The Community Schools Initiative received notice from state officials that it didn’t gather enough valid signatures to send the measure to the 2023 Legislature.
Education
The Clark County School District could receive $32.6 million less in state general education funding due to lower student enrollment numbers than projected.
The state panel received complaints and investigated two Nevada System of Higher Education regents — Cathy McAdoo and Patrick Carter.
A Nevada System of Higher Education committee voted to require each school to create training programs that address discriminationl
Unofficial election results posted Wednesday show two incumbents will lose seats on the Clark County School District Board of Trustees, while four new regents will represent Southern Nevada on the Nevada System of Higher Education.
Preliminary results Wednesday showed Heather Brown, Susan Brager, Michelee “Shelly” Crawford and Stephanie Goodman leading.
The School Board outlined its 2023 legislative priorities, saying it would support letting parents opt their children out of sex education.
Heather Brown and Jeanine Dakduk are seeking a six-year term on the 13-member Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents.
Former elected official Susan Brager and David “Coach” Crete are seeking a six-year term in the District 7 seat on the Nevada System of Higher Education’s Board of Regents.
Las Vegas elementary school principal Michelee “Shelly” Crawford and Elko community college professor John Patrick Rice want to serve on the Nevada System of Higher Education’s Board of Regents.
John Moran, an attorney, faces off against advertising executive Stephanie Goodman for the District 13 seat on the state’s higher education board.
The Legislative Commission on Tuesday approved a regulation with specific steps to be taken if the Clark County School District doesn’t follow a 2017 measure that gives individual schools more control.
The last time the Nevada Legislature audited the Clark County School District was in 2004.
Earlier this week, six Southern Nevada chambers of commerce announced that they were endorsing an initiative that would let local governing bodies create their own school districts.
The “Community Schools Initiative” aims to revamp Nevada’s “outdated and underperforming K-12 education system” and could appear on the 2024 ballot.