Existing law authorizes a charter school to give preference in enrollment to certain children before enrolling children who are otherwise eligible for enrollment. (NRS 388A.456) Section 1 of this bill authorizes a charter school to give the same preference to a child who has a parent or legal guardian who is a member of the military. The Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children requires member states, including Nevada, to take certain measures to facilitate the enrollment and continued education of pupils who are children of military families and who transfer into this State. (NRS 388F.010) Existing law also requires the superintendent of a school district or his or her designee to make reasonable efforts to accommodate a pupil who transfers to a public school in the district due to the military transfer of the parent or legal guardian of the pupil. (NRS 388F.070) Section 1.5 of this bill additionally requires the governing body of a charter school or university school for profoundly gifted pupils to make such reasonable efforts. Section 1.5 requires those reasonable efforts to include authorizing such a pupil to enroll in the 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 who reside 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. Section 1.5 authorizes such a pupil to: (1) use the address of a military installation to which a parent or legal guardian of the pupil has a documented pending military transfer as the address of the pupil for all purposes relating to enrollment until the pupil notifies the public school of the actual address at which the pupil will reside in the appropriate attendance area; and (2) specify an additional address solely for the purpose of receiving correspondence. Section 1.5 also requires the superintendent of a school district or the superintendent's designee or the governing body of a charter school or university school for profoundly gifted pupils to make reasonable efforts to accommodate a pupil who 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. Section 1.5 requires those efforts to include: (1) 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 (2) cooperating with any school or school district to which the pupil plans to transfer. Section 1.5 requires a pupil who enrolls in a public school, charter school or university school for profoundly gifted pupils for all or part of a school year pursuant to the provisions of this bill to provide proof of residency before the beginning of the next school year if the pupil plans to enroll in the school for the next school year.

Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 388F.070
Reprint 1: 388F.070
Reprint 2: 388A.456, 388F.070
As Enrolled: 388A.456, 388F.070
BDR: 388F.070