Section 389.850 - Issuance of standard high school diploma to certain veterans who left high school to serve in Armed Forces1. To receive a standard high school diploma in accordance with the provisions of NRS 389.810, a veteran who satisfies the qualifications set forth in that section may submit to the Department of Veterans Services an application on a form prescribed for this purpose by the State Board of Education. If such a qualified veteran is deceased or mentally or physically unable, a family member or guardian of the veteran may submit an application on behalf of the veteran. Each such application must be accompanied by a copy of the certificate of honorable discharge issued to the veteran or a certified copy of the form DD214 issued to the veteran.2. If a veteran submits an application pursuant to subsection 1 and the veteran: (a) Attended a secondary school in this State before leaving to serve in the Armed Forces of the United States, the application must list the name and location of the Nevada secondary school the veteran attended; or(b) Is a current resident of this State but did not attend a secondary school in this State, the application must be accompanied by an affidavit: (1) Affirming that the veteran attended a secondary school before leaving to serve in the Armed Forces of the United States; and(2) Listing the name and location of that secondary school.3. If a family member or guardian of a veteran submits an application pursuant to subsection 1, the application must be accompanied by an affidavit affirming to the best of his or her knowledge that the veteran: (a) Attended a secondary school in this State before leaving to serve in the Armed Forces of the United States and listing the name and location of that Nevada secondary school; or(b) Was a resident of this State at the time of his or her death or incapacitation and left a secondary school to serve in the Armed Forces of the United States, including the name and location of that secondary school.4. Upon determination that an application is complete and is accompanied by the material required by subsection 1 and subsection 2 or 3, as applicable, the Department of Veterans Services will forward the application to the appropriate school district on the veteran's behalf.5. Upon receipt of an application approved pursuant to subsection 4, a school district may issue a standard high school diploma to the veteran. Such a diploma may be presented to the veteran, or the family member or guardian of the veteran, as applicable: (a) During a graduation ceremony regularly conducted in that school district;(b) During a special ceremony conducted in that school district for veterans; or(c) By mailing the diploma to the veteran, or his or her family member or guardian, as applicable.Nev. Admin. Code § 389.850
Added to NAC by Bd. of Education by R098-03, eff. 1-27-2004