Nevada § 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 Board

§ 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 Board

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 10, the empowerment team of a public

school, other than a charter school that is sponsored by the State Public Charter

School Authority, by a college or university within the Nevada System of Higher Education

or by a city or county, that develops an empowerment plan pursuant to NRS 388G.120 shall submit the proposed empowerment plan to the designee of the board of trustees

appointed pursuant to this subsection for review and approval pursuant to this section. The board of trustees shall designate a person to review each proposed empowerment

plan and recommend the approval or denial of the plan to the board of trustees. 2. The board of trustees shall approve or deny the empowerment plan. The approval or denial of an empowerment plan must be based solely upon the contents

of the plan and may not consider the amount of money required to carry out the empowerment

plan if the plan is within the limits of the total apportionment to the school pursuant

to subsection 4 of NRS 388G.120 . 3. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 10, if the board of trustees approves

an empowerment plan, the president of the board of trustees, the principal of the

public school and the chair of the empowerment team, if the principal is not the chair,

shall each sign the plan. The empowerment plan is effective for 3 years unless the empowerment team determines

that the school will no longer operate under the plan or the board of trustees of

the school district revokes the plan. 4. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 10, if the board of trustees denies

an empowerment plan, the board of trustees shall: (a) Return the plan to the empowerment team with a written statement indicating the

reason for the denial; and (b) Provide the empowerment team with a reasonable opportunity to correct any deficiencies

identified in the written statement and resubmit it for approval. An empowerment plan may be resubmitted not more than once in a school year. 5. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 10, an empowerment plan for a public

school is not effective and a public school shall not operate as an empowerment school

unless the plan is signed by the president of the board of trustees of the school

district, the principal of the public school and the chair of the empowerment team,

if the principal is not the chair. If an empowerment plan includes a request for a waiver from a statute contained

in this title or a regulation of the State Board or the Department, a public school

may operate under the approved plan but the requested waivers from state law are not

effective unless approved by the State Board pursuant to subsection 7. 6. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 10, the empowerment team may submit

a written request to the board of trustees for an amendment to the empowerment plan

approved pursuant to this section, including an explanation of the reason for the

amendment. An amendment must be approved in the same manner as the empowerment plan was approved. 7. If the empowerment plan includes a request for a waiver from a statute or regulation,

the board of trustees shall forward the approved empowerment plan to the State Board

for review of the request for a waiver. The State Board shall review the empowerment plan and may approve or deny the request

for a waiver from a statute or regulation unless the statute or regulation is required

by federal law or is required to carry out federal law. 8. If the State Board approves the request for a waiver for a school, the Department

shall provide written notice of the approval to the board of trustees of the school

district that submitted the empowerment plan on behalf of the school. 9. If the State Board denies a request for a waiver, the State Board shall: (a) Return the request to the school district with a written statement indicating

the reason for the denial; and (b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 10, provide the empowerment team with

a reasonable opportunity to correct any deficiencies identified in the written statement

and resubmit it for approval. A request for a waiver may be resubmitted by the school district, after the empowerment

team corrects any deficiencies, not more than once in a school year. 10. If an empowerment team has not been established pursuant to the exception provided

in subsection 2 of NRS 388G.100 , the principal of the school shall carry out the responsibilities and duties assigned

to the empowerment team pursuant to this section.