Assembly Bill No. 364–Assemblymen Tiffany, Angle, Berman, Brown, Cegavske, Giunchigliani, Koivisto, McClain, Mortenson, Nolan and Price

 

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AN ACT relating to education; requiring regional subdistricts created in certain school districts to prepare annual reports; prescribing the information required to be reported; requiring the board of trustees of such school districts to prepare a compilation of the reports that includes an evaluation of the equity among the regional subdistricts; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

   Section 1. Chapter 385 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a

 new section to read as follows:

   1.  If the board of trustees of a school district in a county whose

 population is 400,000 or more, or the superintendent of schools of such

 a school district, creates regional subdistricts within the school district,

 each regional subdistrict shall, on or before April 15 of each year,

 prepare an annual report. The annual report must include, without

 limitation, for the immediately preceding school year:

   (a) A description of the geographic area that comprises the subdistrict.

   (b) A list of the administrative leadership of the subdistrict.

   (c) The number of public meetings, if any, held by the subdistrict.

   (d) The information required by subsection 2 of NRS 385.347,

 reported for the subdistrict as a whole and for each school within the

 subdistrict.

   (e) The total number of administrators employed to provide services

 within the subdistrict, and the total amount of money paid to those

 administrators for salaries and benefits.

   (f) The total number of teachers and other educational personnel

 employed to provide instruction and other educational services in

 schools within the subdistrict, and the total amount of money paid to

 those teachers and personnel for salaries and benefits.

   (g) The number of substitute teachers who were employed to provide

 instruction in schools within the subdistrict for a period of 30

 consecutive days or more and the subject areas taught by those

 substitute teachers.

   (h) The number of administrators, teachers and other educational

 personnel identified in paragraphs (e) and (f) that attended a regional

 training program for the professional development of teachers and

 administrators established pursuant to section 16 of chapter 559,

 Statutes of Nevada 1999, at page 2930, including, without limitation:

     (1) The type of training received; and

     (2) A summary of the evaluation of the training by the teachers and

 administrators who participated.

   (i) Demographic information concerning the pupils enrolled in

 schools within the subdistrict, including, without limitation:

     (1) Race;

     (2) Ethnicity;

     (3) Gender;

     (4) The percentage of pupils with disabilities who received special

education pursuant to NRS 388.440 to 388.520, inclusive;

     (5) The percentage of gifted and talented pupils who received

 special education pursuant to NRS 388.440 to 388.520, inclusive;

     (6) The percentage of pupils who participated in the program for

 free or reduced-price school lunches pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §§ 1751 et

 seq.; and

     (7) The percentage of pupils who participated in educational

 programs for migratory children provided pursuant to 20 U.S.C. §§ 6391

 et seq.

   (j) The number of schools, if any, within the subdistrict that were

 designated as demonstrating need for improvement.

   (k) A summary of each program for remediation, if any, purchased

 for the schools within the subdistrict, including, without limitation:

     (1) The name of the program; and

     (2) The costs of the program.

   (l) The number of preschool children who participated in early

 childhood education programs provided by the school district, the

 subdistrict or schools within the subdistrict.

   (m) The budget for the subdistrict, including, without limitation, the:

     (1) Amount of money from the school district’s total budget that

 was allocated to the subdistrict or for use to operate the schools within

 the subdistrict; and

     (2) Actual expenditures of the subdistrict or school district, as

 applicable, expressed on a per pupil basis, to operate the schools within

 the subdistrict.

   (n) The establishment of zones of attendance, if any, or changes made

 to the existing zones of attendance, if any, that affected the subdistrict

 and the number of pupils within the subdistrict who were affected by

 each change.

   (o) The number of schools within the subdistrict, if any, that

 converted to a year-round schedule.

   (p) A description of the procedure of the subdistrict for hearing

 grievances and complaints of parents and legal guardians of pupils

 enrolled in schools within the subdistrict.

   2.  On or before April 15 of each year, each regional subdistrict shall

 submit to the board of trustees of the school district in which the

 subdistrict is located, the written report prepared pursuant to subsection

 1. On or before June 15 of each year, the board of trustees shall submit

 a written compilation of the reports to the:

   (a) Legislative commission;

   (b) Committee; and

   (c) Department.

The written compilation must include, without limitation, an analysis and

 evaluation of the equity among the regional subdistricts based upon the

 information reported.

   3.  The board of trustees of a school district that includes regional

 subdistricts which are required to submit reports pursuant to this section

 shall prescribe forms for the reports.

 

   Sec. 2.  NRS 385.3455 is hereby amended to read as follows:

   385.3455  As used in NRS 385.3455 to 385.391, inclusive, and section

 1 of this act, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms

 defined in NRS 385.346 and 385.3465 have the meanings ascribed to them

 in those sections.

   Sec. 3.  The board of trustees of a school district that includes regional

 subdistricts which are required to submit reports pursuant to section 1 of

 this act shall prescribe forms for the reports on or before January 1, 2002.

 The first reports must be made on or before April 15 and June 15, 2003,

 for the 2001-2002 school year.

   Sec. 4.  1.  This section and sections 2 and 3 of this act become

 effective on July 1, 2001.

   2.  Section 1 of this act becomes effective on July 1, 2001, for the

 purpose of prescribing forms for reporting and on July 1, 2002, for all

 other purposes.

   3.  This act expires by limitation on July 1, 2007.

 

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