The drama that unfolded during the Clark County School Board meeting is one reason why the mandated reorganization must be implemented, state legislators said Friday.
Education
Democratic leadership said Friday they have not given much consideration this session to Gov. Brian Sandoval’s education savings account bill.
The 107 school board trustees in Nevada will have to undergo six hours of training on education-related issues under a provision moved to the Senate floor Thursday.
Nevada fifth-graders would get a free pass to state parks, and the parks themselves would get more dollars for maintenance under two bills unanimously supported Thursday by the Senate Committee on Natural Resources.
School districts hoping to take advantage of the next round of state grants will have to focus proposals on three key areas — including more training for principals on the teacher evaluation system.
Achievement School District charters would have to meet the same prevailing wage standard public schools pay when undertaking major capital projects, according to a proposal laid out in the Nevada Assembly’s education committee Wednesday.
High school students in Nevada will have more access to college credit under a proposal from the governor’s office.
With a unanimous vote from the Nevada Senate, the Clark County School District reorganization bill is headed to the desk of Gov. Brian Sandoval.
School districts could lease school buses and other vehicles for private events under a bill approved Wednesday by the Nevada Senate.
School principals would again be entitled to union bargaining under a bill unanimously approved Tuesday by the Nevada Senate.
Assembly Bill 451, which would mandate at least six hours of training in the first and third years of their terms, is approved by a 41-0 vote and advances to the state Senate.
The bill to ensure the reorganization of the Clark County School District passed the Assembly floor with a 40-2 vote on Friday, sending the measure to the Senate.
UNLV President Len Jessup asked lawmakers Friday for $4 million to plan a new building for the school’s engineering program.
An effort from Sen. Mo Denis to eliminate the Achievement School District is being amended, with input from the Nevada Department of Education and the Clark County School District.
A bill that would have decentralized power from the state Board of Regents and given community colleges their own governing body is exempt from Friday’s committee passage deadline.
