It’s not about what education programs to cut, parents and employees told Clark County School District officials Tuesday night. Raising taxes should be considered as the system confronts an anticipated 2011-12 budget shortfall of up to $400 million.
Education
Success stories such as Meg Crandy’s are the reason why Gov. Brian Sandoval’s proposed cutbacks to state programs to help autistic children are being met with dismay by parents of children with special needs.
CARSON CITY — The state’s colleges and universities will eliminate programs, lay off hundreds of employees and leave thousands of students with nowhere else to go if the governor’s budget goes through, the institutions’ presidents said Friday.
The higher education system’s governing Board of Regents is expected to hear a proposal Friday that would eliminate Nevada State College, Desert Research Institute and two northern Nevada community colleges as one way of dealing with potential budget cuts.
Hundreds of Chaparral High School students marched more than a mile Thursday, from their campus to a Clark County School Board meeting, to protest a school staffing shake-up.
