1. On or before September 1 of each year, the Department shall determine the amount of money that is available in the Teachers’ School Supplies Assistance Account created by NRS 387.1253 for distribution among all of the school districts and charter schools in this State for that fiscal year. Any such distribution must be provided to each school district and charter school based on the number of teachers employed by the school district or charter school, as applicable. To the extent that money is available, the Department shall establish the amount of disbursement or reimbursement for each teacher which must not exceed $250 per fiscal year.
2. The board of trustees of each school district and the governing body of each charter school shall establish a special revenue fund and direct that the money it receives pursuant to subsection 1 be deposited in that fund. Money in the special revenue fund must not be commingled with money from other sources. The board of trustees or the governing body, as applicable, shall disburse money in the special revenue fund to teachers in accordance with NRS 387.1257.
3. The money in the special revenue fund must be used only to:
(a) Pay for a purchase of necessary school supplies for the pupils instructed by a teacher using a purchasing card or debit card issued for this purpose to the teacher by a school;
(b) Pay the balance owed on a credit card issued to a teacher by a school to pay for a purchase of necessary school supplies for the pupils the teacher instructs;
(c) Deposit money directly into the account of a teacher maintained at a financial institution to pay for a purchase of necessary school supplies for the pupils the teacher instructs;
(d) Provide a check written to a teacher to pay for a purchase of necessary school supplies for the pupils the teacher instructs; or
(e) Reimburse teachers for out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with purchasing necessary school supplies for the pupils they instruct.
4. If there is money remaining in the special revenue fund because one or more teachers at the school did not use the amount established for his or her disbursement or reimbursement pursuant to subsection 1, the board of trustees of a school district or the governing body of a charter school, as applicable, shall allow a teacher who has used the entire amount of his or her disbursement or reimbursement pursuant to subsection 1 to request an additional disbursement or reimbursement from the special revenue fund. The combined total amount of a disbursement or reimbursement and an additional disbursement or reimbursement for each teacher must not exceed $250 per fiscal year.
5. The board of trustees or governing body of a charter school, as applicable, shall not use money in the special revenue fund to pay any administrative costs.
6. Any money remaining in the special revenue fund at the end of a fiscal year reverts to the Teachers’ School Supplies Assistance Account.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 2874; A 2019, 3224; R 2019, 4253, effective July 1, 2021)