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Carson City trustees approve two-year critical labor-shortage designations for several positions
Summary
The board unanimously adopted findings under NRS 286.523 to designate specific vacancies as critical labor shortages for up to two years, enabling hiring flexibility for certain certified and classified positions, including special education staff and bus drivers.
The Carson City School District Board of Trustees unanimously approved a district resolution March 10 to designate several job categories as experiencing critical labor shortages under Nevada law (NRS 286.523).
Dan Sadler, presenting the item, said the designations are supported by statute and would be submitted to Nevada PERS. "Before you this evening is consideration, which is supported with statute 386.523 and NRS 286,523 specific to allowing critical labor shortage designations for positions that show under the requirements of statute a need," Sadler said. He explained the designations, if approved by PERS, would last up to two calendar years and would allow the district to continue employing incumbents hired under the designation.
Trustees asked for counts and clarifications. Sadler identified current instances the paperwork captured: several special-education vacancies (four identified as filled with critical-needs employees), one special-education paraprofessional, three secondary-teacher vacancies filled under critical-need hires and three school-bus drivers currently filled by critical-need employees. He noted the district has roughly 500 certified positions and about nine positions currently designated as critical-need employees districtwide.
Trustees also discussed the statutory limit on designations and how the district attempts to recruit certified candidates prior to using a critical-need designation. Trustee Varner asked whether an employee could remain as a critical-need hire beyond one year; staff said the designations are approved at the position level (up to two years) and the district seeks hires who will remain long term when possible.
Trustee Peterson moved to "adopt the written findings made by Mr. Sadler in the Nevada PERS forms presented to the board of trustees," declaring a critical shortage of labor for the listed positions for a period not to exceed two years. The motion was seconded and carried unanimously.
The board directed staff to submit the paperwork to PERS and to continue recruitment efforts for certified replacements; staff said the designations are intended to preserve classroom capacity while the district attempts to hire long-term certified staff.
