NRS 390.425 – Department required to provide written summary of provisions to school districts and charter schools; distribution of written summary to school officials.
Each year, the Department shall provide to the board of trustees of each school district and to the governing body of each charter school a written summary of NRS 390.350 to 390.430, inclusive. Upon receipt of the written summary, the board of trustees or governing body, as appropriate, shall provide a copy of the written […]
NRS 390.430 – Provisions do not abrogate or decrease effect of crimes or punishments.
Except as otherwise provided in NRS 390.420, the provisions of NRS 390.350 to 390.430, inclusive, are intended to be directory and preventive rather than punitive. The provisions of NRS 390.350 to 390.430, inclusive, do not abrogate or decrease the effect of any of the provisions of NRS that define crimes or prescribe punishments with respect […]
NRS 390.600 – State Board required to prescribe criteria for standard high school diploma; college and career readiness assessment; exception for certain pupils with disabilities; criteria for receipt of adjusted diploma or alternative diploma; prohibition to issue certificate of attendance.
1. The State Board shall adopt regulations that, except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, prescribe the criteria for a pupil to receive a standard high school diploma, which must include, without limitation, the requirement that: (a) A pupil enrolled in grade 11 take the college and career readiness assessment administered pursuant to NRS 390.610; […]
NRS 390.605 – Graduation with college and career ready high school diploma; endorsements for such diplomas; annual review of regulations establishing requirements; incentive grants and reimbursements to public high schools and school districts for pupils.
1. A pupil who satisfies the criteria established by the State Board by regulation may graduate with a college and career ready high school diploma. A college and career ready high school diploma confers all the same rights, privileges and benefits as a standard high school diploma. 2. The State Board shall adopt regulations that […]
NRS 390.610 – State Board to select college and career readiness assessment for grade 11; requirement of pupil to take assessment; results not used for receipt of standard high school diploma; use of results to provide data and information for pupil; adoption of regulations prescribing manner in which results must be used to inform instruction to pupils in grade 12.
1. The State Board shall select a college and career readiness assessment for administration to pupils who are enrolled in grade 11 in public high schools. 2. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, a pupil must take the college and career readiness assessment to receive a standard high school diploma. A pupil with a […]
NRS 390.620 – Department required to develop and post on Internet website informational pamphlet concerning college and career readiness assessment; posting of pamphlet and distribution to pupils and parents.
1. The Department shall develop an informational pamphlet concerning the college and career readiness assessment administered pursuant to NRS 390.610 for pupils who are enrolled in junior high, middle school and high school, and their parents and legal guardians. The pamphlet must include a written explanation of the: (a) Importance of taking the college and […]
NRS 390.625 – Public awareness campaign regarding types of diplomas and endorsements pupils may receive.
To the extent money is available, the Department shall conduct a public awareness campaign to inform pupils enrolled in public schools, the parents or guardian of pupils enrolled in public schools, persons involved in business and industry in this State and members of the general public of: 1. The types of diplomas a pupil may […]
NRS 390.630 – Issuance of standard high school diploma to certain veterans who left high school to serve in Armed Forces.
1. Notwithstanding any provision of this title to the contrary, a person who: (a) Left high school before graduating to serve in the Armed Forces of the United States during: (1) World War II and so served at any time between September 16, 1940, and December 31, 1946; (2) The Korean War and so served […]
NRS 390.410 – School official authorized to file appeal with State Board for reprisal or retaliatory action taken in response to disclosure; hearing; order to desist and refrain; adoption of rules of procedure for hearings.
1. If any reprisal or retaliatory action is taken against a school official who discloses information concerning irregularities in testing administration or testing security within 2 years after the information is disclosed, the school official may file a written appeal with the State Board for a hearing on the matter and determination of whether the […]
NRS 390.350 – Definitions.
As used in NRS 390.350 to 390.430, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 390.355 to 390.380, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 2001, 1209; A 2013, 3283)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 391.600)