1. 1. The State Public Charter School Authority, a college or university within the Nevada System of Higher Education that sponsors a charter school or a city or county that sponsors a charter school is hereby deemed a local educational agency for all purposes for any charter school that it sponsors, including, without limitation:

   1. (a) The provision of a free and appropriate public education to each pupil enrolled in a charter school;
   2. (b) The provision of special education and related services provided by a charter school; and
   3. (c) Directing the proportionate share of any money available from federal and state categorical grant programs to charter schools that are eligible to receive such money.
2. 2. A charter school that receives money pursuant to such a grant program shall comply with any applicable reporting requirements to receive the grant.
3. 3. As used in this section, “local educational agency” has the meaning ascribed to it in 20 U.S.C. § 7801(30)(A).

(Added to NRS by 2011, 2356; A 2015, 3260, 3703; 2017, 3237, 3384; 2019, 2068; 2023, 2179; 2025, 1315)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 388A.159)