Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 388D - Alternative School Choices
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 of dropping out of high school so that they may become productive, employed and law-abiding citizens.
2. The Office of the Military shall administer the Program. The Program must include:
(a) The establishment of a challenge school located within a school district in this State.
(b) A residential component lasting at least 22 weeks.
(c) Courses of study provided during the residential component described in paragraph (b) that include, without limitation:
(1) Courses focusing on academic excellence, life coping skills, employment skills, health and hygiene, responsible citizenship, service to the community, leadership and followership skills and physical fitness; and
(2) Courses that allow a participant to receive credit in accordance with the agreement entered into pursuant to NRS 388D.330.
(d) A nonresidential component lasting at least 12 months following the completion of the residential component.
(e) One-on-one mentoring with a participant during the nonresidential component described in paragraph (d).
(f) Monitoring of the participant by a case manager during the nonresidential component described in paragraph (d).
3. A person who wishes to apply to participate in the Program must submit an application on a form prescribed by the Office of the Military. The Office of the Military shall establish guidelines for the submission and review of applications to participate in the Program. Such guidelines must give special consideration to an eligible child of a military family, as defined in NRS 388F.010.
4. The Office of the Military shall establish criteria governing eligibility for a person to participate in the Program. Such criteria must:
(a) Require a person to be a Nevada resident to participate in the Program.
(b) Provide that a child in foster care or going through the process of adoption is eligible to participate in the Program.
5. The Office of the Military shall adopt regulations necessary to establish and administer the Program created pursuant to this section. The regulations must be consistent with 32 U.S.C. § 509 and the regulations adopted pursuant thereto.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 1980)

Structure Nevada Revised Statutes

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.070 - Form for participation in programs and activities at public school or through Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association.

NRS 388D.200 - Payment of tutoring or other educational services for child who is employed to work in entertainment industry.

NRS 388D.250 - Short title.

NRS 388D.260 - "Scholarship organization" defined.

NRS 388D.270 - Requirements for scholarship organization; grants provided by scholarship organization on behalf of pupils; records; regulations.

NRS 388D.280 - Submission of report to Department of Education required.

NRS 388D.300 - Definitions.

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.335 - Challenge school exempt from provisions of chapter 389 of NRS; exception; waiver of other provisions of title.

NRS 388D.340 - Duties of Superintendent of Public Instruction.

NRS 388D.345 - Development of curriculum for challenge school; credit for course of study completed at challenge school.

NRS 388D.350 - Compliance with federal law required.

NRS 388D.355 - Rules of behavior for pupils; procedure for suspension or expulsion; rules for truancy.

NRS 388D.360 - Submission of information by school district for purpose of accountability and reporting expenditures of challenge school.

NRS 388D.365 - Apportionments to challenge school.

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.