Rebecca Feiden, executive director of the State Public Charter School Authority, made the recommendation for schools in Clark, Washoe and Elko counties.
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While the vast majority of Clark County School District students will begin online classes next month, a handful of schools in rural areas plan to reopen classrooms at least part-time beginning Aug. 24.
Some Nevada families dissatisfied with the school options available to them this fall are turning instead to microschool options.
The requirement is for all students for the second summer session, which began Monday, and the fall semester. Students will be quizzed on the material, the university says.
The reopening plan for the upcoming school year resembles Clark County’s proposal in some ways but calls for elementary school students to attend classes full time.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced Monday that students with an F-1 academic visa or M-1 vocational visa can’t take online-only classes during the fall semester.
State data shows 14 licensed child care providers in Nevada have permanently closed since the beginning of March, though it’s unclear how many were triggered by the pandemic.
UNR’s Nevada Faculty Alliance chapter released a statement opposing a plan to alternate which students attend large lecture classes in person during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Nevada will enact the first of an expected $812 million in state budget cuts this week, a 4 percent rollback in nearly all areas of state spending driven by the COVID-19 pandemic.
UNLV will notify students by early July via the MyUNLV online portal which classes will be offered in-person or remotely, the university said Thursday.
The resumption of school in August may vary across Nevada, Gov. Steve Sisolak says, as solutions like social distancing will likely not be possible in Clark County schools.
About 2,000 students statewide had to take incomplete marks because they didn’t have the labs necessary to complete their course or, in many cases, earn a certificate.
Nevada’s colleges and universities are planning to resume in-person classes as early as this summer, according to a news release Monday.
Among the questions covered: Who should be tested for COVID-19 and where can they get tested? How should I wear a mask and what sort of protection do cloth masks provide?
Nevada’s public universities and colleges are easing grading and financial requirements because of systemwide school closures over COVID-19.