K-3 STEM and ELA Integration Pilot Grant Notice of Funding Opportunity

K-3 STEM and ELA Integration Pilot Grant Notice of Funding Opportunity

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: State of Nevada Department of Education
Amount: Up to US $2,000,000
Last Updated: March 12, 2026

Summary

Overview

About the Department The Nevada Department of Education (NDE or Department) leads and collaborates with Nevada's 17 school districts and the State Public Charter School Authority to advance educational equity Statewide. With offices in Nevada's capital, Carson City, and Las Vegas, NDE oversees all pre-K-12 education in the State with mission of improving student achievement and educator effectiveness by ensuring opportunities, facilitating learning, and promoting excellence. Under the leadership of the State Board of Education and the Executive Team, NDE impacts the achievement of nearly half a million children and 30,000 educators. K-3 STEM and ELA Integration Pilot Grant Notice of Funding Opportunity Goals and Priorities The Nevada Department of Education is committed to expanding high-quality educational opportunities that ensure all students reach reading proficiency by the end of third grade. The K-3 STEM and ELA Integration Pilot Program, established under SB 460 (2025) pursuant to Section 33.93, reflects this commitment by integrating STEM into foundational English language arts instruction through the implementation of highquality curricula, evidence-based teaching strategies, and educational innovation. By utilizing scientifically based reading research and STEM-based texts, this initiative strengthens explicit, phonics-based instruction while pioneering new instructional models that bridge literacy and STEM concepts to prepare early learners for academic success. The results of this pilot will be used by the State Board to determine whether the statewide model curriculum for English language arts should be revised to include this integrated approach. In determining whether to approve an application for a grant, the Department shall consider: The quality of the proposed curricula for a program that integrates texts related to science, technology, engineering and mathematics into instruction in literacy in kindergarten and grades 1, 2 and 3 that uses scientifically based reading research;The proposed instructional strategies; andThe extent to which the approach to instruction is innovative.

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