2010 Nevada Code
TITLE 34 EDUCATION
Chapter 385 State Administrative Organization
NRS 385.389 Adoption of programs of remedial study; schools demonstrating need for improvement required to ensure completion of remedial study by certain pupils.
NRS 385.389 Adoption of programs of remedial study; schools demonstrating need for improvement required to ensure completion of remedial study by certain pupils.
1. The Department shall adopt programs of remedial study for each subject tested on the examinations administered pursuant to NRS 389.015, including, without limitation, programs that are designed for pupils who are limited English proficient. The programs adopted for pupils who are limited English proficient must be designed to:
(a) Improve the academic achievement of those pupils; or
(b) Assist those pupils with attaining proficiency in the English language.
In adopting these programs of remedial study, the Department shall consider the recommendations submitted by the Committee pursuant to NRS 218E.615 and programs of remedial study that have proven to be successful in improving the academic achievement of pupils.
2. If a school fails to make adequate yearly progress or if less than 60 percent of the pupils enrolled in a school who took the examinations administered pursuant to NRS 389.015 received an average score on those examinations that is at least equal to the 26th percentile of the national reference group of pupils to which the examinations were compared, the school shall adopt a program of remedial study that has been adopted by the Department pursuant to subsection 1 or a program, practice or strategy recommended by the Commission on Educational Excellence pursuant to NRS 385.3785, or any combination thereof, as applicable.
3. A school district that includes a school described in subsection 2 shall ensure that each of the pupils enrolled in the school who failed to demonstrate at least adequate achievement on the examinations administered pursuant to NRS 389.015 completes, in accordance with the requirements set forth in subsection 4 of NRS 389.015, remedial study that is determined to be appropriate for the pupil.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 1761; A 1999, 2663; 2001, 1481; 2003, 19th Special Session, 43; 2005, 1982)
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