Nevada — school discipline

Governing authority stated in the sources

Nevada Revised Statutes Chapter 392, the discipline run at NRS 392.4644 through 392.472 — including 392.4655 (when a pupil is deemed a habitual disciplinary problem), 392.466 (plans of action for battery, weapons, controlled substances, or habitual disciplinary problems), and 392.467 ("Suspension or expulsion of pupil: Procedure; limitations; required meeting after suspension of pupil who is homeless or in foster care"). No revision or effective date is printed on the chapter page; that absence is recorded here rather than filled. — NRS Chapter 392, retrieved Aug 30, 2026

The lines the state draws

Nevada draws its principal lines by age rather than by day count. The board or its designee "may authorize the suspension or expulsion of any pupil who is at least 11 years of age from a public school. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection and subsections 5 and 6 of NRS 392.466, a pupil who is at least 6 years of age but less than 11 years of age must not be expelled or permanently expelled from school. In extraordinary circumstances, a school may request an exception to the prohibition set forth in this subsection against expelling or permanently expelling a pupil who is less than 11 years of age from school from the board of trustees of the school district or the governing body of the charter school or university school, as applicable." And below that: "A pupil who is less than 6 years of age must not be permanently expelled from school." (NRS 392.467(1), (2)) One length is stated, and only for one group: a pupil with a disability may, after administrative review and an IDEA compliance determination, be "Suspended from school pursuant to this section for not more than 10 days for each occurrence of proscribed conduct." (NRS 392.467(6)) Attendance is not a ground: the board or its designee "shall not authorize the expulsion, suspension or removal of any pupil from the public school system solely for offenses related to attendance or because the pupil is declared a truant or habitual truant in accordance with NRS 392.130 or 392.140." (NRS 392.467(5))

Offices and appeal bodies in these sources

Suspension and expulsion are authorized by the board of trustees, the governing body of a charter school or university school for profoundly gifted pupils, or a designee. The process owed first is stated in one sentence, with its exceptions listed: "no pupil may be suspended or expelled until the pupil has been given notice of the charges against him or her, an explanation of the evidence and an opportunity to schedule a hearing", except a pupil who "Poses a continuing danger to persons or property;", "Is an ongoing threat of disrupting the academic process;", "Is selling or distributing any controlled substance;" or "Is found to be in possession of a firearm or a dangerous weapon as provided in NRS 392.466", who "may be removed from the school immediately upon being given an explanation of the reasons for his or her removal and pending proceedings, to be conducted as soon as practicable after removal, for the pupil's suspension or expulsion." (NRS 392.467(3)) The hearing sits outside the state's open-meeting law and is closed: "The provisions of chapter 241 of NRS do not apply to any hearing or proceeding conducted pursuant to this section. Such hearings or proceedings must be closed to the public." (NRS 392.467(4))
No appeal forum beyond that proceeding, and no state office, phone number, or email for parents, appears in the sources; those absences are the finding.

Sources last checked

Aug 30, 2026

Reproduced from the state's own statutes quoted below: potentially relevant official sources, not a determination of which one governs any situation.

This page assembles what Nevada publishes in statute about K-12 school discipline. This is a baseline docket page: the governing sections, the lines the state draws, and the decision-makers and hearing rights, quoted with dates. The full sections (the framework route by route, the four hoisted process rows, every stated timeline, the district delegation map, and records access) follow as the discipline layer deepens behind its breadth sprint; the change log states exactly what is not yet captured. Nevada requires schools to plan for the schooling of removed students in advance and on a calendar, rather than case by case. A public school "must, on or before August 1 of each year, develop or review and revise a plan to offer a pupil, including, without limitation, a pupil who is less than 11 years of age, who is removed from a classroom or any other premises of the public school pursuant to this section or NRS 392.466 for more than 2 school days:" "Education services to prevent the pupil from losing academic credit or becoming disengaged from school during the period the pupil is removed from a classroom or any other premises of the public school; and" "Appropriate positive behavioral interventions and support, trauma-informed support and a referral to a school social worker or school counselor." That plan must include "An option to provide such education and support services to a pupil in an in-person setting;", "The location where such services will be provided to the pupil; and" "A plan for the pupil to complete any assignments or course work missed during his or her removal." Each school must then submit the plan to the board or governing body, to the State Board, and to the Joint Interim Standing Committee on Education. (NRS 392.4644(4), (5), (6)) Two other features are worth naming at the outset. The removal threshold that triggers those services is two school days, which is lower than any comparable threshold captured so far. And a pupil who is homeless or in foster care gets a required meeting after a suspension, which the section title states directly. The conduct rules and the procedural policy for pupils with disabilities alike are the board's or governing body's to adopt — the disability provision applies "in accordance with the procedural policy adopted by the board of trustees of the school district or the governing body of the charter school or university school for profoundly gifted pupils, as applicable, for such matters and only after an administrative review of the circumstances and a determination that the action is in compliance with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 20 U.S.C. §§ 1400 et seq." (NRS 392.467(6)) That delegation will anchor the full page's delegation map. For a student with an IEP or Section 504 plan, the disability layer lives on this site's Nevada special education page. Confirm applicability with the school district or charter school and the agencies. All dates on this page are quoted from the sources, not a deadline calculation performed for you.