Some employees, including those affected by the move, argue that the cut would leave fewer adults on campus to address bullying, suicidal behavior and discipline.
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While lawmakers significantly altered the education landscape in the state, they did not add as much money for public schools as some education advocates had sought.
Despite winning additional funding in the legislative session, the Clark County School District revealed Tuesday that it is facing a budget deficit of between $17 million and $18 million next year.
The first major overhaul of Nevada’s education funding formula in more than five decades is itself getting a re-write in the Assembly Ways & Means Committee on the session’s final day.
Nevada state Senate Democrats on Monday unveiled a long-awaited proposal to revamp the state’s decades-old school funding formula, presenting a plan that would go into effect in two years.
Such a strike would be illegal under Nevada law, and the Clark County Education Association could face fines up to $50,000 per day if educators walked off the job.
A bill to cap funding for a popular private-school scholarship program — passed by the Assembly last month on a party-line vote — got its second legislative hearing Thursday, again drawing parents of current or would-be recipients to oppose the proposed limit.
Stopping new charter schools in Nevada until 2021 is no longer on the table following the substantial modification of the bill that first proposed a moratorium, but now requires the State Public Charter School Authority to establish a plan for charter school growth.
Worried about the number of third graders who could be held back after the next school year, some Nevada Democrats are looking to make big changes to the state’s Ready by Grade 3 law.
Students and parents who receive the Opportunity Scholarship funded through tax-deductible donations called upon the heavens this week to stop a bill that would cap the amount given to the program.