AB 533 — Revises provisions relating to education. (BDR 34-756)

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(b)- University83rd Session (2025) – 4 – (c) Public school foroutside profoundlythe giftedzone pupils;of attendance that the pupil is otherwise required to attend if the pupil is a child in foster care who is remaining in his or her school of origin pursuant to NRS 388E.105;

(c) Public school outside the zone of attendance that the pupil is otherwise required to attend if the pupil is a child in foster care who is remaining in his or her school of origin pursuant to NRS 388E.105;

or (f) Public school outside the zone of attendance that the pupil is otherwise required to attend if the public school is not at capacityattend in the gradeschool levelpursuant ofto thethis pupilsection.d and the pupil is approved to attend3. the school pursuant to this section.

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(a) Establish ana application process throughto whichreview athe pupilpolicies mayand requestprocedures toof attend,school districts adopted pursuant to paragraph (f)(a) of subsection 2,4 ato publicdetermine schoolif outsidesuch thepolicies zoneand ofprocedures attendanceare thatconsistent with the pupilrequirements isof otherwisethis requiredsection. to attend.

The(b) processEnsure must:that any application of a school district for pupils to apply to attend a school outside the zone of attendance that the pupil is otherwise required to attend pursuant to paragraph (f) of subsection 2 is made available in the five most common languages other than English primarily spoken in households in this State as determined by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, which may include, without limitation, Spanish and Tagalog.

(1)(c) IncludeOn anor annualbefore deadlinethe byfirst whichday aof pupileach mustcalendar submitquarter, publish, on the applicationInternet towebsite maintained by the boardDepartment, ofin trusteesthis ofState.vacancies thefor schooleach districtgrade level in whicheach thepublic school (d) On the pupilInternet requestswebsite maintained by the Department, annually publish data describing, for pupils who transferred between schools located in different zones of attendance pursuant to attendparagraph is(f) located;of subsection 2:

and (2) Provide for the notification of a pupil and his or her parent or legal guardian, and the principals of the schools involved in the transfer of the pupil, if an application is approved.

(b) Ensure that any application developed pursuant to paragraph (a) is made available in the five most common languages other than English primarily spoken in households in this State as determined by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, which may include, without limitation, Spanish and Tagalog.

- *AB533_R1* – 4 – (c) On or before the first calendar day of each month, publish, on the Internet website maintained by the Department, the number of vacancies for each grade level in each public school in this State.

(d) Not require a pupil to complete an application developed pursuant to paragraph (a) unless the pupil is requesting to attend a public school outside the zone of attendance that the pupil is otherwise required to attend.

(e) On the Internet website maintained by the Department, annually publish data describing, for pupils who transferred between schools located in different zones of attendance pursuant to paragraph (f) of subsection 2:

and (2)- For83rd eachSession public(2025) school,– the5 number– of pupils who transferred into and out of the school pursuant to paragraph (f) of subsection 2 during the previous school year.

(a) DetermineAdopt thepolicies capacityand forprocedures eachgoverning gradethe levelattendance withinof eachpupils publicat schoolschools inoutside the schoolzone districtof inattendance accordancethat witha thepupil provisionsis otherwise required to attend pursuant to paragraph (f) of thissubsection section.2.

(b)Such Requirepolicies aand publicprocedures schoolmust: in the school district to enroll a pupil whose application submitted pursuant to subsection 3 has been approved, so long as the public school has capacity at the grade level of the pupil without taking into consideration the capacity of any specialized program.

(c)(1) EstablishNot deem a methodpupil toineligible determine which pupils to enrollattend ina anypublic gradeschool leveloutside withinthe azone publicof schoolattendance forthat whichthe applicationspupil exceedis theotherwise capacityrequired limitsto establishedattend pursuant to paragraph (a),(f) whichof maysubsection include,2 on an arbitrary basis, including, without limitation, abased lotteryon system.the home address of the pupil;

(d)(2) AllowRequire aall pupilpublic whoseschools applicationwithin submittedthe pursuantschool district, except for magnet schools, career and technical academies and dual enrollment high schools, to subsectionbe 3open hasto beenthe approvedattendance of pupils pursuant to permanentlyparagraph transfer(f) of subsection 2, subject to thatcapaci(3) Prohibit the assessment of any tuition or fees by a public school withoutwithin requiringthe anschool additionaldistrict applicationto ina anypupil subsequentwho attends the school year.pursuant to paragraph (f) of subsection 2;

(e)(4) PrepareInclude anda submitprocedure anfor annualpupils reportto apply to attend a public school outside the Superintendentzone of Publicattendance Instructionthat describing:the pupil is otherwise required to attend pursuant to paragraph (f) of subsection 2, including, without limitation, the date each year on which the school district will begin accepting applications and the annual deadline by which an application must be submitted;

(1)(5) TheNot numberrequire ofa applicationspupil receivedto pursuantcomplete an application to subsectionattend 3a andpublic school unless the numberpupil ofis suchrequesting applicationsto attend a public school outside the zone of attendance that werethe approvedpupil oris denied;otherwise required to attend;

(6) Provide for the notification of a pupil and his or her parent or legal guardian, and the principals of the schools andolved in the transfer of the pupil, if an application is approved;

(7) Include a method to determine which pupils to enroll in any grade level within a public school for which applications exceed the capacity limits established pursuant to paragraph (c), which:

(I) Must give priority to pupils who live in the zone of attendance for a public school that received, in the immediately preceding school year, one of the two lowest ratings of - 83rd Session (2025) – 6 – public schools;

andt to the statewide system of accountability for (II) Except as otherwise provided in sub-subparagraph (I), may include, without limitation, a lottery.

(b) On or before the first day of each calendar quarter, publish on the Internet website maintained by the school district the number of vacancies for each grade level in each public school in the school district.

(c) Determine the capacity for each grade level within each public school in the school district in accordance with the provisions of this section and annually publish such capacity on the Internet website maintained by the school district not later than 90 days before the date on which the school district will begin accepting applications from pupils to attend a public school outside the zone of attendance that a pupil is otherwise required to attend.

The capacity determined pursuant to this paragraph must not be reduced during the period in which the school district circumstances, which was unforeseeable at the time the capacity was published pursuant to this section, necessitates such a change, including, without limitation, a change in capacity due to an issue with the facilities of the public school.

If the capacity of a public school is reduced during the period in which the school district accepts such applications, the board of trustees shall ensure that, not later than 15 days before the earliest date on which decisions on such applications are to be made, there is published on the Internet website maintained by the school district a written explanation of the change in circumstances which necessitated the reduction in capacity.

(d) Require a public school in the school district to enroll a pupil whose application submitted in accordance with the policies and procedures adopted pursuant to paragraph (a) has been approved, so long as the public school has capacity at the grade any specialized program.ut taking into consideration the capacity of (e) Allow a pupil whose application submitted in accordance with the policies and procedures adopted pursuant to paragraph (a) has been approved to permanently transfer to that public school without requiring an additional application in any subsequent school year.

(f) Adopt a uniform methodology for calculating the capacity of each public school within the school district for the purposes of paragraph (c).

The methodology must be publicly documented, - 83rd Session (2025) – 7 – district and published on the Internet website maintained by the school district.

The methodology adopted by a school district must calculate the capacity of each public school within the school district based on:

(1) Maximum building occupancy;

or (2) An occupancy level of not more than 1 person per 40 square feet of instructional space.

(g) Prepare and submit an annual report to the Superintendent of Public Instruction describing:

(1) The number of applications to attend a public school outside the zone of attendance that a pupil is otherwise required to attend that were received by the school district and the number of such applications that were approved or denied;

The application process established pursuantby tothe subsectionboard 3of musttrustees prohibit the consideration of any of the following factors in determiningdeterminingthe whether to approve an application:

- *AB533_R1* – 5 – (a) The academic, artistic or athletic ability of a pupil;

If an application to attend a public school outside the zone of attendance that a pupil is otherwise required to attend submitted pursuant to subsection 3 is denied or no action is taken on the application, the parent or legal denied guardian of the pupil may appeal the denial or lack of action to the superintendent of the school district and he or she shall promptly approve or deny the application.

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EachThe year,State theBoard board of trustees of each school district shall prepareadopt andregulations submitnecessary to carry out the Superintendentprovisions of Publicthis Instructionsection. a report describing:

(a) The resources available to the school district for the transportation of pupils;

(b) The number of pupils enrolled in the school district who have applied to attend a school outside the zone of attendance that the pupils are otherwise required to attend pursuant to subsection 3;

and (c) An analysis of ways the resources available to the school district for the transportation of pupils could be used to provide transportation to pupils who have submitted an application to attend a school outside the zone of attendance that the pupils are otherwise required to attend pursuant to subsection 3.

(a) “Capacity”“Expelled” meanshas the numbermeaning ofascribed pupils who can be adequately served by a school in each grade level, calculated by subtracting the sum of the number of pupils enrolled in the school at that grade level and the number of staff members assigned to the“expel” schoolor for“ex(b) that“Instructional gradespace” leveldoes fromnot theinclude: maximum physical capacity of the instructional space in the school dedicated to that grade level.

- *AB533_R1* – 6 – (b) “Expelled” has the meaning ascribed to “expel” or “expulsion” in NRS 392.4603.

(c) “Instructional space” does not include:

(2) A theater;

(d)(c) “Suspended” has the meaning ascribed to “suspend” or “suspension” in NRS 392.4607.

Sections 11, 1.5 and 2 of this act become effective:

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