Nevada legislators have given final approval to a regulation that guides how school districts should address the needs of transgender students.
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For the first time in years, many parents, teachers and administrators in the Clark County School District are preparing to make a unified push for adequate education funding during the 2019 legislative session.
The six candidates vying for three seats on the Clark County School Board agree on many topics in public education, from retail marijuana tax revenue to improving employee morale.
Voting pro-school choice candidates into office is the first step to strengthening the Nevada’s public education system, state Sen. Michael Roberson said Tuesday night during a school-choice rally.
The governor’s office of Science, Innovation and Technology has poured resources into the state’s colleges over the past few years to boost the relationship between industry and STEM education opportunities.
The newcomers will be tasked, along with the remainder of the board, on measuring the progress of the state’s seven public colleges against five strategic goals adopted earlier this year. They include raising graduation rates, increasing access to higher education for Nevadans, and closing the achievement gap.
Clark County School District support staff, administrators and police administrators would receive a one-time 3 percent payment under an “unprecedented” agreement to finalize contracts through the end of the current school year.
The Department of Justice funds will be used primarily to train school personnel and students on school safety and develop school assessment systems, crisis intervention teams and technology for anonymous reporting tools.
Candidates for the Clark County School Board and Nevada Board of Regents tackled teacher retention, funding and accountability in a forum at the Public Education Foundation on Monday.