Public high school to administer certain examination concerning civics; requirements for administration of examination; pupil required to take examination as condition for graduation; waiver from examination; reports.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 389.009
in effect1. A public high school shall administer an examination containing a number of questions, determined by the public high school, which are identical to the questions contained in the civics portion of the naturalization test adopted by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services of the Department of Homeland Security, to each pupil enrolled in the public high school.
2. A public high school shall:
(a) Determine the course in which the examination will be administered;
(b) Establish the number of questions which will be included on the examination, which must not be less than 50;
(c) Determine the desired score on the examination and the manner in which the results of the examination administered to a pupil will affect the grade of the pupil in the course in which the examination is administered; and
(d) Not later than August 31 of each year, aggregate the results of the examination for all pupils at the public high school and report the aggregated results to the board of trustees of the school district in which the public high school is located.
3. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, no pupil in any public high school may receive a certificate or diploma of graduation without having taken the examination described in subsection 1.
4. A pupil may receive a waiver from the examination administered pursuant to subsection 1 if:
(a) The pupil is a pupil with a disability and the waiver is in accordance with his or her individualized education program;
(b) The pupil is identified as an English learner and the public high school is unable to offer the examination in the language which would be most likely to provide accurate results for the pupil; or
(c) The principal or administrator of the public high school determines that the pupil has completed all other academic requirements to receive a certificate or diploma of graduation and has shown good cause for a waiver. The principal or administrator of a public high school shall not grant a waiver pursuant to this paragraph to more than 10 percent of each graduating class of the public high school.
5. On or before December 31 of each year, the board of trustees of each school district shall report the aggregated results of the examination received by the board of trustees of the school district pursuant to subsection 2 to the Department.
6. As used in this section, public high school includes, without limitation, any charter school that operates as a high school.
Source: NV Statutes (Official Site)URL: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/NRS-389.htmlFetched: 10/4/2026