NRS388.520. Use of form for development, review and revision of individualized education program; minimum standards for special education and early intervening services; limitation on apportionment of state money for instruction.

      1.  The Department shall:

      (a) Prescribe a form that contains the basic information necessary for the uniform development, review and revision of an individualized education program for a pupil with a disability in accordance with 20 U.S.C. § 1414(d); and

      (b) Make the form available on a computer disc for use by school districts and, upon request, in any other manner deemed reasonable by the Department.

      2.  Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, each school district shall ensure that the form prescribed by the Department is used for the development, review and revision of an individualized education program for each pupil with a disability who receives special education in the school district. A school district may use an expanded form that contains additions to the form prescribed by the Department if the basic information contained in the expanded form complies with the form prescribed by the Department.

      3.  The State Board:

      (a) Shall prescribe minimum standards for the special education of pupils with disabilities and gifted and talented pupils.

      (b) May prescribe minimum standards for the provision of early intervening services.

      4.  The minimum standards prescribed by the State Board must include standards for programs of instruction or special services maintained for the purpose of serving pupils with:

      (a) Hearing impairments, including, but not limited to, deafness.

      (b) Visual impairments, including, but not limited to, blindness.

      (c) Orthopedic impairments.

      (d) Speech and language impairments.

      (e) Intellectual disabilities.

      (f) Multiple impairments.

      (g) Serious emotional disturbances.

      (h) Other health impairments.

      (i) Specific learning disabilities.

      (j) Autism spectrum disorders.

      (k) Traumatic brain injuries.

      (l) Developmental delays.

      (m) Gifted and talented abilities.

      5.  The minimum standards prescribed by the State Board for pupils with hearing impairments, including, without limitation, deafness, pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 4 must provide:

      (a) That a pupil cannot be denied the opportunity for instruction in a particular communication mode solely because the communication mode originally chosen for the pupil is different from a communication mode recommended by the pupil’s individualized education program team; and

      (b) That, to the extent feasible, as determined by the board of trustees of the school district, a school is required to provide instruction to those pupils in more than one communication mode.

      6.  No apportionment of state money may be made to any school district or charter school for the instruction of pupils with disabilities and gifted and talented pupils until the program of instruction maintained therein for such pupils is approved by the Superintendent of Public Instruction as meeting the minimum standards prescribed by the State Board.

      7.  The Department shall, upon the request of the board of trustees of a school district, provide information to the board of trustees concerning the identification and evaluation of pupils with disabilities in accordance with the standards prescribed by the State Board.

      8.  The Department shall post on the Internet website maintained by the Department the data that is submitted to the United States Secretary of Education pursuant to 20 U.S.C. § 1418 within 30 days after submission of the data to the Secretary in a manner that does not result in the disclosure of data that is identifiable to an individual pupil.

      [288:32:1956]—(NRS A 1969, 445; 1973, 1429; 1977, 885; 1979, 1597; 1981, 245; 1989, 692; 1993, 2160; 1997, 1867; 1999, 1750; 2009, 755; 2011, 2706, 2716; 2013, 694, 744)