SB 185 Technical Assistance

*****Important Notice: Clark County School District has returned all SB 185 funds to the Nevada Department of Education as a part of the state budget cuts. Due to the funds being returned, there is no expectation of any further reports due this year (08-09). The SB 185 Technical Assistance web pages provided by Grants Development and Administration will continue to be operational for informational purposes. Grantees involved will be kept apprised via the SB 185 conference of any changes due to requests from the Nevada Department of Education, the Commission on Educational Excellence or the State Legislature (i.e. reports due even though no funds used).

Welcome

Welcome to the SB 185 evaluation technical assistance page. This web portal provides the user with the timelines, forms, instructions, and contact information needed to build a successful evaluation report.

There are four items required for the SB 185 evaluation:

• Evaluation worksheet – completed once at the onset of the program
• Professional development tracking report – completed bi-annually
• Targeted students report – completed bi-annually
• Qualitative items – completed annually

The evaluation worksheet is an on-line survey. The remaining items are forms in Microsoft Word. If you require a different format, please contact your region evaluator.

About SB 185

The Commission on Educational Excellence (CEE) was appointed by the Governor’s Office in 2005 to oversee funding to support innovation and remediation programs throughout the State of Nevada. Originally signed into law as SB 404, this grant was awarded to schools and districts in the State of Nevada over two rounds of competitive application review in the spring of 2006.

Funding support for the Innovation and Prevention of Remediation program was continued in the 2007 Nevada Legislative Session and signed into law as Senate Bill (SB) 185.

While the program title, “Innovation and Prevention of Remediation” has remained in place, the senate bill number has changed each session and will most likely continue to do so if future funding allocations are made.

The Clark County School District submitted 266 applications in June of 2007 for consideration under SB 185. Of these, 57 were denied (21.4%), 168 were partially funded (63.2%), and 41 were fully funded (15.4%). The total amount awarded to these 209 schools in CCSD was $32,533,846.16 for FY 08 and FY 09. A complete list of awards by district is available on the award page of the Commission at the State Department of Education’s website.

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