The Clark County School Board approved a tentative $3.4 billion budget for the 2024-25 school year. The tentative budget now will be filed with the State of Nevada for review.
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More than a third of Clark County School District students were chronically absent during the 2022-2023 school year, according to state officials.
The negotiated agreement, approved by an arbitrator, came after a long period of negotiations and disputes between the teachers union and the school district.
Nevada Senate Majority Leader Nicole Cannizzaro called Clark County School District Superintendent Jesus Jara’s administration a “failure”
Speaker Steve Yeager said now is the time for new leadership in the Clark County School District, which said Jesus Jara will remain in his position.
The Clark County School District plans to use the funding to implement a literacy and language skills program.
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.
Senate Majority Leader Nicole Cannizzaro said school districts have the ability to access new education funding authorized by the Legislature to pay teachers and staff “what they’re owed.”
Teachers told Nevada legislators a law has hindered their ability to immediately deal with disruptive and violent students.
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.