General powers of board of trustees; notice required to close school or change location or use of school.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 393.080
in effect1. The board of trustees of a school district may:
(a) Build, purchase or rent schoolhouses and other school buildings, including, but not limited to, teacherages, gymnasiums and stadiums, and dormitories and dining halls as provided in NRS 393.090 .
(b) Enter into lease agreements for school facilities with an option to purchase the facilities.
(c) Change the location of schools.
(d) Close a school or change the use of the school building to a purpose other than the teaching of kindergarten through 12th grade.
(e) Supervise and inspect the work performed pursuant to a contract to which the provisions of NRS 393.110 apply.
2. Any board of trustees which proposes to change the location of a school, close a school or change the use of a school building as provided in subsection 1 shall give 30 days written notice to the principal and teachers of the affected school and to the parents of the children attending that school. In addition the board of trustees shall publish a notice of the subject, time and place of the meeting at which the matter will be considered, in a newspaper of general circulation in the county at least 10 days before the meeting.
Source: NV Statutes (Official Site)URL: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/NRS-393.htmlFetched: 10/4/2026