Existing law provides that each public school within a school district in this State which has more than 100,000 pupils enrolled in its public schools (currently the Clark County School District) is deemed to be a local school precinct. (NRS 388G.530, 388G.600) Existing law requires the principal of a local school precinct to: (1) establish an organizational team for the local school precinct; (2) develop a plan of operation that contains a budget for the use of money allocated to the local school precinct; (3) present the plan at a public meeting before the organizational team conducts a vote to approve the plan; and (4) if at least 75 percent of the members of the organizational team vote to approve the plan of operation, submit the plan to the school associate superintendent for approval. (NRS 388G.700) Section 2 of this bill requires, for each meeting at which the organizational team is scheduled to vote on approval of the plan of operation, the principal to: (1) at least 3 days before the meeting, send a copy of the budget included in such a plan to the members of the organizational team through electronic mail; and (2) provide the organizational team with a report containing information regarding certain expenditures. Section 3 of this bill: (1) requires the principal to, at least 3 working days before holding a public meeting to present a plan of operation, send a copy of the agenda to the parents or legal guardian of a pupil enrolled in the local school precinct unless the parents or legal guardian have opted not to receive a copy of the agenda; and (2) sets forth certain requirements governing the posting of the agenda and minutes and plan of operation on various Internet websites maintained by the large school district or the local school precinct. Finally, section 3 provides that: (1) after the plan of operation has been approved, if the principal determines that an adjustment to the budget is necessary, he or she must, instead of consulting with the organizational team, obtain the approval of the organizational team and school associate superintendent for any adjustment to the budget in an amount of at least $1,000; and (2) any expenditure of money generated by pupils enrolled at the local school precinct must be approved by the organizational team. (NRS 388G.710) Existing law requires the organizational team for a local school precinct to include elected members who are: (1) teachers or other licensed educational personnel at the local school precinct; (2) employees of the local school precinct who are not teachers or other licensed educational personnel; and (3) parents or legal guardians of pupils enrolled at the local school precinct. (NRS 388G.720) Section 4 of this bill: (1) prohibits the principal of a local school precinct from being elected as a member of an organizational team in any capacity other than as principal; and (2) provides for the designation of certain alternate members in the event of a vacancy. Section 4 additionally requires the superintendent of the large school district to provide the Department of Education and the board of trustees of the large school district with a directory of contact information for members of each organizational team within the large school district. Existing law sets forth certain requirements governing meetings of organizational teams and the terms of members of organizational teams. (NRS 388G.730) Section 5 of this bill: (1) sets forth certain requirements for the school associate superintendent who oversees the local school precinct concerning such meetings; (2) provides that the term of a member of an organizational team who is the parent or legal guardian of a pupil enrolled in the local school precinct does not expire because his or her child is no longer enrolled at the local school precinct; and (3) sets forth when an alternate member must fill a vacancy in the organizational team. Existing law sets forth certain duties that the organizational team and superintendent of the large school district are required to carry out when a vacancy occurs in the position of principal for a local school precinct. (NRS 388G.740) Section 6 of this bill: (1) requires the organizational team to conduct a meeting to obtain input from the public concerning the vacancy; (2) sets forth requirements for how the organizational team and superintendent must use the list of qualifications for candidates prepared by the organizational team; (3) requires the superintendent to provide information to certain entities regarding the reason that a candidate was not selected; and (4) requires the organizational team to hold a meeting to introduce the person selected to serve as principal. Existing law requires the board of trustees of each school district to submit to the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Department of Taxation an annual report containing certain information concerning budgets and expenditures. (NRS 387.303) Section 1 of this bill requires the principal of a local school precinct to provide the organizational team with a briefing containing certain information contained in the report.

Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 388G.700, 388G.710, 388G.720, 388G.730, 388G.740
BDR: 388G.700, 388G.710, 388G.720, 388G.730, 388G.740