Trustees held a work session Wednesday to select new board officers, who’ll serve in those leadership roles for one year.
Education
The Clark County School District could receive $32.6 million less in state general education funding due to lower student enrollment numbers than projected.
The Clark County School District held two events for reporters Thursday at east Las Vegas schools to promote the launch of its “When You Grow, We All Grow” campaign.
The state’s Legislative Commission voted Monday to approve a regulation that will allow the Clark County School District to hire substitutes who have only a high school diploma.
The Clark County School Board voted 4-3 on Thursday night to appoint Lisa Guzman to the State Board of Education’s Assembly Bill 469 subcommittee.
The Clark County School District reopened its campuses Wednesday, but officials couldn’t say whether the extreme staffing shortages of last week had improved during the break.
Clark County School District Superintendent Jesus Jara is a member of Chiefs for Change, which developed the tool to help school districts respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Following a Legislative Commission decision Tuesday not to approve a permanent COVID-19 vaccination mandate, schools began removing holds on student registrations.
The Clark County School District currently has about 850 licensed employee vacancies — more than at the start of the school year — and hundreds more support staff openings.
The federal lawsuit filed this week argues that both the vaccination mandate and a requirement that unvaccinated workers be tested for COVID-19 are unconstitutional.
The Clark County School Board voted 6-1 on Thursday to approve four recommendations for the “transfer of responsibilities,” an item related to the state’s 2017 reorganization law.
Officers of the Clark County School Board approved new “assurances” to be added to his employment agreement and mediation of his workplace harassment claims.
The report by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute and U.S. Chamber of Commerce looked at pre-COVID-19 pandemic standardized test scores and high school graduation rates.
The Nevada System of Higher Education reported a 92 percent compliance rate with the mandate, but said termination notices have already been sent to most who didn’t.
Clark County School District Superintendent Jesus Jara remains at work two weeks after the School Board rescinded his contract termination, but hasn’t announced future plans.
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