Maintain and Expand Gifted and Talented Students, Establish Weight $14.3 Million


Overview

Maintains the current $10 million and appropriates an additional $4.3 million in the State General Fund over the biennium to expand services to students qualifying for the Gifted and Talented Program (GATE). Only students who have been identified and served throughState-approvedassessment/processesareeligible. In the second year of the biennium, with additional resources added, the funding will be expressed as a uniform “weight” and allocated on a per-pupil basis (NRS 387.121).