NRS395.010. Special education program and related services to be provided to person with disability.

      1.  The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall provide a special education program and related services to all persons with disabilities who are eligible for benefits pursuant to this chapter.

      2.  The Superintendent of Public Instruction may carry out the duties required by subsection 1 by:

      (a) Making arrangements with the governing body of any institution for persons with disabilities in any state having any such institution.

      (b) Placing the person with a disability in a foster home or other residential facility, located in or outside of the school district in which the person with a disability resides, that can provide an appropriate special education program and related services for the person’s particular disability. The Superintendent shall consider the recommendation of the interagency panel in deciding where to place a person with a disability, but the Superintendent has final authority regarding placement pursuant to this subsection.

      (c) Making arrangements, if money from the Federal Government is available to cover the entire cost, for the unique special education and related services required to return students to this state who have been placed in an institution outside of the State pursuant to this chapter.

      3.  The Superintendent of Public Instruction may make all necessary contracts, in accordance with any regulations the State Board of Examiners may prescribe, to carry out the provisions of this section.

      [465:32:1956]—(NRS A 1963, 327; 1969, 280; 1977, 370; 1987, 1038; 1991, 2128; 1993, 2163, 2165; 1995, 961)