Existing law requires the State Board of Education to adopt regulations that prescribe the criteria for a pupil to receive a college and career ready high school diploma, which must include requirements that the pupil: (1) satisfy the criteria for receipt of a standard high school diploma; and (2) obtain a college-ready endorsement or a career-ready endorsement. Existing law requires the State Board to adopt regulations prescribing the criteria for a pupil to obtain each endorsement. (NRS 390.605) Existing law also requires a pupil enrolled in a public high school to enroll in a certain number of credits in certain subject areas. (NRS 389.018) Section 1 of this bill requires a pupil enrolled in a public high school to enroll in the courses and credits required by the State Board to receive: (1) a college and career ready high school diploma; or (2) a diploma offered by a school district that is equivalent to or more rigorous than a college and career ready high school diploma. Section 1 provides that a pupil is not required to enroll in such courses and credits if: (1) the pupil, a counselor at the school and, under certain circumstances, the parent or legal guardian of the pupil and an administrator at the school, mutually agree to a modified course of study for the pupil after the pupil's ninth grade year; or (2) the pupil is a pupil with a disability and is exempted from the requirement to do so in accordance with the pupil's individualized education program or a plan developed in accordance with section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. § 794. Section 2 of this bill provides for the application of the amendatory provisions of this bill to certain pupils enrolled in a school district located in a county whose population is 100,000 or more (currently Clark and Washoe Counties) beginning in the 2024-2025 school year. Section 2 applies similar provisions to certain pupils enrolled in a school district located in a county whose population is less than 100,000 (currently all counties other than Clark and Washoe Counties) beginning with the 2026-2027 school year.

Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 389.018
Reprint 1: 389.018
Reprint 2: 389.018
As Enrolled: 389.018
BDR: 389.018