1. The count of pupils for apportionment purposes includes all pupils who are enrolled in programs of instruction of the school district, including, without limitation, a program of distance education provided by the school district, pupils who reside in the county in which the school district is located and are enrolled in any charter school, including, without limitation, a program of distance education provided by a charter school, pupils who are enrolled in a university school for profoundly gifted pupils located in the county and pupils who are enrolled in a challenge school located in the county, for:

(a) Pupils in the kindergarten department.

(b) Pupils in grades 1 to 12, inclusive.

(c) Pupils not included under paragraph (a) or (b) who are receiving special education pursuant to the provisions of NRS 388.417 to 388.469, inclusive, and 388.5251 to 388.5267, inclusive.

(d) Pupils who reside in the county and are enrolled part-time in a program of distance education provided pursuant to NRS 388.820 to 388.874, inclusive.

(e) Children detained in facilities for the detention of children, alternative programs and juvenile forestry camps receiving instruction pursuant to the provisions of NRS 388.550, 388.560 and 388.570.

(f) Pupils who are enrolled in classes pursuant to subsection 1 of NRS 388A.471 and pupils who are enrolled in classes pursuant to subsection 1 of NRS 388A.474.

(g) Pupils who are enrolled in classes pursuant to subsection 1 of NRS 392.074.

(h) Pupils who are enrolled in classes and taking courses necessary to receive a high school diploma, excluding those pupils who are included in paragraphs (d), (f) and (g).

(i) Pupils who are enrolled in a challenge school.

2. The State Board shall establish uniform regulations for counting enrollment and calculating the average daily attendance of pupils. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, in establishing such regulations for the public schools, the State Board:

(a) May divide the pupils in grades 1 to 12, inclusive, into categories composed respectively of those enrolled in elementary schools and those enrolled in secondary schools.

(b) Shall prohibit the counting of any pupil specified in subsection 1 more than once.

(c) Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, shall prohibit the counting of a pupil enrolled in grade 12 as a full-time pupil if the pupil is not prepared for college and career success, as defined by the Department. Such a pupil may be counted as a full-time pupil if he or she is enrolled in a minimum of six courses or the equivalent of six periods per day or the superintendent of the school district has approved enrollment in fewer courses for good cause.

(Added to NRS by 1967, 890; A 1969, 444, 1173; 1971, 288; 1973, 1423; 1979, 1586; 1989, 1814, 2105; 1991, 1547; 1993, 2156; 1997, 1860; 1999, 3306; 2001, 1483, 3143; 2003, 1136, 3214; 2005, 1667; 2007, 1200, 1988; 2013, 1602; 2015, 1129, 3806; 2017, 3231; 2019, 1977, 2005, 2061)