1. A scholarship recipient may only receive the money retained by the State Board pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 2 of NRS 391A.580 if the scholarship recipient meets the requirements prescribed in subsection 4 of NRS 391A.585 and, within 1 year after the 5-year anniversary of the date on which the scholarship recipient completed the program for which he or she was awarded the scholarship, submits to the teacher program provider proof that he or she:
(a) Holds a valid license to teach:
(1) Elementary education;
(3) Pupils in a program of early childhood education; or
(4) Special education to pupils in prekindergarten through grade 12;
(b) Has not been the subject of any disciplinary action taken by any school district by which he or she was employed;
(c) Is not currently the subject of an investigation that could result in the imposition of disciplinary action against him or her;
(d) Has maintained employment as a teacher at a public school in this State for 5 consecutive school years and received a performance evaluation rating designating him or her as "highly effective" or "effective" during each of the 5 school years; and
(e) Was employed for at least 3 years as a teacher at a public school in this State that:
(1) Was a Title I school, as defined in NRS 385A.040, for the year immediately preceding the year in which he or she began employment as a teacher at the school;
(2) Received an annual rating established as one of the two lowest ratings possible indicating underperformance of a public school, as determined by the Department pursuant to the statewide system of accountability for public schools for the year immediately preceding the year in which he or she began employment as a teacher at the school; or
(3) Had a teacher vacancy rate that was higher than the statewide average teacher vacancy rate as determined by the Department and published on the website maintained by the Department for the year immediately preceding the year in which he or she began employment as a teacher at the school.
2. A scholarship recipient who transfers employment between schools that satisfy the requirements specified in paragraph (e) of subsection 1 satisfies the requirements of that paragraph.
Added to NAC by Bd. of Education by R031-16, eff. 9-21-2017
