NRS 389.0186 - Public high schools to allow pupils to receive certain credit for completion of certain computer science courses; requirements for receipt of such credit.

NV Rev Stat § 389.0186 (2019) (N/A)

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1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, each public high school, including without limitation, a charter school, must allow a pupil enrolled in the school to receive a fourth unit of credit towards the mathematics credits required for graduation from high school or a third unit of credit towards the science credits required for graduation from high school for successful completion of:

(a) An advanced placement computer science course;

(b) A computer science course that is offered through a program of career and technical education; or

(c) A computer science course that is offered by a community college or university which has been approved pursuant to NRS 389.160.

2. A pupil:

(a) May not apply more than one unit of credit received for the completion of one or more courses described in subsection 1 toward the mathematics or science credits required for graduation from high school.

(b) Must successfully complete each mathematics or science course for which an end-of-course examination is prescribed by the State Board pursuant to 20 U.S.C. § 6311(b)(2).

(Added to NRS by 2017, 4339)

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