2022 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 392 - Pupils
NRS 392.4671 - Suspension or expulsion of pupil: Appeals.

1. The board of trustees of each school district and the governing body of each charter school or university school for profoundly gifted pupils, as applicable, shall adopt a policy for appealing the suspension or expulsion of a pupil enrolled in the school district, charter school or university school, as applicable. The policy must provide, without limitation, that:

(a) The board of trustees of a school district, the governing body of a charter school or university school for profoundly gifted pupils or the designee of the board of trustees or governing body, as applicable, may authorize the suspension or expulsion of a pupil within the timeline established by the Department pursuant to NRS 392.4609;

(b) Within the timeline established by the Department pursuant to NRS 392.4609, the board of trustees of a school district, the governing body of a charter school or university school for profoundly gifted pupils or the designee of the board of trustees or governing body, as applicable, shall notify the pupil and, if the pupil is under 18 years of age, the parent or legal guardian of the pupil who is suspended or expelled of:

(1) The suspension or expulsion;

(2) The right to appeal the suspension or expulsion; and

(3) Information on the appeal policy adopted by the board of trustees of the school district or the governing body of the charter school or university school, as applicable;

(c) A pupil or, if the pupil is under 18 years of age, the parent or legal guardian of the pupil, who is suspended or expelled may file an appeal with the board of trustees of the school district, the governing body of the charter school or university school for profoundly gifted pupils or the designee of the board of trustees or governing body, as applicable, within the timeline established by the Department pursuant to NRS 392.4609;

(d) The board of trustees of a school district, the governing body of a charter school or university school for profoundly gifted pupils or the designee of the board of trustees or governing body, as applicable, shall schedule a hearing on an appeal of a suspension or expulsion of a pupil within the timeline established by the Department pursuant to NRS 392.4609; and

(e) After conducting a hearing pursuant to this subsection, the board of trustees of a school district, the governing body of a charter school or university school for profoundly gifted pupils or the designee of the board of trustees or governing body, as applicable, may not increase the initial suspension or expulsion of a pupil.

2. The board of trustees of a school district, the governing body of a charter school or university school for profoundly gifted pupils or the designee of the board of trustees or governing body, as applicable, shall post the appeal policy on the Internet website of the school district and each school within the district or of the charter school or university school, as applicable.

3. The provisions of chapter 241 of NRS do not apply to any hearing conducted pursuant to this section. Such hearings must be closed to the public.

(Added to NRS by 2021, 923)