NRS388.862. Board of trustees required to declare public school to which pupil enrolled in program is affiliated; applicability of statutes and regulations to pupils.

      1.  If a pupil is enrolled full-time in a program of distance education provided by the board of trustees of a school district, the board of trustees that provides the program shall declare for each such pupil one public school within that school district with which the pupil is affiliated. The board of trustees may declare that all the pupils enrolled in the program of distance education are affiliated with one public school within the school district, or it may declare individual public schools for the pupils enrolled in the program. Upon the declared affiliation, the pupil shall be deemed enrolled in that public school for purposes of all the applicable requirements, statutes, regulations, rules and policies of that public school and school district, including, without limitation:

      (a) Graduation requirements;

      (b) Accountability of public schools, as set forth in NRS 385.3455 to 385.3891, inclusive;

      (c) Provisions governing the attendance and truancy of pupils, as set forth in NRS 392.040 to 392.220, inclusive; and

      (d) Discipline of pupils.

      2.  A pupil who is enrolled full-time in a program of distance education provided by a charter school shall be deemed enrolled in the charter school. All the applicable requirements, including, without limitation, statutes, regulations, rules and policies of that charter school apply to such a pupil, including, without limitation:

      (a) Graduation requirements;

      (b) Accountability of public schools, as set forth in NRS 385.3455 to 385.3891, inclusive;

      (c) Provisions governing the attendance and truancy of pupils, as set forth in NRS 392.040 to 392.220, inclusive; and

      (d) Discipline of pupils.

      3.  If a pupil is enrolled part-time in a program of distance education, all the applicable requirements, statutes, regulations, rules and policies of the public school of the school district in which the pupil is otherwise enrolled or the charter school in which the pupil is otherwise enrolled apply to such a pupil, including, without limitation:

      (a) Graduation requirements;

      (b) Accountability of public schools, as set forth in NRS 385.3455 to 385.3891, inclusive;

      (c) Provisions governing the attendance and truancy of pupils, as set forth in NRS 392.040 to 392.220, inclusive; and

      (d) Discipline of pupils.

      (Added to NRS by 2001, 3153; A 2003, 19th Special Session, 52; 2013, 1929)