内布拉斯加州教育部获约490万美元联邦拨款：五年扩充特殊教育教师注册学徒计划
内布拉斯加州教育部（NDE）11月2日宣布，该部门获得一笔总额约490万美元的联邦拨款，资金来自美国教育部特殊教育项目办公室，期限五年，用于扩充并强化全州的特殊教育教师注册学徒通道。这笔拨款将支持内布拉斯加州的特殊教育教师注册学徒计划，首年拨款近88.5万美元。
项目周期已于2026年10月1日开始，将持续至2031年9月30日。注册学徒制是一种「边工作、边学习」的培养模式：学员通常已在学校担任助教等岗位，一边在岗工作领取工资，一边完成教师资格所需的课程与培训，最终取得特殊教育教师的执教资格。
内布拉斯加州与全美许多州一样，长期面临特殊教育教师不足的问题。州教育部希望通过带薪、在岗的学习机会，降低有意从教者转行或入行的经济门槛，把已经熟悉课堂、熟悉学生的校内工作人员培养成合格的特教教师，从而稳定这支队伍。
这笔拨款来自联邦教育部「通过注册学徒制扩大特殊教育教师与早期干预人员职业通道」的专项竞赛（项目编号84.325J）。根据教育部公布的2026财年受助名单，内布拉斯加州教育部正是该专项的受助机构之一。
州教育部表示，未来五年将依托这笔资金扩大计划覆盖，帮助更多地区学校补充特殊教育师资。有关该州教育工作者队伍建设的更多信息，可查阅州教育部官网education.ne.gov。
（来源：内布拉斯加州教育部）
Nebraska Department of Education Awarded Nearly $4.9 Million: Five-Year Federal Grant Expands Special Education Teacher Apprenticeships
The Nebraska Department of Education (NDE) announced on November 2 that it has been awarded a federal grant totaling approximately $4.9 million over five years to expand and strengthen registered apprenticeship pathways for special education teachers across Nebraska. The grant, awarded by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs, will support the Nebraska Special Education Teacher Registered Apprenticeship Program, with nearly $885,000 in first-year funding.
The project period began October 1, 2026, and continues through September 30, 2031. Registered apprenticeships offer a paid, work-based route into the classroom: apprentices are typically already working in schools, often as paraeducators, earning a wage while completing the coursework and training required for special education licensure.
Nebraska, like many states, faces an ongoing shortage of special education teachers. State officials say the apprenticeship model lowers the financial barrier for people already working in schools — staff who know the students and the classrooms — to become fully licensed special education teachers, helping districts build a more stable workforce from within.
The award comes through the Education Department's discretionary grant program 'Expanding Career Pathways and Workforce Readiness of Special Ed Teachers and Early Intervention Personnel Through Registered Apprenticeships' (Assistance Listing 84.325J). The department's published list of fiscal year 2026 grantees includes the Nebraska Department of Education for the award.
The state agency says the five-year investment will widen the program's reach and help more Nebraska districts fill special education vacancies. More information about educator workforce initiatives at NDE is available at education.ne.gov.
(Source: Nebraska Department of Education)
来源：内布拉斯加州教育部
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