NRS389.020. 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, 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 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; 2013, 287)