A new set of education regulations approved Thursday has Republicans worried that it could mean things like the Pledge of Allegiance might not be taught to K-12 students in Nevada.
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State guidelines on policies for transgender students at Nevada’s public schools were stalled once more on Thursday, after the Legislative Commission pulled the matter from consideration amid a continuing outcry from parents.
The Clark County Education Association announced Monday that it is endorsing the Energy Choice Initiative. The executive board deliberated the issue at a number of meetings and reached a decision on Aug. 18, spokesman Keenan Korth said.
The government’s top official overseeing the $1.5 trillion student loan market resigned in protest on Monday, citing what he says is the White House’s open hostility toward protecting the nation’s millions of student loan borrowers.
After restructuring its government affairs team, the Clark County School District will largely rely on the outside company Strategies 360 to lobby lawmakers during the 2019 legislative session.
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen toured the Miley Achievement Center in Las Vegas on Thursday before sitting down to discuss school security in two roundtable sessions.
Gov. Brian Sandoval signed an emergency regulation Wednesday to provide clarity to school districts as they comply with a 2017 state law requiring campus volunteers to undergo background checks.
A new report by the Clark County teachers union advocates that state lawmakers allow local school districts to raise extra money on their own to support education.
Although the process to find a permanent leader has not begun, Regent J.T. Moran said that Sandoval would be an “overqualified asset” and a “tremendous value add” to NSHE.
The study presented Thursday during an interim committee meeting on education says the state should be spending $9,238 per student, not the $5,387 it currently provides.