1. A child must be excused from attendance required by the provisions of NRS 392.040 when satisfactory written evidence is presented to the board of trustees of the school district in which the child resides that the child’s physical or mental condition or behavioral health is such as to prevent or render inadvisable the child’s attendance at school or his or her application to study.
2. A certificate in writing from any qualified physician, mental health professional or behavioral health professional acting within his or her authorized scope of practice, filed with the board of trustees immediately after its receipt, stating that the child is not able to attend school or that the child’s attendance is inadvisable must be taken as satisfactory evidence by the board of trustees.
3. A board of trustees of a school district which has excused from attendance pursuant to subsection 1 a child who, pursuant to NRS 388.417, qualifies as a pupil with a disability, shall make available to the child a free appropriate public education in compliance with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. §§ 1400 et seq.), as that act existed on July 1, 1995.
4. If a pupil is excused from attendance pursuant to subsection 1, the excusal must not negatively affect the rating of a public school as determined by the Department pursuant to the statewide system of accountability for public schools.
[364:32:1956]—(NRS A 1995, 260; 2021, 3220)
Structure Nevada Revised Statutes
NRS 392.016 - Admission of pupil with lawfully issued fictitious address.
NRS 392.025 - Grade given to pupil by teacher: Restriction on change by board of trustees.
NRS 392.060 - Attendance excused upon completion of 12 grades of elementary and high school.
NRS 392.070 - Attendance excused for children in private school or homeschooled children.
NRS 392.075 - Attendance excused if permission granted to take high school equivalency assessment.
NRS 392.080 - Attendance excused for distant residence from nearest school.
NRS 392.118 - Accounting of attendance and tardiness on report cards of pupils.
NRS 392.126 - Creation of advisory board in each county; membership; terms; compensation.
NRS 392.127 - Administrative support to advisory boards.
NRS 392.140 - Conditions under which pupil declared habitual truant; applicability.
NRS 392.141 - Applicability of provisions to pupils.
NRS 392.146 - Contents of written referral to advisory board; notice to parents or guardian.
NRS 392.149 - Issuance of citation to habitual truant; applicability.
NRS 392.190 - Criminal complaint by attendance officer.
NRS 392.200 - Criminal complaint by taxpayer, school administrator or school officer.
NRS 392.254 - "Notification" defined.
NRS 392.258 - "Offender" defined.
NRS 392.2583 - "Sexual offense" defined.
NRS 392.2587 - "Sexually motivated act" defined.
NRS 392.261 - "Victim" defined.
NRS 392.281 - "Abuse or neglect of a child" defined.
NRS 392.283 - "Agency which provides child welfare services" defined.
NRS 392.285 - "Central Registry" defined.
NRS 392.287 - "Child" defined.
NRS 392.289 - "Information maintained by an agency which provides child welfare services" defined.
NRS 392.291 - "Law enforcement agency" defined.
NRS 392.293 - "Local law enforcement agency" defined.
NRS 392.295 - "Private school" defined.
NRS 392.305 - Method of making report; content.
NRS 392.307 - Penalty for failure to make report.
NRS 392.309 - Persons required to report prohibited from invoking certain privileges.
NRS 392.311 - Admissibility of evidence.
NRS 392.317 - Authorized release of information.
NRS 392.325 - Authorized release of information; summary of outcome of investigation.
NRS 392.335 - Penalty for unlawful dissemination of information.
NRS 392.339 - Assignment of disposition to report.
NRS 392.355 - Immunity from liability.
NRS 392.437 - Immunization of pupils: Exemption if prohibited by religious belief.
NRS 392.439 - Immunization of pupils: Exemption if prevented by medical condition.
NRS 392.455 - Devices for protection of eyes required in certain classes.
NRS 392.4603 - "Expel" or "expulsion" defined.
NRS 392.4605 - "Pupil with a disability" defined.
NRS 392.4607 - "Suspend" or "suspension" defined.
NRS 392.461 - Code of honor relating to cheating; contents; distribution.
NRS 392.4633 - Corporal punishment prohibited.
NRS 392.46335 - Prohibition against disciplining pupils based on race.
NRS 392.4635 - Policy for prohibition of activities of criminal gangs on school property.
NRS 392.4636 - School transportation policy.
NRS 392.46425 - "Other premises of a public school" defined.
NRS 392.46426 - "Principal" defined.
NRS 392.46427 - "School transportation" defined.
NRS 392.46428 - "Staff member" defined.
NRS 392.4643 - Actions taken against pupils with disabilities.
NRS 392.4647 - Establishment of committee to review temporary alternative placement of pupils.
NRS 392.4657 - Conditions under which pupil deemed suspended.
NRS 392.4671 - Suspension or expulsion of pupil: Appeals.
NRS 392.4672 - Suspension or expulsion of pupil: Notice of appeal policy.
NRS 392.4673 - Suspended or expelled pupil entitled to appropriate education.
NRS 392.900 - Interference with pupil attending school; penalty.