Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 388G - Alternative School Management
NRS 388G.710 - Presentation of plan of operation at public meeting; submission of plan of operation for approval; adjustments to budget after plan of operation approved.


1. Before approving a plan of operation for a local school precinct, the principal of the local school precinct shall present the plan at a public meeting held in accordance with subsection 2 at the local school precinct to which the plan of operation applies.
2. The principal shall post notice of the meeting not less than 3 working days before the date on which the meeting will be held. Members of the public must be allowed to attend any portion of the meeting, except any portion of the meeting during which confidential information is discussed, and each meeting must include a period for public comment. A meeting held pursuant to this subsection is not subject to the provisions of chapter 241 of NRS.
3. When the plan of operation for the local school precinct is finalized by the principal, the principal must submit the plan to the school associate superintendent for approval. After receipt of the plan of operation, the school associate superintendent must approve or deny the plan of operation within 10 days. The plan of operation must be approved unless any provision of the plan violates any federal or state law or policy of the large school district.
4. If the school associate superintendent:
(a) Approves the plan of operation for a local school precinct, the school associate superintendent must notify the principal of the local school precinct and cause the plan of operation to be posted on the Internet website of the large school district and on the Internet website of the local school precinct and make the plan of operation available to any person upon request.
(b) Does not approve the plan of operation for a local school precinct, the school associate superintendent must notify the principal of the local school precinct of the reasons for not approving the plan and post those reasons on the Internet website of the large school district and on the Internet website of the local school precinct and make the plan of operation available to any person upon request. The school associate superintendent must assist the principal as necessary to revise the plan of operation.
5. Any adjustment to the budget that the principal of the local school precinct determines is necessary after the plan of operation has been approved may be made upon consultation with the organizational team and approval of the school associate superintendent.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 49)

Structure Nevada Revised Statutes

Nevada Revised Statutes

Chapter 388G - Alternative School Management

NRS 388G.010 - "Empowerment school" defined.

NRS 388G.050 - Establishment of Program; required percentage of empowerment schools in certain counties; membership and duties of school district design team; acceptance of gifts and grants by school district.

NRS 388G.060 - Adoption of policies and procedures; school choice for pupils; enrollment of pupils in empowerment school; no duty to provide transportation; procedure for empowerment school to obtain waiver from school district requirements and regul...

NRS 388G.100 - Establishment of empowerment team for school; exception from requirement of empowerment team; development of empowerment plan; participation by charter schools.

NRS 388G.110 - Duties of school empowerment team.

NRS 388G.120 - Requirements of school empowerment plan; request for waiver from certain statutes and regulations; budget for empowerment school and discretion over certain percentage of money.

NRS 388G.130 - Review of empowerment plan for public school or district-sponsored charter school; opportunity to correct deficiencies; term of effectiveness; request for amendment; review of request for waiver from statute or regulation by State Boar...

NRS 388G.140 - Review of empowerment plan for State Public Charter School Authority-sponsored and Nevada System of Higher Education-sponsored charter schools; opportunity to correct deficiencies; term of effectiveness; request for amendment; review o...

NRS 388G.200 - Quarterly report by empowerment school; annual financial audit required; compilation of reports and audits.

NRS 388G.210 - Compliance with state law; exception if waiver granted; acceptance of gifts and grants by empowerment school.

NRS 388G.220 - Regulations.

NRS 388G.300 - Authority of board of trustees to prescribe rules relating to creation and administration of program.

NRS 388G.310 - Authority of board of trustees to waive requirements of regulations for public school adopting program.

NRS 388G.320 - Authority of State Board of Education to waive required course of study for school council created pursuant to program.

NRS 388G.400 - Determinations regarding principal and employees of school; financial and other incentives for teachers, administrators and paraprofessionals; reassignment of teachers to another public school; effect of determinations regarding employ...

NRS 388G.500 - Legislative findings and declaration.

NRS 388G.510 - Definitions.

NRS 388G.515 - "Board of trustees" defined.

NRS 388G.520 - "Central services" defined.

NRS 388G.525 - "Confidential information" defined.

NRS 388G.530 - "Large school district" defined.

NRS 388G.535 - "Local school precinct" defined.

NRS 388G.540 - "Organizational team" defined.

NRS 388G.545 - "Plan of operation" defined.

NRS 388G.550 - "School associate superintendent" defined.

NRS 388G.555 - "Specialty school" defined.

NRS 388G.560 - "Superintendent" defined.

NRS 388G.570 - Applicability.

NRS 388G.580 - Superintendent of Public Instruction to ensure reorganization of large school district; cooperation of large school districts required.

NRS 388G.590 - Regulations.

NRS 388G.600 - Certain public schools deemed local school precincts; operation using site-based decision-making; limitation on reducing size or converting specialty schools.

NRS 388G.610 - Responsibilities of local school precincts and large school districts; procurement of equipment, services and supplies from outside sources required in certain circumstances; assignment of staff from central services; transferring addi...

NRS 388G.620 - Assignment of school associate superintendents to oversee local school precincts; manner of filling vacancy; employment decisions concerning school associate superintendent.

NRS 388G.630 - Duties of school associate superintendent; accountability for performance of local school precincts.

NRS 388G.650 - Annual establishment and publication of certain information to assist local precincts prepare budgets for the next school year; carry forward of year-end balance to next school year.

NRS 388G.660 - Establishment of estimated total amount of money to be received by large school districts in next school year and estimated percentage to be allocated to local school precincts; requirements regarding amount of money to be allocated to...

NRS 388G.670 - Allocation per pupil to local school precincts; establishment of weights for categories of pupils; amount provided to specialty or rural schools; variance from weights.

NRS 388G.680 - Local school precinct to be informed of allocation for next school year; determination of number and category of pupils; determination of allocation for new local school precinct; annual adjustment to amount allocated.

NRS 388G.690 - Annual determinations concerning actual expenditures for and teacher vacancies at each local school precinct for preceding school year.

NRS 388G.700 - Establishment of organizational team for local school precinct; plan of operation for local school precinct.

NRS 388G.710 - Presentation of plan of operation at public meeting; submission of plan of operation for approval; adjustments to budget after plan of operation approved.

NRS 388G.720 - Organizational team: Composition; election of certain members; immunity from liability for civil damages.

NRS 388G.730 - Organizational team: Chair; quorum; meetings; terms of members; vacancies; members serve without compensation.

NRS 388G.740 - Duties and authority of organizational team; participation of organizational team in selection of principal.

NRS 388G.750 - Submission of request to revise plan of operation to school associate superintendent; response to such a request; appeal of decision of school associate superintendent.

NRS 388G.760 - Creation of community education advisory boards.

NRS 388G.800 - Survey to be administered annually to certain persons involved with local school precincts and employees of central services; publication of summary of results of surveys.

NRS 388G.810 - Superintendent to prepare report with information from school year before immediately preceding school year; contents of report; report to be forwarded to certain persons.