Amendment No. 486

Assembly Amendment to Assembly Bill No. 14 (BDR 34-324)

Proposed by: Committee on Education

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Resolves Conflicts with: N/A

Amends: Summary: Title: Preamble: Joint Sponsorship:

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Amend the bill as a whole by renumbering sections 1 through 3 as sections 2 through 4 and adding a new section designated section 1, following the enacting clause, to read as follows:

"Section 1. Chapter 392 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a new section to read as follows:

A school shall enter into the record of a pupil a suspension of the pupil if the school in which the pupil is enrolled:

1. Prohibits the pupil from attending school for 3 or more consecutive days; and

2. Requires a conference or some other form of communication with the parent or legal guardian of the pupil before the pupil is allowed to return to school.".

Amend section 1, page 1, by deleting lines 3 and 4 and inserting:

"1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a principal of a school shall, upon the written request of at least one teacher of a pupil enrolled in elementary school or at least two teachers of a pupil enrolled in junior high, middle school or high school, deem the pupil a habitual disciplinary problem if the".

Amend section 1, page 2, by deleting lines 3 and 4 and inserting:

"during that school year, or if a pupil receives one suspension on his record, the school in which the pupil is enrolled shall".

Amend section 1, page 2, by deleting lines 9 and 10 and inserting:

"(b) An explanation that if the pupil is suspended for initiating one additional fight on school property or if the pupil receives five suspensions on his record during the current school year, he will be deemed a habitual".

Amend section 1, page 2, between lines 21 and 22 by inserting:

"A school shall provide the notice required by this subsection for each suspension on the record of a pupil during a school year. A school may include the notice required by this subsection with notice that is otherwise provided to the parent or legal guardian of a pupil which informs the parent or legal guardian of the act committed by the pupil.".

Amend section 1, page 2, by deleting lines 33 through 35 and inserting:

"(c) The pupil and his parent or legal guardian that the pupil will attend summer school, intersession school or school on Saturday, if any of those alternatives are offered by the school district.".

Amend section 1, page 3, line 14, after "problem." by inserting:

"A school may include the notice required by this subsection with notice that is otherwise provided to the parent or legal guardian of a pupil which informs the parent or legal guardian of the act committed by the pupil.".

Amend section 1, page 3, by deleting lines 24 through 26 and inserting:

"(c) The pupil and his parent or legal guardian that the pupil will attend summer school, intersession school or school on Saturday, if any of those alternatives are offered by the school district.".

Amend section 1, page 3, by deleting lines 33 through 40.

Amend the title of the bill, first line, after:

"relating to pupils;" by inserting:

"requiring schools to enter suspensions into the records of pupils under certain circumstances;".