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NRS 389.054 - Instruction in American government; exception.

NV Rev Stat § 389.054 (2019) (N/A)
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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)

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