The Carson City School District Board of Trustees will review proposed changes to several policies and regulations governing homebound instruction, Student Support Services and programs for students with disabilities during its meeting tonight, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026.
The meeting begins at 6 p.m within the Bob Crowell Board Room in the Carson City Community Center, located at 851 E. William Street. The public can attend in person, or view the meeting live via YouTube.
The changes were originally scheduled for discussion Sept. 8 but were tabled to allow district staff to consult with legal counsel.
Tuesday’s regulation items are scheduled for discussion only, while the policies will be presented for a first reading. The agenda does not call for final adoption of the changes.
Homebound Program
The most extensive revisions involve the district’s homebound program, which provides temporary instruction to students who cannot attend school because of illness or disability.
The proposed regulation would replace the existing system with a shorter framework covering eligibility, instruction, staff responsibilities, return to school and discontinuation of services. It would eliminate the current Category A and Category B classifications, including the “Homebound — Not Seen” program for certain students in residential treatment or with contagious or infectious illnesses.
The replacement would allow instruction to be provided in person or electronically and require at least five hours of direct individual tutoring per week for students covered by state regulation. It also states that five hours is not a maximum for a student whose individualized education program requires additional instruction.
The district also proposes replacing its Contract for Homebound Services with an Individual Homebound Instruction Plan. The new form would include sections addressing instruction, courses, progress monitoring, grading, communication, Section 504 or IEP considerations and the student’s transition back to school.
Several requirements contained in the existing homebound regulation and form would not appear in the replacement. Those include detailed admission and grading procedures, and written notice and an opportunity to appeal before services are terminated for certain reasons among others.
The homebound changes also remove a safeguard requirement: currently, homebound teachers may provide in-person instruction only when a parent, guardian or other responsible adult is present. The existing form also requires the family to identify when an adult will be present during instruction.
The replacement only requires the parent or guardian to “support reasonable access to the student for scheduled instruction.” It does not require another adult to be present during in-person instruction.
The board also will review proposed changes to the district’s Student Support Services policies and regulations.
Policy and Regulation 207
Regulation 207, which establishes referral timelines, annual deadlines and the scope of psychological and support services, would be eliminated. Those services currently include crisis intervention, counseling, health services, responses to emergencies and extreme antisocial behavior, community-service coordination and consultation with parents and school staff.
Regulation 207.2 also would be eliminated. That regulation summarizes parental rights during student evaluations, including notice, consent, access to records, independent evaluations and due process.
Many of those rights are independently protected under state and federal law. The proposed Policy 207 would replace the district’s detailed language with a general statement supporting federal and Nevada laws governing the education of students with disabilities. It also would authorize the superintendent and staff to develop procedures to implement those requirements.
The packet does not include a separate administrative procedure replacing the timelines and processes being removed from Regulations 207 and 207.2.
Policy 208, Programs for Students with Disabilities, also would be eliminated. District staff described it as duplicative of Policy 207. Both policies currently contain similar provisions concerning evaluations, parental consent and confidentiality, but that detailed language would not be included in the proposed Policy 207.
Proposed changes to Policy and Regulation 207.3, which govern aversive interventions and physical and mechanical restraints involving students with disabilities, are more limited. The changes primarily revise the title and update statutory references. The regulation also would assign the director of Student Support Services or a designee responsibility for completing and submitting corrective-action plans when necessary.
District performance rating
The board also will receive a presentation on the district’s first Nevada District Performance Framework rating.
The framework, created following the passage of Senate Bill 460 during the 2025 legislative session, evaluates school districts using school outcomes and district-level measures such as educator coverage, instructional materials, financial stability and participation in college- and career-readiness coursework.
Carson City School District received an overall rating of 3, the framework’s highest level, and was one of two Nevada school districts placed in the highest-recognition tier. The district received a 3 for its support indicators and a 2 for school outcomes.
The presentation is for discussion only.
Family Life Advisory Committee
Trustees also may interview and appoint a teacher representative to the district’s Family Life Advisory Committee.
The district received one letter of interest from Jeremy Falconer, a behavior and intervention specialist at Eagle Valley Middle School. If appointed, Falconer would serve a three-year term from January 2027 through December 2029.
The committee reviews instructional resources addressing subjects including the human reproductive system, communicable diseases and sexual responsibility.
In other items:
The board’s consent agenda includes purchase orders and payables, personnel actions, a request from a 16-year-old student to withdraw from school to take the High School Equivalency Exam and minutes from the Sept. 8 board meeting.
Informational items include classified and nursing staff changes and upcoming school-calendar dates.
Disclosure: Robots helped compile some of this summary.
See the full agenda packet below:
