Homeschooling a Child With Autism or ADHD in Nevada

What Nevada asks of a homeschool family

These are the homeschool rules we have on file for Nevada, last verified 2026-08. Our Nevada page has the full list, with sources.

Getting started (notice)

a written notice of intent filed with the superintendent of the district where your child lives, including an educational plan showing you will teach the required subjects. The statute requires the superintendent to accept a notice that meets those requirements and not to request any additional information or assurances from you.

Records you must keep

none filed with the state beyond the notice and its plan.

Testing / evaluation

none required.

Special education and your homeschooled child in Nevada

We researched this from Nevada's statutes and administrative code, the state education department and the US Department of Education, last checked October 2026. Where a source was missing, old or in conflict, the line says so instead of guessing. Federal law (IDEA) gives a child placed in private school by a parent no individual right to services, only a share of the district's equitable-services funds, and each state decides how a home school is counted.

How the state counts a home school

Its own category, not a private school

Nevada treats a homeschooled child as a distinct category from a private school child: NRS 392.070 excuses attendance for children enrolled in a private school under chapter 394 or whose parent files a notice of intent to homeschool under NRS 388D.020. For special education, however, NRS 392.072 and NAC 388.219 expressly place homeschooled children in the same framework as parentally placed private school children.

Asking for an evaluation

NAC 388.215 requires each public agency to identify, locate and evaluate every pupil with a disability who resides within the school district, and NAC 388.219 covers pupils who are homeschooled, so the district where the child lives is the responsible district. The sources we read do not describe a specific parent request process for homeschooled children beyond the general state and federal referral rules.

Services and IEPs

NRS 392.072 requires each school district to provide programs of special education and related services for homeschooled children who would otherwise be eligible, in the same manner and under the same federal requirements (20 U.S.C. 1412) as for children voluntarily enrolled in private schools. NAC 388.219 refers to 34 CFR 300.130 to 300.144 including direct services, so this is the equitable services model and not an individual FAPE right, and the sources do not say an existing IEP continues after withdrawal. Districts may require proof of the child's identity first.

Part-time classes, therapies and activities at the public school

NRS 392.074 requires the district to let a homeschooled child take classes and extracurricular activities (excluding sports) at a public school if space is available, the parent shows the child is qualified, and a notice of intent to participate is filed under NRS 388D.070, with no transportation required. Homeschooled children may also take part in NIAA interscholastic activities including sports when the notice is filed, and special education services come under NRS 392.072.

Scholarships and funding for a child with a disability

The Nevada Department of Education lists the Educational Choice Scholarship (Opportunity Scholarship, created 2015) for households at or below 300 percent of the federal poverty level, applied to private school tuition and fees, and its page does not address homeschool eligibility or a disability-specific program. No state ESA or voucher program for children with disabilities was found in primary sources.

Less certain: the sources on this were thin or in conflict. Confirm with the state office before relying on it.

Also worth knowing

A homeschool notice of intent is filed with the superintendent of the district where the child lives (NRS 392.070, NRS 388D.020), and the state homeschool page opened does not mention special education. NAC 388.225 says a school employee cannot require medication as a condition of an evaluation or services.

State office to ask: Nevada Department of Education, Office of Comprehensive Student Services.

Sources we read

A plain-language summary of public sources, not legal advice. Scholarship and school-choice programs change often, and we have left dollar amounts out on purpose. Confirm current rules with the state office before you act.

Pace, testing and the plan

Check the testing and evaluation line above for Nevada, since it can depend on how you homeschool. Where a test or an evaluation applies, remember that Learning Supports change how lessons look and feel while your child learns. They are not part of a test or an evaluation. Whether a child can be given accommodations on the test, or with the evaluator, is something to ask the test provider or evaluator before the day, and we cannot tell you what Nevada allows.

Records in Nevada

Check the records line above for Nevada. Letters & Devotion logs instructional hours automatically while your child works, tracks mastery per skill as a ready-made portfolio record, and prints a transcript in one click. Turning supports on or off does not change that record, and nothing in it names a condition, because Letters & Devotion never stores a diagnosis.

Six Learning Supports you can switch on

A parent ticks what helps, never a condition. Each support is a bundle of single switches, and any switch can be changed on its own. After about three weeks the parent side asks whether a support is helping.

Reading support
Often chosen for dyslexia
Read-aloud with each word highlighted, a clearer font, extra spacing and answer buttons.
Focus support
Often chosen for ADHD
Short pieces, one question on screen and movement breaks.
Predictable routine
Often chosen for autism
The same layout, a heads-up before changes, a calm look and plain wording.
Math support
Often chosen for dyscalculia
Pictures and a calculator, with nothing timed.
Writing support
Often chosen for dysgraphia
Answer out loud, with ideas counted over spelling.
Low-pressure mode
Often chosen for anxiety or perfectionism
No scores, calm feedback and a free second try.

What this is not

It does not diagnose anything or store a diagnosis. Your child never sees a condition name.
It is not special education, therapy or an evaluation, and it is not a substitute for an IEP.
Read-aloud is a computer voice, not a person, and answering out loud needs the microphone switch.
Some lesson rewrites, such as plainer literal wording, are pre-written, so not every lesson has one.

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Questions

Can I homeschool a child with autism or ADHD in Nevada?

Nevada's homeschool rules are summarized on this page. On special education: Nevada treats a homeschooled child as a distinct category from a private school child: NRS 392.070 excuses attendance for children enrolled in a private school under chapter 394 or whose parent files a notice of intent to homeschool under NRS 388D.020. For special education, however, NRS 392.072 and NAC 388.219 expressly place homeschooled children in the same framework as parentally placed private school children. NAC 388.215 requires each public agency to identify, locate and evaluate every pupil with a disability who resides within the school district, and NAC 388.219 covers pupils who are homeschooled, so the district where the child lives is the responsible district. The sources we read do not describe a specific parent request process for homeschooled children beyond the general state and federal referral rules.

Does Letters & Devotion store my child’s diagnosis?

No. You pick supports, never a condition, nothing stores a diagnosis, and your child never sees a condition name. Support settings are never sent to analytics.

Does this replace an evaluation or an IEP?

No. The setup screen says it plainly: these change how lessons look and feel, and they are not a substitute for an evaluation or an IEP.

Do the supports work with Nevada's testing rules?