NRS385.3572. State accountability report: Requirements; public dissemination of report; notice of availability on Internet.  


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  •       1.  The State Board shall prepare a single annual report of accountability that includes, without limitation the information prescribed by NRS 385.3572 to 385.3592, inclusive.

          2.  A separate reporting for a group of pupils must not be made pursuant to this section and NRS 385.3572 to 385.3592, inclusive, if the number of pupils in that group is insufficient to yield statistically reliable information or the results would reveal personally identifiable information about an individual pupil. The Department shall use the mechanism approved by the United States Department of Education for the statewide system of accountability for public schools for determining the minimum number of pupils that must be in a group for that group to yield statistically reliable information.

          3.  The annual report of accountability must:

          (a) Be prepared in a concise manner; and

          (b) Be presented in an understandable and uniform format and, to the extent practicable, provided in a language that parents can understand.

          4.  On or before October 15 of each year, the State Board shall:

          (a) Provide for public dissemination of the annual report of accountability by posting a copy of the report on the Internet website maintained by the Department; and

          (b) Provide written notice that the report is available on the Internet website maintained by the Department. The written notice must be provided to the:

                 (1) Governor;

                 (2) Committee;

                 (3) Bureau;

                 (4) Board of Regents of the University of Nevada;

                 (5) Board of trustees of each school district;

                 (6) Governing body of each charter school; and

                 (7) The Attorney General, with a specific reference to the information that is reported pursuant to paragraph (e) of subsection 1 of NRS 385.3584.

          5.  Upon the request of the Governor, the Attorney General, an entity described in paragraph (b) of subsection 4 or a member of the general public, the State Board shall provide a portion or portions of the annual report of accountability.

      (Added to NRS by 2003, 19th Special Session, 4; A 2005, 349, 1159; 2007, 361, 1065, 1805, 1928; 2009, 338; 2011, 543, 633, 2227, 2263; 2013, 1894, 2122)—(Substituted in revision for part of NRS 385.3469)