NAC385.404. Eligibility to take tests; duties of school district.

     1. Any person who:

     (a) Is 17 years of age or older;

     (b) Has not graduated from a high school in the United States which is accredited by a regional association; and

     (c) Is not currently enrolled in a high school,

Ê is eligible to take the tests to determine the person’s general educational development if he or she otherwise complies with the provisions of NRS 385.448. No minimum period of residence in this State is required of an applicant before he or she takes the tests.

     2. The board of trustees of a school district may, upon request and for good cause shown, grant permission to take the tests of general educational development to a person who resides in the school district and who is at least 16 years of age but less than 17 years of age if the person satisfies the requirements of subsection 2 of NRS 385.448.

     3. A school district shall adhere to the policy of the general educational development testing service that the tests of general educational development must not be used as part of a high school program or used as a high school exit examination.

     4. A school district shall not allow a person who passes the tests of general educational development to waive the units of credit required for a standard high school diploma. A person who is at least 18 years of age and who passes the tests of general educational development may, in accordance with NAC 389.694, waive the units of credit required for an adult standard diploma.

     [Bd. of Education, eff. 1-9-81]—(NAC A 3-9-88; R032-98, 5-29-98; R029-01, 11-1-2001; R134-07, 6-17-2008)