NRS 389.200 “Competency-based education” defined. As used in NRS 389.200, 389.210 and 389.230, “competency-based education” means a system of instruction by which a pupil advances to a higher level of learning when the pupil demonstrates mastery of a concept or skill, regardless of the time, place or pace at which the pupil progresses. (Added to NRS by 2017, 3423)