NEVADA

Nevada’s governor has committed the state to increasing the graduation rate by 10 percent by 2013. The state also plans to report the National Governors Association’s cohort graduation rate in 2011.

Nevada includes credit recovery programs in their dropout legislation. Act 485 (2007) allows eighth graders who have not passed all their courses to advance to ninth grade while recovering eighth-grade credits. Act 487 (2009) calls for schools to develop individual academic plans for students and for creating small learning communities at each middle school. Grants were distributed to school districts for the implementation of academic intervention programs for eighth graders. However, no additional funding was provided to support either initiative.

Nevada’s compulsory attendance age was set at 18 prior to 2002. However, the state creates exceptions for students to withdraw from school at age 14 due to employment, or other reasons.

Nevada's maximum public school entitlement age is set at 21.