Nevada Revised Statutes 392.122 v2 – 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…
1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 389.320, the board of trustees of each school district shall prescribe a minimum number of days that a pupil who is subject to compulsory enrollment and attendance and 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. The board of trustees of a school district may adopt a policy prescribing:
Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 392.122 v2
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Department: means the Department of Education. 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.
- 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
(a) A minimum number of days that a pupil who is enrolled in kindergarten or first grade in the school district must be in attendance for the pupil to obtain credit or to be promoted to the next higher grade.
(b) The circumstances under which a pupil will be considered chronically absent by the Department.
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 the principal’s 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 the pupil’s 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 the pupil’s parent or legal guardian, the parent or legal guardian may present the principal or the principal’s designee with documentation that the pupil has complied with the attendance requirements prescribed pursuant to subsection 1 by attending school, either in person or through an alternative program of education or a program of distance education approved by the Department. If the documentation is accurate and the principal or principal’s designee finds that any absence of the pupil was entered in error, the error must be corrected and the absences of the pupil must be recalculated for the purposes of determining whether the pupil may obtain credit or be promoted to the next higher grade.
3. A pupil and the pupil’s parent or legal guardian may appeal a decision of a principal or the principal’s 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 enrollment, 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.