Title 34

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 t…

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 advanc…

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…

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 w…

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 h…

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 …

NRS 392.040 Enrollment and attendance required for child between 6 and 18 years of age; minimum age required for kindergarten and first grade; waiver from attendance available for child 5 years of age; effect of military transfer of parent of child. 1. Except as otherwise provide…

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…

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 di…

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;…

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 spec…

NRS 392.074 Participation of private school children and homeschooled children in classes and extracurricular activities. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 1 of NRS 392.072 for programs of special education and related services, upon the request of a parent or legal g…

NRS 392.075 Enrollment and attendance excused if permission granted to take high school equivalency assessment; enrollment and attendance required until notification of completed assessment. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, enrollment and attendance required by th…

NRS 392.118 Accounting of attendance and tardiness on report cards of pupils; exemption for observance of religious holiday. 1. The board of trustees of each school district shall adopt rules that require each public school in the district to include the accounting of attendance …

NRS 392.122 Minimum attendance requirements; notice and opportunity for parent or legal guardian to review absences before credit or promotion is denied; appeals; exceptions for observance of religious holiday; information to parents concerning duty to comply. 1. Except as otherw…

NRS 392.123 Written statement verifying pupil’s compliance with minimum attendance requirements or determination of existence of hardship and best interests of pupil or pupil’s family; submission of written statement or determination with application for driver’s license; boards …

NRS 392.124 Pupil prohibited from being deprived of attendance award due to observance of religious holiday. A pupil enrolled in a public school who is absent from school for the observance of a religious holiday may not be deprived of any award that is based on perfect attendanc…

NRS 392.125 Retention of pupil in same grade: Requirements; limitation; exception for charter schools. [Effective through June 30, 2028.] 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, before any pupil enrolled in a public school may be retained in the same grade rather than pr…

NRS 392.126 Creation of advisory board in each county; membership; terms; compensation. 1. There is hereby created in each county at least one advisory board to review school attendance. The membership of each such board must, to the greatest extent possible, reflect the ethnic a…

NRS 392.127 Administrative support to advisory boards. The board of trustees of each school district shall provide administrative support to each advisory board to review school attendance created in its county pursuant to NRS 392.126. (Added to NRS by 1997, 2834; A 1999, 3455; 2…

NRS 392.128 Duties of advisory boards; division into subcommittees; provision of assistance in conjunction with community service providers; use and accounting of available money by advisory board. 1. Each advisory board to review school attendance created pursuant to NRS 392.126…

NRS 392.130 Conditions under which pupil deemed truant; authorization for approval of certain absences; notice of unapproved absence to parent or legal guardian; provision of certain information regarding truancy and chronic absenteeism to parent or legal guardian; applicability.…

NRS 392.140 Conditions under which pupil declared habitual truant; exemption due to inability to attend school for physical or mental reasons; applicability. 1. Any child who has been declared a truant three or more times within one school year must be declared a habitual truant.…

NRS 392.141 Applicability of provisions to pupils. The provisions of NRS 392.144 to 392.148, inclusive, apply to all pupils who are required to enroll in and attend school pursuant to NRS 392.040. (Added to NRS by 1999, 3452; A 2007, 1083, 2182; 2013, 2459; 2023, 1213)

NRS 392.144 Duties of school if pupil is truant; habitual truant must be reported to attendance officer or law enforcement, referred to advisory board or referred for imposition of administrative sanctions. 1. If a pupil has been truant from school, the school in which the pupil …

NRS 392.146 Contents of written or electronic referral to advisory board; notice to parents or guardian. A written or electronic referral of a pupil to an advisory board to review school attendance must include the dates on which the pupil was truant from school and all action ta…

NRS 392.147 Hearing by advisory board; written or electronic agreement for participation of pupil in certain programs; reporting of pupil to attendance officer or law enforcement agency or referral for administrative sanctions under certain circumstances; appeal by parent; confid…

NRS 392.148 Administrative sanctions against habitual truant after investigation and hearing; suspension or delay in issuance of driver’s license; appeal by parent or guardian. 1. Upon receipt of a report pursuant to NRS 392.144 or 392.147, a school police officer or a person des…

NRS 392.149 Issuance of citation to habitual truant; applicability. 1. Upon receipt of a report pursuant to NRS 392.144 or 392.147, if it appears after investigation that a pupil is a habitual truant, the attendance officer, school police officer or law enforcement agency to whom…

NRS 392.150 Appointment of attendance officer authorized; procedures to monitor attendance, chronic absenteeism and truancy; consideration of employment of attendance clerk; school district to adhere to regulations adopted by Department regarding chronic absenteeism. 1. The board…

NRS 392.160 Taking into custody child reported absent from school; persons or counseling agency to whom child may be delivered. 1. Any peace officer, the attendance officer or any other school officer shall, during school hours, take into custody without warrant: (a) Any child be…

NRS 392.165 Documents required for permanent enrollment; name under which child must be enrolled; notification to local law enforcement agency for failure to furnish documents. 1. The board of trustees of a school district and the governing body of a charter school shall not allo…

NRS 392.167 Petition for court order permitting enrollment of child under name other than name appearing on birth certificate or other identifying document. A parent or guardian who has legal custody of a child may petition the appropriate district court for an order directing th…

NRS 392.170 Investigation of charges against parent, guardian or custodian of child; written or electronic report. Upon the written complaint of any person, the board of trustees of a school district or the governing body of a charter school shall: 1. Make a full and impartial in…

NRS 392.180 Criminal complaint by board of trustees of school district or governing body of charter school. If it appears upon investigation that any parent, guardian or other person having control or charge of any child who is under 18 years of age and required to enroll in and …

NRS 392.190 Criminal complaint by attendance officer. In a school district having an attendance officer, the attendance officer shall, if directed by the board of trustees, make and file the complaint provided for by NRS 392.180, and shall see that the charge is prosecuted by the…

NRS 392.200 Criminal complaint by taxpayer, school administrator or school officer. Any taxpayer, school administrator, school officer or deputy school officer in the State of Nevada may make and file in the proper court a criminal complaint against a parent, guardian or other pe…

NRS 392.210 Penalty for failure of parent, guardian or custodian of child to prevent subsequent truancy; limitation for providers of foster care. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a parent, guardian or other person who has control or charge of any child and to whom…

NRS 392.215 False statement concerning age or attendance; false birth certificate or record of attendance; refusal to furnish documents; penalty. Any parent, guardian or other person who, with intent to deceive under NRS 392.040 to 392.075, inclusive, or 392.130 to 392.165, inclu…

NRS 392.220 Penalty for abetting truancy; unlawful employment of child absent from school; visitation of place of employment by school officer or attendance clerk to verify compliance. 1. Any person, including, without limitation, a parent or legal guardian of a child, who knowin…

NRS 392.251 Definitions. As used in NRS 392.251 to 392.271, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 392.254 to 392.261, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 1997, 426; A 2001, 2070)

NRS 392.254 “Notification” defined. “Notification” means a notification which indicates that a child has been adjudicated delinquent for a sexual offense or a sexually motivated act and which is provided by a probation officer or parole officer pursuant to NRS 62F.120. (Added to …

NRS 392.258 “Offender” defined. “Offender” means a child identified in a notification as the child who has been adjudicated delinquent for a sexual offense or a sexually motivated act. (Added to NRS by 1997, 426; A 2001, 2070)

NRS 392.2583 “Sexual offense” defined. “Sexual offense” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 62F.100. (Added to NRS by 2001, 2070; A 2003, 1146)

NRS 392.2587 “Sexually motivated act” defined. “Sexually motivated act” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 62A.320. (Added to NRS by 2001, 2070; A 2003, 1146)

NRS 392.261 “Victim” defined. “Victim” means a child identified in a notification as a victim of a sexual offense or a sexually motivated act committed by the offender. (Added to NRS by 1997, 427; A 2001, 2070)