Some public charter schools in the Las Vegas Valley are using additional state money to increase pay for their employees by as much as 20 percent.
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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.”
The Nevada Legislature approved $7 million for public charter school transportation, and Gov. Joe Lombardo’s office will start taking applications Friday.
Teachers told Nevada legislators a law has hindered their ability to immediately deal with disruptive and violent students.
The document sent to superintendents questions how districts will use additional money in several areas, including for special education and at-risk students.
Residents questioned how North Las Vegas could permit a huge warehouse project bordering an area that has been plagued by sinking ground for decades.
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.
The Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Indian Reservation traces a plume of hydrocarbons to a former maintenance facility, and is asking the Legislature for money to build a new school in another location.
The Community Schools Initiative received notice from state officials that it didn’t gather enough valid signatures to send the measure to the 2023 Legislature.