Nevada Code § 391.021

Regulations governing examinations for initial licensure; exemption for applicant after completion of course in subject area applicant did not pass; exemption for teachers and educational personnel who obtain reciprocal license
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1. The Commission shall adopt regulations
governing examinations for the initial licensing of teachers and other
educational personnel. The regulations adopted by the Commission must ensure
that the examinations test the ability of the applicant to teach and the applicants
knowledge of each specific subject he or she proposes to teach.
2. When adopting regulations pursuant to
subsection 1, the Commission shall consider including any alternative means of
demonstrating competency for persons with a disability or health-related need
that the Commission determines are necessary and appropriate.
3. The regulations adopted by the
Commission pursuant to subsection 1 must authorize an applicant to be exempt
from any requirement to pass a competency test in:
(a) Basic reading, writing and mathematics if the
applicant submits to the Department evidence that at any time before or after
completing a competency test in basic reading, writing and mathematics at the
level of competence specified by the Commission, the applicant began and
completed, with a grade of B or better, a course of study approved by the
Department in each subject area of the competency test that the applicant did
not pass at the level of competence specified by the Commission.
(b) The principles and methods of teaching if the
applicant has satisfactorily completed the pilot program established pursuant
to chapter 372, Statutes of Nevada 2025.
4. Teachers and educational personnel from
another state who obtain a reciprocal license pursuant to NRS 391.032 or 391B.010 are not required to take the
examinations for the initial licensing of teachers and other educational
personnel described in this section or any other examination for initial
licensing required by the regulations adopted by the Commission.

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