1. On or before February 1 of each odd-numbered year, the Department shall create a report that includes a description of the personnel and services that the Department reasonably believes an average elementary school, middle school and high school in this State could employ and provide using the amount of money for public education contained in the proposed executive budget submitted by the Governor to the Legislature pursuant to NRS 353.230 when combined with all other money expected to be available for public education and submit the report to the Commission for review. The Commission shall review the report and provide to the Department any recommendations for revision of the report that the Commission determines to be appropriate. The Department shall consider the recommendations of the Commission, submit a final report to the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for transmission to the Legislature and post the final report on an Internet website maintained by the Department not later than March 1 of each odd-numbered year.
2. On or before July 1 of each year, the Department shall create a report that includes a description of the personnel and services that the Department reasonably believes an average elementary school, middle school and high school in this State could employ and provide using the amount of money for public education appropriated by the Legislature when combined with all other money expected to be available for public education and submit the report to the Commission for review. The Commission shall review the report and provide any recommendations for revision of the report that it determines to be appropriate to the Department. The Department shall consider the recommendations of the Commission, submit a final report to the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for transmission to the Legislative Committee on Education and post the final report on an Internet website maintained by the Department not later than August 1 of each year.
3. On or before October 1 of each year, each school district shall create a report that includes a description of the personnel employed and services provided by the school district during the immediately preceding school year and any changes that the school district anticipates making to the personnel and services during the current school year. The school district shall post a copy of the report on the Internet website maintained by the school district.
4. On or before October 1 of each year, each public school shall create a report that includes a description of the personnel employed and services provided by the school during the immediately preceding school year and any changes the school anticipates making to the personnel and services during the current school year. The public school shall provide a written copy of the report to the parent or legal guardian of each pupil who attends the public school and, if the public school maintains an Internet website, post a copy of the report on the website.
5. The Department shall prescribe by regulation the format and contents of the information to be provided to create the reports required pursuant to subsections 1 and 2 by the Department and for the report created by each school district pursuant to subsection 3 and each public school pursuant to subsection 4. The reports must include, as applicable and without limitation:
(a) Each grade level at which the public school enrolls pupils;
(b) The number of pupils attending the public school;
(c) The average class size at the public school;
(d) The number of persons employed by the public school to provide instruction, support to pupils, administrative support and other personnel including, without limitation, the number of employees in any subgroup of each type or classification of personnel as prescribed by the Department;
(e) The professional development provided to each teacher at the public school;
(f) The amount of money spent per pupil for supplies, materials, equipment and textbooks;
(g) For each category of pupils for which the public school receives any additional funding, including, without limitation, pupils with disabilities, pupils who are English learners, at-risk pupils and gifted and talented pupils:
(1) The number of pupils in each category who attend the public school;
(2) If the Department determines that pupils within a category must be divided based on severity of need, the number of pupils in each such subcategory; and
(3) The number of persons employed to provide instruction, support to pupils, administrative support and other personnel employed by the public school and dedicated to providing services to each category or subcategory of pupils, including, without limitation, any subgroup of each kind of personnel prescribed by the Department;
(h) The total amount of money received to support the operations of the public school, divided by the number of pupils enrolled in the public school and expressed as a per pupil amount;
(i) The total amount of money received by the public school as adjusted base per pupil funding, divided by the number of pupils enrolled in the public school and expressed as a per pupil amount; and
(j) The amount of money received by the public school as weighted funding for each category of pupils supported by weighted funding, divided by the number of pupils enrolled in the public school who are identified in the appropriate category and expressed as a per pupil amount for each category.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 4208, effective July 1, 2021)