2011 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 388 - System of Public Instruction
NRS 388.205 - Development of academic plan required for ninth grade pupils.

1. The board of trustees of each school district shall adopt a policy for each public school in the school district in which ninth grade pupils are enrolled to develop a 4-year academic plan for each of those pupils. The academic plan must set forth the specific educational goals that the pupil intends to achieve before graduation from high school. The plan may include, without limitation, the designation of a career pathway and enrollment in dual credit courses, career and technical education courses, advanced placement courses and honors courses.

2. The policy may ensure that each pupil enrolled in ninth grade and the pupil s parent or legal guardian are provided with, to the extent practicable, the following information:

(a) The advanced placement courses, honors courses, international baccalaureate courses, dual credit courses, career and technical education courses, including, without limitation, career and technical skills-building programs, and any other educational programs, pathways or courses available to the pupil which will assist the pupil in the advancement of his or her education;

(b) The courses of study which the Department recommends that pupils take to prepare the pupils to successfully meet the academic challenges of the high school proficiency examination and pass that examination;

(c) The requirements for graduation from high school with a diploma and the types of diplomas available;

(d) The requirements for admission to the Nevada System of Higher Education and the eligibility requirements for a Governor Guinn Millennium Scholarship; and

(e) The charter schools within the school district.

3. The policy required by subsection 1 must require each pupil enrolled in ninth grade and the pupil s parent or legal guardian to:

(a) Be notified of opportunities to work in consultation with a school counselor to develop and review an academic plan for the pupil;

(b) Sign the academic plan; and

(c) Review the academic plan at least once each school year in consultation with a school counselor and revise the plan if necessary.

4. If a pupil enrolls in a high school after ninth grade, an academic plan must be developed for that pupil with appropriate modifications for the grade level of the pupil.

5. If the administration of the high school proficiency examination in the subject area of mathematics or science, or both, is postponed for a pupil pursuant to NRS 389.016, the pupil s academic plan must be revised in consultation with the pupil s teacher who provides instruction in the applicable subject area and the pupil s parent or legal guardian as set forth in NRS 389.016.

6. An academic plan for a pupil must be used as a guide for the pupil and the parent or legal guardian of the pupil to plan, monitor and manage the pupil s educational and occupational development and make determinations of the appropriate courses of study for the pupil. If a pupil does not satisfy all the goals set forth in the academic plan, the pupil is eligible to graduate and receive a high school diploma if the pupil otherwise satisfies the requirements for a diploma.

(Added to NRS by 2007, 2178; A 2011, 647, 805)