Nevada’s Board of Regents voted to authorize a cost of living adjustment for professional employees and a 5 percent fee increase for students.
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Gov. Joe Lombardo announced the “Acing Accountability” initiative during a news conference at Mater Academy Mountain Vista, a public charter school in Las Vegas.
The Clark County Education Association filed an emergency motion Thursday with the Nevada Supreme Court seeking to halt a preliminary injunction.
The U.S. Department of Education released state-level data Tuesday showing how many people are eligible.
The Nevada System of Higher Education’s Board of Regents voted unanimously on June 30 to authorize the cost-of-living adjustment.
Children must now be 5 years old by Aug. 1 to attend kindergarten in Nevada’s public schools.
Teachers told Nevada legislators a law has hindered their ability to immediately deal with disruptive and violent students.
The event at Valley High School came the day after Gov. Joe Lombardo testified before the Assembly Committee on Education on a bill that would repeal a restorative justice law.
Superintendents and the state’s charter authority must appear at a meeting within 30 days to detail how they’d use the proposed funding, officials say.
Nearly three-quarters of Nevada children ages 5 and younger don’t have access to a licensed child care provider, according to the report.
Fourteen undergraduate college students participated in a 16-week paid internship program this fall at Desert Research Institute, part of the Nevada System of Higher Education.
“At least five” regents requested a special meeting Thursday to reconsider the requirement, but Gov. Steve Sisolak is encouraging the board to keep the mandate intact.
Founding Executive Director Nancy Brune, who has led the research and policy center since 2013, will depart her post “for a new professional opportunity,” according to the University of Nevada, Reno.
Attorneys representing nine parents appeared Monday in an appeal case alleging an underfunded public education system violates the state’s Constitution.
The Nevada System of Higher Education reported a 92 percent compliance rate with the mandate, but said termination notices have already been sent to most who didn’t.
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Former President Donald Trump discussed campaign strategies and policies for potential second terms in an exclusive interview with the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
The fire that started at 12:30 a.m. Sunday damaged or destroyed approximately 15 boats and caused minor injuries at the harbor, according to the National Park Service.
“Dangerously hot conditions,” are forecast by the National Weather Service for Tuesday morning through Wednesday evening.
A woman was being held hostage at knife-point by a man when two Metropolitan Police Department officers fired their weapons late Saturday night.