1. If the teacher or other staff member who removed a pupil from the classroom or other premises of a public school does not agree with the recommendation of the principal pursuant to subsection 6 of NRS 392.4646, the principal shall continue the temporary alternative placement of the pupil and shall immediately convene a meeting of the committee created pursuant to NRS 392.4647. The principal shall inform the parent or legal guardian of the pupil that the committee will be conducting a meeting. The committee shall review the circumstances of the pupil’s removal from the classroom or other premises of the public school and the pupil’s behavior that caused the pupil to be removed from the classroom or other premises. Based upon its review, the committee shall assess the best placement available for the pupil and shall, without limitation:

(a) Direct that the pupil be returned to the classroom or other premises from which he or she was removed;

(b) Assign the pupil to another appropriate classroom or other premises;

(c) Assign the pupil to an alternative program of education, if available;

(d) Recommend the suspension or expulsion of the pupil in accordance with NRS 392.467; or

(e) Take any other appropriate disciplinary action against the pupil that the committee deems necessary.

2. A principal shall report to the school district each time a committee created pursuant to NRS 392.4647 is convened and, upon the conclusion of the committee’s review of a placement, shall supplement the report with the result of the assessment of the committee.

3. Each school district shall compile the reports submitted to the school district pursuant to subsection 2 and, on or before July 1 of each year, submit an annual report to the Legislative Committee on Education containing such information for all schools located in the school district.

(Added to NRS by 1999, 3187; A 2017, 2008)