Senate Bill No. 34–Committee on Human
Resources and Facilities

 

(On Behalf of the Legislative Committee on
Education (NRS 218.5352))

 

Prefiled January 30, 2003

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Referred to Committee on Human Resources and Facilities

 

SUMMARY—Clarifies that pupil may be retained more than once in same grade under certain circumstances. (BDR 34‑639)

 

FISCAL NOTE:    Effect on Local Government: Yes.

                             Effect on the State: Yes.

 

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

 

AN ACT relating to pupils; clarifying that a pupil may be retained more than once in the same grade under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

1-1  Section 1.  NRS 392.125 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-2  392.125  1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4,

1-3  before any pupil enrolled in a public school may be retained in the

1-4  same grade rather than promoted to the next higher grade for the

1-5  succeeding school year, the pupil’s teacher and principal must make

1-6  a reasonable effort to arrange a meeting and to meet with his parents

1-7  or guardian to discuss the reasons and circumstances.

1-8  2.  The teacher and the principal in joint agreement have the

1-9  final authority to retain a pupil in the same grade for the succeeding

1-10  school year.

1-11      3.  [No] Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 of NRS

1-12  392.033 for the promotion of a pupil to high school, no pupil may

1-13  be retained more than one time in the same grade.

2-1  4.  This section does not apply to the academic retention of

2-2  pupils who are enrolled in a charter school.

2-3  Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective on July 1, 2003.

 

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