Nevada § 388A.274 - Application to be rated using alternative performance framework; sponsor of charter school authorized to require charter school to take certain actions; evaluation of application; proposed sponsor to include certain language in charter contract upon approval

§ 388A.274. Application to be rated using alternative performance framework; sponsor of charter school authorized to require charter school to take certain actions; evaluation of application; proposed sponsor to include certain language in charter contract upon approval

1. If a charter school wishes to be rated using the alternative performance framework

prescribed by the State Board pursuant to NRS 385A.730 , the governing body of the charter school may submit to the sponsor of the charter

school a request to amend the charter contract of the charter school pursuant to NRS 388A.276 to include the mission statement and admissions policy required by subsection 4 of NRS 385A.740 . 2. The sponsor of a charter school may require that: (a) A request to amend a charter contract described in subsection 1 also include such

changes to the academic program, organizational plan and financial model of the charter

school as the sponsor of the charter school determines are necessary for a charter

school rated using the alternative performance framework; and (b) A charter school which submits a request to amend a charter contract described

in subsection 1 perform such actions as the sponsor of the charter school determines

to be necessary to successfully transition to being rated using the alternative performance

framework. 3. The sponsor of a charter school shall evaluate a request to amend a charter contract

described in subsection 1 by reviewing the academic, organizational and financial

performance of the charter school. If the sponsor of the charter school determines that the charter school is unlikely

to achieve academic, organizational or financial success if the request to amend its

charter contract is approved, the sponsor of the charter school must deny the request. 4. Unless invited to do so by the sponsor of the charter school, the governing body

of a charter school whose request to amend its charter contract is denied pursuant

to subsection 3 may not submit a materially similar request for 1 year after the denial

of its request. 5. If a proposed sponsor of a charter school approves an application to form a charter

school and the proposed sponsor of the charter school determines that the charter

school has a mission statement and an admissions policy which satisfy the requirements

of subsection 4 of NRS 385A.740 , the proposed sponsor of the charter school shall include language in the charter

contract entered into with the charter school which provides that: (a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b), the proposed sponsor of the charter

school will submit an application to the State Board on behalf of the charter school

for the charter school to be rated using the alternative performance framework within

2 years after the charter school commences operation; (b) The proposed sponsor of the charter school will submit the application described

in paragraph (a) only upon the successful completion by the charter school of such

actions as the proposed sponsor of the charter school determines to be necessary to

successfully transition to being rated using the alternative performance framework;

and (c) Upon approval of such an application by the State Board, the performance framework

adopted by the proposed sponsor of the charter school will be replaced by the alternative

performance framework. 6. A charter school that is rated using the alternative performance framework pursuant

to NRS 385A.730 is exempt from the provisions of paragraph (a) of subsection 3 of NRS 388A.279 and subsection 1 of NRS 388A.300 .