Nevada § 388.090 - Minimum number of days of school; application for alternative schedule; application for reduction in minutes or additional minutes

§ 388.090. Minimum number of days of school; application for alternative schedule; application for reduction in minutes or additional minutes

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section and NRS 388D.330 , boards of trustees of school districts shall schedule and provide a minimum of 180

days of free school in the districts under their charge. 2. Except for an alternative schedule described in subsection 3, the Superintendent

of Public Instruction may, upon application by the board of trustees of a school district,

authorize the school district to provide a program of instruction based on an alternative

schedule if the number of minutes of instruction to be provided is equal to or greater

than the number of minutes of instruction that would be provided in a program of instruction

consisting of 180 school days. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall notify the board of trustees of the

school district of the approval or denial of the application not later than 30 days

after the Superintendent of Public Instruction receives the application. An alternative schedule proposed pursuant to this subsection must be developed in

accordance with chapter 288 of NRS . 3. The Superintendent of Public Instruction may, upon application by the board of

trustees of a school district, authorize a reduction of not more than 15 school days

in that particular district to establish or maintain an alternative schedule consisting

of a 12-month school program if the board of trustees demonstrates that the proposed

alternative schedule for the program provides for a number of minutes of instruction

that is equal to or greater than that which would be provided under a program consisting

of 180 school days. 4. The Superintendent of Public Instruction may, upon application by a board of trustees,

authorize the addition of minutes of instruction to any scheduled day of free school

if days of free school are lost because of any interscholastic activity. Not more than 5 days of free school so lost may be rescheduled in this manner. The provisions of this subsection do not apply to an alternative schedule approved

pursuant to subsection 2. 5. The number of minutes of instruction required for a particular group of pupils

in a program of instruction based on an alternative schedule approved pursuant to

this section and NRS 388.095 and 388.097 must be determined by multiplying the appropriate minimum daily period of instruction

established by the State Board by regulation for that particular group of pupils by

180.