NRS391.31211. For 2013-2014 school year: Application by school district to opt out of delay of implementation of statewide performance evaluation system; school district with approved application not required to participate in validation study.

      1.  The board of trustees of a school district that is prepared, commencing with the 2013-2014 school year, to implement the statewide performance evaluation system adopted by the State Board of Education pursuant to NRS 391.465 for its teachers and administrators and does not want to delay the implementation of the evaluation system may submit an application on a form prescribed by the Department of Education which includes information demonstrating that the school district is prepared to implement the statewide performance evaluation system for all of its teachers and administrators and any other information requested by the Department.

      2.  Upon review of the application submitted pursuant to subsection 1, the Department of Education may approve the application if the Department determines that the school district is prepared to implement the statewide performance evaluation system commencing with the 2013-2014 school year and each school year thereafter.

      3.  A school district whose application is approved by the Department pursuant to subsection 2 is not required to participate in the validation study of the statewide performance evaluation system conducted pursuant to NRS 391.31213 during the 2013-2014 school year and, if applicable, the 2014-2015 school year. Upon the request of such a school district, the Department may authorize the school district to participate in a portion of the validation study.

      4.  As used in this section, “administrator” means an administrator employed by a school district who provides primarily administrative services at the school level and who does not provide primarily direct instructional services to pupils, regardless of whether licensed as a teacher or administrator, including, without limitation, a principal and vice principal.

      (Added to NRS by 2013, 3161)