General Provisions

NRS 386.700. “Empowerment school” defined.

State Program of Empowerment Schools; Participation in Program by School Districts; Policies of Participating School Districts; Enrollment

NRS 386.720. Establishment of Program; required percentage of empowerment schools in certain counties; membership and duties of school district design team; acceptance of gifts and grants by school district.

NRS 386.725. Adoption of policies and procedures; school choice for pupils; enrollment of pupils in empowerment school; no duty to provide transportation; procedure for empowerment school to obtain waiver from school district regulations.

School Empowerment Teams; Review of School Empowerment Plans; Waivers From Statutes and Regulations

NRS 386.730. Establishment of empowerment team for school; exception from requirement of empowerment team; development of empowerment plan; participation by charter schools.

NRS 386.735. Duties of school empowerment team.

NRS 386.740. Requirements of school empowerment plan; request for waiver from certain statutes and regulations; budget for empowerment school and discretion over certain percentage of money.

NRS 386.745. Review of empowerment plan for public school or district-sponsored charter school; opportunity to correct deficiencies; term of effectiveness; request for amendment; review of request for waiver from statute or regulation by State Board.

NRS 386.750. Review of empowerment plan for State Public Charter School Authority-sponsored and Nevada System of Higher Education-sponsored charter schools; opportunity to correct deficiencies; term of effectiveness; request for amendment; review of request for waiver from statute or regulation by State Board.

Reports; Compliance With Laws; Regulations

NRS 386.760. Quarterly report by empowerment school; annual financial audit required; compilation of reports and audits.

NRS 386.765. Compliance with state law; exception if waiver granted; acceptance of gifts and grants by empowerment school.

NRS 386.780. Regulations.