Title 34

NRS 388D.020 Notice of intent to homeschool; acknowledgment of notification. 1. If the parent of a child who is subject to compulsory enrollment and attendance wishes to homeschool the child, the parent must file with the superintendent of schools of the school district in which …

NRS 388D.030 Release of child’s records. The superintendent of schools of a school district shall process a written request for a copy of the records of the school district, or any information contained therein, relating to a child who is being or has been homeschooled not later …

NRS 388D.040 Admittance or entrance to school; participation in examinations. 1. If a child who is or was homeschooled seeks admittance or entrance to any school in this State, the school may use only commonly used practices in determining the academic ability, placement or eligi…

NRS 388D.050 Educational plan. 1. The parent of a child who is being homeschooled shall prepare an educational plan of instruction for the child in the subject areas of English language arts, mathematics, science and social studies, including history, geography, economics and gov…

NRS 388D.060 Discrimination prohibited. No regulation or policy of the State Board, any school district or any other governmental entity may infringe upon the right of a parent to educate his or her child based on religious preference unless it is: 1. Essential to further a compe…

NRS 388D.070 Form for participation in programs and activities at public school or through Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association. 1. The Department shall develop a standard form for the notice of intent of a homeschooled child to participate in programs and activities. Th…

NRS 388D.200 Payment of tutoring or other educational services for child who is employed to work in entertainment industry. Except as otherwise provided in this section, if a child is exempt from compulsory enrollment and attendance pursuant to NRS 392.070 and the child is employ…

NRS 388D.250 Short title. NRS 363A.139, 363B.119 and 388D.250 to 388D.292, inclusive, may be cited as the Nevada Educational Choice Scholarship Program. (Added to NRS by 2015, 86; A 2025, 3417)

NRS 388D.260 “Scholarship organization” defined. As used in NRS 388D.250 to 388D.296, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, “scholarship organization” means an organization in this State that meets the requirements set forth in NRS 388D.270. (Added to NRS by 2015, 86;…

NRS 388D.270 Requirements for scholarship organization; grants provided by scholarship organization on behalf of pupils; records; report on academic progress of pupils; regulations; consequences of noncompliance. 1. A scholarship organization must: (a) Be exempt from taxation pur…

NRS 388D.280 Submission of report to Department of Education required. A scholarship organization which receives a donation, gift or grant of money described in NRS 388D.270 shall report to the Department of Education, on or before January 31 of each year, on a form prescribed by…

NRS 388D.282 Scholarship organization required to register with Department to participate in Program. To participate in the Nevada Educational Choice Scholarship Program, a scholarship organization must register with the Department of Education by providing: 1. On a form provided…

NRS 388D.284 Scholarship organization to provide Department with list containing certain information for each pupil awarded grant. 1. Each scholarship organization that is registered with the Department of Education pursuant to NRS 388D.282 shall: (a) Not later than October 15, J…

NRS 388D.286 Scholarship organization to provide financial statement to Department; notification of Department of certain circumstances preventing scholarship organization from participation in Program; inspection of certain records. Each scholarship organization that is register…

NRS 388D.288 Scholarship organization to notify Department of Taxation of certain donations; prohibition on carrying forward donation past certain date. 1. A scholarship organization that is registered with the Department of Education pursuant to NRS 388D.282 shall notify the Dep…

NRS 388D.290 Application to receive grant from scholarship organization; application requirements; priority of awarding grants. 1. The parent or guardian of a pupil who meets the requirements to receive a grant pursuant to NRS 388D.270 may apply to a scholarship organization regi…

NRS 388D.292 Department to maintain directory of scholarship organizations; submission of certain information reported by scholarship organizations. The Department of Education shall: 1. Maintain on its Internet website a directory of each scholarship organization that is registe…

NRS 388D.294 Report containing certain information concerning certain pupils; disaggregation of information in report; regulations; consequences for failure to properly submit report; Department to prepare report concerning pupils who received grant and withdrew from enrollment. …

NRS 388D.296 Administration of certain examinations and assessments to pupil on whose behalf grant is provided; provision of results to Department; regulations; consequences for noncompliance; report. 1. Each school, including, without limitation, a private school, that receives …

NRS 388D.300 Definitions. As used in NRS 388D.300 to 388D.370, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 388D.305, 388D.310 and 388D.315 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 2019, 1980)

NRS 388D.305 “Challenge school” defined. “Challenge school” means a public high school that: 1. Is administered by the Office of the Military; 2. Is established through an agreement between the Office of the Military, the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the board of trus…

NRS 388D.310 “Participant” defined. “Participant” means a person who has been approved by the Office of the Military to participate in the Program. The term includes: 1. A pupil enrolled in a challenge school; and 2. A person participating in the nonresidential component of the P…

NRS 388D.315 “Program” defined. “Program” means the Nevada National Guard Youth Challenge Program created by NRS 388D.320. (Added to NRS by 2019, 1980)

NRS 388D.320 Creation and contents of Program; application; eligibility criteria; regulations. 1. The Nevada National Guard Youth Challenge Program is hereby created for the purposes of educating, training and mentoring youth who have dropped out of high school or who are at risk…

NRS 388D.325 Creation and administration of Program Account; acceptance of certain money. 1. The Nevada National Guard Youth Challenge Program Account is hereby created in the State General Fund. 2. The Office of the Military shall administer the Account. The money in the Account…

NRS 388D.330 Agreement to establish challenge school; challenge school deemed public school. 1. The Office of the Military shall enter into an agreement with the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the board of trustees of a school district to establish a challenge school. T…

NRS 388D.335 Challenge school exempt from provisions of chapter 389 of NRS; exception; waiver of other provisions of title. Except as otherwise provided by specific statute and by regulation of the State Board as determined necessary by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, t…

NRS 388D.340 Duties of Superintendent of Public Instruction. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall: 1. Authorize any pupil who is admitted to a challenge school to enroll in that school in lieu of enrolling in the high school the pupil is otherwise scheduled to attend. 2…

NRS 388D.345 Development of curriculum for challenge school; credit for course of study completed at challenge school. 1. The Office of the Military shall develop a curriculum to be used by a challenge school based upon the individual needs of participants in the Program and esta…

NRS 388D.350 Compliance with federal law required. A challenge school shall comply with all applicable federal laws to prevent the loss of any federal money for education provided to the State of Nevada and the school districts in this State by the Federal Government. (Added to N…

NRS 388D.355 Rules of behavior for pupils; procedure for suspension or expulsion; rules for truancy. 1. The Office of the Military shall adopt: (a) Written rules of behavior for pupils enrolled in a challenge school, including, without limitation, prohibited acts; and (b) Appropr…

NRS 388D.360 Submission of information by school district for purpose of accountability and reporting expenditures of challenge school. Each school district in which a challenge school is located shall submit to the Department in a format prescribed by the Department such informa…

NRS 388D.365 Apportionments to challenge school. 1. Each pupil who is enrolled in a challenge school must be included in the count of pupils in the school district in which the challenge school is located for the purposes of apportionments and allowances from the State Education …

NRS 388D.370 Designation of person to draw orders for payment of money belonging to challenge school; procedure for approval of orders; immunity from certain actions for collection of bill. For each challenge school: 1. The Office of the Military shall designate a person to draw …

NRS 388E.010 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 388E.015 to 388E.045, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 2007, 800; A 2017, 3111)—(Substituted in revision f…

NRS 388E.015 “Agency which provides child welfare services” defined. “Agency which provides child welfare services” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 432B.030. (Added to NRS by 2017, 3109)

NRS 388E.025 “Foster care” defined. “Foster care” has the meaning ascribed to it in 45 C.F.R. § 1355.20. (Added to NRS by 2017, 3109)

NRS 388E.035 “Local education agency” defined. “Local education agency” includes, without limitation, the board of trustees of a school district and the sponsor of a charter school. (Added to NRS by 2017, 3109)

NRS 388E.045 “School of origin” defined. “School of origin” means the public school in which a child was enrolled at the time that the child was placed in foster care or the school in which a child who is in foster care is enrolled at the time of the most recent change in the pla…

NRS 388E.105 Determination of best interests of child entering or in foster care regarding school to attend; considerations when determining best interests; required actions when child is to attend public school other than child’s school of origin; school not to refuse enrollment…

NRS 388E.115 Pupil who leaves foster care to remain enrolled in school of origin until end of school year; exception. The board of trustees of a school district or the governing body of a charter school must allow a pupil who leaves foster care to remain enrolled in his or her sc…

NRS 388E.125 Transportation of child in foster care to school of origin; responsibility for cost; resolution of disputes relating to transportation of child. 1. If the agency which provides child welfare services to a child has determined pursuant to NRS 388E.105 that it is in th…

NRS 388E.135 Designation and responsibilities of single point of contact for certain issues relating to education of children in foster care. 1. The Department, each local education agency and each agency which provides child welfare services shall designate a single point of con…

NRS 388E.145 Reports on children in foster care who attend public school. 1. The State Board shall prepare an annual report concerning the academic progress of children in foster care who attend a public school in this State that includes, without limitation, the information pres…

NRS 388F.010 Enactment of Compact; text of Compact. The Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children, set forth in this section, is hereby enacted into law and entered into with all other jurisdictions substantially as follows: ARTICLE I Purpose It is the p…

NRS 388F.020 State Council for the Coordination of the Compact; membership; terms; removal from office; vacancies; service without compensation; meetings. 1. In furtherance of the provisions contained in the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children, the…