NAC389.048. Eligibility for pupil to take high school proficiency examinations.

     1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, to determine the eligibility of a pupil who has completed at least grade 9 to take the high school proficiency examinations, the pupil shall be deemed in:

     (a) Grade 10 if the pupil has completed at least 5 units of credit or 2 semesters of high school.

     (b) Grade 11 if the pupil has completed at least 11 units of credit or 4 semesters of high school.

     (c) Grade 12 if the pupil has completed at least 17 units of credit or 6 semesters of high school.

     2. If a pupil has an academic plan which projects that the pupil will graduate from high school before the pupil is granted the number of opportunities to take the high school proficiency examinations that is otherwise granted to pupils in grades 11 and 12, the pupil may submit a written request to the superintendent of schools of the school district in which the pupil is enrolled or the governing body of the charter school in which the pupil is enrolled to take the high school proficiency examinations for the first time before the pupil has earned the 5 units of credit or completed the 2 semesters of high school required for grade 10.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Education by R072-01, eff. 11-7-2001; A by R022-09, 10-27-2009)