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.
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The changes come amid a national vaccination campaign in which children as young as 12 are eligible to get shots, as well as a general decline in COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths.
Officials said few people in the state have administered more COVID-19 vaccines than Nevada Air Guard Capt. Caleena Longworth. She graduated from medical school in May.
The university announced its Student Union vaccination location will close Thursday after operating since January.
Gov. Steve Sisolak held a ceremonial bill signing on Monday for a mining tax plan that will funnel millions of dollars into education accounts starting in 2023.
Saliva and oral bacteria samples from 30 UNLV dental clinic patients will take off Thursday in a rocket bound for the International Space Station.
Assemblywoman Maggie Carlton said Wednesday she’s been waiting ‘a damn long time’ to put the more than $500 million into education budgets.
The American Academy of Pediatrics applauded legislation filed by Rep. Dina Titus of Nevada that would create a grant program to hire more nurses for public schools.
Dozens of education-related bills are moving forward in the state Legislature after successfully passing out of committees by last week’s deadline.
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto and state education leaders discussed the most recent coronavirus stimulus package’s effect on mental health services as schools begin to fully reopen.