Nevada Revised Statutes 385B.050 – Formation; composition; purposes; board members; terms
1. The county school district trustees may form a nonprofit association, to be known as the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association, composed of all of the school districts of the State for the purposes of controlling, supervising and regulating all interscholastic athletic events and other interscholastic events in the public schools. This section does not prohibit a public school, which is authorized by the Association to do so, from joining an association formed for similar purposes in another state.
Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 385B.050
- Charter school: means a public school that is formed pursuant to the provisions of chapter 388A of NRS. See Nevada Revised Statutes 385.007
- county: includes Carson City. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.033
- Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
- population: means the number of people in a specified area as determined by the last preceding national decennial census conducted by the Bureau of the Census of the United States Department of Commerce pursuant to Section 2 of Article I of the Constitution of the United States and reported by the Secretary of Commerce to the Governor pursuant to 13 U. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.050
- Public schools: means all kindergartens and elementary schools, junior high schools and middle schools, high schools, charter schools and any other schools, classes and educational programs which receive their support through public taxation and, except for charter schools, whose textbooks and courses of study are under the control of the State Board. See Nevada Revised Statutes 385.007
2. Any board formed to govern the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association must include at least three members who are parents or guardians of pupils who participate in a sanctioned sport. Of the members who are parents or guardians of pupils who participate in a sanctioned sport:
(a) At least one member must be a resident of a county whose population is 700,000 or more;
(b) At least one member must be a resident of a county whose population is 100,000 or more but less than 700,000;
(c) At least one member must be a resident of a county whose population is less than 100,000; and
(d) Each member must not be an employee of or an immediate family member of an employee of a school district, charter school or private school.
3. Any advisory board formed to advise a governing board of the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association must include at least three members who are pupils currently participating in a sanctioned sport. Of the members who are pupils currently participating in a sanctioned sport:
(a) At least one member must be a resident of a county whose population is 700,000 or more;
(b) At least one member must be a resident of a county whose population is 100,000 or more but less than 700,000;
(c) At least one member must be a resident of a county whose population is less than 100,000; and
(d) Each member must not be an employee of or an immediate family member of an employee of a school district.
4. The terms of each member of a board formed to govern the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association who is a parent or guardian of a pupil who participates in a sanctioned sport and each pupil who is a member of an advisory board to such a governing board must be consistent in duration with the terms of other members of the applicable board and be served in full-year increments during any year that a pupil who is a member or a pupil whose parent or guardian is a member participates in one or more sanctioned sports.