NRS391.31213. Validation study of statewide performance evaluation system; selection of representative sample of teachers and administrators to participate; disciplinary decisions must not be based on evaluations conducted under validation study.

      1.  Except as otherwise provided by NRS 391.31211, each school district shall participate in the validation study of the statewide performance evaluation system adopted by the State Board of Education pursuant to NRS 391.465 for the 2013-2014 school year. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 391.31211 and 391.31212, if the Interim Finance Committee makes a determination pursuant to NRS 391.31217 that all school districts which participated in the validation study of the statewide performance evaluation system for the 2013-2014 school year are not prepared to implement the evaluation system, those school districts must participate in a second validation study of the evaluation system for the 2014-2015 school year.

      2.  On or before August 1, 2013, and, if applicable, on or before August 1, 2014, the Department of Education shall, in consultation with the boards of trustees of the school districts that do not have an application approved by the Department to opt out of the delay of the implementation of the statewide performance evaluation system pursuant to NRS 391.31211 or 391.31212, as applicable, select a representative sample of teachers and administrators for a validation study of the statewide performance evaluation system adopted by the State Board of Education pursuant to NRS 391.465. In addition, if the Department has approved a school district that opted out of the delay of the implementation of the statewide performance evaluation system to participate in a portion of the validation study, the Department shall, in consultation with that school district, select a representative sample of teachers and administrators for the portion of the validation study the Department has approved for the school district’s participation. The administrators selected for the validation study must provide primarily administrative services at the school level and not provide primarily direct instructional services to pupils, regardless of whether such an administrator is licensed as a teacher or administrator, including, without limitation, a principal and vice principal.

      3.  For the 2013-2014 school year and, if applicable, for the 2014-2015 school year:

      (a) Some evaluations of teachers and administrators pursuant to the statewide performance evaluation system adopted by the State Board of Education pursuant to NRS 391.465 will be conducted as set forth in this section for purposes of a validation study concurrently with the evaluations required by NRS 391.31214 and 391.31215, as applicable.

      (b) Decisions regarding the suspension, demotion, dismissal and refusal to reemploy must not be based upon any results of the evaluations conducted pursuant to this section for purposes of the validation study.

      4.  For those school districts that have not opted out of the delay of the implementation of the statewide performance evaluation system, the teachers who are selected for the validation study must be evaluated in accordance with NRS 391.31214 and in accordance with the policy for evaluations set forth in NRS 391.3125.

      5.  For those school districts that have not opted out of the delay of the implementation of the statewide performance evaluation system, the administrators who are selected for the validation study must be evaluated in accordance with NRS 391.31215 and in accordance with the policy for evaluations set forth in NRS 391.3127.

      (Added to NRS by 2013, 3167)