The teachers union recently fought valiantly for the rights and equity of educators, credentialed and long term substitutes. Unfortunately, the Mineral County School Board is so inept they don’t even know what their own policies are. It is astounding that a board that is entrusted with the operation of the district doesn’t even fundamentally know their policies.
A comment was made by Hope Blinco that the Administrative regulation was never approved by the Board. The problem with this statement is that administrative regulations don’t require their approval. Per the Board policy, administrative regulations are at the discretion of the Superintendent.
The second concerning thing is that a defense of we are misclassifying personnel therefore nothing can be done is completely bonkers. They are probably fortunate these people don’t contact the state and see if they are eligible to be re-classed and received retroactive PERS payments. Misclassification is a huge deal to the State of Nevada.
You can’t simply claim that they are not educators when they have an identical job description and even have an employment contract. That is a form of benefits evasion. That is especially true when the school district intentionally violates the applicable NRS and NACs.
It is also fictitious defense to claim something was never approved, therefore no weight when it was attached to paperwork given to staff. I would venture the guess the school attorney is aware of a concept in the law known as detrimental reliance. Misrepresenting something as policy makes it policy, particularly when was in writing, regardless of whether went into full force or not. It was represented as fact and not disputed until they tried to enforce it.
Recommendation: compile list of active administrative regulations. One person should not be allowed to determine if a regulation applies to suit their personal vendettas or needs.