2011 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 388 - System of Public Instruction
NRS 388.221 - Adoption of policy for peer mentoring.

1. The board of trustees of each school district may adopt a policy for the public high schools in the district to provide a program of teen mentoring, which may include a component of adult mentoring, designed to:

(a) Increase pupil participation in school activities, community activities and all levels of government; or

(b) Increase the ability of ninth grade pupils enrolled in high school to successfully make the transition from middle school or junior high school to high school,

or both.

2. Any such policy must include, without limitation:

(a) Guidelines for establishing:

(1) Eligibility requirements for pupils who participate in the program as mentors or mentees, including, without limitation, any minimum grade level for pupils who serve as mentors and any minimum grade point average that must be maintained by pupils who serve as mentors. The guidelines may not require a pupil who participates in the program to maintain a grade point average that is higher than the grade point average required for a pupil to participate in sports at the high school the pupil attends.

(2) Training requirements for pupils who serve as mentors.

(3) Incentives for pupils who serve as mentors.

(b) A requirement that each public high school which establishes a program for teen mentoring must also establish a committee to select each pupil mentor who participates in the program. The policy must provide that the committee may select a pupil who does not meet the general eligibility requirements for mentors if the members of the committee determine that the pupil is otherwise qualified to serve as a mentor.

(c) Any other provisions that the board of trustees deems appropriate.

3. If the board of trustees of a school district has adopted a policy pursuant to subsection 1, the principal of each public high school in the district may:

(a) Carry out a program of teen mentoring in accordance with the policy prescribed by the board of trustees pursuant to subsection 1;

(b) Adopt other policies for the program of teen mentoring that are consistent with this section and the policy prescribed by the board of trustees pursuant to subsection 1; and

(c) On a date prescribed by the board of trustees, submit an annual report to the board of trustees and the Legislature that sets forth a summary of:

(1) The specific activities of the program of teen mentoring; and

(2) The effectiveness of the program in increasing pupil participation in school activities, community activities and all levels of government or in increasing the ability of ninth grade pupils to successfully make the transition from middle school or junior high school to high school, as applicable to the type of program in effect at the school.

4. If the board of trustees of a school district has not adopted a policy pursuant to subsection 1, the principal of a public high school in the district may carry out a program of teen mentoring and take any action described in paragraph (b) or (c) of subsection 3 if:

(a) The principal submits to the board of trustees for its approval a plan for such a program of teen mentoring that is consistent with the provisions of this section; and

(b) The board of trustees approves the plan.

5. A plan submitted to a board of trustees of a school district pursuant to subsection 4 shall be deemed approved if the board of trustees does not act upon the plan within 60 days after the date on which the board of trustees receives the plan.

6. The board of trustees of each school district and each public high school may apply for and accept gifts, grants and donations from any source for the support of the board of trustees or a public high school in carrying out a program of teen mentoring pursuant to the provisions of this section. Any money received pursuant to this subsection may be used only for purposes of carrying out a program of teen mentoring pursuant to the provisions of this section.

7. This section does not preclude a board of trustees of a school district or a public high school from continuing any other similar program of teen mentoring that exists on May 22, 2009.

(Added to NRS by 2009, 652)