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AB138: Updates on Teaching Personal Safety and Sexual Abuse Prevention
Last scannedAug 22, 2026, 1:27 AM
In one sentence
This law requires Nevada schools to teach students about preventing sexual abuse as part of their health class personal safety lessons.
What it does
- Requires the Department of Education to create age-appropriate curriculum standards for teaching awareness and prevention of sexual abuse.
- Updates the definition of 'personal safety' to include dangers like physical and sexual abuse alongside other hazards particular to children.
- Mandates that school districts and charter schools teach these topics as part of their required health courses.
- Allows parents or guardians to request in writing for a student to be excused from this specific instruction without penalty, unless the course is required for graduation.
- Requires the Department of Education to review its safety standards annually.
Who it affects
- The Nevada Department of Education
- Public school districts and charter schools
- Students in kindergarten through grade 12
- Parents, guardians, or other caretakers of students
Limits and unknowns
- School districts decide which specific materials to use for instruction based on Department recommendations.
- Funding for training all school employees depends on whether money is available.
- Parents cannot excuse students from this instruction if it is part of a course required for graduation.
Plain language
Terms to know
- Curriculum standards
- Official guidelines that describe what topics and skills should be taught to students.
- Personal safety of children
- Age-appropriate lessons about dangers like unsafe people, getting lost, physical abuse, and sexual abuse.
Official record
Sources
Official summary
Revises provisions relating to curriculum standards for teaching the personal safety of children. (BDR 34-922)