Existing law requires the board of trustees of each school district and the governing bodies of certain charter schools in this State to prepare an annual report of accountability. (NRS 385A.070) Section 1 of this bill requires the report to include information on how many heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems are in need of repair or replacement at each school in the school district, including each charter school sponsored by the school district. Section 1 additionally requires the report to include, for each such system in need of repair or replacement: (1) the duration of the issue necessitating the repair or replacement; and (2) the cost and timeline for obtaining the necessary repair or replacement. Section 2 of this bill makes a conforming change to provide that certain general references to the information required to be included in the report includes the information required to be included by section 1. Existing law requires local governments, on or before April 15 of each year, to submit a tentative budget to the Department of Taxation and, in the case of school districts, the Department of Education. Existing law requires each local government to hold a public hearing on the tentative budget not sooner than the third Monday in May and not later than the last day in May. (NRS 354.596) Existing law requires the board of trustees of each school district, on or before November 1 of each year, to submit to the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Department of Taxation a report that includes certain information, including: (1) the total number and salaries of licensed and nonlicensed employees whose salaries are paid from each fund of the school district; (2) the schedule of salaries for licensed employees; (3) the number of employees eligible for health insurance and the amount paid for health insurance for each employee; and (4) the rates for fringe benefits, excluding health insurance, paid by the school district for its licensed employees. (NRS 387.303) Section 3 of this bill requires the tentative budget of a school district to include, for each school within the school district: (1) the total number and salaries of licensed teachers; (2) the proposed expenditures for health insurance for licensed teachers; and (3) the proposed expenditures for fringe benefits, excluding health insurance, to be paid for licensed teachers.

Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 385A.070, 354.596
BDR: 385A.070, 354.596