2015 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 392 - Pupils
NRS 392.125 - Retention of pupil in same grade: Requirements; limitation; exception for charter schools.
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 promoted to the next higher grade for the succeeding school year, the pupil’s teacher and principal must make a reasonable effort to arrange a meeting and to meet with the pupil’s parents or guardian to discuss the reasons and circumstances.
2. The teacher and the principal in joint agreement have the final authority to retain a pupil in the same grade for the succeeding school year.
3. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 of NRS 392.033 for the promotion of a pupil to high school, no pupil may be retained more than one time in the same grade.
4. This section does not apply to the academic retention of pupils who are enrolled in a charter school.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 818; A 1981, 871; 1997, 1873; 2003, 2519)
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