Nevada

The published process

Placement during a dispute

The notice’s own section heading is "THE CHILD'S PLACEMENT WHILE THE DUE PROCESS COMPLAINT AND HEARING ARE PENDING". Its text states: "once a due process complaint is sent to the other party, during the resolution process time period, and while waiting for the decision of any impartial due process hearing or court proceeding, unless you and the school district agree otherwise, your child must remain in his or her current educational placement." "If the due process complaint involves an application for initial admission to public school, your child, with your consent, must be placed in the regular public school program until the completion of all such proceedings." — Notice, THE CHILD'S PLACEMENT WHILE THE DUE PROCESS COMPLAINT AND HEARING ARE PENDING.

Independent evaluation at public expense

"You have the right to an independent educational evaluation of your child at public expense if you disagree with an evaluation of your child obtained by your school district, subject to the following conditions:" "If you request an independent educational evaluation of your child at public expense, your school district must, without unnecessary delay, either: (a) file a due process complaint to request a hearing to show that its evaluation of your child is appropriate; or (b) provide an independent educational evaluation at public expense, unless the school district demonstrates in a hearing that the evaluation of your child that you obtained did not meet the school district's criteria." "You are entitled to only one independent educational evaluation of your child at public expense each time your school district conducts an evaluation of your child with which you disagree." (Notice, Independent Educational Evaluations) As in several other states captured in this project, no specific number of days is stated for the district’s response — only "without unnecessary delay".

Who may be present, and what record is made

Any party to a due process hearing has the right to: "Be represented by counsel;" "Be accompanied and advised by persons with special knowledge or training regarding the problems of children with disabilities;" "Present evidence and confront, cross-examine, and require the attendance of witnesses;" "Prohibit the introduction of any evidence at the hearing that has not been disclosed to the other party at least five business days before the hearing;" "Obtain a written, or, at your option, electronic, word-for-word record of the hearing; and" "Obtain written, or, at your option, electronic findings of fact and decisions." As a parent, "You must be given the right to:" "Have your child present;" "Open the hearing to the public; and" "Have the record of the hearing, the findings of fact and decisions provided to you at no cost." (Notice, Hearing Rights) Recording of IEP Team meetings, as distinct from a due process hearing’s own record, is not stated in the sources reviewed; all captured pages and the notice were searched throughout for "record," "tape," and "audio," and every provision found concerns the hearing record or education-records access, not a parent’s ability to record a meeting.

The three rows above answer the questions an experienced adviser raises first, from the state’s own published documents, or record that a question is not answered in them.

Timelines, as stated in the sources

All quoted; none calculated. From the notice except where noted.

On the difference in timelines, stated together. "While the Nevada Department of Education generally must resolve a State complaint within a 60-calendar-day timeline, unless the timeline is properly extended, an impartial due process hearing officer must hear a due process complaint (if not resolved through a resolution meeting or through mediation) and issue a written decision within 45 calendar days after the end of the resolution period, as described in this document under the heading RESOLUTION PROCESS, unless the hearing officer grants a specific extension of the timeline at your request or the school district's request." (Notice, Difference Between Due Process Hearing Complaint and State Complaint Procedures)

On filing a state complaint. "The complaint must allege a violation that occurred not more than one year prior to the date that the complaint is received as described under the heading ADOPTION OF STATE COMPLAINT PROCEDURES." "A written decision must be issued within 60 calendar days from the date the complaint was received, unless an extension has been granted." (Notice, Filing a Complaint; State Complaint page)

On filing a due process complaint. "The due process complaint must allege a violation that happened not more than two years before you or the school district knew or should have known about the alleged action that forms the basis of the due process complaint." "The written decision must be issued within 45 days from the end of the resolution period, unless an extension of the timeline has been granted." (Notice, Filing a Due Process Complaint; Due Process Complaint page)

On the resolution meeting and period. "Within 15 calendar days of receiving notice of your due process complaint, and before the due process hearing begins, the school district must convene a meeting with you and the relevant member or members of the individualized educational program (IEP) committee who have specific knowledge of the facts identified in your due process complaint." "If the school district has not resolved the due process complaint to your satisfaction within 30 calendar days of the receipt of the due process complaint (during the time period for the resolution process), the due process hearing may occur." (Notice, Resolution Process)

On the expedited discipline timeline. "In certain cases, relating to a student's discipline and placement, an expedited due process hearing must be held within 20 school days of the request being filed, with a written decision issued within 10 school days of the hearing." (Due Process Complaint page, What to Expect with filing a Due Process Complaint)

On appeal. "A party may appeal the decision of a hearing officer within 30 days after receiving the decision. A party to the hearing may file a cross appeal within 10 days after the party receives notice of the initial appeal." (Notice, Appeal of decisions; impartial review)

On civil action. "The party (you or the school district) bringing the action shall have 90 calendar days from receipt of the decision of the State review officer to file a civil action." (Notice, Civil Actions, Including the Time Period in Which to File Those Actions)

What any of this means for a particular situation is for the agency and its processes to determine.

Change log

Aug 25, 2026 · Page created. Captured first-party: the Special Education Rights of Parents and Children notice (PDF, "JUNE 2023," fetched directly, full text extracted), NDE’s Dispute Resolution landing page, and its four route-specific sub-pages for IEP Facilitation, Mediation, State Complaint, and Due Process Complaint. Findings recorded rather than smoothed: (1) Nevada administers IEP Facilitation as a fourth formal, NDE-run route with its own request form and directory of facilitators, distinct from the informal facilitation practices named in some other states’ sources; (2) the Due Process Complaint page states an expedited discipline-related hearing timeline — "an expedited due process hearing must be held within 20 school days of the request being filed, with a written decision issued within 10 school days of the hearing" — not stated this specifically elsewhere in the captured sources; (3) no Nevada-specific parent training and information center is named by title and contact detail anywhere in the captured sources; each instead points to the local school district or to CADRE, a national technical-assistance center; (4) recording of IEP Team meetings is not addressed in any captured source. Capture pending: Community Supports and Resources and Dispute Resolution Laws, both referenced repeatedly but not independently fetched this session, along with the various model forms and hearing-officer directory. Internet Archive captures: to be added. Reviewer: Carrie Schluter, reviewed 2026-08-25. Corrections on the record in this log: hello@fieldassembly.net.