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NRS 396.5196 Regents authorized to require each institution offering program to satisfy educational requirements for teaching license to collaborate with certain entities to develop course in foundational literacy skills. The Board of Regents may require each institution within t…

NRS 396.51975 Course of study in financial literacy. The Board of Regents may establish a course of study in financial literacy. (Added to NRS by 2025, 1898)

NRS 396.5198 Course of study for obtaining endorsement to teach financial literacy: Personal finance portfolio or transition plan; application for Teach Nevada Scholarship to offset costs. [Effective through June 30, 2027.] 1. If the System offers a course of study for obtaining …

NRS 396.5199 Training in computer literacy and computer science required for person studying to become teacher. All persons who are studying to become a teacher must receive appropriate education and training in computer literacy and computer science. (Added to NRS by 2019, 2700;…

NRS 396.521 Genetics program: Establishment. 1. The Board of Regents, in cooperation with the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Human Services, may establish a genetics program to provide clinical genetic and diagnostic services to residents of Nevada …

NRS 396.523 Genetics program: Provision of services. The genetics program must provide the following services: 1. Genetic counseling; 2. Proband evaluation; 3. Screening for hereditary disorders; 4. Laboratory testing for analysis of chromosomes and other specialized diagnostic p…

NRS 396.524 Genetics program: Eligibility; determination of ability to pay. 1. Any person residing in Nevada is eligible for services through the genetics program. A person must not be denied services through the genetics program because of his or her inability to pay for the ser…

NRS 396.525 Genetics program: Confidentiality of records and information; exceptions. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 and NRS 239.0115 and 439.597, the records of the genetics program concerning the clients and families of clients are confidential. 2. The genetics…

NRS 396.526 Genetics program: Qualifications of personnel; exemption. 1. The genetics program must include a geneticist and a cytogeneticist and such other personnel as determined by the Board of Regents and the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Human …

NRS 396.527 Genetics program: Powers of Board of Regents. The Board of Regents may: 1. Apply for any matching money available for the genetics program from the Federal Government or any other source and accept any gifts, grants or donations for the support of the program. 2. Adop…

NRS 396.528 Energy efficiency and renewable energy: Programs of study; joint venture with public and private entities authorized; acceptance of gifts and grants. 1. The Board of Regents may plan for and establish programs for the study of energy efficiency and renewable energy re…

NRS 396.529 Energy efficiency and renewable energy: Programs designed to improve ability of students in certain fields of study to serve renewable energy industry in this State. To the extent money is available, the Board of Regents shall establish within the fields of science, e…

NRS 396.5295 Energy efficiency and renewable energy: Duties of Nevada Renewable Energy Integration and Development Consortium of the System. To the extent money is available, the Nevada Renewable Energy Integration and Development Consortium of the Nevada System of Higher Educati…

NRS 396.530 Discrimination in admission prohibited. 1. The Board of Regents shall not discriminate in the admission of students on account of national origin, religion, age, physical disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, race or color. 2. As used in …

NRS 396.5305 Certain high school courses in computer science to meet certain prerequisites for college; approval of computer science course. 1. If the Board of Regents adopts rules that require a student to successfully complete courses in mathematics or science before being admi…

NRS 396.531 Report concerning academic programs, completion of degree and certificate programs and employment within field of study; submission to Legislature. The Board of Regents shall, on or before February 1 of each odd-numbered year submit a written report to the Director of…

NRS 396.532 Report concerning participation of ethnic and racial minorities, women and other protected classes in System; submission to Legislature; availability to general public. 1. The Board of Regents of the University of Nevada shall, not later than February 1 of each odd-nu…

NRS 396.533 Access to all library facilities within System. A student who is enrolled in a university, state college or community college within the System must be granted access to all the library facilities that are available to students enrolled in any of the institutions with…

NRS 396.535 Form required for informed consent of students concerning release or disclosure of personally identifiable information. 1. The Board of Regents shall prescribe a form that provides for the informed consent of students concerning the directory information that a univer…

NRS 396.536 Regents to develop method for sharing numbers for student identification for certain students with Department. The Board of Regents shall, in consultation with the Department, develop a method for sharing with the Department the unique number for student identificatio…

NRS 396.540 Charges for tuition; exemptions; prohibition against denial of exemptions to certain students. 1. For the purposes of this section: (a) “Bona fide resident” shall be construed in accordance with the provisions of subsections 5 and 6, NRS 10.155 and policies establishe…

NRS 396.542 Regents authorized to adjust tuition, registration and other fees based upon demand or costs; establishment of program for scholarships and reduced fees for economically disadvantaged students; annual report to Legislature. 1. In fixing a tuition charge for students a…

NRS 396.543 Reciprocal agreement with another state for full or partial waiver of tuition. 1. The Board of Regents may enter into an agreement with another state for the granting of full or partial waivers of the nonresident tuition to residents of the other state who are student…

NRS 396.544 Waiver of fees for members of Nevada National Guard; assignment to spouse or child; eligibility for waiver; verification of membership in Guard; reimbursement upon failure of recruit to enter Guard. 1. The Board of Regents of the University of Nevada may grant a waive…

NRS 396.5442 Waiver of fees for child, widow or widower of person killed while performing duties as member of Nevada National Guard; eligibility; verification of membership in Guard. 1. The Board of Regents may grant a waiver of registration fees and laboratory fees for a child, …

NRS 396.5443 Waiver of fees for veteran of Armed Forces who has been awarded Purple Heart or child of such veteran; amount; eligibility; authorization to grant more favorable waiver; limitation on certain uses of waiver. 1. The Board of Regents shall grant a waiver of the payment…

NRS 396.5445 Waiver of fees for spouse or child of member of Armed Forces who is identified as prisoner of war or missing in action; eligibility; verification of status. 1. The Board of Regents may grant a waiver of registration fees and laboratory fees for a spouse or child of a…

NRS 396.5446 Waiver of not less than half of fees for veteran enrolled in certain graduate degree programs; eligibility. 1. The Board of Regents may grant a waiver of not less than half of the total registration fees and other fees for a veteran who is a bona fide resident of thi…

NRS 396.5447 Authority of Board of Regents to defray cost of granting waivers of fees to veterans enrolled in certain graduate degree programs. 1. The Board of Regents may determine whether grants are available to assist the Nevada System of Higher Education in defraying the cost…

NRS 396.5448 Waiver of fees for homeless or unaccompanied pupil; eligibility; verification of status. 1. The Board of Regents may grant a waiver of registration fees and laboratory fees for a person who is identified as a homeless or unaccompanied pupil. For the purpose of assess…

NRS 396.5449 Waiver of fees for certain students who are Native American; eligibility; verification of status. 1. The Board of Regents shall grant a waiver of the payment of registration fees, laboratory fees and any other mandatory fees assessed each semester against a student w…

NRS 396.54495 Report on waiver of fees for certain students who are Native American. The Board of Regents shall, on or before September 1 of each calendar year, prepare and submit a report to the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for transmittal to the Nevada Legislature…

NRS 396.545 Payment of fees and expenses of dependent child of public safety officer killed in line of duty or any other public employee who was killed in performance of duties; Trust Account for the Education of Dependent Children; annual estimation of money in and payments from…

NRS 396.5453 Annual report concerning students who are veterans; contents. 1. The Board of Regents shall, not later than November 30 of each year, prepare and submit to the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for submission to the Legislature, or to the Joint Interim Stand…

NRS 396.5455 Preference in admission to nursing programs for certain veterans. The Board of Regents shall require each nursing program in the System to give preference in admission to veterans of the Armed Forces of the United States who were honorably discharged. (Added to NRS b…

NRS 396.5457 Preference in admission to teacher education programs for certain veterans. The Board of Regents shall require each program developed by the System for the education of teachers to give preference in admission to veterans of the Armed Forces of the United States who …

NRS 396.546 Access to electronic version of instructional materials to students with print access disability. 1. In the most timely manner practicable after receiving a written request for an electronic version of instructional material from a student with a print access disabili…

NRS 396.5465 Inclusion of mental health resources on student identification card. A university, state college or community college within the System shall ensure that information relating to mental health resources appears on any identification card newly issued to or reprinted f…

NRS 396.547 Student government: Establishment; approval of bylaws; fees. 1. The student body of each branch of the System may establish a student government. The student government shall adopt a set of bylaws which are subject to the approval of: (a) A majority of the students wh…

NRS 396.5475 Written policy for student publications. The Board of Regents shall adopt a written policy for the Universities, state colleges and community colleges within the System for student publications which: 1. Establishes reasonable provisions governing the time, place and…

NRS 396.548 Provision of information to board of trustees of school districts regarding remedial instruction. The Board of Regents shall require employees of the System to provide to the board of trustees of each school district of this State, as appropriate, information regardin…

NRS 396.550 Time and standards of graduation. The Board of Regents shall have the power to prescribe the time and standards of graduation. [Part 3:37:1887; A 1917, 52; 1945, 448; 1943 NCL § 7728]

NRS 396.560 Diploma of graduation; determination of completion of full course of study required for diploma. 1. Upon the recommendation of a president of a branch within the System, the Board of Regents shall issue to those who worthily complete the full course of study in the sc…

NRS 396.568 Automatic transfer of credits earned at community college toward degree at state college or university; appeal by student if credit denied. 1. All credits earned by a student in a course at a community college within the System, including, without limitation, all cred…

NRS 396.580 Diploma for course of study not equivalent to regular course. Upon the recommendation of a president of a branch within the System, the Board of Regents shall issue to those who worthily complete the full course of study in any other department of the System, not equi…

NRS 396.585 Satisfactory progress toward obtaining degree required to participate as member of varsity athletic team. 1. The Board of Regents shall require each student who participates as a member of a varsity athletic team which represents an institution within the System to ma…