NRS387.207. Required annual expenditures for library books, computer software, equipment relating to instruction, and maintenance and repair; exception for certain school districts.

      1.  Except as otherwise provided in this section, in each school year a school district shall spend for library books and software for computers an amount of money, expressed as an amount per pupil, that is at least equal to the average of the total amount of money that was expended per year by the school district for those items in the immediately preceding 3 years.

      2.  Except as otherwise provided in this section, in each school year a school district shall spend for the purchase of equipment relating to instruction, including, without limitation, equipment for telecommunications and for the purchase of equipment relating to the transportation of pupils, an amount of money, expressed as an amount per pupil, that is at least equal to the average of the total amount of money that was expended per year by the school district for those items in the immediately preceding 3 years.

      3.  Except as otherwise provided in this section, in each school year a school district shall spend for the maintenance and repair of equipment, vehicles, and buildings and facilities an amount of money, expressed as an amount per pupil, that is at least equal to the average of the total amount of money that was expended per year by the school district for those items in the immediately preceding 3 years, excluding any amount of money derived from the proceeds of bonds.

      4.  A school district may satisfy the expenditures required by subsections 1, 2 and 3 if the school district spends an aggregate amount of money for all the items identified in those subsections that is at least equal to the average of the total amount of money expended by the school district per year for all those items in the immediately preceding 3 years.

      5.  A school district is not required to satisfy the expenditures required by this section for a school year in which:

      (a) The total number of pupils who are enrolled in public schools within the school district has declined from the immediately preceding school year; or

      (b) The total revenue available in the general fund of the school district has declined from the immediately preceding school year.

      (Added to NRS by 1999, 1357; A 2003, 20th Special Session, 203)