NAC389.672. Academic credit for a course of study in career and technical education: Limitations and prerequisites.

     1. A board of trustees may allow a pupil to earn, towards the units necessary for graduation from high school, two units of the credit required in English, one unit required in mathematics, one unit required in science and one-half unit required in health if he or she is enrolled in a course of study in career and technical education approved pursuant to this section within one of the program areas set forth in subsection 1 of NAC 389.803 and that course includes, as part of its curriculum, the curriculum of the required course.

     2. The superintendent of the school district shall appoint a committee composed of one person certified to teach in the course of study in career and technical education and one person certified to teach in the academic area in which the credit may be earned. The committee must verify to the board of trustees that the curriculum for the course of study in career and technical education includes the curriculum of the required course of study for which a pupil may earn credit.

     3. After verification has been received by the board of trustees, the written curriculum and title of the course of study in career and technical education and a statement of the academic credit to be granted must be submitted to the State Board of Education for approval. Academic credit may be granted for the course of study in career and technical education or a combination of courses only after the State Board of Education has given its approval.

     4. The Superintendent of Public Instruction may give approval for the granting of academic credit to a board of trustees requesting to use a curriculum for a course of study in career and technical education that has been approved by the State Board of Education for another school district if:

     (a) The procedures set forth in subsection 2 were followed by the requesting district; and

     (b) The board of trustees provides assurances that it will not deviate from the curriculum that has been approved by the State Board of Education.

     5. A pupil who earns academic credit pursuant to this section must be notified that the approval for academic credit is designed to meet the requirements for graduation from high school and may not necessarily be accepted for academic credit by a specific postsecondary institution. A copy of the notification given to the pupil must accompany the other materials to be submitted to the State Board of Education for final approval.

     6. A minimum number of credits must be earned in the respective academic areas, as follows:

     (a) At least two credits must be earned in the academic mathematics department;

     (b) At least one credit must be earned in the academic science department; and

     (c) At least two credits must be earned in the academic English department.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Education, eff. 5-4-87; A by Bd. for Occupational Education, 3-27-92; 11-17-95; A by Bd. of Education by R069-97, 12-10-97, eff. 9-1-99; R155-01, 12-17-2001; R195-01, 4-1-2002; R165-03, R166-03, R184-03 & R185-03, 1-22-2004; R236-03, 3-19-2004; A by Bd. for Career & Tech. Educ. by R172-05, 2-23-2006; A by Bd. of Education by R132-10, 12-16-2010; A by R087-12, 11-1-2012)