AB 185 — Revises provisions governing the education of pupils who are children of military personnel. (BDR 34-524)

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185185–Assemblywoman ASSEMBLYMosca BILLJoint NSponsor: O.

185–ASenator SSEMBLYWOMANBuck MCHAPTER.......... OSCA FEBRUARY 20, 2023 ____________ Referred to Committee on Education SUMMARY—Revises provisions governing the education of pupils who are children of military personnel.

(BDR 34-524) FISCAL NOTE:

Effect on Local Government:

May have Fiscal Impact.

Effect on the State:

No.

CONTAINS UNFUNDED MANDATE (§ 1) (NOTREQUESTED BAFFECTEDLOCALGOVERNMENT) ~ EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new;

matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

revising provisions relating to the enrollment of pupils in charter schools;

Thecertain Interstatechildren Compactbefore onenrolling Educationalchildren Opportunity for Military Children enrollment and continued education of pupils who are childrenotherwise ofeligible militaryfor familiesheenrollment. and who transfer into this State.

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(1)Section use1.5 theauthorizes addresssuch of a military installation to which a parent or legal guardian of the pupil hasto: a documented pending military transfer as the address of the pupil for all purposes relating to enrollment until the pupil notifies appropriate attendance area;

and(1) (2)use specifythe anaddress additionalof a military installation to which a parent or legal guardian of the pupil has a documented pending military transfer as the address solelyof the pupil for all purposes relating to enrollment until the purposepupil notifies the public school of receivingthe correspondence.actual address at which the pupil will reside in the appropriate attendance area;

Thisand bill(2) alsospecify requiresan theadditional superintendentaddress solely for the of a school district or the superintendent’s designee or the governing body of aat charter school or university school for profoundly gifted pupils to make reasonable efforts to accommodate a pupil who plans to leave the school during the school year because of the documented pending military transfer of the parent or legal guardian of the pupil.

ThisSection bill1.5 requires those efforts to include:

This- bill82nd requiresSession a(2023) pupil– who2 enrolls– inuniversity aschool publicfor school,profoundly chartergifted schoolpupils for all or universitypart of a school year pursuant to the provisions of this bill to provide proof of residency before the beginning of the next school year if the pupil plans to enroll in the school for the next school year.

EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new;

matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

NRS 388F.070388A.456 is hereby amended to read as follows:

388F.070388A.456 1.

TheBefore superintendent of a charter school districtenrolls orpupils thewho superintendent’sare designeeeligible orfor theenrollment governingpursuant bodyto ofNRS 388A.453, a charter school ormay enroll a universitychild schoolwho: for profoundly gifted pupils shall [, in] :

(a) Is a sibling of a pupil who is currently enrolled in the charter school.

(b) Was enrolled, free of charge and on the basis of a lottery system, in a prekindergarten program at the charter school or any other early childhood educational program affiliated with the charter school.

(c) Is a child of a person:

(1) Who is employed by the charter school;

(2) Who is a member of the committee to form the charter school;

(3) Who is a member of the governing body of the charter school;

or (4) Who resides on or is employed on the federal military installation, if the charter school is located on a federal military installation;

has an articulation agreement, approved by the sponsor, providingool for priority enrollment.

(e) Is in a particular category of at-risk pupils and the child meets the eligibility for enrollment prescribed by the charter school for that particular category.

(f) At the time his or her application is submitted, is enrolled in a public school of a school district with an enrollment that is more than 25 percent over the public school’s intended capacity, as reported on the list maintained by the school district pursuant to subsection 4.

If a charter school enrolls pupils who are enrolled in such a public school before enrolling other pupils who are eligible for enrollment, the charter school must enroll such pupils who reside - 82nd Session (2023) – 3 – within 2 miles of the charter school before enrolling other such pupils.

(g) At the time his or her application is submitted, is enrolled in a public school that received an annual rating established as one of public school, as determined by the Department pursuant to the a statewide system of accountability for public schools for the most recent school year for which the public school received an annual rating.