Award of money to school districts for compensation for hard-to-fill positions; declaration of legislative intent; contents of application for award; collective bargaining; reports. [Effective October 1, 2026.]
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 387.900
in effect1. To the extent that money has been appropriated for that purpose, the Department shall award money to school districts to provide compensation, in addition to base pay, for hard-to-fill positions in the public schools of this State.
2. It is the intent of the Legislature that the additional compensation for hard-to-fill positions funded pursuant to subsection 1 is a temporary solution to ameliorate the urgent problem of high teacher vacancy rates, which are detrimental to student outcomes.
3. An application by a school district applying for an award of money pursuant to subsection 1 must include:
(a) The total amount of money which the school district is requesting;
(b) The total number of hard-to-fill positions in public schools for which the school district intends to provide additional compensation using the money requested;
(c) Documentation sufficient to demonstrate that each hard-to-fill position for which the school district intends to provide additional compensation using the money requested was filled during the immediately preceding calendar quarter; and
(d) Such other information or documentation as the Department may require.
4. Money awarded to a school district pursuant to subsection 1 is subject to collective bargaining, but may only be used to provide additional compensation for hard-to-fill positions in public schools.
5. Not later than December 1 of each even-numbered year, each school district shall submit a report to the Office of Finance and the Interim Finance Committee that states:
(a) The total number of teachers in the school district receiving additional compensation funded pursuant to this section during the then-current school year;
(b) The total amount of the additional compensation funded from an award made pursuant to this section that is being provided to teachers during the then-current school year; and
(c) The total number of hard-to-fill positions in public schools in the school district.
6. As used in this section:
(a) Hard-to-fill position means:
(1) A teacher position at a Title I school which has:
(I) A vacancy rate for teacher positions of 15 percent or more, if the school is a high school;
(II) A vacancy rate for teacher positions of 12 percent or more, if the school is a middle school or junior high school; or
(III) A vacancy rate for teacher positions of 10 percent or more, if the school is an elementary school.
(2) A teacher position or other position staffed by a person licensed pursuant to chapter 391 of NRS:
(I) Who is the teacher of record assigned to a classroom of pupils; and
(II) Whose duties include actively teaching pupils during a class period, for the majority of class periods during the school day, in English language arts, mathematics, science or special education, if such subjects are suffering from a critical labor shortage, as determined by the board of trustees of the school district.
(b) Public school does not include a public school that is formed pursuant to the provisions of chapter 388A of NRS.
Source: NV Statutes (Official Site)URL: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/NRS-387.htmlFetched: 10/4/2026