This $22.3 million formula grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education to the Nevada Department of Education on July 1, 2022 for the period through September 30, 2023. The grant is provided through the Supporting Effective Instruction State Grants program (CFDA 84.367) to increase student academic achievement and improve teacher quality.
A portion of the funding is distributed as sub-awards to support teacher development programs. Sub-awards totaling $X were provided to the Nevada System of Higher Education, the University of Nevada Las Vegas, and other institutions for programs such as the Teacher Induction and Mentoring Academy and the Leadership Institute of Nevada Executive Leadership Academy. The remaining funds were sub-awarded to local educational agencies across Nevada to support local teacher development and quality initiatives through September 2023.