1.  A school district may enter into an agreement with a branch of the Nevada System of Higher Education or an accredited postsecondary educational institution which is licensed by the Commission on Postsecondary Education and which offers courses of study and training for the education of teachers which are approved or recognized by the Commission pursuant to NRS 391.038, for the assignment of students for training purposes as student teachers, counselors or trainees in a library, or for experience in a teaching laboratory. Students so assigned within the school district for training purposes may, under the direction and supervision of a licensed teacher, instruct and supervise pupils in the school, on the school grounds or on authorized field trips. The students so assigned are employees of the school district for purposes of NRS 41.038 and 41.039, while performing such authorized duties, whether or not the duties are performed entirely in the presence of the licensed teacher.

2.  As used in this section:

(a) ’Accredited’ has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 394.006.

(b) ’Postsecondary educational institution’ has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 394.099.