NRS389.805. State Board required to prescribe criteria for standard high school diploma; end-of-course examinations and college and career readiness assessment; exception for certain pupils with disabilities; prohibition to issue certificate of attendance.

      1.  A pupil with a disability who does not satisfy the requirements for receipt of a standard high school diploma may receive a diploma designated as an adjusted diploma if the pupil satisfies the requirements set forth in his or her individualized education program. As used in this subsection, “individualized education program” has the meaning ascribed to it in 20 U.S.C. § 1414(d)(1)(A).

      2.  The State Board shall adopt regulations that prescribe the:

      (a) Criteria for a pupil to receive a standard high school diploma, which must include, without limitation, the requirement that:

             (1) Commencing with the 2014-2015 school year and each school year thereafter, a pupil enrolled in grade 11 take the college and career readiness assessment administered pursuant to NRS 389.807;

             (2) Commencing with the 2014-2015 school year and each school year thereafter, a pupil enroll in the courses of study designed to prepare the pupil for graduation from high school and for readiness for college and career; and

             (3) Commencing with the 2014-2015 school year and each school year thereafter, a pupil pass at least four end-of-course examinations prescribed pursuant to paragraph (b).

      (b) Courses of study in which pupils must pass the end-of-course examinations required by subparagraph (3) of paragraph (a), which must include, without limitation, the subject areas for which the State Board has adopted the common core standards and which may include any other courses of study prescribed by the State Board.

      (c) The maximum number of times, if any, that a pupil is allowed to take the end-of-course examinations if the pupil fails to pass the examinations after the first administration.

      3.  The criteria prescribed by the State Board pursuant to subsection 2 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 389.807.

      4.  If a pupil does not satisfy the requirements prescribed by the State Board to receive a standard high school diploma, 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 pursuant to subsection 1.

      (Added to NRS by 2007, 1076; A 2009, 351, 2619; 2013, 3278)