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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 391A - Training, Professional Development and Incentives › NRS 391A.383 - Certain school district to conduct investigation concerning parent and family engagement and school culture in certain circumstances; certain training regarding parent and family engagement and school culture to be provided; applicability.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, the board of trustees of a school district in which more than 75,000 pupils are enrolled shall conduct an investigation described in subsection 2 upon:
(a) The petition of at least 50 percent of the licensed employees and classified employees assigned to a school;
(b) The petition of parents and legal guardians of pupils who are enrolled in a school which is signed by a number of parents and legal guardians representing at least 5 percent of the number of the average daily enrollment of pupils for the school that was most recently reported pursuant to NRS 387.1223; or
(c) The affirmative vote of a majority of the members of an organizational team, if the principal of a school within the school district has established such a team as part of the reorganization of the school district in which the school is located to assist in the development of a plan of operation for the school or to provide other assistance and advice relating to the school.
2. An investigation conducted pursuant to subsection 1, must investigate whether:
(a) Teachers, principals and other members of the staff at the school are effectively engaging the parents and families of pupils who are enrolled in the school in the education of their children; and
(b) The culture at the school is focused on pupil outcomes.
3. The board of trustees of the school district shall provide any necessary and appropriate training for teachers, principals, other educational personnel and members of the staff at the school to ensure that parents and families of pupils who are enrolled in the school are effectively engaged in the education of their children and that the culture at the school is focused on pupil outcomes.
4. The provisions of this section do not apply to a school that has been designated as a turnaround school pursuant to NRS 388G.400 until after the first school year in which it has operated under such a designation.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 2421)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 391A - Training, Professional Development and Incentives › NRS 391A.384 - Provision of professional development training regarding parental involvement and family engagement and multicultural education; requirements of professional development training. [Effective July 1, 2024.]

1. A school district and the governing body of a charter school shall provide professional development training on:
(a) Parental involvement and family engagement that meets the standards established by the Commission on Professional Standards in Education pursuant to NRS 391.019 to teachers who have not yet completed the course work on parental involvement and family engagement prescribed by NRS 391.019.
(b) Multicultural education that meets the standards established by the Commission on Professional Standards in Education pursuant to NRS 391.0347 to teachers who have not yet completed the course work on multicultural education prescribed by NRS 391.0347.
2. Any professional development training provided pursuant to subsection 1:
(a) May be provided by the school district or governing body or through an agreement with an institution of higher education or a regional training program for the professional development of teachers and administrators.
(b) Must be provided at no cost to the employee.
(Added to NRS by 2023, 3017, effective July 1, 2024)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 391A - Training, Professional Development and Incentives › NRS 391A.385 - Professional development training regarding financial literacy to be provided to certain teachers.

Each school district and the governing body of a charter school in which pupils are enrolled in any grade of grades 3 to 12, inclusive, shall provide professional development training regarding financial literacy to teachers who teach in a subject area in which instruction in financial literacy is provided. Such professional development training may be provided by the school district or governing body or through an agreement with an institution of higher education or a regional training program for professional development of teachers and administrators.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 2932)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 391A - Training, Professional Development and Incentives › NRS 391A.450 - Establishment of program.

1. The board of trustees of each school district shall:
(a) Establish a program of performance pay and enhanced compensation for the recruitment and retention of licensed teachers and administrators; and
(b) Commencing with the 2015-2016 school year, implement the program established pursuant to paragraph (a).
2. The program of performance pay and enhanced compensation established by a school district pursuant to subsection 1 must have as its primary focus the improvement in the academic achievement of pupils and must give appropriate consideration to implementation in at-risk schools and schools receiving the lowest rating possible indicating underperformance of a public school, as determined by the Department pursuant to the statewide system of accountability for public schools. In addition, the program may include, without limitation, the following components:
(a) Career leadership advancement options to maximize the retention of teachers in the classroom and the retention of administrators;
(b) Professional development;
(c) Group incentives; and
(d) Multiple assessments of individual teachers and administrators, with primary emphasis on individual pupil improvement and growth in academic achievement, including, without limitation, portfolios of instruction, leadership and professional growth, and other appropriate measures of teacher and administrator performance which must be considered.
(Added to NRS by 2011, 2283; A 2013, 3149; 2015, 1602, 3821)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 391.168)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 391A - Training, Professional Development and Incentives › NRS 391A.455 - School district required to reserve certain amount of money for program; written notice of reservation of money; requirements for accounting and use of money reserved.

1. The board of trustees of each school district shall reserve for each fiscal year, for the purposes of the program of performance pay and enhanced compensation established by the board of trustees pursuant to NRS 391A.450, an amount of money sufficient to provide an increase in base salaries, not including monetary benefits, for not less than 5 percent of the teachers and administrators employed by the school district. The amount of the increase must not exceed 10 percent of the annual base salary of each teacher and administrator to whom the increase is paid.
2. After making the reservation required by subsection 1, the board of trustees shall provide written notice of its action to the Department and the State Board, with information about the amount of money reserved and the increase in salaries to be paid. The State Board shall review that information at a meeting of the State Board.
3. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, the money reserved by the board of trustees pursuant to subsection 1:
(a) Must be accounted for separately by the school district.
(b) Is not subject to negotiations with an employee organization for the purposes of chapter 288 of NRS.
(c) Must be used only to pay an increase in salaries in accordance with this section and NRS 391A.450 and not to increase the salaries or monetary benefits of other employees of the school district.
4. Any money reserved pursuant to subsection 1 for a fiscal year that remains in the account established pursuant to subsection 3:
(a) At the end of that fiscal year does not revert to the general fund of the school district, but must be carried forward to the next fiscal year.
(b) At the end of the next fiscal year reverts to the general fund of the school district and may be expended by the board of trustees of the school district pursuant to the provisions of chapter 288 of NRS.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 3820)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 391A - Training, Professional Development and Incentives › NRS 391A.550 - Definitions.

As used in NRS 391A.550 to 391A.595, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 391A.555 to 391A.570, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 2193; A 2023, 2195)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 391A - Training, Professional Development and Incentives › NRS 391A.560 - "Other provider of an alternative licensure program" defined.

"Other provider of an alternative licensure program" means an entity, other than a university or college, which has been approved by the Commission on Professional Standards in Education in accordance with regulations adopted pursuant to NRS 391.019 to provide education and training to a student which will lead to an alternative route to licensure for the student.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 2193)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 391A - Training, Professional Development and Incentives › NRS 391A.575 - Teach Nevada Scholarship Program Account: Creation; administration; gifts, grants and donations; use of money in Account.

1. The Teach Nevada Scholarship Program Account is hereby created in the State General Fund. The Account must be administered by the State Board.
2. The interest and income earned on:
(a) The money in the Account, after deducting any applicable charges; and
(b) Unexpended appropriations made to the Account from the State General Fund,
must be credited to the Account.
3. Any money remaining in the Account at the end of a fiscal year including, without limitation, any unexpended appropriations made to the Account from the State General Fund does not revert to the State General Fund, and the balance in the Account must be carried forward to the next fiscal year.
4. The State Board may accept gifts and grants of money from any source for deposit in the Account.
5. The money in the Account may only be used to:
(a) Award grants to universities, colleges and other providers of an alternative licensure program that are approved to award Teach Nevada Scholarships pursuant to NRS 391A.585.
(b) Disburse the money retained pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 2 of NRS 391A.580 to a scholarship recipient who meets the requirements of subsection 4 of NRS 391A.585.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 2193; A 2017, 2611)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 391A - Training, Professional Development and Incentives › NRS 391A.590 - Return of certain amount of grant money if scholarship recipient does not complete program; additional money paid to grant recipient if scholarship recipient completes program.

1. If a scholarship recipient does not complete the program for which the scholarship was awarded for any reason, including, without limitation, withdrawing from the university, college or other provider of an alternative licensure program or pursuing another course of study, the university, college or other provider of an alternative licensure program that awarded the scholarship must pay to the State Board for credit to the Account:
(a) Any amount of money that the university, college or other provider of an alternative licensure program has received but has not yet disbursed to the scholarship recipient pursuant to NRS 391A.585; and
(b) An amount of money equal to the total amount of money disbursed to the scholarship recipient pursuant to NRS 391A.585 or $1,000, whichever is less.
2. If a scholarship recipient completes the program for which the scholarship was awarded on schedule, as described in the application for the scholarship submitted pursuant to NRS 391A.580, to the extent that money is available for this purpose, the State Board shall pay $1,000 to the university, college or other provider of an alternative licensure program that awarded the scholarship. Any money received by a university, college or other provider of an alternative licensure program pursuant to this section must be used to pay costs associated with providing a program described in subsection 1 of NRS 391A.580.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 2196; A 2017, 2613)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 391A - Training, Professional Development and Incentives › NRS 391A.595 - State Board to review Teach Nevada Scholarships and compile report; submission of report to Governor and Legislature.

On or before November 1 of each year, the State Board shall:
1. Review all Teach Nevada Scholarships awarded for the immediately preceding academic year;
2. Compile a report for the immediately preceding academic year which must include, without limitation:
(a) The number of students who applied for a Teach Nevada Scholarship;
(b) The number of scholarship recipients;
(c) The total cost of all Teach Nevada Scholarships;
(d) The graduation rate of scholarship recipients;
(e) The percentage of students who:
(1) Were scholarship recipients in the academic year that immediately precedes the year which is the subject of the report;
(2) Did not graduate by the end of the academic year that immediately precedes the year which is the subject of the report; and
(3) Received a Nevada Teacher Advancement Scholarship, as defined in NRS 391A.665, for the academic year which is the subject of the report;
(f) The percentage of scholarship recipients who graduated and became employed as a teacher at a public school in this State; and
(g) The number of scholarship recipients who subsequently fulfilled the requirements of subsection 4 of NRS 391A.585; and
3. Submit the report compiled pursuant to subsection 2 to the Governor and the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for distribution to the next regular session of the Legislature.
(Added to NRS by 2023, 2191)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 391A - Training, Professional Development and Incentives › NRS 391A.600 - Establishment of program; applications.

1. To the extent that money is available, the State Board shall establish by regulation a program to award grants to school districts located in a county whose population is less than 100,000 and charter schools to provide incentives for a teacher to earn a degree or other credential in computer science.
2. A school district or charter school may apply jointly for a grant pursuant to subsection 1 with another school district located in a county whose population is less than 100,000 or charter school, an employer, a college or university, a qualified provider of an alternative route to licensure approved pursuant to NRS 391.019 or a nonprofit organization.
3. A school district or charter school that wishes to obtain a grant pursuant to subsection 1 must submit to the Department an application in the form prescribed by the Department. The application must include, without limitation, a description of the incentives that the applicant intends to establish using the grant.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 2697)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 391A - Training, Professional Development and Incentives › NRS 391A.650 - Definitions.

As used in NRS 391A.650 to 391A.695, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 391A.655 to 391A.670, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
(Added to NRS by 2023, 2192)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 391A - Training, Professional Development and Incentives › NRS 391A.665 - "Other provider of an alternative licensure program" defined.

"Other provider of an alternative licensure program" means an entity, other than a university or college, which has been approved by the Commission on Professional Standards in Education in accordance with the regulations adopted pursuant to NRS 391.019 to provide education and training to a student which will lead to an alternative route to licensure for the student.
(Added to NRS by 2023, 2192)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 391A - Training, Professional Development and Incentives › NRS 391A.675 - Nevada Teacher Advancement Scholarship Program Account: Creation; interest and income; nonreversion; deposit of gifts and grants; use.

1. The Nevada Teacher Advancement Scholarship Program Account is hereby created in the State General Fund. The Account must be administered by the State Board.
2. The interest and income earned on:
(a) The money in the Account, after deducting any applicable charge; and
(b) Unexpended appropriations made to the Account from the State General Fund,
must be credited to the Account.
3. Any money remaining in the Account at the end of a fiscal year, including, without limitation, any unexpended appropriations made to the Account from the State General Fund, does not revert to the State General Fund, and the balance in the Account must be carried forward to the next fiscal year.
4. The State Board may accept gifts and grants of money from any source for deposit in the Account.
5. The money in the Account may only be used to:
(a) Award grants to universities, colleges and other providers of an alternative licensure program that are approved to award Nevada Teacher Advancement Scholarships pursuant to NRS 391A.685.
(b) Disburse the money retained pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 2 of NRS 391A.680 to a scholarship recipient who meets the requirements of subsection 4 of NRS 391A.685.
(Added to NRS by 2023, 2192)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 391A - Training, Professional Development and Incentives › NRS 391A.685 - Use of grant money to award scholarships; limitation on amount of scholarship; certain amount of scholarship retained by State Board until certain conditions are met.

1. Each university, college or other provider of an alternative licensure program that is awarded a grant of money from the Account pursuant to NRS 391A.680 shall use the money to award Nevada Teacher Advancement Scholarships to students who will attend the university, college or other provider of an alternative licensure program with the intent to complete a program described in subsection 1 of NRS 391A.680. Such students may include, without limitation, students who have completed a bachelor’s degree and taught in a public school in this State for at least 2 years.
2. A university, college or other provider of an alternative licensure program may award a Nevada Teacher Advancement Scholarship to a scholarship recipient in an amount:
(a) Not to exceed the cost of receiving a master’s degree at a public university in this State prorated over the number of semesters required for the student to complete the program; and
(b) Equal to the difference between the amount of tuition, registration fees and other mandatory fees charged to the student for the program described in subsection 1 of NRS 391A.680, excluding any amount of the tuition and fees that is waived by the university, college or other provider of an alternative licensure program, and the total amount of any other gift aid received by the student.
3. A university, college or other provider of an alternative licensure program that awards a Nevada Teacher Advancement Scholarship shall, at the beginning of each semester disburse to the scholarship recipient 75 percent of the scholarship money awarded to the scholarship recipient for the semester.
4. A scholarship recipient may only receive the 25 percent of the scholarship money that is retained by the State Board pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 2 of NRS 391A.680 if the scholarship recipient:
(a) Completes the program for which he or she was awarded the scholarship;
(b) Maintains employment as a teacher at a public school in this State for 3 consecutive school years immediately following completion of the program unless the State Board waives this requirement for good cause shown; and
(c) Meets any other requirements established by the State Board.
5. To receive the 25 percent of the scholarship money retained by the State Board pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 2 of NRS 391A.680, a scholarship recipient who meets the requirements set forth in subsection 4 must request the State Board to disburse the money within 1 year after the 2-year anniversary of the date on which the scholarship recipient meets the requirements of subsection 4.
6. As used in this section, "gift aid" means any grant or scholarship awarded to a student which is restricted for use only to pay for tuition, registration fees or other mandatory fees.
(Added to NRS by 2023, 2194)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 391A - Training, Professional Development and Incentives › NRS 391A.690 - Return of certain amount of grant money if scholarship recipient does not complete program; additional money paid to grant recipient if scholarship recipient completes program.

1. If a scholarship recipient does not complete the program for which the scholarship was awarded for any reason, including, without limitation, withdrawing from the university, college or other provider of an alternative licensure program or pursuing another course of study, the university, college or other provider of an alternative licensure program that awarded the scholarship must pay to the State Board for credit to the Account:
(a) Any amount of money that the university, college or other provider of an alternative licensure program has received but has not yet disbursed to the scholarship recipient pursuant to NRS 391A.685; and
(b) An amount of money equal to the total amount of money disbursed to the scholarship recipient pursuant to NRS 391A.685 or $1,000, whichever is less.
2. If a scholarship recipient completes the program for which the scholarship was awarded on schedule, as described in the application for the scholarship submitted pursuant to NRS 391A.680, to the extent that money is available for this purpose, the State Board shall pay $1,000 to the university, college or other provider of an alternative licensure program that awarded the scholarship. Any money received by a university, college or other provider of an alternative licensure program pursuant to this section must be used to pay costs associated with providing a program described in subsection 1 of NRS 391A.680.
(Added to NRS by 2023, 2194)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 391A - Training, Professional Development and Incentives › NRS 391A.695 - State Board to review Nevada Teacher Advancement Scholarships and compile report; submission of report to Governor and Legislature.

On or before November 1 of each year, the State Board shall:
1. Review all Nevada Teacher Advancement Scholarships awarded for the immediately preceding academic year;
2. Compile a report for the immediately preceding academic year which must include, without limitation:
(a) The number of students who applied for a Nevada Teacher Advancement Scholarship;
(b) The number of scholarship recipients;
(c) The total cost of all Nevada Teacher Advancement Scholarships;
(d) The graduation rate of scholarship recipients;
(e) The percentage of students who:
(1) Received a Teach Nevada Scholarship, as defined in NRS 391A.570, in the academic year that immediately precedes the year which is the subject of the report;
(2) Did not graduate by the end of the academic year that immediately precedes the year which is the subject of the report; and
(3) Were scholarship recipients for the academic year which is the subject of the report;
(f) The percentage of scholarship recipients who graduated and became employed as teachers at a public school in this State; and
(g) The number of scholarship recipients who subsequently fulfilled the requirements of subsection 4 of NRS 391A.685; and
3. Submit the report compiled pursuant to subsection 2 to the Governor and the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for distribution to the next regular session of the Legislature.
(Added to NRS by 2023, 2195)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 391A - Training, Professional Development and Incentives › NRS 391A.700 - "Approved traditional pathway licensure program" defined.

As used in this section and NRS 391A.705 and 391A.710, unless the context otherwise requires, "approved traditional pathway licensure program" means a course of study or training, approved by the Commission on Professional Standards in Education pursuant to NRS 391.037, that:
1. Upon completion, makes a student eligible to obtain a license to teach in this State:
(a) Kindergarten or any grade from grades 1 through 12; or
(b) In the subject area of special education; or
2. Allows a student to specialize in the subject area of early childhood education.
(Added to NRS by 2023, 2757)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 391A - Training, Professional Development and Incentives › NRS 391A.710 - Use of grant money to award tuition assistance and stipends; eligibility of certain students enrolled in approved traditional pathway licensure program to apply for award of tuition assistance or stipend.

1. Each university or college that offers an approved traditional pathway licensure program in this State that is awarded a grant of money pursuant to NRS 391A.705 shall use the money to award tuition assistance and stipends pursuant to the Incentivizing Pathways to Teaching Grant Program to students who will attend the university or college with the intent to complete an approved traditional pathway licensure program. Such students may include:
(a) Students who are enrolled in their final three semesters of an approved traditional pathway licensure program; and
(b) Students who are enrolled in their final clinical field experience of student teaching in an approved traditional pathway licensure program.
2. A student who is enrolled in his or her final three semesters of an approved traditional pathway licensure program may apply for tuition assistance.
3. A student who is enrolled in his or her final clinical field experience of student teaching in an approved traditional pathway licensure program may apply for a stipend.
4. The student must:
(a) Agree to:
(1) Complete the approved traditional pathway licensure program for which he or she was awarded the tuition assistance or stipend; and
(2) Maintain employment as a teacher at a public school in this State for 5 consecutive school years immediately following completion of the program unless the State Board waives this requirement for good cause shown.
(b) Meet any other requirements established by the State Board.
(Added to NRS by 2023, 2758)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 392 - Pupils › NRS 392.010 - Admission of pupil from adjoining state or district; payment of tuition for pupil attending school in adjoining district or state; agreement for payment of tuition, transportation and other costs.

Except as to the attendance of a pupil pursuant to NRS 388.820 to 388.874, inclusive, 388E.105 or 392.015, or a pupil who is ineligible for attendance pursuant to NRS 392.4675 and except as otherwise provided in NRS 392.264 and 392.268:
1. The board of trustees of any school district may, with the approval of the Superintendent of Public Instruction:
(a) Admit to the school or schools of the school district any pupil or pupils living in an adjoining school district within this State or in an adjoining state when the school district of residence in the adjoining state adjoins the receiving Nevada school district; or
(b) Pay tuition for pupils residing in the school district but who attend school in an adjoining school district within this State or in an adjoining state when the receiving district in the adjoining state adjoins the school district of Nevada residence.
2. With the approval of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the board of trustees of the school district in which the pupil or pupils reside and the board of trustees of the school district in which the pupil or pupils attend school shall enter into an agreement providing for the payment of such tuition as may be agreed upon, but transportation costs must be paid by the board of trustees of the school district in which the pupil or pupils reside:
(a) If any are incurred in transporting a pupil or pupils to an adjoining school district within the State; and
(b) If any are incurred in transporting a pupil or pupils to an adjoining state, as provided by the agreement.
3. In addition to the provisions for the payment of tuition and transportation costs for pupils admitted to an adjoining school district as provided in subsection 2, the agreement may contain provisions for the payment of reasonable amounts of money to defray the cost of operation, maintenance and depreciation of capital improvements which can be allocated to such pupils.
[360:32:1956]—(NRS A 1957, 300; 1959, 807; 1961, 40; 1965, 100; 1979, 1613; 1981, 842; 1989, 1979; 1993, 2306; 1997, 428; 2001, 3162; 2007, 803; 2017, 3112)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 392 - Pupils › NRS 392.015 - Admission of pupil from Indian reservation in school nearest pupil’s residence; reimbursement for additional costs of transportation; exceptions.

1. The board of trustees of a school district shall, upon application, allow any pupil who resides on an Indian reservation located in two or more counties to attend the school nearest to the pupil’s residence, without regard to the school district in which the pupil’s residence is located. For the purposes of apportionment of money, if such a pupil attends a school outside the county in which the pupil resides, the pupil must be counted as being enrolled in the district in which he or she attends school.
2. A pupil who is allowed to attend a school outside the school district in which the pupil’s residence is located pursuant to this section must remain in that school for the full school year.
3. The school district which pays the additional costs of transporting a pupil pursuant to this section to a school outside the school district in which the pupil’s residence is located is entitled to be reimbursed for those costs by the school district in which the pupil is enrolled. Such additional costs must be paid from money received by the school district in which the pupil is enrolled from the State Education Fund pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 2 of NRS 387.1214.
4. The provisions of this section do not apply to a pupil who:
(a) Is ineligible to attend public school pursuant to NRS 392.4675; or
(b) Resides on an Indian reservation pursuant to an order issued by a court of competent jurisdiction in another state adjudging the pupil to be delinquent and committing him or her to the custody of a public or private institution or agency in this state.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 1978; A 1993, 2307; 2019, 4236; 2021, 2918)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 392 - Pupils › NRS 392.016 - Admission of pupil with lawfully issued fictitious address.

1. If a pupil has been issued a fictitious address pursuant to NRS 217.462 to 217.471, inclusive, or the parent or legal guardian with whom the pupil resides has been issued a fictitious address pursuant to NRS 217.462 to 217.471, inclusive, the pupil may attend a public school that is located in a school district other than the school district in which the pupil resides.
2. If a pupil described in subsection 1 attends a public school that is located in a school district other than the school district in which the pupil resides:
(a) The pupil must be included in the count of pupils of the school district in which the pupil attends school for the purposes of apportionments and allowances from the State Education Fund pursuant to NRS 387.121 to 387.12468, inclusive.
(b) Neither the board of trustees of the school district in which the pupil attends school nor the board of trustees of the school district in which the pupil resides is required to provide transportation for the pupil to attend the public school.
3. The provisions of this section do not apply to a pupil who is ineligible to enroll in or attend a public school pursuant to NRS 392.264 or 392.4675.
(Added to NRS by 2005, 98; A 2019, 4236; 2023, 1207)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 392 - Pupils › NRS 392.017 - Regulations concerning school choice for pupils enrolled in persistently dangerous school and for pupils who are victims of violent offense while at school.

The State Board shall adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of 20 U.S.C. § 7912 concerning the choice that must be offered to a pupil to attend another public school, including, without limitation, a charter school, if the pupil is enrolled in a persistently dangerous school or is the victim of a violent offense while at school or on the grounds of the school in which the pupil is enrolled. The regulations must include the criteria for identifying a school as persistently dangerous.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 19th Special Session, 79)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 392 - Pupils › NRS 392.0175 - Regulations concerning enrollment of certain persons in courses for adult to earn high school diploma.

The Department shall adopt regulations that require the board of trustees of a school district that offers courses which are approved by the Department as meeting the requirements for an adult to earn a high school diploma to allow enrollment in such courses by a person who has not received a high school diploma and:
1. Is at least 18 years of age or meets the requirements for participation in the statewide program of education for incarcerated persons established pursuant to NRS 388H.020; or
2. Is at least 17 years of age and has attended at least 4 years of high school.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 931)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 392 - Pupils › NRS 392.018 - Written notice of certain courses, services and educational programs available to pupils within school district; posting and distribution at public schools.

1. The board of trustees of each school district shall prepare a written notice which identifies all the advanced placement courses, honors courses, international baccalaureate courses, dual credit courses, special education services, gifted and talented programs and any other educational programs available to pupils enrolled in the school district, including, without limitation, to the extent information is available, programs, including, without limitation, dual credit courses, offered by charter schools within the school district, which will assist in the advancement of the education of those pupils. The notice must:
(a) Specify where those courses, services and programs are available within the school district;
(b) Identify the grade level of pupils for which those courses, services and programs are available; and
(c) Be posted on the Internet website maintained by the school district.
2. Each public school shall:
(a) Prepare a written notice which identifies the courses, services and programs identified pursuant to subsection 1 that are available at that public school;
(b) Post in one or more conspicuous places at the school a notice indicating the availability and location of a complete list of the courses, services and programs:
(1) Available within the school district, as identified pursuant to subsection 1; and
(2) Available at that public school, as identified pursuant to paragraph (a); and
(c) Ensure that the notices prepared pursuant to this section are made available to the parents and legal guardians of pupils enrolled in the school:
(1) At the beginning of each school year or upon a pupil’s enrollment in public school, as applicable, including, without limitation, at meetings of parent organizations at the school and by distribution with other information that is sent home with pupils.
(2) At parent-teacher conferences.
3. The notices prepared pursuant to subsection 1 and paragraph (a) of subsection 2 must be made available in such languages as the board of trustees of the school district deems necessary.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 1314; A 2017, 445)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 392 - Pupils › NRS 392.025 - Grade given to pupil by teacher: Restriction on change by board of trustees.

The board of trustees of a school district shall not change the grade given to a pupil by a teacher unless the school district has established and followed a procedure that allows the teacher an opportunity to substantiate the grade that was given.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 1103)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 392 - Pupils › NRS 392.029 - Compliance with federal law governing access and confidentiality of education records and elicitation of information concerning pupils; written notice of rights to adult pupils and parents and guardians required; provision of education records upon request of agency which provides child welfare services; penalty.

1. If a parent or legal guardian of a pupil requests the education records of the pupil, a public school shall comply with the provisions of 20 U.S.C. § 1232g(a) and 34 C.F.R. Part 99.
2. If a parent or legal guardian of a pupil reviews the education records of the pupil and requests an amendment or other change to the education records, a public school shall comply with the provisions of 20 U.S.C. § 1232g(a) and 34 C.F.R. Part 99.
3. Except as otherwise provided in 20 U.S.C. § 1232g(b), a public school shall not release the education records of a pupil to a person, agency or organization without the written consent of the parent or legal guardian of the pupil.
4. If a public school administers a program which includes a survey, analysis or evaluation that is designed to elicit the information described in 20 U.S.C. § 1232h, it must comply with the provisions of that section.
5. A right accorded to a parent or legal guardian of a pupil pursuant to the provisions of this section devolves upon the pupil on the date on which the pupil attains the age of 18 years.
6. A public school shall, at least annually, provide to each pupil who is at least 18 years of age and to a parent or legal guardian of each pupil who is not at least 18 years of age, written notice of his or her rights pursuant to this section.
7. The provisions of this section:
(a) Are intended to ensure that each public school complies with the provisions of 20 U.S.C. §§ 1232g and 1232h;
(b) Must, to the extent possible, be construed in a manner that is consistent with 20 U.S.C. §§ 1232g and 1232h, and the regulations adopted pursuant thereto;
(c) Apply to a public school regardless of whether the school receives money from the Federal Government; and
(d) Do not impair any right, obligation or prohibition established pursuant to chapter 432B of NRS.
8. The State Board may adopt such regulations as are necessary to ensure that public schools comply with the provisions of this section.
9. Upon receiving a request for education records pursuant to NRS 432.028, a public school or school district shall, within 10 school days or by the date of a scheduled court hearing which affects the child, whichever is earlier, provide the requested education records to the person who made the request. The board of trustees of a school district or the governing body of a charter school, as applicable, may be joined as a party in a proceeding concerning the protection of a child pursuant to NRS 432B.4655 for failure to comply with the requirements of this subsection.
10. As used in this section, "education records" has the meaning ascribed to it in 20 U.S.C. § 1232g(a)(4).
(Added to NRS by 1997, 2528; A 2017, 391)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 392 - Pupils › NRS 392.033 - Regulations prescribing requirements for promotion to high school; effect of failure to comply; evaluation of course of study or credits of pupil who transfers from junior high or middle school; placement on academic probation; enrollment of homeschooled children in high school.

1. The State Board shall adopt regulations which prescribe the courses of study required for promotion to high school, including, without limitation, English language arts, mathematics, science and social studies. The regulations may include the credits to be earned in each course.
2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, the board of trustees of a school district shall not promote a pupil to high school if the pupil does not complete the course of study or credits required for promotion. The board of trustees of the school district in which the pupil is enrolled may provide programs of remedial study to complete the courses of study required for promotion to high school.
3. The board of trustees of each school district shall adopt a procedure for evaluating the course of study or credits completed by a pupil who transfers to a junior high or middle school from a junior high or middle school in this State or from a school outside of this State.
4. The board of trustees of each school district shall adopt a policy that allows a pupil who has not completed the courses of study or credits required for promotion to high school to be placed on academic probation and to enroll in high school. A pupil who is on academic probation pursuant to this subsection shall complete appropriate remediation in the subject areas that the pupil failed to pass. The policy must include the criteria for eligibility of a pupil to be placed on academic probation. A parent or guardian may elect not to place his or her child on academic probation but to remain in grade 8.
5. A homeschooled child who enrolls in a public high school shall, upon initial enrollment:
(a) Provide documentation sufficient to prove that the child has successfully completed the courses of study required for promotion to high school through an accredited program of homeschool study recognized by the board of trustees of the school district;
(b) Demonstrate proficiency in the courses of study required for promotion to high school through an examination prescribed by the board of trustees of the school district; or
(c) Provide other proof satisfactory to the board of trustees of the school district demonstrating competency in the courses of study required for promotion to high school.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 2488; A 2007, 1080, 1964, 3035; 2015, 1843, 2102; 2019, 3288)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 392 - Pupils › NRS 392.035 - Formula for determining mobility of pupils in school; Department to distribute form for submitting information necessary to formula.

1. In determining the mobility of pupils in a school, for any purpose, the Department shall divide the sum of the following numbers by the cumulative enrollment in the school:
(a) The number of late entries or transfers into a school from another school, school district or state, after the beginning of the school year;
(b) The number of pupils reentering the school after having withdrawn from the same school; and
(c) The number of pupils who withdraw for any reason or who are dropped for nonattendance.
2. To determine the cumulative enrollment of the school pursuant to subsection 1, the Department shall add the total number of pupils enrolled in programs of instruction in the school who are included in the count for apportionment purposes pursuant to paragraphs (a) to (d), inclusive, (f) and (g) of subsection 1 of NRS 387.123 and the number of pupils included in paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection 1.
3. The Department shall develop and distribute to the county school districts a form upon which the information necessary to the formula may be submitted by the individual schools.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 1674; A 1999, 3316; 2001, 3163)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 392 - Pupils › NRS 392.050 - Attendance excused for physical or mental condition or behavioral health; excused child with disability qualifies for free appropriate public education; effect of excusal on rating of public school.

1. A child must be excused from attendance required by the provisions of NRS 392.040 when satisfactory written evidence is presented to the board of trustees of the school district in which the child resides that the child’s physical or mental condition or behavioral health is such as to prevent or render inadvisable the child’s attendance at school or his or her application to study.
2. A certificate in writing from any qualified physician, mental health professional or behavioral health professional acting within his or her authorized scope of practice, filed with the board of trustees immediately after its receipt, stating that the child is not able to attend school or that the child’s attendance is inadvisable must be taken as satisfactory evidence by the board of trustees.
3. A board of trustees of a school district which has excused from attendance pursuant to subsection 1 a child who, pursuant to NRS 388.417, qualifies as a pupil with a disability, shall make available to the child a free appropriate public education in compliance with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. §§ 1400 et seq.), as that act existed on July 1, 1995.
4. If a pupil is excused from attendance pursuant to subsection 1, the excusal must not negatively affect the rating of a public school as determined by the Department pursuant to the statewide system of accountability for public schools.
[364:32:1956]—(NRS A 1995, 260; 2021, 3220)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 392 - Pupils › NRS 392.060 - Enrollment and attendance excused upon completion of 12 grades of elementary and high school.

Enrollment and attendance required by the provisions of NRS 392.040 shall be excused when satisfactory written evidence is presented to the board of trustees of the school district in which the child resides that the child has already completed the 12 grades of the elementary and high school courses.
[365:32:1956]—(NRS A 2023, 1209)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 392 - Pupils › NRS 392.070 - Enrollment and attendance excused for children in private school or homeschooled children.

Enrollment and attendance of a child required by the provisions of NRS 392.040 must be excused when:
1. The child is enrolled in a private school pursuant to chapter 394 of NRS; or
2. A parent of the child chooses to provide education to the child and files a notice of intent to homeschool the child with the superintendent of schools of the school district in which the child resides in accordance with NRS 388D.020.
[366:32:1956]—(NRS A 1999, 3316; 2003, 2961; 2005, 2825; 2007, 3035; 2015, 1844; 2019, 3289; 2023, 1209)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 392 - Pupils › NRS 392.072 - Participation of homeschooled children in programs of special education and related services; regulations.

1. The board of trustees of each school district shall provide programs of special education and related services for homeschooled children. The programs of special education and related services required by this section must be made available:
(a) Only if a child would otherwise be eligible for participation in programs of special education and related services pursuant to NRS 388.417 to 388.469, inclusive, or NRS 388.5251 to 388.5267, inclusive;
(b) In the same manner that the board of trustees provides, as required by 20 U.S.C. § 1412, for the participation of pupils with disabilities who are enrolled in private schools within the school district voluntarily by their parents or legal guardians; and
(c) In accordance with the same requirements set forth in 20 U.S.C. § 1412 which relate to the participation of pupils with disabilities who are enrolled in private schools within the school district voluntarily by their parents or legal guardians.
2. The programs of special education and related services required by subsection 1 may be offered at a public school or another location that is appropriate.
3. The board of trustees of a school district may, before providing programs of special education and related services to a homeschooled child pursuant to subsection 1, require proof of the identity of the child, including, without limitation, the birth certificate of the child or other documentation sufficient to establish the identity of the child.
4. The Department shall adopt such regulations as are necessary for the boards of trustees of school districts to provide the programs of special education and related services required by subsection 1.
5. As used in this section, "related services" has the meaning ascribed to it in 20 U.S.C. § 1401.
[366:32:1956]—(NRS A 1999, 3316; 2003, 2961; 2005, 2825; 2007, 3035; 2015, 1844; 2019, 3289)—(Substituted in revision for part of NRS 392.070)