Nevada Administrative Code
Chapter 388G - Alternative School Management
Section 388G.Sec. 14 - NEW

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the Superintendent shall transfer authority to each local school precinct to carry out responsibilities in accordance with the plan of operation approved for the local school precinct.

2. The Superintendent shall transfer to each local school precinct the authority to carry out the following responsibilities:

3. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 7, the School District must remain responsible for paying for and carrying out for all local school precincts in the School District, all other responsibilities necessary for the operation of the local school precincts and the School District that have not been transferred to the local school precincts pursuant to this section, including, without limitation, responsibility for:

4. To the greatest extent possible, the principal of the local school precinct shall select teachers who are licensed and in good standing before selecting substitutes to teach at the local school precinct. The principal, in consultation with the organizational team, shall make every effort to ensure that effective licensed teachers are employed at the local school precinct.

5. If the School District is unable to provide any necessary maintenance or repair of the buildings or grounds of a local school precinct in a timely manner, the School District must, at the expense of the School District, procure any services or equipment necessary from another business or entity to provide such maintenance or repair for the local school precinct or take any other necessary action.

6. To the extent that any member of the staff of Central Services is assigned to provide services at a local school precinct on a temporary or permanent basis, the decision regarding the assignment and any subsequent reassignment of the member of the staff must be made in consultation with the principal of the local school precinct and the school associate superintendent.

7. On or before January 15 of each year, the Superintendent shall determine, in consultation with the principals, school associate superintendents and organizational teams of each local school precinct, any additional authority not listed in subsection 2 to recommend transferring to one or more local school precincts. Such authority may include the authority to carry out any of the responsibilities listed in subsection 3 not prohibited by law, other than the responsibility for capital projects, if it is determined that transferring the authority will serve the best interests of the pupils. The recommendation to transfer authority to one or more local school precincts must be submitted for approval by the Board of Trustees. The Board of Trustees shall consider such a recommendation and determine whether to approve the transfer of additional authority at its next regularly scheduled meeting if submitted within 5 working days before the next regularly scheduled meeting and otherwise the recommendation shall be considered at the following meeting.

8. If the authority to carry out any responsibility is transferred to a local school precinct pursuant to subsection 7, the School District must allocate additional money to the local school precinct in an amount equal to the amount that would otherwise be paid by the School District to carry out the responsibility.