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Board workshop reviews Nevada discipline-law overhaul and Carson City’s restorative approach
Summary
At an April 9, 2024 board workshop, legal consultant Anne Alexander reviewed major Nevada law changes since 2019 and 2021 that limit removals and require restorative plans; district administrator Tasha Fuson outlined how Carson City School District is implementing student-level restorative plans, intervention teams and in‑person alternative instruction.
At a board workshop on April 9, 2024, Anne Alexander, a statewide legal consultant, told the Carson City School District Board of Trustees that a series of bills since 2019 have “flipped [discipline law] on its ear,” narrowing when districts may remove students and imposing new process requirements.
Alexander said the 2019 legislation introduced an age-11 limit for most out‑of‑school removals, narrowed mandatory-removal categories and required student‑level restorative‑justice plans in certain circumstances. She called the reforms a “revolution in Nevada disciplinary law,” noting that subsequent 2021 cleanup bills added statutory definitions (suspension, expulsion, permanent expulsion), expanded appeal rights and adjusted special‑education rules. Alexander said 2023…
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