{"data":{"id":"us-nv/nrs-387.900","jurisdiction":"us-nv","citation":"NRS 387.900","heading":"Award of money to school districts for compensation for hard-to-fill positions; declaration of legislative intent; contents of application for award; collective bargaining; reports. [Effective October 1, 2026.]","body":"1. To the extent that money has been appropriated for that purpose, the Department shall award money to school districts to provide compensation, in addition to base pay, for hard-to-fill positions in the public schools of this State.\n2. It is the intent of the Legislature that the additional compensation for hard-to-fill positions funded pursuant to subsection 1 is a temporary solution to ameliorate the urgent problem of high teacher vacancy rates, which are detrimental to student outcomes.\n3. An application by a school district applying for an award of money pursuant to subsection 1 must include:\n(a) The total amount of money which the school district is requesting;\n(b) The total number of hard-to-fill positions in public schools for which the school district intends to provide additional compensation using the money requested;\n(c) Documentation sufficient to demonstrate that each hard-to-fill position for which the school district intends to provide additional compensation using the money requested was filled during the immediately preceding calendar quarter; and\n(d) Such other information or documentation as the Department may require.\n4. Money awarded to a school district pursuant to subsection 1 is subject to collective bargaining, but may only be used to provide additional compensation for hard-to-fill positions in public schools.\n5. Not later than December 1 of each even-numbered year, each school district shall submit a report to the Office of Finance and the Interim Finance Committee that states:\n(a) The total number of teachers in the school district receiving additional compensation funded pursuant to this section during the then-current school year;\n(b) The total amount of the additional compensation funded from an award made pursuant to this section that is being provided to teachers during the then-current school year; and\n(c) The total number of hard-to-fill positions in public schools in the school district.\n6. As used in this section:\n(a) “Hard-to-fill position” means:\n(1) A teacher position at a Title I school which has:\n(I) A vacancy rate for teacher positions of 15 percent or more, if the school is a high school;\n(II) A vacancy rate for teacher positions of 12 percent or more, if the school is a middle school or junior high school; or\n(III) A vacancy rate for teacher positions of 10 percent or more, if the school is an elementary school.\n(2) A teacher position or other position staffed by a person licensed pursuant to chapter 391 of NRS:\n(I) Who is the teacher of record assigned to a classroom of pupils; and\n(II) Whose duties include actively teaching pupils during a class period, for the majority of class periods during the school day, in English language arts, mathematics, science or special education, if such subjects are suffering from a critical labor shortage, as determined by the board of trustees of the school district.\n(b) “Public school” does not include a public school that is formed pursuant to the provisions of chapter 388A of NRS.","path":["TITLE 34 — EDUCATION","CHAPTER 387 - FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF SCHOOL SYSTEM","MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-387.html#NRS387Sec900","current_through":"2025 session (NRS as revised 2026-08-25)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T05:51:38Z","sha256":"07374b768650196da1032cf78c5403c41ed6714846b596fc29362249ce6838b0","source_id":"us-nv","stale":true,"prev":"us-nv/nrs-387.658","next":"us-nv/nrs-388.020"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}