Nevada · statute · Nev. Rev. Stat. ch. 389 · 53 active provisions
Except as otherwise provided in NRS 389.041, boards of trustees of school districts in this State shall enforce in schools the courses of study prescribed and adopted by the State Board.
1. The State Board shall adopt regulations that prescribe a uniform grading scale for all public high schools, including, without limitation, a uniform grading scale for dual credit courses, international baccalaureate courses, advanced placement courses and honors courses. The regulations adopted pursuant to this sect…
1. A public high school shall administer an examination containing a number of questions, determined by the public high school, which are identical to the questions contained in the civics portion of the naturalization test adopted by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services of the Department of Homeland…
1. The State Board shall adopt regulations that require each public school to establish and carry out a plan to identify pupils in grades 3 to 12, inclusive, for placement in more rigorous courses in mathematics, English language arts, science and social studies. The regulations must require a school to use the criteri…
Each public school shall set aside appropriate time at the beginning of each school day for pupils to pledge their allegiance to the flag of the United States. In addition, each public school may set aside appropriate time during the school day for additional patriotic observance.
1. The following subjects are designated as the core academic subjects that must be taught, as applicable for grade levels, in all public schools, the Caliente Youth Center, the Nevada Youth Training Center and any other state facility for the detention of children that is operated pursuant to title 5 of NRS: (a) Engli…
1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, each public high school, including without limitation, a charter school, must allow a pupil enrolled in the school to receive a fourth unit of credit towards the mathematics credits required for graduation from high school or a third unit of credit towards the science cr…
1. The State Board shall adopt regulations establishing courses of study and the grade levels for which the courses of study apply for: (a) The academic subjects set forth in NRS 389.018. A course of study in health prescribed pursuant to paragraph (c) of subsection 3 of NRS 389.018 must, for pupils enrolled in middle…
1. The State Board shall develop a model curriculum for the subject areas of English language arts and mathematics for each grade level in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive. The State Board shall use the results of the pilot program established pursuant to NRS 389.047 to determine whether the model curriculum…
1. The Department, in consultation with persons and organizations who possess knowledge and expertise in the teaching of personal safety of children, shall develop: (a) Age-appropriate curriculum standards based on best practices for teaching the personal safety of children to pupils in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12,…
The Department shall develop, maintain and publish on an Internet website maintained by the Department a list of evidence-based curricula and programs concerning the prevention of substance misuse and substance use disorders.
1. The board of trustees of a school district shall establish a course or unit of a course of: (a) Factual instruction concerning the human immunodeficiency virus; and (b) Instruction on the human reproductive system, related communicable diseases and sexual responsibility. 2. Each board of trustees shall appoint an ad…
The board of trustees of each school district, the governing body of each charter school that operates as a high school and the governing body of each university school for profoundly gifted pupils shall: 1. Ensure that a course in computer science that has been approved by the State Board is made available to pupils e…
1. The Department shall: (a) Develop and make available to school districts, charter schools and university schools for profoundly gifted pupils an Internet repository of resources for providing instruction in computer science to pupils in all grades. The repository must contain, without limitation, resources for provi…
The Department shall: 1. Review each course in computer science submitted to the State Board for approval pursuant to NRS 389.037 and all instruction in computer education and technology submitted to the State Board for approval pursuant to NRS 389.072; and 2. Make recommendations to the State Board concerning whether…
1. The State Board shall, by regulation, establish a course of study in occupational guidance and counseling. 2. The board of trustees of each school district shall establish the curriculum for the course of study in that district. The curriculum must be organized and, with the assistance of teachers, administrators, p…
The Superintendent of Public Instruction, working with the American Indian tribes, shall establish programs and curricula designed to meet the special educational needs of American Indians in this state.
1. To the extent that money is available, the Department shall establish a pilot program pursuant to which schools selected to participate in the pilot program integrate science, technology, engineering and mathematics into instruction in literacy in kindergarten and grades 1, 2 and 3. 2. To carry out the pilot program…
1. In all public schools, the Caliente Youth Center, the Nevada Youth Training Center and any other state facility for the detention of children that is operated pursuant to title 5 of NRS, instruction must be given in American government, including, without limitation, instruction on: (a) The essentials of: (1) The Co…
Except as otherwise provided in NRS 388C.120, American history, including, without limitation, the history of the: 1. Constitution of the United States, including, without limitation, the Bill of Rights; 2. State of Nevada, including, without limitation, the Constitution of the State of Nevada; and 3. Declaration of In…
1. The board of trustees of each school district and the governing body of each charter school shall ensure that instruction is provided to pupils enrolled in kindergarten through grade 12 in each public school within the school district or in the charter school, as applicable, on the history and contributions to scien…
1. The board of trustees of each school district and the governing body of each charter school shall ensure that instruction in the personal safety of children, based on the standards developed by the Department pursuant to NRS 389.031, be implemented as part of a course of study in health prescribed pursuant to paragr…
1. Before beginning sixth grade, each pupil who is enrolled in a public school, the Caliente Youth Center, the Nevada Youth Training Center or any other state facility for the detention of children that is operated pursuant to title 5 of NRS, including, without limitation, each pupil with a disability who is so enrolle…
1. The board of trustees of each school district and the governing body of each charter school shall ensure that instruction in financial literacy is provided to pupils enrolled in grades 3 to 12, inclusive, in each public school within the school district or in the charter school, as applicable. The instruction must i…
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 3, no pupil in any public high school, the Caliente Youth Center, the Nevada Youth Training Center or any other state facility for the detention of children that is operated pursuant to title 5 of NRS may receive a certificate or diploma of graduation without having…