Complying with the state Supreme Court’s ruling that struck down Nevada’s Education Savings Account program, a Carson City judge has issued a permanent injunction against the state law that created the accounts.
Education
The charter takeover issue has turned into a finger-pointing battle between the Clark County School District and the newly-formed Achievement School District.
Nine Clark County schools were recommended Tuesday for the controversial new Achievement School District, which will pair underperforming schools with charter operators by next year.
Gov. Brian Sandoval said Monday he will include a separate funding source for education savings accounts in his proposed 2017-19 budget to provide financial assistance for parents to send their children to private schools.
With Democrats regaining control of the state legislature, the Republican-backed education savings account program appears to be facing a rocky road ahead.
Clark County election results show that an 11-year incumbent on Nevada’s higher education board was en route to being unseated by a challenger who didn’t raise or spend any money to fund his campaign.
A new study argues that increasing Nevada public employee pension costs are eating up education funding for the state’s students.
An Advisory Committee’s decision to hire a consultant for $1.2 million blindsided the Clark County School District, done in a harried manner that left many officials scratching their heads.
Regulations that would implement a controversial program to improve student achievement in underperforming Nevada schools hit a roadblock Wednesday in front of a panel of state lawmakers.
A long-awaited vote on a bill that would increase hotel room taxes to fund a domed stadium and improvements to the Las Vegas Convention Center failed to materialize early Friday morning after a 17-hour Assembly session.
Gov. Brian Sandoval abruptly abandoned plans Thursday to seek an even larger tax increase in an upcoming special session of the Legislature to plug a projected budget hole as conservative Republicans dug in their heels for a school choice program.
Nevada’s higher education board convenes near Lake Tahoe on Thursday for a high-stakes special meeting to consider changing how the state’s colleges are governed.
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.
Lawyers involved in the remaining court challenge to Nevada’s controversial school choice law have a little more than six weeks to prepare for oral arguments before the state Supreme Court.
A proposed reorganization of the Clark County School District would create 357 individual school precincts — one for every campus — with power flowing away from central administration and toward parents, students and school staff.
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