NRS 232.990 Program to provide work-based learning opportunities for certain pupils: Office to establish in coordination with Department of Education; requirements for program; dual credit for participating pupils.
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NRS 232.990 Program to provide work-based learning opportunities for certain pupils: Office to establish in coordination with Department of Education; requirements for program; dual credit for participating pupils.
1. The Governor’s Office of Workforce Innovation shall, in coordination with the Department of Education, establish a program to provide paid and unpaid work-based learning opportunities outside of school for pupils enrolled in grades 7 to 12, inclusive.
2. The program must:
(a)Allow pupils involved in work-based learning opportunities to receive elective course credit for the learning opportunities;
(b)Establish criteria to evaluate the program for work-based learning opportunities;
(c)Outline any communication or collaboration needed between the Governor’s Office of Workforce Innovation, the Department of Education and the board of trustees of a school district to implement the program for work-based learning opportunities;
(d)Establish basic requirements for a person or organization to participate in the program for work-based learning opportunities, including, without limitation, conducting background checks on appropriate personnel and providing minimum standards for accountability; and
(e)Provide a process for the receipt of credits earned through the program for work-based learning opportunities in the school in which the pupil is enrolled.
3. The Governor’s Office of Workforce Innovation may cooperate with the Department of Education and the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada to enable pupils to earn up to 12 units of dual credit for approved work-based learning opportunities.