Powers and duties of juvenile court: Supervision of child; restrictions on attendance; parental responsibility; schools may be authorized to inform educational personnel; termination of jurisdiction.

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1. In addition to any other action authorized or required pursuant to the provisions of this title and except as otherwise provided in NRS 62F.150, if a child is adjudicated delinquent for an unlawful act that would have been a sexual offense if committed by an adult or is adjudicated delinquent for a sexually motivated act, the juvenile court shall:

(a) Place the child under the supervision of a probation officer or parole officer, as appropriate, for a period of not less than 3 years.

(b) Except as otherwise provided in NRS 62F.130 and 62F.140, prohibit the child from attending a public school or private school that a victim of the sexual offense or the sexually motivated act is attending for the period ordered by the juvenile court pursuant to paragraph (a).

(c) Order the parent or guardian of the child to inform the probation officer or parole officer, as appropriate, assigned to the child each time the child expects to change the public school or private school that the child is attending, not later than 20 days before the expected date of the change.

(d) Order the parent or guardian of the child, to the extent of the financial ability of the parent or guardian, to reimburse all or part of the additional costs of transporting the child, if the costs are incurred by a county school district pursuant to NRS 392.251 to 392.271, inclusive.

(e) Inform the parent or guardian of the child of the requirements of NRS 62F.100 to 62F.150, inclusive, 392.251 to 392.271, inclusive, and 394.162 to 394.167, inclusive.

2. The juvenile court may authorize a superintendent of a county school district or the executive head of a private school who receives notification from a probation officer or parole officer, as appropriate, pursuant to NRS 62F.120 to inform other appropriate educational personnel that the child has been adjudicated delinquent for a sexual offense or a sexually motivated act.

3. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 62F.150, the juvenile court may not terminate its jurisdiction concerning the child for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of NRS 62F.100 to 62F.150, inclusive, for the period ordered by the juvenile court pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 1.

(Added to NRS by 2003, 1077)


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