NRS388.577. Fund for Programs of Education for Incarcerated Persons: Creation; administration; use of money; limitations on use; allocation of money to certain school districts.

      1.  There is hereby created in the State Treasury the Fund for Programs of Education for Incarcerated Persons. The Fund is administered by the State Board. The Superintendent of Public Instruction may accept gifts and grants of money from any source for deposit in the Fund. The interest and income earned on the money in the Fund, after deducting any applicable charges, must be credited to the Fund.

      2.  Money in the Fund must be used for programs of education for incarcerated persons.

      3.  Money in the Fund must not be:

      (a) Considered in negotiations between a recognized organization of employees of a school district and the school district; or

      (b) Used to reduce the amount of money which would otherwise be made available for programs of education for incarcerated persons in the absence of this section.

      4.  The Department shall establish a formula for equitably allocating money from the Fund to each school district that operates a program of education for incarcerated persons.

      5.  The State Board shall establish annually, within the limits of money available in the Fund, a basic allocation to each school district that operates a program of education for incarcerated persons.

      (Added to NRS by 2003, 1364)