Gov. Joe Lombardo held a signing ceremony for Assembly Bill 73. The changes go into effect immediately amid high school graduation season.
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Legislators got their first chance Wednesday to consider two bills proposed by Gov. Joe Lombardo, during more than six hours of testimony.
The business organization called Tuesday for the Board of Regents chair and vice chair to step aside while an independent investigation is being conducted.
Nevada’s education support staff would be eligible for unemployment benefits for the upcoming summer under a new proposal, state officials said Friday.
Testing has begun at two Northern Nevada schools, but Las Vegas-area campuses are awaiting test kits. Each school is deciding which employees or students to test.
The Nevada State Public Charter School Authority decided Friday that each individual school it sponsors will develop its own reopening plan for the upcoming school year.
A circular debate between public school advocates and legislators over whether the state’s education system gets enough money has forestalled significant improvement.
Carrying a price tag of nearly $1 million, a high-speed, laser-scanning microscope — the first of its kind in the state — will be coming to UNLV next spring.
Former Clark County manager Thom Reilly will fill the post of chancellor for the Nevada System of Higher Education — which was vacant for more than a year — at an annual salary of $425,000.
The five Clark County schools eligible for conversion to charter schools under a controversial state program will get a one-year reprieve after one of the charter operators became the subject of a formal investigation by federal agents.
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