Nevada Administrative Code

NAC 391.023 Crimes and offenses involving moral turpitude for purposes of background investigation and suspension or revocation of license. (NRS 385.200, 391.033, 391.104, 391.330) 1. As used in NRS 391.033, 391.104 and 391.330, the Superintendent of Public Instruction will consi…

NAC 391.024 Conviction of applicant for licensure: Request for additional opinion whether conviction is related to employment position applicant seeks; final determination of Superintendent of Public Instruction or designee. (NRS 385.200, 391.033, 391.104, 391.330) 1. If the Supe…

NAC 391.025 Responsibility for licensure; endorsement; substitution of certain requirements for experience. (NRS 385.080, 391.019) 1. Each teacher or other educational employee who is required to hold a license is responsible for securing, maintaining and renewing his or her lice…

NAC 391.028 Licensure of person who teaches program of education transmitted from another state through electronic medium. (NRS 391.019) If a program of education transmitted through an electronic medium is broadcast in another state to pupils in kindergarten through 12th grade w…

NAC 391.036 Tests of competency required for initial license; exemptions; failure to comply. (NRS 391.019, 391.021, 391.031, 391.032) 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, paragraph (h) of subsection 1 of NRS 391.019, NAC 391.0545, paragraph (a) of subsection 8 of NAC …

NAC 391.040 Determination of qualifications of applicant for licensure or endorsement. (NRS 385.080, 391.019) The Department will: 1. Develop a test to determine the qualifications of an applicant for a license; and 2. In determining whether an applicant is qualified for: (a) Lic…

NAC 391.042 Initial license requiring student teaching experience: Conditions for substitution of teaching experience. (NRS 391.019, 391.032) An applicant for an initial license for which student teaching experience is required may substitute in place of such experience: 1. Three…

NAC 391.045 Application for license or endorsement: Required documentation; fee; applicability of academic credits. (NRS 385.080, 391.019, 391.040) 1. An applicant for the initial issuance of a license as a teacher or other educational employee must submit with his or her applica…

NAC 391.050 Transcripts. (NRS 385.080, 391.019) 1. Transcripts must be evaluated in terms of semester hours. A quarter hour equals two-thirds of a semester hour. 2. Transcripts become a part of the applicant’s file when a license is issued and will not be returned. 3. Transcripts…

NAC 391.052 Criteria for approval of standards for licensing teachers of another state; credit for previous teaching service. (NRS 391.019, 391.167) 1. The Commission will approve the standards for licensing teachers of another state for the purposes of subsection 2 of NRS 391.16…

NAC 391.0535 Denial of license to certain persons licensed or certified in another state. (NRS 391.019, 391.032) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall not issue a license pursuant to this chapter to a person who holds a license or certificate to teach issued by another s…

NAC 391.054 Licensure of person licensed or certified in another state; issuance of provisional license under certain circumstances. (NRS 391.019, 391.032) 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the Superintendent of Public Instruction may issue a license to teach speci…

NAC 391.0545 Licensure of person who holds National Board Certificate. (NRS 391.019, 391.032) 1. The Superintendent of Public Instruction may issue a license and any endorsement to a person who holds a National Board Certificate issued by the National Board for Professional Teach…

NAC 391.055 Provisional 1-year licensure or endorsement of person who holds renewable license issued in this State. (NRS 385.080, 391.019, 391.031, 391.032) 1. The Superintendent of Public Instruction may issue a provisional 1-year license or endorsement to a person who holds a r…

NAC 391.056 Provisional nonrenewable licensure: Qualifications; term of validity; addition of endorsements. (NRS 391.019, 391.021, 391.032) 1. The Superintendent of Public Instruction may issue a provisional nonrenewable license to an applicant applying for a license pursuant to …

NAC 391.0565 Provisional nonrenewable licensure: Removal of provisions. (NRS 391.019, 391.032, 391.033, 391.0347, 391.040) 1. The holder of a provisional nonrenewable license issued pursuant to NAC 391.056 must remove all the provisions under which the license was issued before h…

NAC 391.0568 Provisional licensure pending receipt of reports on criminal history of applicant. (NRS 391.019, 391.032, 391.033) 1. A provisional license issued pursuant to NRS 391.033 pending receipt of the reports of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Central Repository…

NAC 391.057 Provisional licensure: Qualifications; authorized employment; term of validity; automatic invalidity; reinstatement. (NRS 391.019, 391.021, 391.032) 1. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall issue a provisional license to teach elementary education, a provisio…

NAC 391.0573 Provisional licensure: Areas of instruction to teach certain pupils; categories of instruction to teach special education to certain pupils. (NRS 391.019, 391.021, 391.032) 1. The specific areas for which the Superintendent of Public Instruction may issue a provision…

NAC 391.0575 Provisional licensure: Requirements to apply for initial license to teach secondary education or to teach pupils enrolled in early childhood education or kindergarten and grades 1 through 12 in specific area. (NRS 391.019, 391.021, 391.032) A person who is issued a p…

NAC 391.0577 Provisional licensure: Requirements to apply for initial license to teach elementary education, to teach pupils in program of early childhood education or to teach special education to pupils in program of early childhood education or in kindergarten and grades 1 thr…

NAC 391.0583 Special qualifications licensure: Qualifications; areas of endorsement; duties of employing school district or private school; requirements of licensee following issuance; validity. (NRS 385.080, 385.110, 391.019) 1. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall iss…

NAC 391.059 Testing or assessment of teacher assigned to program of bilingual education; maintenance of records; annual report. (NRS 391.019) 1. A school district which has a program of bilingual education shall select or develop, and administer, an appropriate test or other mean…

NAC 391.060 Expiration of licenses and endorsements. (NRS 385.080, 391.019, 391.032) 1. Upon application, the Department shall issue a license for the specified number of years to a person with: (a) A bachelor’s degree or less, for 5 years. (b) A master’s degree and 3 years of ve…

NAC 391.063 Voluntary surrender and reinstatement of license or endorsement. (NRS 391.019) 1. A person may voluntarily surrender his or her license or endorsement by submitting a notarized statement of surrender to the Department. 2. A person who has voluntarily surrendered his o…

NAC 391.065 Renewal of license: Educational and professional requirements; exceptions. [Effective through June 25, 2029.] (NRS 385.080, 391.019) 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, subsection 7 of NAC 391.0897 and subsection 3 of NAC 391.276, a license issued before …

NAC 391.067 Renewal of license: Additional requirement to complete course in multicultural education for teachers initially licensed on or after July 1, 2015; requirements of course; applicability of credits toward other requirements. (NRS 391.019, 391.033, 391.0347) 1. The cours…

NAC 391.070 Renewal of license: General requirements; fee; delay of expiration date by Superintendent of Public Instruction. (NRS 385.080, 391.019, 391.033, 391.0347, 391.040) 1. To renew a license, the holder must submit before it expires: (a) An application for renewal in the f…

NAC 391.073 Renewal of license: Requirements for persons who are retired and hold a valid license issued by Superintendent of Public Instruction; fee; term of validity; delay of expiration date by Superintendent; endorsement; renewal. (NRS 391.019, 391.033, 391.040) 1. A person w…

NAC 391.077 Extension of time prescribed for renewal of license or for validity of provisional license; time for filing request for extension; period of validity. (NRS 391.019, 391.023, 391.032) 1. The Superintendent of Public Instruction may extend the time prescribed for renewa…

NAC 391.080 Approval of providers of continuing education. (NRS 391.019) The Commission will approve a provider of continuing education upon receipt of evidence acceptable to the Commission: 1. That the provider: (a) Is recognized locally, regionally or nationally as a profession…

NAC 391.082 Approval of courses completed by applicant at regionally accredited institution. (NRS 385.080, 391.038) Upon request by an applicant for a license, endorsement of a license, renewal of a license or removal of a provision under which a provisional license was issued, t…

NAC 391.083 Limitation on employment of person who holds license to teach and certain special endorsements. (NRS 391.019) 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a person who holds a license to teach may be employed by a school district to teach only at the grade level f…

NAC 391.085 Emergency relief from regulations. (NRS 391.019, 391.023) 1. Except with regard to matters for which an extension may be granted pursuant to NAC 391.077, in an emergency, a person who has been issued a license or who has applied for a license pursuant to the provision…

NAC 391.087 Requirements for teaching in program of early childhood education; exception. (NRS 391.019) 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person must hold a license to teach pupils in a program of early childhood education issued pursuant to NAC 391.089 before te…

NAC 391.089 Qualifications for license to teach pupils in program of early childhood education. (NRS 391.019, 391.031, 391.032) To receive a license to teach pupils in a program of early childhood education, a person must hold a bachelor’s degree or graduate degree from an accred…

NAC 391.0896 Special license as emergency substitute teacher; authorized employment. (NRS 391.019) 1. To receive a special license as an emergency substitute teacher, a person must earn a high school diploma or its equivalent. 2. A special license as an emergency substitute teach…

NAC 391.0897 Qualifications to serve as substitute teacher in early childhood education through grade 12; endorsement as substitute teacher on provisional or special license; period for which substitute teacher may be hired; provisional nonrenewable special license; renewal. (NRS…

NAC 391.090 Authority conferred by elementary license. (NRS 385.080, 391.019) An elementary license authorizes the holder to teach all subjects in elementary grades in any: 1. Public school; or 2. Private school licensed in this State. [Bd. of Education, Certification Reg. § 391.…

NAC 391.095 Qualifications for elementary license. (NRS 385.080, 391.019) To receive an elementary license, a person must hold a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university and must have completed a program of preparation for teaching in elementary grades which is …

NAC 391.096 Qualifications for elementary and middle school physical education license; authorized employment. (NRS 391.019) 1. To receive a license designated as an elementary and middle school physical education license, a person must hold a bachelor’s degree from an accredited…

NAC 391.100 Qualifications for professional license as elementary teacher. (NRS 385.080, 391.019) To receive a professional license as an elementary teacher, a person must: 1. Meet all requirements for an elementary license; 2. Hold a master’s degree in education; and 3. Have 3 y…

NAC 391.111 License to teach middle school or junior high school education: Qualifications; requirements and recognized subjects for endorsement; exception. (NRS 385.080, 391.019) 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 6, to receive a license to teach middle school or juni…

NAC 391.113 License to teach middle school or junior high school education: Endorsement for recognized field of teaching. (NRS 391.019) 1. A license to teach middle school or junior high school education that is endorsed for a recognized field of teaching authorizes the holder to…

NAC 391.120 Qualifications for license; qualifications for license with endorsement in career and technical education. (NRS 385.080, 391.019) 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5 or for a person who is applying for a secondary license pursuant to subsection 2, to recei…

NAC 391.125 Endorsement for recognized field of teaching, field of specialization or area of concentration. (NRS 385.080, 391.019) 1. A secondary license which is endorsed for a recognized field of teaching authorizes the holder to teach in the subject area of the endorsement in …

NAC 391.130 Fields of specialization and areas of concentration for designation in endorsement. (NRS 385.080, 391.019) 1. Fields of specialization or areas of concentration must be in subjects normally taught in high schools. 2. The Commission will determine the acceptability of …