1. Boards of trustees of the school districts in this State may employ legally qualified teachers and other licensed personnel and may determine their salaries and the length of the term of school for which they are employed. These conditions and any other conditions agreed upon by the parties must be embodied in a written contract, or notice of reemployment, to be approved by the board of trustees and accepted and signed by the employee. A copy of the contract or notice of reemployment, properly written, must be delivered to each teacher or other licensed employee not later than the opening of the term of school. 2. A board of trustees may not employ teachers or other licensed personnel for any school year commencing after the expiration of the time for which any member of the board of trustees was elected or appointed. 3. It is unlawful for the board of trustees of any school district to employ any teacher who is not legally qualified to teach all the grades which the teacher is engaged to teach. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 391.3015 , the board of trustees shall suspend or terminate, as applicable, the employment of any teacher who fails to maintain a license issued pursuant to this chapter in force, if such a license is required for employment. Any such suspension or termination must comply with the requirements of NRS 391.301 to 391.309 , inclusive. 4. The school district shall annually, on or before the date prescribed by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, submit to the Department, in a form prescribed by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the following information for each licensed employee employed by the school district during that year: (a) The amount of salary of the employee; (b) The designated assignment, as that term is defined by the Department, of the employee; and (c) The overall performance rating of the employee as highly effective, effective, developing or ineffective under the statewide performance evaluation system established by the State Board pursuant to NRS 391.465 and the criteria for making the designation. 5. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 239.0115 , information submitted to the Department pursuant to paragraph (c) of subsection 4 is confidential.
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