392.129 - Establishment of school attendance councils; membership; duties; annual report. - Nevada Statutes

392.129  Establishment of school attendance councils; membership; duties; annual report.

      1.  The board of trustees of a school district located:

      (a) In a county whose population is 100,000 or more shall establish not less than one school attendance council within the school district.

      (b) In a county whose population is less than 100,000 may establish a school attendance council within the school district.

      2.  A school attendance council established by the board of trustees must consist of members whose professional responsibilities relate to the prevention of truancy and the enforcement of laws relating to truancy, which may include, without limitation, a person in charge of monitoring attendance within the school district or a school, a representative from an agency which provides child welfare services, a representative from a law enforcement agency and a representative of the district attorney.

      3.  A school attendance council shall:

      (a) Assist in the implementation of a program to reduce the truancy of pupils adopted by the advisory board to review school attendance pursuant to NRS 392.128.

      (b) Monitor each incident involving the truancy of a pupil within the school district and document the efforts made by each school and the school district to assist the pupil in attending school.

      (c) Monitor excessive absences of pupils within the school district and document the efforts made by each school and the school district to assist pupils in attending school.

      (d) Prepare an annual report which includes a compilation of the disposition of incidences involving the truancy of pupils during the immediately preceding school year. On or before August 1 of each year the report must be submitted to the Department and the Legislative Committee on Education. The annual report must not disclose the identity of an individual pupil.

      (e) Receive and retain a report from a family resource center or other provider of community services that assists pupils who are truant. As used in this paragraph, “family resource center” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 430A.040.

      (Added to NRS by 2007, 1816)