1. Any peace officer, the attendance officer or any other school officer shall, during school hours, take into custody without warrant:
(a) Any child between the ages of 7 and 18 years; and
(b) Any child who has arrived at the age of 6 years but not at the age of 7 years and is enrolled in a public school,
who has been reported to the officer by the teacher, superintendent of schools or other school officer as an absentee from instruction upon which the child is lawfully required to attend.
2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3:
(a) During school hours, the officer having custody shall forthwith deliver the child to the superintendent of schools, principal or other school officer at the child’s school of attendance.
(b) After school hours, the officer having custody shall deliver the child to the parent, guardian or other person having control or charge of the child.
3. The board of trustees of a school district or the governing body of a charter school may enter into an agreement with a counseling agency to permit delivery of the child to the agency. For the purposes of this subsection, "counseling agency" means an agency designated by the school district in which the child is enrolled to provide counseling for the child and the parent, guardian or other person having control or charge of the child.
[375:32:1956]—(NRS A 1957, 305; 1979, 819, 1614; 1989, 70; 1997, 1874; 1999, 3458; 2007, 1084, 2183)
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.