386.530 - Renewal of charter: Application; intensive review by sponsor; opportunity to correct deficiencies.
386.530 Renewal of charter: Application; intensive review by sponsor; opportunity to correct deficiencies.
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, an application for renewal of a written charter may be submitted to the sponsor of the charter school not less than 120 days before the expiration of the charter. The application must include the information prescribed by the regulations of the Department. The sponsor shall conduct an intensive review and evaluation of the charter school in accordance with the regulations of the Department. The sponsor shall renew the charter unless it finds the existence of any ground for revocation set forth in NRS 386.535. The sponsor shall provide written notice of its determination not fewer than 30 days before the expiration of the charter. If the sponsor intends not to renew the charter, the written notice must:
(a) Include a statement of the deficiencies or reasons upon which the action of the sponsor is based; and
(b) Prescribe a period of not less than 30 days during which the charter school may correct any such deficiencies.
Ê If the charter school corrects the deficiencies to the satisfaction of the sponsor within the time prescribed in paragraph (b), the sponsor shall renew the charter of the charter school.
2. A charter school may submit an application for renewal of its initial charter after 3 years of operation of the charter school. The application must include the information prescribed by the regulations of the Department. The sponsor shall conduct an intensive review and evaluation of the charter school in accordance with the regulations of the Department. The sponsor shall renew the charter unless it finds the existence of any ground for revocation set forth in NRS 386.535. The sponsor shall provide written notice of its determination. If the sponsor intends not to renew the charter, the written notice must:
(a) Include a statement of the deficiencies or reasons upon which the action of the sponsor is based; and
(b) Prescribe a period of not less than 30 days during which the charter school may correct any such deficiencies.
Ê If the charter school corrects the deficiencies to the satisfaction of the sponsor within the time prescribed in paragraph (b), the sponsor shall renew the charter of the charter school.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 1849; A 2009, 914)