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 eligibility of the child. If the child enrolls in a charter school, the charter school shall, to the extent practicable, notify the board of trustees of the school district in which the child resides of the child’s enrollment in the charter school. Regardless of whether the charter school provides such notification to the board of trustees, the charter school may count the child who is enrolled for the purposes of the apportionment to the charter school pursuant to NRS 387.1241. A homeschooled child seeking admittance to public high school must comply with NRS 392.033.
2. A school or organization shall not discriminate in any manner against a child who is or was homeschooled.
3. Each school district shall allow homeschooled children to participate in all college entrance examinations offered in this State, including, without limitation, the SAT, the ACT, the Preliminary SAT and the National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. Each school district shall ensure that the homeschooled children who reside in the school district have adequate notice of the availability of information concerning such examinations on the Internet website of the school district maintained pursuant to NRS 390.015.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 3032; A 2011, 3063; 2013, 3283; 2015, 2103; 2019, 4232)
Structure Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 388D - Alternative School Choices
NRS 388D.010 - "Parent" defined.
NRS 388D.020 - Notice of intent to homeschool; acknowledgment of notification.
NRS 388D.030 - Release of child’s records.
NRS 388D.040 - Admittance or entrance to school; participation in examinations.
NRS 388D.050 - Educational plan.
NRS 388D.060 - Discrimination prohibited.
NRS 388D.260 - "Scholarship organization" defined.
NRS 388D.280 - Submission of report to Department of Education required.
NRS 388D.305 - "Challenge school" defined.
NRS 388D.310 - "Participant" defined.
NRS 388D.315 - "Program" defined.
NRS 388D.320 - Creation and contents of Program; application; eligibility criteria; regulations.
NRS 388D.325 - Creation and administration of Program Account; acceptance of certain money.
NRS 388D.330 - Agreement to establish challenge school; challenge school deemed public school.
NRS 388D.340 - Duties of Superintendent of Public Instruction.
NRS 388D.350 - Compliance with federal law required.