Homeschooling in Nevada
What the law requires, what you file and when, and what to keep — with the statute behind each rule.
What Nevada requires
- Notify
- Superintendent of schools of the school district where the child lives — Before you begin homeschooling, or within 10 days after formally withdrawing the child from public school, or within 30 days after moving to Nevada (one-time)
- Testing or evaluation
- Not required.
- Subjects set by the state
- Yes — 4 required subjects, listed below
- Teaching time
- None
- Compulsory school age
- 6 to 18 — in detail
- Records
- Keep the district's written acknowledgment of your notice.
Taking your child out of school in Nevada
Formally withdraw the child from the public school (written notice recommended) and file the notice of intent with the district superintendent within 10 days. The district must accept a complete notice without asking for more information and give you a written acknowledgment, which is your proof of compliance; keep it.
The legal routes
2 routes exist in Nevada. They carry different duties, and families often do not know the alternatives to the obvious one.
- Homeschool (notice of intent)
- A parent files a one-time notice of intent to homeschool, including an educational plan, with the local school district superintendent.
- Private school
- Enroll in a private school licensed or exempt under NRS chapter 394.
The notice, and who receives it
- Goes to
- Superintendent of schools of the school district where the child lives
- Deadline
- Before you begin homeschooling, or within 10 days after formally withdrawing the child from public school, or within 30 days after moving to Nevada
- Renews
- one-time
- Form
- Notice of Intent to Homeschool (standard form developed by the Nevada Department of Education; districts may only hand out this form). Must include child's name, age and gender; parent name(s) and address; signed statement of responsibility; an educational plan; last public school attended (if any); optional privacy statement. File a new notice within 30 days if your name or address changes.
No official state form was found online for this route; the body above supplies it, or a letter serves.
Subjects Nevada requires
- English language arts
- Mathematics
- Science
- Social studies (including history, geography, economics and government)
Compulsory school age
6 to 18, or until high school graduation
Teaching time
Nevada sets no required number of teaching hours or days, so what counts as a full year is yours to define. The courses here are planned as a 36-week year of about 180 sessions, which is the ordinary shape of one.
Who may teach
Nevada sets no qualification for the parent teaching at home: no teaching certificate, no college degree, and no requirement that you hold a high school diploma.
Testing and evaluation
No testing or evaluation required.
Records to keep
Keep the district's written acknowledgment of your notice. The educational plan is submitted with the notice; be ready to show it and proof of the child's identity to a court if required.
No other records required. Not every subject must be taught every year.
High school, diplomas and transcripts
Parent issues the diploma and transcript; no state graduation rules for homeschoolers. Schools may use only commonly used practices to place a formerly homeschooled child and may not discriminate against them; a homeschooled child entering public high school must meet NRS 392.033 promotion rules.
Districts must let homeschoolers take the SAT, ACT, PSAT and NMSQT.
Public school classes, sports and activities
With a current 'notice of intent to participate' filed with the district (NDE standard form, NRS 388D.070; statute does not say it must be renewed yearly), homeschoolers may take public school classes and non-sport activities in their district if space is available and they qualify, and must be allowed to play NIAA interscholastic sports at their zoned school under the same rules as enrolled students (no more restrictive rules). Districts must offer special education services to homeschooled children like parentally placed private school students.
Funding: education savings accounts, vouchers and tax credits
Nevada Educational Choice Scholarship (Opportunity Scholarship) is a tax-credit program for lower-income families (up to 300% of poverty) that pays a chosen school, such as a private school; it does not fund homeschooling. No homeschool ESA or tax credit known.
What changed recently
No major homeschool law change found for 2023-2026. NRS 388D.020 and 392.070 were amended in 2023 (exact changes not confirmed).
The 2025 session revised the Educational Choice Scholarship program (private schools).
What we could not confirm
Could not reach the Nevada Department of Education's homeschool page or the standard notice-of-intent form (site would not load for automated access), so no form link is given; get it from your school district. What the 2023 amendments to NRS 388D.020 and 392.070 changed was not confirmed.
Status of Nevada's older (unfunded) ESA law was not checked.
Listed because a legal summary that hides its gaps is harder to trust than one that names them. How these pages are checked.
Statutes and sources
Statute and regulation
- NRS 388D.010-388D.070
- NRS 392.040
- NRS 392.070
- NRS 392.072
- NRS 392.074
- NRS 388D.250-388D.296 (Educational Choice Scholarship)
Statute text
- NRS Chapter 388D - Alternative School Choices (homeschool sections 388D.010-.070)
- NRS Chapter 392 - Pupils (392.040, 392.070, 392.072, 392.074)