Revises provisions relating to education. (BDR 34-1035)

From the Legislature

AN ACT relating to education; providing for the waiver of certain requirements to report data and information concerning public schools; establishing a statewide system of accountability for school districts; establishing certain measures to be taken for school districts and public schools designated as low-performing or underperforming; establishing the Nevada Integrity in Academic Funding Program to assist pupils attending certain low-performing or underperforming public schools in accessing alternative educational settings; creating the Excellence in Education Account to provide grants to pay nonrecurring incentives to certain school administrators, teachers and other educational personnel; revising provisions governing the Education Stabilization Account; authorizing a charter school to receive certain funding to provide transportation services to pupils; providing for the establishment of a system of open enrollment for public schools; establishing a program to pay expenses for certain literacy interventions, tutoring and other related services for certain pupils eligible for services in the subject of reading; revising provisions governing charter schools sponsored by cities or counties; revising provisions governing instruction in English language arts in kindergarten and grades 1, 2 and 3; providing that certain public school and private school employees are immune from civil and criminal liability for certain actions related to intervening in altercations, fights or other incidents; revising provisions governing the performance of teachers and school administrators; authorizing school districts and charter schools to establish programs to pay nonrecurring incentives to high-performing teachers and school administrators; creating the Education Service Center; making appropriations; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.