A.B. 495
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ASSEMBLY BILL NO. 495–COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
MARCH 24, 2025
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Referred to Committee on Education
SUMMARY—Revises provisions relating to charter schools.
(BDR 34-757)
FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.
Effect on the State: No.
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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.
AN ACT relating to charter schools; providing that the sponsor of a
charter school that receives certain performance ratings
under the statewide system of accountability for public
schools is not required to terminate the charter contract of
the charter school or restart the charter school under a
new charter contract if the sponsor determines that the
charter school is demonstrating progress towards meeting
certain school achievement targets and performance
targets; and providing other matters properly relating
thereto.
Legislative Counsel’s Digest:
Existing law requires each public school, including, without limitation, a 1
charter school, to be rated pursuant to the statewide system of accountability for 2
public schools. (NRS 385A.600) Existing law also requires the sponsor of a charter 3
school to terminate the charter contract or restart the charter school under a new 4
charter contract if the charter school receives certain ratings indicating 5
underperformance of the charter school in 3 years out of any 5 consecutive years. 6
(NRS 388A.300) This bill provides that the sponsor of such a charter school is not 7
required to terminate the charter contract or restart the charter school under a new 8
charter contract if the sponsor determines that the charter school is demonstrating 9
progress towards meeting at least two of the school achievement targets and 10
performance targets that are established pursuant to the statewide system of 11
accountability for public schools. 12
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THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN
SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. NRS 388A.300 is hereby amended to read as 1
follows: 2
388A.300 1. Except as otherwise provided in [subsection] 3
subsections 6 [,] and 7, subsection 3 of NRS 385A.720 and 4
subsection 6 of NRS 388A.274, the sponsor of a charter school shall 5
terminate the charter contract of the charter school or restart the 6
charter school under a new charter contract if the charter school 7
receives, in any period of 5 consecutive school years, three annual 8
ratings established as the lowest rating possible indicating 9
underperformance of a public school, as determined by the 10
Department pursuant to the statewide system of accountability for 11
public schools. 12
2. A charter school’s annual rating pursuant to the statewide 13
system of accountability based upon the performance of the charter 14
school must not be included in the count of annual ratings for the 15
purposes of subsection 1 for any school year before the 2015-2016 16
school year. 17
3. If a charter contract is terminated or a charter school is 18
restarted pursuant to subsection 1, the sponsor of the charter school 19
shall submit a written report to the Department and the governing 20
body of the charter school setting forth the reasons for the 21
termination or restart of the charter school not later than 10 days 22
after terminating the charter contract or restarting the charter school. 23
4. The provisions of NRS 388A.330 do not apply to the 24
termination of a charter contract or restart of the charter school 25
pursuant to this section. 26
5. The Department shall adopt regulations governing 27
procedures to restart a charter school under a new charter contract 28
pursuant to subsection 1. Such regulations must include, without 29
limitation, requiring a charter school that is restarted to enroll a 30
pupil who was enrolled in the charter school before the school was 31
restarted before any other eligible pupil is enrolled. 32
6. If the sponsor of a charter school determines that not all of 33
the elementary, middle or high schools in or campuses of the charter 34
school meet the criteria described in subsection 1 and that the 35
charter school can remain financially viable if the charter school 36
continues to operate and serve only the elementary, middle or high 37
schools or campuses which do not meet the criteria described in 38
subsection 1, the sponsor may amend the charter contract to 39
eliminate the elementary, middle or high schools or campuses that 40
meet the criteria described in subsection 1 and limit the enrollment 41
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in all other elementary, middle or high schools in or campuses of the 1
charter school. 2
7. The sponsor of a charter school described in subsection 1 3
is not required to terminate the charter contract of the charter 4
school or restart the charter school under a new charter contract 5
if the sponsor determines that the charter school is demonstrating 6
progress towards meeting at least two of the school achievement 7
targets and performance targets established pursuant to the 8
statewide system of accountability for public schools. 9
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