March 4, 2022

CARSON CITY, Nev. - The Nevada Department of Education (NDE or Department) today announces that copies of the Annual State Application under Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Act(IDEA) for Federal Fiscal Year 2022 (State Fiscal Year 2023) as amended in 2004have been disseminated to stakeholders throughout Nevada.

“Nevada’s application for the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act helps to ensure that our students with disabilities have the services and supports they need in order to access an equitable education, ”said Jhone Ebert, State Superintendent of Public Instruction. “The work we move forward at the Nevada Department of Education focuses on each and everyone of our students and their opportunity to attain their vision of success!”

A digital copy of the document can be accessed here: Annual State Application under Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Act

Federal law requires that the document be circulated throughout the State for a sixty-day period of time prior to final submission to the U.S. Department of Education. Within the sixty-day circulation period, federal law also requires that the state establish a thirty-day period within which it will accept written comment from the public concerning the document.

In accordance with this requirement, written comment from the public will be accepted from March 29 through April 29, 2022. Written comment should be directed to: Ms. Julie A. Bowers, Director, Office of Inclusive Education, Nevada Department of Education, 700 E. Fifth Street, Suite106, Carson City, NV 89701.

About the Nevada Department of Education

The Nevada Department of Education (NDE) leads and collaborates with Nevada’s 17 school districts and the State Public Charter School Authority to advance educational equity Statewide. With offices in Carson City and Las Vegas, NDE oversees all pre-K-12 education in the State, working to achieve its mission to improve student achievement and educator effectiveness by ensuring opportunities, facilitating learning, and promoting excellence. Under the leadership of the State Board of Education and the Superintendent of Public Instruction, NDE impacts the achievement of nearly half a million children and 30,000 educators.