Democratic leaders of Nevada Legislature introduce measure to change the timing and details of the breakup of the nation’s fifth-largest school district.
Education
Nine bills were moved forward by the Nevada Senate education committee Thursday, heading either to the chamber’s floor or the finance committee for further discussion.
High school students from around Nevada descended on the capital Thursday to learn about the legislative process.
Two-thirds of the completed applications for the state’s Education Savings Account program come from households making less than $50,000 a year, data provided Monday by the state treasurer’s office shows.
Nevada elementary schools with kindergarten or pre-kindergarten programs can have their water tested for lead thanks to a grant from the federal government.
The Las Vegas Sands Corp. is providing financial help for training Clark County School District leaders as the system goes through an exhaustive reorganization that will roll out in 2017-18.
It could be a week, two weeks or months before the Nevada Supreme Court issues its rulings on two constitutional challenges to a school choice law seen as the most ambitious school choice law in the nation.
Several members of the Legislature’s Interim Finance Committee said they were uncomfortable approving the $2.5 million sought to expand the Nevada College Kick Start program at an interim hearing.
Gov. Brian Sandoval warned Friday that if Nevada lawmakers don’t extend sun-setting taxes and approve new tax revenue the state could face across-the-board budget cuts as deep as 20 percent, damaging an already dismal education system.
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