Clark County School District Superintendent Jesus Jara spoke to congressional leaders about the impacts of COVID-19 on school reopening.
Education
The American Academy of Pediatrics applauded legislation filed by Rep. Dina Titus of Nevada that would create a grant program to hire more nurses for public schools.
Citing the surge of student suicides in Las Vegas, Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto urged two federal agencies to tap into a pot of $122.7 billion for schools in the recently passed coronavirus rescue plan to launch a coordinated effort to curb the alarming deaths.
Rep. Dina Titus urged the Trump administration to redirect money not accepted by large universities with endowments to other institutions in Nevada with large numbers of minority students.
A bill by Nevada Sen. Jacky Rosen that would encourage women to study science, engineering and mathematics has passed both houses of Congress and is headed to the president for a signature.
A Senate committee approved a bill by Nevada Sen. Jacky Rosen that would offer incentives for young women to study science, engineering, technology and math.
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