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.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 391.021
in effect1. 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.
Source: NV Statutes (Official Site)URL: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/NRS-391.htmlFetched: 10/4/2026