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Nevada Compulsory Education Laws
More Information on Compulsory Education Laws
| Code Section | 392.040, et seq. |
| Age at Which School Attendance is Required | Between 7 and 17 |
| Exceptions to Attendance Requirements | Private school; physical/mental condition preventing attendance; completion of 12 grades; receiving equivalent, approved instruction; residence too far from nearest school; with written evidence, child over 14 must work for his or parents' support or with board's authority; any child who has completed education through eighth grade and receives permission from court |
| Home School Provisions | Equivalent instruction of the kind and amount approved by the state board of education |
| Penalties on Parents for Noncompliance | Misdemeanor |
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