Nine bills were moved forward by the Nevada Senate education committee Thursday, heading either to the chamber’s floor or the finance committee for further discussion.
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High school students from around Nevada descended on the capital Thursday to learn about the legislative process.
Days after being introduced, the bill that would enshrine the regulation governing the Clark County School District reorganization into law earned support from both the state Senate and Education committee members.
Nevada students would be required to take an ethnic and diversity studies program in high school under a measure introduced Tuesday.
Students interested in getting a hands-on look at how laws are made — and take a stab at creating their own — have until March 31 to apply for next session’s Nevada Youth Legislature.
Charter, private and parochial students could play sports at their zoned public school if their school doesn’t field a team under a bill proposed Thursday.
The father of a student who committed suicide after being bullied criticized proposed changes to the 2015 law that bears his daughter’s name as a “step backward.”
Nevada students would be mandated to start school at age 5 and could start as young as 4 in pre-kindergarten programs under a bill introduced in the Assembly Wednesday.
All Clark County School Board trustees would be appointed under a proposal laid out Monday by Sen. Michael Roberson, R-Las Vegas.
The days of running and playing without an agenda during recess may soon be a thing of the past.
Two bills introduced in the Nevada Assembly on Friday would change how teachers and administrators tinker with the way teachers and principals are evaluated.
Achievement School District charters would be held to the same prevailing wage standard as traditional public schools under a proposal introduced in the Senate education committee Thursday.
Nevada students would have the opportunity to become bilingual as part of a dual-language immersion program presented during the Assembly education committee.
Special education students and teachers will have more protections if a proposal laid out in the Senate education committee meeting moves forward.
The number of Nevada children cultivating green thumbs at school could grow under a proposed grant program.
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Residents throughout the Las Vegas Valley were reacting to the news that Donald Trump had become the first former president to be convicted of felony crimes.
A new report from Colliers says a new community has emerged as the top income earning spot in the Las Vegas Valley.
Imprisoned for a Las Vegas fatal DUI, former NFL player Henry Ruggs is in a prison work program that placed him at the Governor’s Mansion.
Las Vegas’ budget has already taken a hit from one of the cases won by developer Yohan Lowie, whose stymied housing plans for a shuttered golf course led to extensive litigation.