2020 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 388 - System of Public Instruction
NRS 388.227 - Establishment of individual graduation plans for certain pupils; eligibility for plan; conditions for participation in plan; effect on calculation of graduation rate of pupils. [Effective January 1, 2020.]

1. The board of trustees of each school district shall, and the governing body of each charter school that operates as a high school and is in good standing with its sponsor may, adopt a policy to authorize the establishment of individual graduation plans for pupils enrolled in a high school within the school district or operated by the charter school, as applicable, who:

(a) Are deficient in credits and not likely to graduate according to schedule;

(b) Have performed poorly on the college and career readiness assessment administered pursuant to NRS 390.610; or

(c) Have attended or will attend school in another country as a foreign exchange student for at least one semester.

2. In addition to the conditions set forth in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of subsection 1, the Superintendent of Public Instruction may establish other conditions for a pupil to be eligible for an individual graduation plan.

3. An individual graduation plan must establish an academic plan for a pupil to allow the pupil to graduate with a standard high school diploma not later than 3 semesters after the date on which the pupil was otherwise scheduled to graduate. The individual graduation plan must include any conditions to which a pupil must agree to comply to remain enrolled in the high school. Such conditions may include, without limitation, any subjects that must be completed, the minimum number of units of credit in which the pupil must enroll each semester, the minimum grade point average that must be maintained by the pupil and any other conditions necessary to ensure that the pupil makes adequate progress to obtain a standard high school diploma within the time allowed.

4. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall make a determination each year concerning:

(a) The number of credits by which a pupil must be deficient to be eligible for an individual graduation plan;

(b) The maximum score on the college and career readiness assessment administered pursuant to NRS 390.610 that a pupil may receive to be eligible for an individual graduation plan; and

(c) Any other conditions that must be met for participation in an individual graduation plan.

5. An individual graduation plan may be withdrawn by the school district or charter school if the pupil is not making adequate progress as outlined in the individual graduation plan or for other good cause.

6. A pupil for whom an individual graduation plan has been established must be counted when calculating the graduation rates of pupils in the annual report of accountability for the school district or charter school in which the pupil is enrolled pursuant to NRS 385A.070 and the annual report of accountability prepared by the State Board pursuant to NRS 385A.400 for the year in which the pupil was scheduled to graduate until the pupil obtains a standard high school diploma and then must be counted for the appropriate year as determined by the Department pursuant to subsection 8.

7. A pupil for whom an individual graduation plan has been established must not be counted when calculating the graduation rates of pupils used to determine whether the sponsor of a charter school may take certain actions concerning the charter school pursuant to NRS 388A.330.

8. If a pupil for whom an individual graduation plan has been established:

(a) Obtains a standard high school diploma within the time allowed by the individual graduation plan, the pupil must be counted as having received a standard high school diploma when calculating the graduation rates of pupils for the purposes of NRS 388A.330, if applicable, in the annual report of accountability for the school district or charter school in which the pupil is enrolled pursuant to NRS 385A.070 and the annual report of accountability prepared by the State Board pursuant to NRS 385A.400 for the year in which the pupil graduates.

(b) Fails to obtain a standard high school diploma within the time allowed by the individual graduation plan, the pupil must be counted as having failed to receive a standard high school diploma when calculating the graduation rates of pupils for the purpose of NRS 388A.330, if applicable, in the annual report of accountability for the school district or charter school in which the pupil is enrolled pursuant to NRS 385A.070 and the annual report of accountability prepared by the State Board pursuant to NRS 385A.400 for the year in which the pupil was scheduled to graduate pursuant to his or her individual graduation plan.

9. Any pupil for whom an individual graduation plan has been established who receives a score on the college and career readiness assessment that is less than the score prescribed by the Superintendent of Public Instruction pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 4 must, unless his or her individual graduation plan provides otherwise, enroll in the maximum number of units of credit per semester allowed by the public school in which the pupil is enrolled.

10. For the purposes of this section, a charter school for which the governing body has been reconstituted or the charter contract terminated or restarted in accordance with NRS 388A.285, 388A.300 or 388A.330, as applicable, shall not be deemed to be in good standing unless the charter school is carrying out an improvement plan approved by the sponsor of the charter school and incorporated into the charter contract.

(Added to NRS by 2017, 3129; A 2017, 3406, 3408, effective January 1, 2020)