Nevada Administrative Code
Chapter 387 - Financial Support of School System
PROCEDURES FOR SCHOOL ACCOUNTING
School Schedules and School Days in Session
Section 387.120 - School calendar: Submission; contents

1. Before May 1 of each year, each school district shall submit a copy of its school calendar for the approaching school year to the Department. If one calendar does not apply to all its schools or grades, the district shall submit as many calendars as are necessary for application to all its schools and grades. If a charter school submits a school calendar pursuant to this subsection, the charter school shall, upon the request of the sponsor of the charter school or a school district in which a pupil enrolled in the charter school resides, provide a copy of the school calendar to the requester.

2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 6 and except for a school calendar that accompanies an alternative schedule approved pursuant to NAC 387.125, a school calendar must contain at least 180 school days in session. This period must be divided into at least two instructional periods. Each instructional period must consist of one or more school quarters. The first instructional period of a school year must commence on July 1 and the last instructional period of the school year must end on June 30.

3. For the purposes of subsection 2 of NRS 392.040, the first day of a school year is the first instructional day scheduled for that school year.

4. In addition to the required number of school days in session, at least 3 days must be specifically designated by the school district as contingent days to be used as school days in session if:

5. Any day for an organized teachers' conference for professional development convened by the board of trustees of a school district or a school may be included in the number of school days in session required in subsection 2 with the prior approval of the Superintendent of Public Instruction. A day for an organized teachers' conference may also be declared by the Superintendent of Public Instruction. Not more than 5 days for teachers' conferences, or an equivalent number of minutes if teachers' conferences are held only for a portion of a day, may be convened by a school or school district in any school year.

6. A school calendar for an adult high school program, an alternative program, a program of distance education or a program of instruction in a detention home must contain at least 180 school days in session unless the school district or governing body of the charter school, as applicable, obtains the written approval of the Superintendent of Public Instruction for a program that demonstrates progress or completion by pupils in a curriculum which is equivalent to the regular school curriculum. The approval of an adult high school program pursuant to NAC 387.190, an alternative program pursuant to NRS 388.537 or a program of distance education pursuant to NAC 388.830 shall be deemed written approval by the Superintendent pursuant to this subsection if the approved program demonstrates progress or completion by pupils in a curriculum that is equivalent to the regular school curriculum. For purposes of this subsection, demonstrated competency in curriculum that meets the state standards may be considered equivalent to the regular school curriculum.