Nevada surveys school employees to guide school improvements

The Department conducts surveys of school employees and employees leaving their jobs. The surveys cover employees at each school district and charter school in Nevada. The Department conducts surveys only to the extent money is available. Schools use the results to assess and improve staff retention, school climate, and working conditions. Survey data cannot be used in school or employee evaluations. Climate surveys take place in school years beginning in odd-numbered years; working-conditions surveys take place in years beginning in even-numbered years. Surveys of departing employees are ongoing.

The Department determines reimbursement for eligible facilities that provide educational services to children in residential treatment. The rules cover licensed residential treatment facilities that operate a licensed private school or an approved, accredited education program. For a Nevada facility with a licensed private school, the child must be a patient or resident and attend for more than seven school days. For an out-of-state facility, the child must be a Nevada resident, need treatment unavailable in Nevada under a physician’s order, attend an approved program for more than seven school days, and not be homeschooled or enrolled in a private school. Reimbursement excludes the first seven school days, cannot exceed the required school year length, and does not cover health care.

The Department administers teacher scholarship programs, and participating colleges and other providers award scholarships under the program rules. The programs support students preparing to teach through approved colleges and other teacher-training providers. Scholarships depend on grants to participating colleges and other approved providers, as well as available money. From July 1, 2027, eligible programs include certain advanced education degrees and programs leading to a teaching license and endorsement in a subject area with a teacher shortage. Nevada residents may qualify if they earned a high school diploma or equivalency in another state. The rules effective in 2027 change scholarship amounts and payments and require providers to share data with the Department, as federal privacy law allows. The additional eligibility, payment, and data-sharing rules described here take effect July 1, 2027.