Nev. Admin. Code § 390.445 - Units of credit required to receive alternative diploma

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, to receive an alternative diploma evidencing graduation from high school, in addition to meeting the criteria prescribed by paragraph (b) of subsection 4 of NRS 390.600, a pupil in the graduating class of 2022 or any graduating class thereafter must have earned a minimum of 17.0 units of credit for required courses and 6.0 units of credit for elective courses for a total of at least 23.0 units of credit. The units of credit for required courses must be earned in accordance with the following table:

Required Course	Minimum Number of Units
Arts and humanities, Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps or career and technical education ..................................	1.0
College and career ready flex credit as described in subsection 2 .......................................	2.0
English language arts ..............................................................................	4.0
Health education ......................................................................................	0.5
Mathematics ............................................................................................	3.0
Physical education ...................................................................................	2.0
Science ....................................................................................................	2.0
Social studies ..........................................................................................	2.0
Use of computers ....................................................................................	0.5
TOTAL	17.0

2. The course of study in college and career ready flex credit required by subsection 1 must include a:

(a) Level II or higher course of study in a program area prescribed pursuant to NAC 389.803;

(b) Fourth year of mathematics;

(c) Third year of social studies; or

(d) Third year of science.

3. If a pupil satisfactorily completes a course of study in the use of computers during the sixth, seventh or eighth grade, the pupil is not required to take the course of study in the use of computers and must only earn a minimum of 16.5 units of credit for required courses pursuant to subsection 1.

4. The length of the course of study in the use of computers described in subsection 3 must be at least one semester or trimester, or the equivalent thereof, and the course must not be taught as part of another course of study.

5. Academic content for the courses required by subsection 1 must be based on grade-level content standards that are aligned with the alternate assessment prescribed by the State Board pursuant to subparagraph (2) of paragraph (b) of subsection 4 of NRS 390.600.

Notes

Nev. Admin. Code § 390.445

Added to NAC by Bd. of Education by R089-18, eff. 10/25/2018; A by R099-23A, eff. 8/28/2024

NRS 385.080, 385.114, 389.018, as amended by section 1 of Assembly Bill No. 241, chapter 201, Statutes of Nevada 2023, at page 1172, section 1.5 of Assembly Bill No. 274, chapter 29, Statutes of Nevada 2023, at page 146, NRS 390.600