1. The State Public Charter School Authority may employ such persons as it deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. The staff employed by the State Public Charter School Authority must be qualified to carry out the daily responsibilities of sponsoring charter schools, including, without limitation, oversight of charter contracts, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

2. The staff must include:

(a) Attorneys with experience with laws concerning education, special education and nonprofit organizations;

(b) Persons with experience overseeing the annual audits and financial operations of school districts, nonprofit organizations or corporations;

(c) Persons with experience conducting assessments and evaluations for a school district;

(d) Administrators with significant experience overseeing special education programs and programs while employed by a school district, charter management organization, educational management organization or other operator of charter schools;

(e) Policy analysts with significant experience in the areas of charter schools and education policy; and

(f) Any other persons that the State Public Charter School Authority determines are necessary.

3. The State Public Charter School Authority shall periodically evaluate and make decisions concerning the number of persons employed by the State Public Charter School Authority and the qualifications and compensation of such persons based on guidance from the National Association of Charter School Authorizers, or its successor organization, an assessment of the strategic plan for recruiting operators of charter schools prepared pursuant to NRS 388A.223 and the needs of the charter schools sponsored by the State Public Charter School Authority.

(Added to NRS by 2011, 2355; A 2013, 1596; 2015, 3259, 3260, effective January 1, 2020) — (Substituted in revision for NRS 386.5125)