Nevada § 390.600 - State Board required to prescribe criteria for standard high school diploma; college and career readiness assessment; exception for certain pupils with disabilities; criteria for receipt of adjusted diploma or alternative diploma; prohibition to issue certificate of attendance

§ 390.600. State Board required to prescribe criteria for standard high school diploma; college and career readiness assessment; exception for certain pupils with disabilities; criteria for receipt of adjusted diploma or alternative diploma; prohibition to issue certificate of attendance

1. The State Board shall adopt regulations that, except as otherwise provided in subsection

3, prescribe the criteria for a pupil to receive a standard high school diploma, which

must include, without limitation, the requirement that: (a) A pupil enrolled in grade 11 take the college and career readiness assessment

administered pursuant to NRS 390.610 ; and (b) Commencing with the graduating class of 2022 and each graduating class thereafter,

a pupil successfully complete a course of study designed to prepare the pupil for

graduation from high school and for readiness for college and career. 2. The criteria prescribed by the State Board pursuant to subsection 1 for a pupil

to receive a standard high school diploma must not include the results of the pupil

on the college and career readiness assessment administered to the pupil in grade

11 pursuant to NRS 390.610 . 3. A pupil with a disability who does not satisfy the requirements to receive a standard

high school diploma prescribed by the State Board pursuant to subsection 1 may receive

a standard high school diploma if the pupil demonstrates, through a portfolio of the

pupil's work, proficiency in the standards of content and performance established

by the Council to Establish Academic Standards for Public Schools pursuant to NRS 389.520 . 4. A pupil with a disability who does not satisfy the requirements for receipt of

a standard high school diploma prescribed in subsection 3 or by the State Board pursuant

to subsection 1 may receive a diploma designated as an: (a) Adjusted diploma if the pupil satisfies the requirements set forth in his or her

individualized education program; or (b) Alternative diploma if the pupil: (1) Has a significant cognitive disability; and (2) Participates in an alternate assessment prescribed by the State Board. 5. If a pupil does not satisfy the requirements to receive a standard high school

diploma prescribed by subsection 3 or by the State Board pursuant to subsection 1,

the pupil must not be issued a certificate of attendance or any other document indicating

that the pupil attended high school but did not satisfy the requirements for such

a diploma. The provisions of this subsection do not apply to a pupil who receives an adjusted

diploma or an alternative diploma pursuant to subsection 4. 6. As used in this section, “individualized education program” has the meaning ascribed

to it in 20 U.S.C. § 1414(d)(1)(A) .