NRS 390.805: Department required to adopt regulations limiting time taken from instruction to conduct and number of examinations or assessments; waiver. [Effective through June 30, 2027.]

1. The Department shall adopt regulations that, for an examination or assessment administered pursuant to this chapter or required to be administered by the board of trustees of a school district, the governing body of a charter school or a public school on a district-wide or school-wide basis, as applicable, prescribe limits on the:

(a) Actual time taken from instruction to conduct an examination or assessment; and

(b) Number of examinations or assessments administered to pupils in a school year.

2. If the board of trustees of a school district or the governing body of a charter school intends to administer an examination or assessment that would exceed a limitation in a regulation adopted by the Department pursuant to subsection 1, the board of trustees of the school district or the governing body of the charter school must request a waiver from the State Board to exceed the limitation. The State Board may grant a waiver requested pursuant to this subsection if the State Board deems it appropriate.