Senate Bill No. 253–Senator Cegavske

 

Joint Sponsor: Assemblywoman Giunchigliani

 

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AN ACT relating to education; providing that a pupil must be in attendance for a minimum number of days to obtain credit or to be promoted to the next higher grade; requiring each school to provide notice to the parent or legal guardian of a pupil before the pupil is denied credit or promotion to the next higher grade; providing that a pupil and his parent or legal guardian may request a review of a decision to deny credit or promotion to the next higher grade; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

    Section 1. NRS 392.122 is hereby amended to read as follows:

    392.122  1.  The board of trustees of each school district shall

prescribe a minimum number of days that a pupil who is enrolled in

a school in the district must be in attendance for the pupil to obtain

credit or to be promoted to the next higher grade. For the purposes

of this subsection, the days on which a pupil is not in attendance

because the pupil is[:

    (a) Physically or mentally unable to attend school; or

    (b) Absent] absent for up to 10 days within 1 school year with

the approval of the teacher or principal of the school pursuant to

NRS 392.130 , [and only if he has completed course-work

requirements,]must be credited towards the required days of

attendance[.] if the pupil has completed course-work

requirements.

    2.  Before a pupil is denied credit or promotion to the next

higher grade for failure to comply with the attendance

requirements prescribed pursuant to subsection 1, the principal of

the school in which the pupil is enrolled or his designee shall

provide written notice of the intended denial to the parent or legal

guardian of the pupil. The notice must include a statement

indicating that the pupil and his parent or legal guardian may

request a review of the absences of the pupil and a statement of

the procedure for requesting such a review. Upon the request for a

review by the pupil and his parent or legal guardian, the principal

or his designee shall review the reason for each absence of the

pupil upon which the intended denial of credit or promotion is

based. After the review, the principal or his designee shall credit

towards the required days of attendance each day of absence for

which:

    (a) There is evidence or a written affirmation by the parent or

legal guardian of the pupil that the pupil was physically or

mentally unable to attend school on the day of the absence; and

    (b) The pupil has completed course-work requirements.

    3.  A pupil and his parent or legal guardian may appeal a

decision of a principal or his designee pursuant to subsection 2 to

the board of trustees of the school district in which the pupil is

enrolled.

    4.  A school shall inform the parents or legal guardian of each

pupil who is enrolled in the school that the parents or legal guardian

and the pupil are required to comply with the provisions governing

the attendance and truancy of pupils set forth in NRS 392.040 to

392.160, inclusive, and any other rules concerning attendance and

truancy adopted by the board of trustees of the school district.

    Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective on July 1, 2003.

 

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