Henderson and North Las Vegas soon will be able to sponsor and oversee charter schools, after the Nevada Department of Education gave its blessing this week.
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The program permits students who did not meet the requirements to graduate in four years to have an additional year to get their degree, district officials said.
The Nevada State Board of Education approved draft language for a new regulation that would eventually require high school classes to begin no earlier than 8 a.m.
A group linked with the Nevada State Education Association has filed a referendum petition to repeal the funding for the Athletics’ baseball stadium in Las Vegas.
A bill signing ceremony was held Thursday at Ronnow Elementary School in Las Vegas for Senate Bill 189, known as the “Keeping Kids in School Act.”
“What I’m asking for in this particular bill is really to try and protect those kids who are nonverbal, who aren’t really able to communicate what’s been going on with them in the classroom,” said Sen. Scott Hammond, R-Las Vegas.
The Clark County Education Association laid out its plan to create a homegrown teacher pipeline and improve school safety as Nevada’s 82nd regular legislative session kicked off on Monday.
Gov. Joe Lombardo is calling for a review of Nevada’s public school district’s finances, according to an executive order signed Monday.
The Nevada System of Higher Education is soliciting proposals from Nevada-based search consultants to find its new chancellor.
Clark County School District President Irene Cepeda and progressive challenger Brenda Zamora are facing off for the District D seat on the board of trustees.
Former Nevada Assemblywoman Irene Bustamante-Adams is challenging freshman Clark County School District Trustee Danielle Ford in District F.
Heather Brown and Jeanine Dakduk are seeking a six-year term on the 13-member Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents.
Former elected official Susan Brager and David “Coach” Crete are seeking a six-year term in the District 7 seat on the Nevada System of Higher Education’s Board of Regents.
Las Vegas elementary school principal Michelee “Shelly” Crawford and Elko community college professor John Patrick Rice want to serve on the Nevada System of Higher Education’s Board of Regents.
John Moran, an attorney, faces off against advertising executive Stephanie Goodman for the District 13 seat on the state’s higher education board.