Nevada Administrative Code
Chapter 389 - Examinations, Courses, Standards and Diplomas
HIGH SCHOOL
Elective Courses of Study
Section 389.571 - American Sign Language: First year
Current through February 27, 2024
A course of study in American Sign Language must include instruction designed to teach a pupil by completion of the first year:
1. Receptive skills, including, without limitation:
2. Expressive skills, including, without limitation, the ability to express basic personal needs and to compose statements, questions and short messages, even if the pupil commits errors in grammar and in the production of signs, in a manner that is comprehensible to a person who is fluent in American Sign Language and who is experienced in communicating in American Sign Language with persons who are not fluent in American Sign Language.
3. Interactive skills, including, without limitation, the ability to initiate and engage in conversation with a person who is fluent in American Sign Language and who is experienced in communicating in American Sign Language with persons who are not fluent in American Sign Language, using simple statements and vocabulary and grammar appropriate to the situation. The pupil may have to repeat or rephrase his or her statements or questions so that the statements or questions are understood by persons who are fluent in American Sign Language and who are experienced in communicating with persons who are not fluent in American Sign Language.
4. Cultural skills, including, without limitation:
Added to NAC by Bd. of Education by R036-99, eff. 11-3-99
NRS 385.080, 385.110, 389.0185