AN ACT relating to education; requiring the board of trustees of each school district and the governing body of each charter school to develop a policy governing the provision of certain services to pupils with disabilities; prohibiting an employee of a school district or charter school from interfering with the ability of certain pupils with disabilities to carry a cane or walking stick; requiring the State Board of Education to prescribe certain standards for programs of instruction or special services for pupils with visual impairments; requiring the individualized education program for a pupil with a hearing impairment or a visual impairment to include certain provisions; authorizing certain persons or governmental entities to request the Superintendent of Public Instruction to determine whether such policies comply with certain laws and regulations; revising the definition of the term “volunteer” as it relates to persons required to undergo certain criminal background checks; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Sponsored By: James Ohrenschall (Democratic), Lisa Krasner (Republican), Lori Rogich (Republican)
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Clearer school access to private disability services
Nevada districts and charter schools must adopt policies for private, medically necessary school services for students with disabilities. Students must have an individualized education program (IEP) or Section 504 plan, and parent or guardian consent is required. Policies must explain disability rights, requests, denial appeals, student observation, and staff coordination; collaboration requires written parental permission. Schools must post policies online, provide copies on request, and follow federal special education law. Schools can only impose allowed provider requirements, including liability insurance, background checks unless exempt, and privacy and school rules. These service-policy rules apply to medically necessary services provided on or after July 1, 2024.
More Braille and technology support for students
Beginning July 1, 2025, school plans for students with hearing or visual impairments must include Braille when parents request it. Their individualized education programs must also provide assistive technology and related services needed for a free appropriate public education. State standards for programs serving students with visual impairments, including blindness, must cover Braille instruction and use. Those standards must also guide how schools provide and use assistive technology during instruction.
Students gain protection for school mobility aids
Beginning July 1, 2025, school staff cannot interfere with students carrying canes or walking sticks on school property. This protects students with hearing or visual impairments, including deafness or blindness, even without special education services. Their individualized education programs must also state that staff cannot interfere with canes, walking sticks, or mobility devices.
No school fees, but private costs remain
Schools cannot charge families fees related to covered private services, but the policy cannot require schools to pay private providers. For treatment addressing a need in an IEP or Section 504 plan, schools may require a signed parent acknowledgment. It can address replacing same-purpose services, no school payment responsibility, and no school responsibility for health-plan paperwork or billing. It may also state that private staff must join the student's IEP team. Private treatment does not remove the school's duty to provide a free appropriate public education or follow disability laws. These rules do not themselves require families to pay private providers.
School screening covers more unpaid helpers
Beginning July 1, 2025, school volunteer screening definitions include specified unpaid private staff serving students with disabilities who have IEPs. The definition also covers coaches, assistant coaches, activity directors, and overnight chaperones. Work-based learning employees remain excluded unless they directly oversee a student's participation or have unsupervised student contact. Certain higher-education observers remain excluded unless they have unsupervised student contact. These definitions affect who falls under school background-check and verification rules.
Stronger state review of special education
Beginning July 1, 2025, anyone or any government body can request a state review of a special education provider's compliance. If the state education superintendent finds good cause, the Department must inspect the provider within 30 days. The superintendent can require corrective action. When providers fail to follow corrective plans or hearing-officer orders on time, the superintendent must take appropriate enforcement measures. Measures can include staff training, monitoring, redirecting federal funds, withholding state or federal payments, or seeking court enforcement.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsors
James Ohrenschall
Democratic • Senate
Lisa Krasner
Republican • Senate
Lori Rogich
Republican • Senate
Cosponsors
Marilyn Dondero Loop
Democratic • Senate
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
Actions Timeline
(No further action taken.)
6/3/2025SenateFrom printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To committee.
4/24/2025SenateTaken from General File. Re-referred to Committee on Finance. Exemption effective. To printer.
4/21/2025SenateNotice of eligibility for exemption.
4/21/2025SenateRead second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 425.)
4/21/2025SenatePlaced on Second Reading File.
4/21/2025SenateFrom committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
4/21/2025SenateRead first time. To committee.
2/5/2025SenateFrom printer.
2/5/2025SenateTo printer.
2/4/2025SenatePrefiled. Referred to Committee on Education.
2/3/2025Senate
Bill Text
As Introduced
Reprint 1
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