1. The board of trustees of each school district and the governing body of each charter school or university school for profoundly gifted pupils, as applicable, shall adopt a policy for appealing the suspension or expulsion of a pupil enrolled in the school district, charter school or university school, as applicable. The policy must provide, without limitation, that:
(a) The board of trustees of a school district, the governing body of a charter school or university school for profoundly gifted pupils or the designee of the board of trustees or governing body, as applicable, may authorize the suspension or expulsion of a pupil within the timeline established by the Department pursuant to NRS 392.4609;
(b) Within the timeline established by the Department pursuant to NRS 392.4609, the board of trustees of a school district, the governing body of a charter school or university school for profoundly gifted pupils or the designee of the board of trustees or governing body, as applicable, shall notify the pupil and, if the pupil is under 18 years of age, the parent or legal guardian of the pupil who is suspended or expelled of:
(1) The suspension or expulsion;
(2) The right to appeal the suspension or expulsion; and
(3) Information on the appeal policy adopted by the board of trustees of the school district or the governing body of the charter school or university school, as applicable;
(c) A pupil or, if the pupil is under 18 years of age, the parent or legal guardian of the pupil, who is suspended or expelled may file an appeal with the board of trustees of the school district, the governing body of the charter school or university school for profoundly gifted pupils or the designee of the board of trustees or governing body, as applicable, within the timeline established by the Department pursuant to NRS 392.4609;
(d) The board of trustees of a school district, the governing body of a charter school or university school for profoundly gifted pupils or the designee of the board of trustees or governing body, as applicable, shall schedule a hearing on an appeal of a suspension or expulsion of a pupil within the timeline established by the Department pursuant to NRS 392.4609; and
(e) After conducting a hearing pursuant to this subsection, the board of trustees of a school district, the governing body of a charter school or university school for profoundly gifted pupils or the designee of the board of trustees or governing body, as applicable, may not increase the initial suspension or expulsion of a pupil.
2. The board of trustees of a school district, the governing body of a charter school or university school for profoundly gifted pupils or the designee of the board of trustees or governing body, as applicable, shall post the appeal policy on the Internet website of the school district and each school within the district or of the charter school or university school, as applicable.
3. The provisions of chapter 241 of NRS do not apply to any hearing conducted pursuant to this section. Such hearings must be closed to the public.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 923)
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.