NRS 388.892: Boards of trustees of certain school districts to establish plan to improve ratio of pupils to specialized instructional support personnel; reports.

1. The board of trustees of a school district in a county whose population is 100,000 or more shall develop a plan to improve the ratio of pupils to specialized instructional support personnel to meet the ratio recommended by the State Board pursuant to NRS 388.890. The plan must include, without limitation:

(a) Strategies to recruit and retain school counselors, school psychologists and school social workers and other specialized instructional support personnel; and

(b) Annual targets to meet the ratio of pupils to specialized instructional support personnel recommended by the State Board pursuant to NRS 388.890.

2. On or before October 1 of each year, the board of trustees of a school district in a county whose population is 100,000 or more shall submit to the Department a report on the implementation of the plan developed pursuant to subsection 1 for the immediately preceding school year. The report must include, without limitation:

(a) The ratio of pupils to specialized instructional support personnel for the immediately preceding school year, disaggregated by type of specialized instructional support personnel, and any progress made to meet the recommended ratio;

(b) An evaluation of the strategies to recruit and retain specialized instructional support personnel implemented pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 1; and

(c) A strategy to be implemented over the next school year to meet the annual targets identified pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1.

3. On or before February 1 of each year, the Department shall submit a compilation of the reports submitted to the Department pursuant to subsection 2 to:

(a) The Governor;

(b) In odd-numbered years, the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for transmittal to the Senate and Assembly Standing Committees on Education;

(c) In even-numbered years, the Joint Interim Standing Committee on Education; and

(d) The State Board.

4. The compilation prepared by the Department pursuant to subsection 3 must allow the information included in the report to be disaggregated by school district. The Department shall post a copy of the compilation on its Internet website.

5. As used in this section, “specialized instructional support personnel” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 388.890.