NAC389.670. Credit granted for performance on examination in lieu of course attendance: Board of trustees required to prescribe application and eligible courses of study; effect of pupil’s withdrawal from school; authority of State Board to review examination and minimum score required.

     1. The board of trustees of each school district shall prescribe an application for pupils to apply for credit for a specific course of study without having attended the regularly scheduled classes in the course pursuant to NRS 389.171. The application must include, without limitation, the:

     (a) First and last name of the pupil;

     (b) Identifying information for the pupil, including, without limitation, the date of birth, individual identification number, ethnicity and gender of the pupil;

     (c) Grade level of the pupil;

     (d) Home telephone number of the pupil;

     (e) Name and identification number of the school in which the pupil is enrolled;

     (f) Signature of the school counselor at the school in which the pupil is enrolled; and

     (g) Name and number of the course of study for which the application is submitted.

     2. The board of trustees of each school district shall prescribe the specific courses of study for which a pupil may be granted credit without having attended the regularly scheduled classes in the course pursuant to NRS 389.171, including, without limitation, Algebra I, Algebra II, geometry, trigonometry, computer literacy, English I, English II, English III, English IV, principles of science, life science, physical science, health, history of the United States, world history, government of the United States, sociology and foreign languages. The board of trustees of each school district shall make available to school counselors, pupils and parents of pupils a list of the courses of study prescribed pursuant to this subsection.

     3. The board of trustees of each school district shall:

     (a) For the purposes of paragraph (a) of subsection 1 of NRS 389.171, establish a committee of teachers and administrators to select an appropriate examination for each course of study prescribed pursuant to subsection 2. The examination must be based on the standards of content and performance prescribed for that course and the curriculum for that course adopted by the school district.

     (b) For the purposes of paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of NRS 389.171, review and approve the examination developed by the principal and the pupil’s teacher who provides instruction in the course for which credit is being sought.

     (c) For the purposes of paragraph (c) of subsection 1 of NRS 389.171, review and approve the examination which the principal determines to be as rigorous or more rigorous than the examination selected pursuant to paragraph (a).

     (d) Prescribe a minimum score of not less than 70 which a pupil must achieve on an examination approved pursuant to paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of subsection 1 of NRS 389.171 to receive credit without having attended the regularly scheduled classes in the course. The minimum score must be established using objective criteria to ensure that a pupil demonstrates his or her proficiency to meet the objectives of the course.

     4. If a pupil who is deficient in a particular area or areas of a course of study wishes to receive credit for the course of study pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of NRS 389.171, the pupil must submit the application prescribed by the board of trustees of the school district pursuant to subsection 1:

     (a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b), before the beginning of the school year immediately succeeding the school year in which the pupil was enrolled in the course.

     (b) Within 1 school year after the end of the course if the application includes evidence of the pupil’s completion during that year of not less than 20 hours of remedial study in the area or areas of the course in which the pupil is deficient.

     5. A pupil who withdraws from a school during the school year and does not reenroll in the school from which he or she withdrew or who does not enroll in another school in this State before the end of the current semester or trimester, as applicable, is not eligible to receive credit for a course of study pursuant to NRS 389.171.

     6. The State Board of Education may review:

     (a) Any examination for which a pupil may receive credit for a course of study without having attended the regularly scheduled classes in the course pursuant to NRS 389.171; and

     (b) The minimum score required on any such examination.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Education, eff. 12-16-82; A by R134-07, 6-17-2008; R024-09, 10-27-2009; R041-11, 12-30-2011)