The Clark County School District won’t pay for a number of programs, including Care Solace, next school year after federal COVID-19 relief money dries up.
Education
The Clark County School District reported a better high school graduation rate than the state of Nevada as a whole.
Rancho High School history teacher and State Assemblyman Reuben D’Silva, D-Las Vegas, said fights happen frequently in the area surrounding the school.
The school district’s trustees are set to consider hiring a former gubernatorial candidate’s law firm as its legal counsel.
The Assembly Committee on Education held a hearing Thursday on a bill that would lift a 2019 mandate to provide a plan before removing a student from a classroom or school.
Regents announced Thursday that chief of staff and special counsel Robert Kilroy has resigned.
The School Board outlined its 2023 legislative priorities, saying it would support letting parents opt their children out of sex education.
The Andre Agassi Foundation for Education and the Engelstad Foundation will give winners of a three-phased contest up to $500,000 to solve one question: “Who has an idea for improving Nevada’s educational landscape?”
The Clark County School District had an 80.94 percent graduation rate in 2021, down from 83.17 percent the year prior, according to the Nevada Department of Education.
Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada says it will continue to treat current patients and is working to resolve a longstanding billing dispute with the insurer.
The Clark County School District will pay a stipend of up to $1,000 to any licensed substitute teacher who works at a school for at least 15 days during first quarter.
The State Board of Health will hold an emergency meeting at 9 a.m. Friday and members of the public can tune in via phone or Zoom video conferencing.
UNLV is part of an 11-university consortium that will receive a $25 million federal grant to support research and development in nuclear science, engineering and security.
The Clark County School District has been approved to issue $400 million more in facilities bonds to help fund new buildings as well as address the maintenance needs of its aging schools.
The Clark County School District was unable to reach nearly a third of its 325,000 students during the second week of distance learning and counted attempts as a contact.