2020 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 389 - Academics and Textbooks
NRS 389.054 - Instruction in American government; exception.
1. In all public schools, the Caliente Youth Center, the Nevada Youth Training Center and any other state facility for the detention of children that is operated pursuant to title 5 of NRS, instruction must be given in American government, including, without limitation, instruction on:
(a) The essentials of:
(1) The Constitution of the United States, including, without limitation, the Bill of Rights;
(2) The Constitution of the State of Nevada; and
(3) The Declaration of Independence;
(b) The origin and history of the Constitutions;
(c) The study of and devotion to American institutions and ideals; and
(d) Civics.
2. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 388C.120, the instruction required in subsection 1 must be given during at least 1 year of the elementary school grades and for a period of at least 1 year in all high schools.
[292:32:1956] — (NRS A 1961, 383, 628; 1973, 1547; 1979, 1598; 1989, 1960; 2001, 1491; 2003, 1144; 2005, 2429; 2013, 287) — (Substituted in revision for NRS 389.020)
