Assembly Bill No. 509–Committee on Education

 

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AN ACT relating to public schools; revising provisions governing the review of a decision by the board of trustees of a school district to close a school or change the use of a school; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

    Section 1. NRS 393.085 is hereby amended to read as follows:

    393.085  [1.] Any resident of a school district who is

 aggrieved by a decision of the board of trustees to close or change

 the use of a school under NRS 393.080 may, within 30 days after

 the decision is rendered, make a written request to the board for a

 hearing for reconsideration of the decision. The board shall

 schedule the hearing within 30 days after receiving the request and

 shall publish a notice of the time and place of the hearing in a

 newspaper of general circulation in the county at least 10 days

 before the hearing.

    [2.  Any resident of the school district who is aggrieved by the

 decision of the board of trustees at the reconsideration hearing may,

 within 30 days after that decision is rendered, make a written

 request to the State Board of Education for a hearing to review the

 decision. The State Board of Education shall conduct the hearing in

 the county in which the school is located within 30 days after

 receiving the request and shall publish a notice of the time and

 place of the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the

 county at least 10 days before the hearing. The State Board of

 Education shall hear the matter de novo.] The decision of the [State

 Board of Education] board of trustees after its reconsideration

 hearing is a final decision subject to judicial review as provided by

 law.

    Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective on July 1, 2003.

 

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