Nevada law funds supply grants for teachers and school support staff

The Department of Education must give grants to organizations that provide requested supplies directly to teachers and specialized school support staff. Specialized school support staff include counselors, psychologists, social workers, nurses, speech-language pathologists, library media specialists, and other qualified professionals. Supplies are for teachers’ classrooms or support staff’s school operations. Grant-funded spending is capped at $500 per person. A larger request may be fulfilled only if money from outside the grant program is available. The department may spend no more than $7.5 million in fiscal year 2025–2026.

The law sets deadlines for committing and spending the appropriation and requires any money left over to return to the State General Fund. The deadlines apply to the Department of Education and any organization that receives or otherwise gets money from the appropriation. Any money remaining after the spending deadline must be returned to the State General Fund. The commitment deadline is June 30, 2027. The spending deadline and deadline to return remaining money are September 17, 2027.