Nevada § 388F.070 - Responsibilities to accommodate pupil who transfers because of military transfer of parent; cooperation with school districts of other states to assist certain pupils in receiving high school diploma; accommodation of certain pupils who transfer to another school during school year; proof of residency

§ 388F.070. Responsibilities to accommodate pupil who transfers because of military transfer of parent; cooperation with school districts of other states to assist certain pupils in receiving high school diploma; accommodation of certain pupils who transfer to another school during school year; proof of residency

1. The superintendent of a school district or the superintendent's designee or the

governing body of a charter school or a university school for profoundly gifted pupils

shall: (a) Authorize a pupil who plans to transfer to a public school in the school district

or to a charter school or university school, as applicable, from a school inside or

outside this State because of the documented pending military transfer of the parent

or legal guardian of the pupil to enroll in the public school, charter school or university

school and participate in any application or lottery process necessary to be eligible

for such enrollment: (1) At the same time as pupils who reside in the school district or near the charter

school or university school, as applicable; and (2) In the same manner as pupils in the school district or near the charter school

or university school, as applicable, or remotely using electronic means, regardless

of whether such means are generally authorized for other pupils. (b) Deem the address of a military installation to which a parent or legal guardian

of the pupil has a documented pending military transfer to be the address of the pupil

for all purposes relating to enrollment for which an address is required until the

pupil notifies the public school of the actual address at which the pupil will reside

in the appropriate attendance area. (c) Authorize the pupil and the parent or legal guardian of the pupil to specify an

additional, current address solely for the purpose of receiving correspondence. (d) In accordance with NRS 388F.010 , make other reasonable efforts to accommodate a pupil who transfers to a public school

in the school district or to the charter school or university school, as applicable,

from a school inside or outside this State because of the military transfer of the

parent or legal guardian of the pupil. 2. If the superintendent of a school district or the superintendent's designee is

not able to grant a standard high school diploma to a pupil who transfers during grade

12 to a school in this State from a school outside this State because of the military

transfer of the parent or legal guardian of the pupil, the superintendent or the superintendent's

designee shall work cooperatively with the local education agency in the state in

which the pupil was previously enrolled to determine if the pupil is eligible to receive

a diploma from that local education agency and, if the pupil is eligible, to facilitate

receiving a high school diploma from that local education agency. 3. If a pupil at a public school in a school district, a charter school or a university

school for profoundly gifted pupils plans to leave the school during the school year

because of the documented pending military transfer of the parent or legal guardian

of the pupil, the superintendent of the school district or the superintendent's designee

or the governing body of the charter school or university school, as applicable, shall

make reasonable efforts to accommodate the pupil, including, without limitation, by: (a) Authorizing and assisting the pupil to complete the requirements for the current

school year through a program of distance education, if such a program is available;

and (b) Cooperating with any school or school district to which the pupil plans to transfer. 4. A pupil who enrolls in a public school, charter school or university school for

profoundly gifted pupils pursuant to subsection 1 for all or part of a school year

and plans to enroll in the school for the next school year shall, before the beginning

of the next school year, provide proof of residency in this State and, as applicable,

in: (a) The school district; (b) The zone of attendance of the school established pursuant to NRS 388.040 ; or (c) The geographic area served by the charter school or university school. 5. As used in this section, “ program of distance education ” means a program comprised of one or more courses of study for which instruction

is delivered by means of video, computer, television or the Internet or other electronic

means of communication, or any combination thereof, in such a manner that the person

supervising or providing the instruction and the pupil receiving the instruction are

separated geographically for a majority of the time during which instruction is delivered.