2020 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 388 - System of Public Instruction
NRS 388.596 - Establishment of State Seal of Financial Literacy Program; creation and delivery of State Seal; participation in Program; professional development; regulations.
1. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall establish a State Seal of Financial Literacy Program to recognize pupils who graduate from a public high school, including, without limitation, a charter school and a university school for profoundly gifted pupils, who have attained a high level of proficiency in financial literacy.
2. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall:
(a) Create a State Seal of Financial Literacy that may be affixed to the diploma and noted on the transcript of a pupil to recognize that the pupil has met the requirements of NRS 388.5962; and
(b) Deliver the State Seal of Financial Literacy to each school district, charter school and university school for profoundly gifted pupils that participates in the State Seal of Financial Literacy Program.
3. Any school district, charter school and university school for profoundly gifted pupils may participate in the State Seal of Financial Literacy Program by notifying the Superintendent of Public Instruction of its intent to participate in the Program.
4. Each board of trustees of a school district and governing body of a charter school or university school for profoundly gifted pupils that participates in the State Seal of Financial Literacy Program shall:
(a) Identify the pupils who have met the requirements to be awarded the State Seal of Financial Literacy; and
(b) Affix the State Seal of Financial Literacy to the diploma and note the receipt of the State Seal of Financial Literacy on the transcript of each pupil who meets those requirements.
5. To the extent that money is available, the school districts and the Department of Education shall provide professional development training regarding financial literacy to teachers who teach in a subject area in which instruction in financial literacy is provided.
6. The Superintendent of Public Instruction may adopt regulations as necessary to carry out the provisions of this section and NRS 388.5962.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 1986)
