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The Nevada Purple Star School Award is a designation provided to military-friendly schools that display a major commitment to serving military-connected students and families. Nevada Purple Star Schools receive a special Purple Star recognition to display in their buildings, are recognized on the NV Department of Education webpage and social media platforms, and are highlighted by the various military installations across the state.

This bill requires the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada to establish statewide standards for the awarding of credit for military education, training or occupational experience; requiring that credit earned by a student for military education, training or occupational experience be applicable toward the course work required for the award of a degree or certificate at a community college, state college or university in the Nevada System of Higher Education.

This bill authorizes a pupil who plans to transfer to a public school in the school district or to a charter school or university school from a school inside our outside the State of Nevada because of the documented pending military transfer of the parent or legal guardian of the pupil to enroll in the public school, charter school or university school and participate in any application or lottery process necessary to be eligible for such enrollment at the same time and in the same manner, or remotely using electronic means, as pupils in the school district. It also adds children of military servicemembers as a priority category for the purposes of charter school enrollment.

This bill requires the superintendent of a school district or governing body of a charter school or university school to accommodate a pupil who plans to leave the school during the school year because of a documented pending military transfer of the parent or legal guardian of the pupil, to include assisting the pupil to complete the requirements for the current school year through a program of distance education, if such program is available.

Section 3. Tuition Tuition shall be charged to nonresident students except as otherwise provided in this Section. Tuition shall not be charged: 7. To a member of the Armed Forces of the United States, on active duty, stationed in Nevada as a result of a permanent change of duty station pursuant to military orders, or a person whose spouse, parent or legal guardian is a member of the Armed Forces of the United States stationed in Nevada as a result of a permanent change of duty station pursuant to military orders, including a Marine currently stationed at the Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center at Pickel Meadows, California. If the member ceases to be stationed in Nevada, reside in Nevada, be stationed in Pickel Meadows, California, or be domiciled in Nevada, the spouse, child or legal guardian of the member shall not be charged tuition if the spouse, child or legal guardian of the member was admitted prior to the reassignment if such student enrolls and remains continuously enrolled at an Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE) institution.

This bill created the Office of Military Legal Assistance is hereby created in the Office of the Attorney General to facilitate the delivery of legal assistance programs, pro bono services and self-help services to current and former military personnel in Nevada.

Requires a state agency or regulatory body to provide veterans an option to indicate their military service on all forms used to collect data and shall report this information to the Nevada Interagency Council on Veteran Affairs.