1.  The superintendent of a school district or the superintendent’s designee or the governing body of a charter school or a university school for profoundly gifted pupils shall:

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Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 388F.070

  • Charter school: means a public school that is formed pursuant to the provisions of chapter 388A of NRS. See Nevada Revised Statutes 385.007
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Local education agency: means an administrative agency legally constituted by the state to provide control of and direction for public educational institutions for kindergarten and grades 1 through 12, inclusive. See Nevada Revised Statutes 388F.010
  • Military installation: means a base, camp, post, station, yard, center or homeport facility for any ship or other activity under the jurisdiction of the United States Department of Defense, including any leased facility, which is located within any of the several states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Marianas Islands or any other territory of the United States. See Nevada Revised Statutes 388F.010
  • person: means a natural person, any form of business or social organization and any other nongovernmental legal entity including, but not limited to, a corporation, partnership, association, trust or unincorporated organization. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.039
  • State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Marianas Islands and any other territory of the United States. See Nevada Revised Statutes 388F.010
  • University school for profoundly gifted pupils: has the meaning ascribed to it in Nevada Revised Statutes 385.007

(a) Authorize a pupil who plans to transfer to a public school in the school district or to a charter school or university school, as applicable, from a school inside or outside this State because of the documented pending military transfer of the parent or legal guardian of the pupil to enroll in the public school, charter school or university school and participate in any application or lottery process necessary to be eligible for such enrollment:

(1) At the same time as pupils who reside in the school district or near the charter school or university school, as applicable; and

(2) In the same manner as pupils in the school district or near the charter school or university school, as applicable, or remotely using electronic means, regardless of whether such means are generally authorized for other pupils.

(b) Deem the address of a military installation to which a parent or legal guardian of the pupil has a documented pending military transfer to be the address of the pupil for all purposes relating to enrollment for which an address is required until the pupil notifies the public school of the actual address at which the pupil will reside in the appropriate attendance area.

(c) Authorize the pupil and the parent or legal guardian of the pupil to specify an additional, current address solely for the purpose of receiving correspondence.

(d) In accordance with NRS 388F.010, make other reasonable efforts to accommodate a pupil who transfers to a public school in the school district or to the charter school or university school, as applicable, from a school inside or outside this State because of the military transfer of the parent or legal guardian of the pupil.

2.  If the superintendent of a school district or the superintendent’s designee is not able to grant a standard high school diploma to a pupil who transfers during grade 12 to a school in this State from a school outside this State because of the military transfer of the parent or legal guardian of the pupil, the superintendent or the superintendent’s designee shall work cooperatively with the local education agency in the state in which the pupil was previously enrolled to determine if the pupil is eligible to receive a diploma from that local education agency and, if the pupil is eligible, to facilitate receiving a high school diploma from that local education agency.

3.  If a pupil at a public school in a school district, a charter school or a university school for profoundly gifted pupils plans to leave the school during the school year because of the documented pending military transfer of the parent or legal guardian of the pupil, the superintendent of the school district or the superintendent’s designee or the governing body of the charter school or university school, as applicable, shall make reasonable efforts to accommodate the pupil, including, without limitation, by:

(a) Authorizing and assisting the pupil to complete the requirements for the current school year through a program of distance education, if such a program is available; and

(b) Cooperating with any school or school district to which the pupil plans to transfer.

4.  A pupil who enrolls in a public school, charter school or university school for profoundly gifted pupils pursuant to subsection 1 for all or part of a school year and plans to enroll in the school for the next school year shall, before the beginning of the next school year, provide proof of residency in this State and, as applicable, in:

(a) The school district;

(b) The zone of attendance of the school established pursuant to NRS 388.040; or

(c) The geographic area served by the charter school or university school.

5.  As used in this section, ‘program of distance education’ means a program comprised of one or more courses of study for which instruction is delivered by means of video, computer, television or the Internet or other electronic means of communication, or any combination thereof, in such a manner that the person supervising or providing the instruction and the pupil receiving the instruction are separated geographically for a majority of the time during which instruction is delivered.

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