Nevada legislation · 83rd Legislature (2025)
Nevada SB177: Revises provisions relating to education. (BDR 34-942)
Status: Chaptered, June 6, 2025
What the bill says
An act relating to education; authorizing a principal to assign a homeless pupil or a pupil in foster care to a temporary alternative placement under certain circumstances; revising the requirement for the principal of a school to consult with certain persons before determining that a homeless pupil or a pupil in foster care is a habitual disciplinary problem; revising the procedure for the suspension of homeless pupils or pupils in foster care and the procedure for determining whether homelessness or placement in foster care is a factor in the behavior of certain pupils…
From the enrolled text, May 27, 2025:
AN ACT relating to education; authorizing a principal to assign a homeless pupil or a pupil in foster care to a temporary alternative placement under certain circumstances; revising the requirement for the principal of a school to consult with certain persons before determining that a homeless pupil or a pupil in foster care is a habitual disciplinary problem; revising the procedure for the suspension of homeless pupils or pupils in foster care and the procedure for determining whether homelessness or placement in foster care is a factor in the behavior of certain pupils; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Legislative Counsel's Digest: Existing law establishes the process for the principal of a school to determine that a pupil who is 11 years of age or older and enrolled in the school is a habitual disciplinary problem. (NRS 392.4655) Under existing law, if a pupil who is 11 years of age or older is deemed a habitual disciplinary problem and the school has made a reasonable effort to complete a plan of action based on restorative justice with the pupil, the principal is generally authorized to suspend the pupil, or under extraordinary circumstances, expel the pupil from the school. (NRS 392.466) Existing law provides that before a pupil who is homeless or in foster care may be determined to be …
Sponsors
- James Ohrenschall (D, 21) · primary sponsor