388.205 - Development of academic plan required for ninth grade pupils.
388.205 Development of academic plan required for ninth grade pupils.
1. The board of trustees of each school district shall adopt a policy for each public school in the school district in which ninth grade pupils are enrolled to develop a 4-year academic plan for each of those pupils. The academic plan must set forth the specific educational goals that the pupil intends to achieve before graduation from high school. The plan may include, without limitation, the designation of a career pathway and enrollment in dual credit courses, career and technical education courses, advanced placement courses and honors courses.
2. The policy must require each pupil enrolled in ninth grade and the pupil’s parent or legal guardian to:
(a) Work in consultation with a school counselor to develop an academic plan for the pupil;
(b) Sign the academic plan; and
(c) Review the academic plan at least once each school year in consultation with a school counselor and revise the plan if necessary.
3. If a pupil enrolls in a high school after ninth grade, an academic plan must be developed for that pupil with appropriate modifications for the grade level of the pupil.
4. An academic plan for a pupil must be used as a guide for the pupil and the parent or legal guardian of the pupil to plan, monitor and manage the pupil’s educational and occupational development and make determinations of the appropriate courses of study for the pupil. If a pupil does not satisfy all the goals set forth in the academic plan, the pupil is eligible to graduate and receive a high school diploma if the pupil otherwise satisfies the requirements for a diploma.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 2178)