The Clark County Education Association said it’s beginning an effort to gather 102,362 signatures in order to put the proposal on the ballot for a 2026 election.
Education
Patricia “Patty” Charlton will lead the Nevada System of Higher Education following the departure of Acting Chancellor Dale Erquiaga.
Gov. Joe Lombardo had proposed using unallocated federal COVID-19 funds to cover the need-based scholarships.
Local governments may be barred from operating a charter school under a sweeping education focused bill heard by lawmakers Monday.
UNLV’s Immigration Clinic which represents hundreds of immigrants may be at risk of shutting its doors if it doesn’t secure additional funding from a Nevada Legislature bill.
Superintendents proposed legislation Friday that would create a school modernization commission and would increase the power of local school districts.
The Clark County School District updated its “COVID-19 quarantine and isolation guidance” Dec. 30 in alignment with the new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines.
Four separate votes are possible at the Nov. 18 meeting related to the termination of Jara’s contract or his hostile work environment allegations.
Nevada’s higher education system will require employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, with a Dec. 1 target date for implementation.
Five new Las Vegas charter schools were supposed to open in August. Now, only two will.
A new method of allocating what were once known Senate Bill 178 funds, or weighted funding, has cost some schools hundreds of thousands of dollars.
All of the Clark County School District’s approximately 42,000 employees, as well as those of public charter schools, are now eligible to make appointments for the COVID-19 vaccine, the district said Wednesday.
Nevada’s high school graduation rates slipped for the Class of 2020 after several years of steady gains, according to state data released Thursday.
The school district released a transition plan Monday that calls for students to attend in-person classes two days a week.
Proposed cuts to Nevada’s education budget are expected to disproportionately impact the state’s poor and minority students, and advocates and some lawmakers are pushing for the Legislature to find ways to keep those programs whole.