- Nevada state law mandates that all schools establish a human sexuality course, though it is not required to be comprehensive. In addition, the course cannot be a requirement for graduation and therefore does not ensure that all students receive sex education.
- Sex ed curricula are not required to include instruction on sexual orientation, gender identity, or consent.
- Parents must provide written consent for their children to participate in human sexuality education. This is referred to as an “opt-in” policy.
- The Nevada Department of Education provides Health Education Standards to help guide curriculum development. Beginning in grades 6-8, students learn to “analyze risky behaviors that may lead to the spread of communicable disease (i.e., sexually transmitted infections (STIs).” The standards also include contraception, abstinence, abortion laws, healthy relationships education, and consent.
For more detailed information on how various districts in the state have been implementing these standards — and for recent legislation — you can read SIECUS’s Nevada profile.