389.020 - Instruction in American government required; exception.
389.020 Instruction in American government required; 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, the:
(a) Essentials of the:
(1) Constitution of the United States, including, without limitation, the Bill of Rights;
(2) Constitution of the State of Nevada; and
(3) Declaration of Independence;
(b) Origin and history of the Constitutions; and
(c) Study of and devotion to American institutions and ideals.
2. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 392A.100, 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)