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.”
Education
The Clark County Education Association’s representative council unanimously passed a resolution Tuesday night seeking for Superintendent Jesus Jara to leave his job.
A poll conducted this month by the Clark County Education Association found that Superintendent Jesus Jara has much higher unfavorables than favorables.
The Clark County School District is holding four meetings to get feedback about budget priorities for the next school year.
Clark County School Board trustees heard an information-only presentation Thursday about the topic but didn’t take action.
The dashboard will be updated regularly and include information about attendance rates, standardized test scores, enrollment and student behavior, officials said.
The Clark County Education Association complaint says the changes for teachers at 23 elementary schools didn’t go through the collective bargaining process.
The outcry comes after an altercation between a school police officer and a Black student at Durango High School earlier this month.
“A teacher doesn’t lose their free speech rights just because they work at a public school,” Brett Gilman’s attorney Maggie McLetchie told the Review-Journal.
The Clark County School Board approved a $274,310 purchasing award to Public Consulting Group last week for the study. A final report is expected in early June.
The swearing in of two new board trustees and one incumbent trustee brought optimism for a new era in the wake of a often-contentious year.
The Clark County Commission voted unanimously Tuesday to adopt an ordinance that will allow for creating community education advisory boards.
The purpose of an advisory board is to “facilitate broad community input and to provide advice and assistance to local school precincts and the Clark County School Board of Trustees,” according to a draft ordinance.
It costs students $100 to take an AP exam, which can present a barrier for students from lower-income families.
Unofficial election results posted Wednesday show two incumbents will lose seats on the Clark County School District Board of Trustees, while four new regents will represent Southern Nevada on the Nevada System of Higher Education.