Existing law requires the Department of Education to: (1) determine annually whether each public school is meeting the measurable objectives and performance targets established pursuant to the statewide system of accountability for public schools; and (2) post such determinations and final ratings on the Internet website maintained by the Department. (NRS 385A.670, 385A.720) Section 1 of this bill requires the Department to also post on the Internet website a ranked list of the top 10 elementary schools, middle schools and high schools in the State based on the determinations and final ratings.
Existing law authorizes the Director of the Department of Business and Industry to issue bonds and other obligations to finance the acquisition, construction, improvement, restoration or rehabilitation of certain property, buildings and facilities for charter schools, known as the Charter School Financing Law. (NRS 388A.550-388A.695) Section 4 of this bill creates the Charter School Facilities Account in the State General Fund for the acquisition, improvement and maintenance of charter school facilities in this State and requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to administer the Account.
Section 4 requires the Department of Education, for Fiscal Year 2025-2026 and each fiscal year thereafter, to distribute the money in the Account to each charter school in this State, other than a charter school for distance education, as follows: (1) $600 per school year per pupil for pupils qualifying as eligible for free and reduced-price meals pursuant to the National School Lunch Program; and (2) $300 per school year per pupil for all other pupils. The amount provided to each charter school is reduced proportionally by the number of days each pupil is expected to not attend the school in person if the pupil is participating in a program of distance education provided by the charter school. Section 4 further provides that the money remaining in the Account does not revert to the State General Fund at the end of each fiscal year and must be carried forward to the next fiscal year.
Section 5 of this bill creates the State Public Charter School Facility Fund in the State Treasury and requires the money in the Fund to be used for the payment of interest and redemption of outstanding bonds of charter schools and for the design, construction, acquisition, leasing or renting of facilities for certain charter schools. Section 5 requires that money deposited in the Fund from tax revenue from a county be used for charter schools in that county.
Existing law requires each board of county commissioners to levy taxes on certain taxable property for the support of public schools in the county, the revenue of which must be credited to the State Education Fund. (NRS 387.195) Section 2 of this bill requires that a portion of such tax revenue must also be credited to the State Public Charter School Facility Fund created by section 5. Section 7 of this bill requires that when a municipality adopts certain ordinances and levies taxes pursuant to section 2, a portion of those taxes be deposited into the Fund.
Existing law requires the board of trustees of each school district to report to the State Board of Education and the Teachers and Leaders Council of Nevada concerning the implementation and effectiveness of certain processes of the statewide performance evaluation system for evaluating the performance of educational employees. (NRS 391.465, 391.470) Section 6 of this bill requires the board of trustees of each school district to also submit a report concerning teacher performance evaluations based on the statewide performance evaluation system, including, without limitation, a list of the top 10 percent of elementary school, middle school and high school teachers. Section 6 requires the Department, on or before September 15 of each year, to post on the Internet website of the Department the top 10 percent of elementary school, middle school and high school teachers for each school district in the State based on the statewide performance evaluation system.