Existing law requires each school district, each school in the school district and each charter school sponsored by the school district to prepare an annual report of accountability which includes information concerning pupils who are eligible for and receive free or reduced-price breakfasts and lunches. (NRS 385A.270) Section 2 of this bill eliminates the requirement to include in such a report information concerning pupils who receive free or reduced-price breakfasts and lunches. Under existing law, certain hospitals and other facilities that provide residential treatment to children and also operate a licensed private school or an accredited educational program approved by the Department of Education are authorized to request reimbursement from the Department for the cost of providing educational services to a child who is verified to be a patient or resident of the hospital or facility, attends the private school or educational program for more than 7 school days and meets certain other requirements. Upon receiving such a request, the Department is required to determine the amount of reimbursement as a percentage of the adjusted base per pupil funding for the school district which the child would otherwise attend if the child were not in the hospital or facility or the statewide base per pupil funding amount for the charter school which the pupil would otherwise attend. (NRS 387.1225) Section 4 of this bill authorizes the hospital or facility to request reimbursement from the school district or charter school in which the child is enrolled and revises the requirements to request such reimbursement. Section 4 also revises the method of calculating the amount of reimbursement to base the reimbursement upon a daily rate of the adjusted base per pupil funding for the school district or a daily rate of the statewide base per pupil funding amount or adjusted base per pupil funding for the charter school, as applicable. Existing law requires the State Board of Education to adopt regulations for counting enrollment and calculating the average daily attendance of pupils for apportionment purposes. (NRS 387.123) Section 5 of this bill requires, instead, the use of the average daily enrollment of pupils for such purposes. Existing law requires, with certain exceptions, each parent, custodial parent, guardian or other person in this State having control or charge of any child between the ages of 7 and 18 years to send the child to a public school during all the time the school is in session. (NRS 392.040) Section 13 of this bill: (1) clarifies that such a child must also be enrolled in a public school; (2) requires that the child be sent to school for the full school day during all the time the school is in session; (3) requires the parent or legal guardian of the child to sign a statement or acknowledge via registration on an Internet website maintained by the school district that the parent or legal guardian and the child understand the district's policy concerning attendance; and (4) provides that a pupil who receives certain services outside of a public school shall be deemed to be in attendance at the public school and in compliance with the requirements for attendance during the time the pupil is receiving the services and is being transported to and from the school to receive those services. Sections 1, 3, 6-10, 12, 15, 16, 22, 27, 29-31 and 34-45 of this bill revise various provisions as they relate to compulsory school attendance to conform with the additional requirements of school enrollment established in section 13. Existing law provides that compulsory attendance at public school must be excused if a child has obtained permission to take the high school equivalency assessment. (NRS 392.075) Section 17 of this bill provides that after the child has taken the assessment, school attendance is required until the child receives notification of the successful completion of the assessment. Existing law requires the board of trustees of a school district to prescribe a minimum number of days that a pupil must be in attendance to obtain credit or be promoted to the next higher grade. (NRS 392.122) Section 18 of this bill authorizes a board of trustees of a school district to adopt a policy prescribing the circumstances under which a pupil will be considered chronically absent. Section 18 also: (1) eliminates provisions requiring, under certain circumstances, days on which a pupil's absence is approved by a teacher or principal to be credited towards the required days of attendance; (2) revises the process by which, upon request by the pupil and the parent or legal guardian of a pupil, a principal or principal's designee is required to review and recalculate the number of the pupil's absences for the purposes of determining whether the pupil may obtain credit or be promoted to the next higher grade; and (3) eliminates provisions authorizing the board of trustees of a school district to adopt a policy to exempt pupils who are physically or mentally unable to attend school from certain limitations on absences and certain conditions required in such a policy. Existing law creates in each county at least one advisory board to review school attendance. (NRS 392.126) Section 19 of this bill requires the membership of each such board to reflect, to the greatest extent possible, the ethnic and geographic diversity of the county. Existing law requires a teacher or principal to give written approval for a pupil to be absent if an emergency exists or upon the request of a parent or legal guardian of the pupil. (NRS 392.130) Section 20 of this bill: (1) revises this provision to authorize a teacher or principal to give such approval upon the request of a parent or legal guardian, made during the absence or within the 3 days immediately preceding or the 3 days immediately following the requested absence for an emergency; (2) prohibits the approval of absences for more than 10 percent of the number of school days in the school year; (3) requires all approved and unapproved absences to be counted for the purposes of determining whether a pupil is chronically absent; and (4) requires the board of trustees of each school district and the governing body of each charter school and university school for profoundly gifted pupils to communicate its policy on truancy and the Department's definition of chronic absenteeism to parents and legal guardians in a language they can understand and provide a parent or legal guardian notice when a pupil is approaching the 10 percent limit in the number of absences that may be approved. Sections 20, 23-26 and 29 of this bill authorize certain notices, consents, referrals, agreements, reports and other documentation which must be in writing to be made electronically. Section 21 of this bill revises the circumstances under which a child may be declared a habitual truant and provides an exception for a child who is physically or mentally unable to attend school. Existing law requires a school in which a pupil is enrolled to take reasonable actions designed to encourage, enable or convince the pupil to attend school if the pupil has one or more unapproved absences. (NRS 392.144) Section 23 of this bill requires the school to take such actions if the pupil has been truant from school. Section 28 of this bill requires the board of trustees of each school district to: (1) establish procedures to monitor and report chronic absenteeism of pupils; and (2) determine chronic absenteeism of pupils at each school within the district. Section 28 also requires: (1) the Department to adopt by regulation a definition of the term “chronic absenteeism”; and (2) the board of trustees of each school district to ensure that the actions taken pursuant to that section are consistent with the definition adopted by the Department. Section 46 of this bill repeals provisions excusing attendance for children: (1) who reside a certain distance from the nearest public school; and (2) between 15 and 18 years of age who have completed the first eight grades to enter employment or apprenticeship.

Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 385.007, 385A.270, 385B.020, 387.1225, 387.123, 388.850, 388A.366, 388A.411, 388C.260, 388D.020, 388D.200, 392.016, 392.040, 392.050, 392.060, 392.070, 392.075, 392.122, 392.126, 392.130, 392.140, 392.141, 392.144, 392.146, 392.147, 392.148, 392.149, 392.150, 392.170, 392.180, 392.200, 392.210, 392.215, 392.264, 392.268, 394.098, 394.103, 62A.240, 62B.320, 129.090, 361.068, 483.2521, 483.267, 483.270, 644A.700
Reprint 1: 385.007, 385A.270, 385B.020, 387.1225, 387.123, 388.850, 388A.366, 388A.411, 388C.260, 388D.020, 388D.200, 392.016, 392.040, 392.060, 392.070, 392.075, 392.122, 392.126, 392.130, 392.140, 392.141, 392.144, 392.146, 392.147, 392.148, 392.149, 392.150, 392.170, 392.180, 392.200, 392.210, 392.215, 392.264, 392.268, 394.098, 394.103, 62A.240, 62B.320, 129.090, 361.068, 483.2521, 483.267, 483.270, 644A.700
Reprint 2: 385.007, 385A.270, 385B.020, 387.1225, 387.123, 388.850, 388A.366, 388A.411, 388C.260, 388D.020, 388D.200, 392.016, 392.040, 392.060, 392.070, 392.075, 392.122, 392.126, 392.130, 392.140, 392.141, 392.144, 392.146, 392.147, 392.148, 392.149, 392.150, 392.170, 392.180, 392.200, 392.210, 392.215, 392.264, 392.268, 394.098, 394.103, 62A.240, 62B.320, 129.090, 361.068, 483.2521, 483.267, 483.270, 644A.700
As Enrolled: 385.007, 385A.270, 385B.020, 387.1225, 387.123, 388.850, 388A.366, 388A.411, 388C.260, 388D.020, 388D.200, 392.016, 392.040, 392.060, 392.070, 392.075, 392.122, 392.126, 392.130, 392.140, 392.141, 392.144, 392.146, 392.147, 392.148, 392.149, 392.150, 392.170, 392.180, 392.200, 392.210, 392.215, 392.264, 392.268, 394.098, 394.103, 62A.240, 62B.320, 129.090, 361.068, 483.2521, 483.267, 483.270, 644A.700
BDR: 385.007, 385A.270, 385B.020, 387.1225, 387.123, 388.850, 388A.366, 388A.411, 388C.260, 388D.020, 388D.200, 392.016, 392.040, 392.050, 392.060, 392.070, 392.075, 392.122, 392.126, 392.130, 392.140, 392.141, 392.144, 392.146, 392.147, 392.148, 392.149, 392.150, 392.170, 392.180, 392.200, 392.210, 392.215, 392.264, 392.268, 394.098, 394.103, 62A.240, 62B.320, 129.090, 361.068, 483.2521, 483.267, 483.270, 644A.700