NRS392.4575. Educational involvement accords; policy by school districts for development and distribution; annual review.

      1.  The Department shall prescribe a form for educational involvement accords to be used by all public schools in this State. The educational involvement accord must comply with the policy:

      (a) For parental involvement required by the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, as set forth in 20 U.S.C. § 6318.

      (b) For parental involvement and family engagement adopted by the State Board pursuant to NRS 392.457.

      2.  Each educational involvement accord must include, without limitation:

      (a) A description of how the parent or legal guardian will be involved in the education of the pupil, including, without limitation:

             (1) Reading to the pupil, as applicable for the grade or reading level of the pupil;

             (2) Reviewing and checking the pupil’s homework; and

             (3) Contributing 5 hours of time each school year, including, without limitation, by attending school-related activities, parent-teacher association meetings, parent-teacher conferences, volunteering at the school and chaperoning school-sponsored activities.

      (b) The responsibilities of a pupil in a public school, including, without limitation:

             (1) Reading each day before or after school, as applicable for the grade or reading level of the pupil;

             (2) Using all school equipment and property appropriately and safely;

             (3) Following the directions of any adult member of the staff of the school;

             (4) Completing and submitting homework in a timely manner; and

             (5) Respecting himself or herself, others and all property.

      (c) The responsibilities of a public school and the administrators, teachers and other personnel employed at a school, including, without limitation:

             (1) Ensuring that each pupil is provided proper instruction, supervision and interaction;

             (2) Maximizing the educational and social experience of each pupil;

             (3) Carrying out the professional responsibility of educators to seek the best interest of each pupil; and

             (4) Making staff available to the parents and legal guardians of pupils to discuss the concerns of parents and legal guardians regarding the pupils.

      3.  Each educational involvement accord must be accompanied by, without limitation:

      (a) Information describing how the parent or legal guardian may contact the pupil’s teacher and the principal of the school in which the pupil is enrolled;

      (b) The curriculum of the course or standards for the grade in which the pupil is enrolled, as applicable, including, without limitation, a calendar that indicates the dates of major examinations and the due dates of significant projects, if those dates are known by the teacher at the time that the information is distributed;

      (c) The homework and grading policies of the pupil’s teacher or school;

      (d) Directions for finding resource materials for the course or grade in which the pupil is enrolled, as applicable;

      (e) Suggestions for parents and legal guardians to assist pupils in their schoolwork at home;

      (f) The dates of scheduled conferences between teachers or administrators and the parents or legal guardians of the pupil;

      (g) The manner in which reports of the pupil’s progress will be delivered to the parent or legal guardian and how a parent or legal guardian may request a report of progress;

      (h) The classroom rules and policies;

      (i) The dress code of the school, if any;

      (j) The availability of assistance to parents who have limited proficiency in the English language;

      (k) Information describing the availability of free and reduced-price meals, including, without limitation, information regarding school breakfast, school lunch and summer meal programs;

      (l) Opportunities for parents and legal guardians to become involved in the education of their children and to volunteer for the school or class; and

      (m) The code of honor relating to cheating prescribed pursuant to NRS 392.461.

      4.  The board of trustees of each school district shall adopt a policy providing for the development and distribution of the educational involvement accord. The policy adopted by a board of trustees must require each classroom teacher to:

      (a) Distribute the educational involvement accord to the parent or legal guardian of each pupil in the teacher’s class at the beginning of each school year or upon a pupil’s enrollment in the class, as applicable; and

      (b) Provide the parent or legal guardian with a reasonable opportunity to sign the educational involvement accord.

      5.  Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the board of trustees of each school district shall ensure that the form prescribed by the Department is used for the educational involvement accord of each public school in the school district. The board of trustees of a school district may authorize the use of an expanded form that contains additions to the form prescribed by the Department if the basic information contained in the expanded form complies with the form prescribed by the Department.

      6.  The Department and the board of trustees of each school district shall, at least once each year, review and amend their respective educational involvement accords.

      (Added to NRS by 2005, 1659; A 2007, 2914; 2009, 2335, 2337; 2011, 1986; 2013, 1935)