The Clark County School District next week will consider creating a policy that would require all employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
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The Nevada System of Higher Education is seeking authorization from regents to draft emergency code amendments that would require employees to be fully vaccinated by Dec. 1.
Nevada Learning Academy, the district’s central online learning school, has seen enrollment climb more than 68 percent since the school year began this month.
The State Board of Health voted unanimously Friday to approve the requirement for the state’s public colleges and universities.
“We’ve got to be really careful protecting individual cases,” Clark County schools superintendent says of the decision to withhold the figures.
The State Board of Health will hold an emergency meeting at 9 a.m. Friday and members of the public can tune in via phone or Zoom video conferencing.
Lamping Elementary School will operate under distance education from Tuesday through Aug. 27 due to “multiple individuals” testing positive, Principal Robert Solomon said.
A public charter school and a Clark County School District high school notified parents Wednesday of possible COVID-19 exposures on their Henderson campuses.
Gov. Steve Sisolak signed an emergency directive Wednesday related to face coverings and other mitigation strategies for K-12 county school district, charter school and private school settings within Nevada.
Nevada’s public charter schools will decide independently whether to require young students to wear face masks, but must comply with state rules.
In a memo released Tuesday night, Chancellor Melody Rose wrote the requirement will apply to “all unvaccinated and vaccinated NSHE students, employees, and members of the public.”
The district sent emails and made robocalls to parents on Tuesday morning advising that all staff and students will be required to wear masks indoors and on district buses.
Proponents of face masks on college campuses this fall on Friday urged the Nevada Board of Regents to go beyond a mandate for employees OK’d by the Clark County Commission.
Documents show the health insurance trust that covers Clark County teachers was $43 million in debt as of February — the first indication of the scope of the deficit.
The Nevada State Public Charter School Authority’s board approved a reopening plan Friday. Each school will decide whether to offer full-time in-person classes or a hybrid model.
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