EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted. Green numbers along left margin indicate location on the printed bill (e.g., 5-15 indicates page 5, line 15).

1-1 Section 1. NRS 387.303 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-2 387.303 1. Not later than November 10 of each year, the board of

1-15 instructional, administrative, instructional support or other position.

2-1 (b) The count of pupils computed pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection

2-2 1 of NRS 387.1233.

2-3 (c) The average daily attendance for the preceding school year and the

2-4 estimated average daily attendance for the current school year of part-time

2-5 pupils enrolled in courses which are approved by the department as meeting

2-6 the requirements for an adult to earn a high school diploma.

2-7 (d) The school district’s actual expenditures in the fiscal year

2-8 immediately preceding the report.

2-9 (e) The school district’s proposed expenditures for the current fiscal

2-10 year.

2-11 (f) The schedule of salaries for licensed employees in the current school

2-12 year and a statement of whether the negotiations regarding salaries for the

2-13 current school year have been completed. If the negotiations have not been

2-14 completed at the time the schedule of salaries is submitted, the board of

2-15 trustees shall submit a supplemental report to the superintendent of public

2-16 instruction upon completion of negotiations or the determination of an

2-17 arbitrator concerning the negotiations that includes the schedule of salaries

2-18 agreed to or required by the arbitrator.

2-19 (g) The number of teachers who received an increase in salary

2-20 pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 391.160 for the current and preceding

2-21 fiscal years.

2-22 (h) The number of employees eligible for health insurance within the

2-23 school district for the current and preceding fiscal years and the amount

2-24 paid for health insurance for each such employee during those years.

2-25 [(h)] (i) The rates for fringe benefits, excluding health insurance, paid by

2-26 the school district for its licensed employees in the preceding and current

2-27 fiscal years.

2-28 [(i)] (j) The amount paid for extra duties, supervision of extracurricular

2-29 activities and supplemental pay and the number of employees receiving that

2-30 pay in the preceding and current fiscal years.

2-31 2. On or before November 25 of each year, the superintendent of public

2-32 instruction shall submit to the department of administration and the fiscal

2-33 analysis division of the legislative counsel bureau, in a format approved by

2-34 the director of the department of administration, a compilation of the reports

2-35 made by each school district pursuant to subsection 1.

2-36 3. The superintendent of public instruction shall, in the compilation

2-37 required by subsection 2, reconcile the revenues and expenditures of the

2-38 school districts with the apportionment received by those districts from the

2-39 state distributive school account for the preceding year.

2-40 Sec. 2. NRS 391.160 is hereby amended to read as follows:

2-41 391.160 1. The salaries of teachers and other employees must be

2-43 not discriminate between male and female employees in the matter of salary.

3-1 2. Each year when determining the salary of a teacher who holds

3-2 certification issued by the National Board for Professional Teaching

3-3 Standards, a school district shall add 5 percent to the salary that the

3-4 teacher would otherwise receive in 1 year for his classification on the

3-5 schedule of salaries for the school district if:

3-6 (a) On or before September 15 of the school year, the teacher has

3-7 submitted evidence satisfactory to the school district of his current

3-8 certification; and

3-9 (b) The teacher is assigned by the school district to provide classroom

3-10 instruction during that school year.

3-11 No increase in salary may be given during a particular school year to a

3-12 teacher who submits evidence of certification after September 15 of that

3-13 school year. Once a teacher has submitted evidence of such certification

3-14 to the school district, the school district shall retain the evidence in its

3-15 records, as applicable, for future school years. An increase in salary given

3-16 in accordance with this subsection is in addition to any other increase to

3-17 which the teacher may otherwise be entitled.

3-18 3. In determining the salary of a teacher who is employed by a school

3-19 district after having been employed by another school district in this state,

3-20 the present employer shall, except as otherwise provided in subsection [ 3:]

3-21 4:

3-22 (a) Give the teacher the same credit for previous teaching service as he

3-23 was receiving from his former employer at the end of his former

3-24 employment; and

3-25 (b) Give him credit for his final year of service with his former employer,

3-26 if credit for that service is not included in credit given pursuant to paragraph

3-27 (a).

3-28 [3.] 4. This section does not:

3-29 (a) Require a school district to allow a teacher more credit for previous

3-30 teaching service than the maximum credit for teaching experience provided

3-31 for in the schedule of salaries established by it for its licensed personnel.

3-32 (b) Permit a school district to deny a teacher credit for his previous

3-33 teaching service on the ground that the service differs in kind from the

3-34 teaching experience for which credit is otherwise given by the school

3-35 district.

3-36 [4.] 5. As used in this section, "previous teaching service" means the

3-37 total of:

3-38 (a) Any period of teaching service for which a teacher received credit

3-39 from his former employer at the beginning of his former employment; and

3-40 (b) His period of teaching service in his former employment.

3-41 Sec. 3. This act becomes effective on July 1, 1999.