Section 388.171 - Employment, preparation and training of qualified personnel to provide services to pupils with disabilities1. A public agency shall appropriately and adequately prepare and train all personnel employed by the public agency who assist in carrying out the provisions of this chapter and NRS 388.417 to 388.5243, inclusive, including, without limitation, special education teachers, personnel who provide related services and paraprofessionals, to ensure that the personnel have the content knowledge and skills necessary to serve pupils with disabilities. 2. A public agency shall take measurable steps to recruit, hire, train and retain personnel who meet the standards prescribed by 34 C.F.R. § 300.156(c) to provide special education and related services to pupils with disabilities. 3. A public agency shall ensure that each person employed as a special education teacher to teach at an elementary, middle, junior high or high school meets the standards prescribed by 34 C.F.R. § 300.156(c). 4. Notwithstanding a right of action that a parent or pupil may maintain pursuant to this chapter, NRS 388.417 to 388.5243, inclusive, or 20 U.S.C. §§ 1411 et seq., this section does not: (a) Create a right of action on behalf of a pupil or group of pupils for the failure of an employee of a public agency to meet the standards prescribed by 34 C.F.R. § 300.156(c). (b) Prevent a parent from filing a state complaint with the Superintendent pursuant to NAC 388.318 concerning the qualifications of personnel.Nev. Admin. Code § 388.171
Added to NAC by Bd. of Education by R058-07, eff. 10-31-2007; A by R017-18A, eff. 1/30/2019