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Nevada
School districts and charter schools: policies on freemium software and on providing pupil data, and professional development on school service providers
In force since .
A sensitive categories rule binding government bodies.
- Instrument type
- an act of a legislature
- Obligation class
- Governance, Security
- Audit expectation
- none
What it requires
- If you are a school district board of trustees or the governing body of a charter school or a university school for profoundly gifted pupils, adopt policies and procedures governing the use by teachers and other educational personnel of software that is free for basic services but charges for additional or premium proprietary features, functionality or virtual goods (NRS 388.271(1)).
- Adopt policies and procedures governing the manner in which data concerning pupils may be provided to a person when you have not expressly authorized that provision (NRS 388.271(2)).
- If you are a school district or the governing body of a charter school or a university school for profoundly gifted pupils, provide professional development each year on the use of school service providers and the security of data concerning pupils, and have your teachers and other licensed educational personnel complete it (NRS 388.294).
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What record it asks for
Logging duty
NRS 388.271 and 388.294 require policies and procedures on software use and on providing pupil data, and annual professional development. The sections name no duty to create, keep or produce a log or record, and give no regulator access to one.
- Kind
- None
- As of
What this law does
The board of trustees of each school district, the governing body of a charter school and the governing body of a university school for profoundly gifted pupils must adopt policies and procedures governing the use by teachers and other educational personnel of software offered free of charge for basic services that requires users to pay for any additional or premium proprietary features, functionality or virtual goods.
They must also adopt policies and procedures governing the manner in which data concerning pupils may be provided to a person when the board of trustees or governing body has not expressly authorized the provision of that data. Each school district and the governing body of a charter school or university school for profoundly gifted pupils must annually provide professional development regarding the use of school service providers and the security of data concerning pupils.
Teachers and other licensed educational personnel employed by a school district, charter school or university school for profoundly gifted pupils must complete that professional development. Section 9 of Assembly Bill 221 of the 2015 session enacted the policy requirement. Assembly Bill 221 became effective on .
Section 8 of Senate Bill 463 of the 2015 session requires each school district and the governing body of a charter school or university school for profoundly gifted pupils to annually provide professional development regarding the use of school service providers and the security of data concerning pupils. Senate Bill 463 became effective on .
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