394.385 - Commission: Qualifications of members; officers; meetings; quorum; removal of Commissioners.

394.385  Commission: Qualifications of members; officers; meetings; quorum; removal of Commissioners.

      1.  The Governor shall appoint:

      (a) One member who is a representative of the State Board of Education.

      (b) Two members who are knowledgeable in the field of education, but not persons representing postsecondary educational institutions, or colleges established or maintained under the laws of this State.

      (c) Two members who are representatives of private postsecondary educational institutions.

      (d) Two members who are representatives of the general public and are not associated with the field of education.

      2.  The Commission shall designate a Chair. The Administrator is the Executive Secretary. The Commission may meet regularly at least four times each year at such places and times as may be specified by a call of the Chair or majority of the Commission. The Commission shall prescribe regulations for its own management. Four members of the Commission constitute a quorum which may exercise all the authority conferred upon the Commission.

      3.  Any Commissioner may be removed by the Governor if, in the opinion of the Governor, the Commissioner is guilty of malfeasance in office or neglect of duty.

      (Added to NRS by 1975, 1508; A 1977, 1214; 1983, 1441)