1. On and after July 1, 2017, the money in the State Supplemental School Support Account is hereby appropriated for the operation of the school districts and charter schools of the state, as provided in this section. The money so appropriated is intended to supplement and not replace any other money appropriated, approved or authorized for expenditure to fund the operation of the public schools for kindergarten through grade 12. Any money that remains in the State Supplemental School Support Account at the end of the fiscal year does not revert to the State General Fund, and the balance in the State Supplemental School Support Account must be carried forward to the next fiscal year.

2. The money received by a school district or charter school from the State Supplemental School Support Account pursuant to this section and NRS 387.191 must be used to improve the achievement of students and for the payment of salaries to attract and retain qualified teachers and other employees, except administrative employees, of the school district or charter school. Nothing contained in this section shall be deemed to impair or restrict the right of employees of the school district or charter school to engage in collective bargaining as provided by chapter 288 of NRS.

3. On or before November 10 of 2018, and on that date each year thereafter, the board of trustees of each school district and the governing body of each charter school shall prepare a report to the Superintendent of Public Instruction, in the form prescribed by the Superintendent. The report must provide an accounting of the expenditures by the school district or charter school of the money it received from the State Supplemental School Support Account during the preceding fiscal year.

4. As used in this section, “administrative employee” means any person who holds a license as an administrator, issued by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and is employed in that capacity by a school district or charter school.

(Added to NRS by 2009, 7; A 2011, 446, 2152; 2013, 2068; 2015, 3723, 3757; R 2019, 4253, effective July 1, 2021) — (Substituted in revision for part of NRS 387.191)