The first lady said programs such as those at the Truckee Meadows Community College change lives and pay dividends.
Education
Although the union qualified sales and gaming tax petitions, officials agreed to withdraw them as part of a deal made in the 2021 Legislature.
The 22-page ruling found no merit constitutional challenges to the requirement that students wear masks at school.
Lisa Cano Burkhead’s appointment by Gov. Steve Sisolak will become official Thursday with events in Las Vegas and Carson City.
Gov. Steve Sisolak signed an emergency directive Wednesday related to face coverings and other mitigation strategies for K-12 county school district, charter school and private school settings within Nevada.
Democratic state lawmakers will propose using federal pandemic stimulus to bolster summer school programs to help students recover from a year of learning lost to pandemic restrictions.
A state legislative committee Monday formally approved nearly $634 million in additional COVID-19 relief funds for Nevada, with nearly $509 million of it going to public and private schools across the state.
The Nevada Resort Association has filed a lawsuit that seeks to invalidate a ballot initiative filed by the Clark County Education Association that would raise the gaming tax.
The state Board of Examiners approved $50 million for a health and sciences building for the College of Southern Nevada’s Henderson campus.
Gov. Steve Sisolak Wednesday appointed education consultant Karlene McCormick-Lee and four school financial officers to a commission charged with overseeing the new statewide school funding formula.
Washoe County school trustees are expected to fire Superintendent Traci Davis on Monday, after allegations of leaked confidential information and turmoil within the district’s ranks.
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.
Monday is the 22nd day of the Nevada Legislature’s 2019 session — there are 98 to go. It’s another deadline day for new legislation so both chambers should see a healthy number of new bills hit the floor.
A bill to help homeless and foster care students in Nevada overcome the challenges that can derail their education got a favorable reception from a state Senate panel Wednesday.
While pledging no new taxes in his state of the state address Wednesday night, the Democrat is proposing retention of two taxes that were scheduled to be reduced or phased out. Keeping them will bring about $138 million.
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