Nevada homeschool law for high school: graduation, diploma and records

NRS 392.040 requires children aged 6 to 18 to be enrolled in and attend public school unless excused, and NRS 392.070 excuses a child whose parent files a notice of intent to homeschool under NRS 388D.020. NRS 388D.010 to 388D.070 set the notice, educational plan, records-release, nondiscrimination and activity-participation rules for homeschooled children.

Nev. Rev. Stat. § 392.040; Nev. Rev. Stat. § 392.070; Nev. Rev. Stat. §§ 388D.010 to 388D.070

The law as of September 29, 2026.

Nevada at a glance

As of September 29, 2026

Notice to the state: One-time notice
The parent must file a written notice of intent to homeschool, on the Department of Education's standard form, with the district superintendent before beginning to homeschool, or within 10 days after formally withdrawing the child from public school, or within 30 days after establishing Nevada residency; a new notice is required within 30 days only if the parent's or child's name or address changes. The notice must include only the child's full name, age and gender, each filing parent's name and address, a signed and dated statement of the parent's control and responsibility, an educational plan, the name of the Nevada public school most recently attended (if any), and an optional statement prohibiting release of the information. The district must give a written acknowledgment, which is deemed proof of compliance with the compulsory enrollment and attendance law.Nev. Rev. Stat. § 388D.020
Records the law asks for: None required by law
Nevada law does not require the parent to keep or submit attendance logs, portfolios or test results. The parent must include an educational plan in the notice and 'must be prepared to present' the plan and proof of the child's identity to a court if required by the court; the district must keep its copy of the acknowledgment for at least 15 years.Nev. Rev. Stat. § 388D.050(2); Nev. Rev. Stat. § 388D.020(7)
Testing or evaluation: None required by law
No testing or evaluation is required. Each school district must allow homeschooled children to take the college entrance examinations offered in Nevada, including the SAT, ACT, PSAT and National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test.Nev. Rev. Stat. § 388D.040(3)
Graduation requirements: None set by the state
Nevada sets no graduation or credit requirements for homeschooled students. The educational plan must cover English language arts, mathematics, science and social studies (including history, geography, economics and government) as appropriate for the child's age and skill as determined by the parent, and the parent need not teach every subject every year.Nev. Rev. Stat. § 388D.050(1) and (3)
Diploma: Issued by: parent (no statute addresses it)
No Nevada statute says who issues a homeschool diploma; in practice the parent issues it, and the state does not. NRS 392.060 excuses a child from compulsory enrollment and attendance when satisfactory written evidence shows the child has completed the 12 grades of elementary and high school courses.Nev. Rev. Stat. § 392.060
Compulsory school ages: 6 to 18, unless the child has graduated from high school. A parent of a child who is 5 on or before August 1 may elect not to enroll the child in kindergarten by filing a waiver with the district.Nev. Rev. Stat. § 392.040(1) and (4)

How homeschooling is authorized in Nevada

Homeschool with a notice of intent to homeschoolA parent who has control or charge of the child and the legal right to direct the child's education files a written notice of intent to homeschool, including an educational plan, with the superintendent of schools of the district where the child resides, which excuses the child from compulsory enrollment and attendance. Basis: statuteNev. Rev. Stat. § 392.070(2); Nev. Rev. Stat. § 388D.020; Nev. Rev. Stat. § 388D.010

What Nevada law means for your transcript

No Nevada law defines a credit, requires a transcript or sets graduation courses for homeschooled students; the transcript format and credit values are the parent's choice (practice).
A homeschooled child entering a public high school must show completion of the courses required for promotion to high school through a district-recognized accredited homeschool program, a district examination or other proof satisfactory to the district (NRS 392.033(5)).
A district shall grant credit, under its own policies, for correspondence courses from secondary institutions accredited by the listed regional associations, and may grant credit for State Board-approved providers (NAC 389.680), so noting a course provider's accreditation on the transcript can matter if the student later enrolls in public school.
Millennium Scholarship eligibility for students who did not graduate from a Nevada public or private high school depends on a Regents-set test score or other criteria (NRS 396.930(4)), so keeping ACT or SAT results with the transcript is useful practice.

College admission and state aid for Nevada homeschoolers

For Millennium Scholarship applicants who did not graduate from a Nevada public or private high school and have been Nevada residents for at least 2 years, the Board of Regents must set a minimum standardized test score or other criteria for eligibility. NRS 388D.040(2) also states that a school or organization shall not discriminate in any manner against a child who is or was homeschooled.Nev. Rev. Stat. § 396.930(4); Nev. Rev. Stat. § 388D.040(2)

Recent changes to Nevada homeschool law

AB 65 (2023) lowered the starting age of compulsory attendance in NRS 392.040 from 7 to 6, effective 1 July 2024. Other 2023 amendments reworded NRS 388D.020 and 392.070 to refer to compulsory 'enrollment and attendance'. No 2025 or 2026 change to NRS 388D.010 to 388D.070 or 392.070 was found; the 2025 session did not change the homeschool notice rules.

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What we could not confirm

These points could not be checked against the statute or regulation text, so treat them with care:

I could not identify the bill number of the 2023 act (Statutes of Nevada 2023, pages 1205 to 1209 per the NRS history notes) that reworded NRS 388D.020, 392.060 and 392.070; only AB 65's changes to NRS 392.040 were confirmed in the enrolled bill.
The current minimum score or other criteria set by the Board of Regents for Millennium Scholarship applicants who were homeschooled was not checked.
The statement that the 2025 session made no homeschool notice change rests on the NRS pages being revised through the 2025 session and a Nevada Homeschool Network summary; I did not search the 2025 special session bills individually.

Sources

General information about Nevada law as of September 29, 2026, not legal advice. Laws change, so check the statute before you rely on it. Found an error? Email [email protected].