Nevada’s Board of Regents voted to authorize a cost of living adjustment for professional employees and a 5 percent fee increase for students.
Education
Speaker Steve Yeager said now is the time for new leadership in the Clark County School District, which said Jesus Jara will remain in his position.
Assembly Bill 118 reduces the board overseeing the Nevada System of Higher Education from 13 members to nine, in addition to establishing four-year terms.
Gov. Joe Lombardo signed two bills related to funding for K-12 education and authorizing spending by state agencies.
The Clark County School Board approved a $274,310 purchasing award to Public Consulting Group last week for the study. A final report is expected in early June.
Under state law, the Clark County School District can request two bill drafts for potential consideration by the Nevada Legislature, which meets every two years.
The Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents voted Friday to approve Chancellor Melody Rose’s resignation and pay her $610,000 in severance, capping off months of tension during the chancellor’s short tenure with the NSHE.
UNLV’s chapter of a fraternity that sponsored a charity boxing match after which Nathan Valencia died was suspended Wednesday, according to a statement from the university.
Nevada State Higher Education system officials said they hadn’t yet compiled records from individual colleges and universities and don’t know how many complied with the mandate.
It is the first known lawsuit filed over the devastating July 5, 2019, explosion, which badly damaged two campus dormitories and injured eight, including six students.
Gov. Steve Sisolak signed the emergency regulation relaxing hiring restrictions for public school districts and charter schools last week.
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.
Candidates for the Clark County School Board and Nevada Board of Regents tackled teacher retention, funding and accountability in a forum at the Public Education Foundation on Monday.
Jeff Caraballo is one of 25 prisoners hoping education can give them new life after incarceration. They’re part of a pilot prison education program created in 2017 by the Nevada Legislature.
“Work remains to be compliant with the law,” State Superintendent Steve Canavero said Thursday on a conference call. “We have gotten so much further together when we put heads together.”
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