Grants: Application by school district or charter school for remainder of available state money; criteria for awards established by regulation; limitation on awards.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 388.395
in effect1. The board of trustees of a school district or the governing body of a charter school may apply to the State Board of Education for a grant for a program of career and technical education, to be paid for from the remainder of state money described in subsection 3 of NRS 388.392 .
2. The State Board of Education shall review all applications submitted pursuant to subsection 1 and award grants based on the criteria established by regulation of the State Board of Education.
3. The proportion of the total amount awarded pursuant to subsection 2 to a school district or charter school during a fiscal year must not exceed the proportion of the enrollment of pupils in advanced courses within programs of career and technical education in the school district or charter school during the previous fiscal year, as compared to the enrollments of pupils in advanced courses within programs of career and technical education throughout the State during the previous fiscal year.
4. As used in this section:
(a) Advanced course means:
(1) A CTE concentrator course;
(2) A work-based learning program pursuant to NRS 389.167 ;
(3) An activity for pupils to earn industry-recognized credentials, as identified by the Governors Office of Workforce Innovation pursuant to paragraph (d) of subsection 4 of NRS 232.975 ;
(4) A dual credit course in a program of career and technical education; or
(5) A course in a program of career and technical education that requires the completion of a CTE concentrator course as a prerequisite for enrollment.
(b) CTE concentrator has the meaning ascribed to it in 20 U.S.C. § 2302(12).
(c) CTE concentrator course means a course within a program of career and technical education which may be used, in combination with another course, to meet the course requirements to be a CTE concentrator.
Source: NV Statutes (Official Site)URL: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/NRS-388.htmlFetched: 10/4/2026