of principal; survey of teachers at certain schools required; principal subject to immediate dismissal in certain circumstances.
Section
391.826
Actions of board upon recommendation to dismiss probationary employee; decision of board final.
Section
391.830
Reappointment of certain postprobationary administrators.
Section
391.850
Definitions.
Section
391.855
"Local educational agency" defined.
Section
391.860
"Sexual misconduct" defined.
Section
391.865
"Sexual offense" defined.
Section
391.875
Prohibition on assisting person who has engaged in sexual misconduct with minor or pupil to obtain new employment at public school; exception; regulations.
Section
391.880
Agreement to keep conviction of sexual offense involving minor confidential prohibited.
Section
391.885
Certain applicants for employment to submit additional information regarding prior employment; action based on such information must be brought in State; penalties for providing false or incomplete information.
Section
391.890
Actions to be taken to verify information provided by applicant; employer or former employer required to provide such information; immunity from liability for providing information; penalties for willful failure to disclose information.
Section
391.895
Certain employers to provide additional information and records concerning former employee; exception; immunity from liability; penalties for willful failure to disclose information.
Section
391.900
Consideration of certain additional information provided by former employer of applicant; report of additional information to appropriate authority; immunity from liability for certain acts or omissions.
Section
391.905
Duties of independent contractor who employs a person who may have direct contact with pupils; required disclosures by independent contractor before assigning employee to public school; prohibition on assignment of employee upon objection.
Section
391.910
Provisional employment pending review of information.
Section
391.915
Certain rights not affected by provisions.
Section
391.920
Prohibition on agreement that affects the ability to obtain or provide information relating to suspected abuse or sexual misconduct; employer to maintain certain information in personnel file.
Section
391.925
Confidentiality.
Section
391.930
Civil penalties; Department to maintain list of independent contractors who have willfully violated certain provisions; prohibition against contracting with such independent contractors.
Section
391.1025
Definitions.
Section
391.1035
"Volunteer" defined.
Section
391.2055
Legislative declaration.
Section
391.2056
Establishment of Code; training on Code to teachers, administrators and others; posting of Code on Internet website.
Section
391.2057
Nevada Educator Code of Ethics Advisory Group: Creation; membership; vacancies; Chair; meetings; members serve without compensation; leave for members who are public employees; payment of certain costs by school district or charter school.
Section
391.2058
Nevada Educator Code of Ethics Advisory Group: Duties.
Section
391.2059
Nevada Educator Code of Ethics Advisory Group: Report.
Section
391.3015
Limited exception from provisions for lapse of license during time school is in session.