NAC389.680. Credit for correspondence courses.

     1. A school district may, in accordance with policies developed by the board of trustees of the school district, grant a pupil credit toward graduation from high school or toward completion of an adult high school program for his or her successful completion of a correspondence course if:

     (a) The course is provided by a secondary educational institution which is approved by the State Board of Education; and

     (b) The course is equivalent to a course offered in a regular program in the school district or a course offered in an adult high school program in the school district, as applicable.

     2. A school district shall, in accordance with policies developed by the board of trustees of the school district, grant a pupil credit toward graduation from high school or toward completion of an adult high school program, as applicable, for his or her successful completion of a correspondence course if:

     (a) The course is provided and credit was issued by a secondary educational institution which is accredited by:

          (1) The Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools;

          (2) The New England Association of Schools and Colleges;

          (3) The North Central Association of Colleges and Schools;

          (4) The Northwest Accreditation Commission;

          (5) The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools;

          (6) The Western Association of Schools and Colleges; or

          (7) The Commission on International and Trans-Regional Accreditation; and

     (b) The course is equivalent to a course offered in a regular program in the school district or a course offered in an adult high school program in the school district, as applicable.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Education, eff. 12-16-82; A by R088-05, 10-31-2005; R134-07, 6-17-2008)