Nevada Administrative Code
Chapter 387 - Financial Support of School System
Section 387.Sec. 3.1 - NEW

Universal Citation: NV Admin Code 387.Sec. 3.1

Current through September 16, 2024

1. A work-based learning program may consist of:

(a) For pupils enrolled in kindergarten and grades 1 to 9, inclusive, career exploration activities, including participation in career fairs, company tours and events with guest speakers;

(b) For pupils enrolled in grades 9 to 12, inclusive, career preparation activities, including job shadowing for not more than 3 days, school-based enterprises and supervised agricultural experiences; and

(c) For pupils enrolled in grades 11 and 12, career training activities, including internships, apprenticeships, supervised agricultural experiences and paid work experiences.

2. A pupil may apply to participate in a work-based learning program by completing and submitting to the board of trustees of the school district in which the pupil attends school or governing body of the charter school that the pupil attends the application prescribed by the board of trustees or the governing body, as applicable, and included in the application of the board of trustees or governing body to offer the work-based learning program pursuant to subsection 1 of NAC 389.825.

3. A pupil who is authorized to participate in a work-based learning program shall be deemed to be attending school for the time during which the pupil documents participation in the program.

4. The hours of credit awarded to a pupil who successfully completes a work-based learning program must equal the hours of credit awarded for successfully completing a course that requires a pupil to spend the same amount of time in class as the program requires a pupil to spend in class or serving as an employee or apprentice.

5. The site at which a pupil performs activities as part of a work-based learning program that requires the pupil to perform more than 30 hours of activities during a semester must:

(a) Be approved by the work-based learning coordinator of the program; and

(b) Provide reasonable accommodations for pupils with disabilities.

6. As used in this section:

(a) "School-based enterprise" means a business set up and run by supervised pupils learning to apply practical skills in the production of goods or services for sale or use by others.

(b) "Supervised agricultural experience" means a program through which pupils are given opportunities to apply academic and occupational skills in the agricultural workplace or a simulated agricultural workplace.

Added to NAC by Bd. of Education by R096-17AP, eff. 6/26/2018

NRS 385.080, 389.167, as amended by section 2 of Senate Bill No. 66, chapter 596, Statutes of Nevada 2017, at page 4334

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