Nevada § 391.011 - Creation; membership

§ 391.011. Creation; membership

1. The Commission on Professional Standards in Education, consisting of 13 members

appointed by the Governor, is hereby created. 2. Five members of the Commission must be teachers who teach in the classroom as follows: (a) One who holds a license to teach secondary education and teaches in a secondary

school. (b) One who holds a license to teach middle school or junior high school education

and teaches in a middle school or junior high school. (c) One who holds a license to teach elementary education and teaches in an elementary

school. (d) One who holds a license to teach special education and teaches special education. (e) One who holds a license to teach pupils in a program of early childhood education

and teaches in a program of early childhood education. 3. The remaining members of the Commission must include: (a) One school counselor, psychologist, speech-language pathologist, audiologist,

or social worker who is licensed pursuant to this chapter and employed by a school

district or charter school. (b) One administrator of a school who is employed by a school district or charter

school to provide administrative service at an individual school. Such an administrator must not provide service at the district level. (c) The dean of the College of Education at one of the universities in the Nevada

System of Higher Education, or a representative of one of the Colleges of Education

nominated by such a dean for appointment by the Governor. (d) The dean of the School of Education at Nevada State University, or a representative

of the dean, or a representative of the Teacher Education Program at Great Basin College. (e) The chief human resources officer or a representative of the department of human

resources of a school district in which more than 40,000 pupils are enrolled. (f) The chief human resources officer or a representative of the department of human

resources of a school district in which 40,000 or fewer pupils are enrolled. (g) One member who is the parent or legal guardian of a pupil enrolled in a public

school. (h) One member who is the superintendent of schools of a school district. 4. Three of the five appointments made pursuant to subsection 2 must be made from

a list of names of at least three persons for each position that is submitted to the

Governor by an employee organization representing the majority of teachers in the

State who teach in the educational level from which the appointment is being made. 5. The appointment made pursuant to: (a) Paragraph (a) of subsection 3 must be made from a list of names of at least three

persons that is submitted to the Governor by an employee organization representing

the majority of school counselors, psychologists, speech-language pathologists, audiologists

or social workers in this State who are not administrators. (b) Paragraph (b) of subsection 3 must be made from a list of names of at least three

persons that is submitted to the Governor by the organization of administrators for

schools in which the majority of administrators of schools in this State have membership. (c) Paragraphs (e), (f) and (h) of subsection 3 must be made from lists of names of

persons submitted to the Governor by the Nevada Association of School Superintendents

or its successor organization. (d) Paragraph (g) of subsection 3 must be made from a list of names of persons submitted

to the Governor by the Nevada Parent Teacher Association or its successor organization.