NAC389.699. Requirements for certificate of attendance; subsequent issuance of diploma.

     1. A certificate of attendance must be issued to a pupil who is 17 years of age or older if the pupil has satisfied all the requirements for graduation from high school or completion of an adult high school program, including, without limitation, completion of the units of credit required for a diploma, except that the pupil has not passed one or more of the high school proficiency examinations or has not satisfied the alternative criteria prescribed by the State Board of Education pursuant to NRS 389.805, if applicable.

     2. If a pupil who qualifies for a certificate of attendance subsequently passes, during the summer immediately after the completion of the pupil’s senior year of high school, each high school proficiency examination that the pupil previously failed to pass, the appropriate high school diploma must be issued to the pupil in accordance with the procedure established in his or her school district. If a pupil who qualifies for a certificate of attendance subsequently passes, through an adult high school program, each high school proficiency examination that the pupil previously failed to pass, an adult standard diploma must be issued to the pupil in accordance with the procedure established in his or her school district. A pupil who qualifies for a certificate of attendance is not eligible to satisfy the alternative criteria prescribed by the State Board of Education pursuant to NRS 389.805 after the completion of his or her senior year of high school.

     3. A pupil who qualifies for a certificate of attendance must not be counted as a dropout.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Education by R086-99, 11-3-99, eff. 1-1-2000; A by R134-07, 6-17-2008)