University of Nevada, Reno President Marc Johnson discussed the plan during a Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents special meeting on Friday. The university’s search for a space to accommodate 1,300 students began after two of its student dormitories, Argenta Hall and Nye Hall, were damaged in two explosions on July 5. 

The Board of Regents unanimously approved two resolutions Friday that would allow the University of Nevada, Las Vegas to move forward with plans to finance two new buildings, including a revised plan to build a centerpiece building for the newly-established UNLV Medical School — a project so far mired in funding woes. 

Several of Thompson’s colleagues spoke in favor of naming the building in honor of Thompson, who was the chairman of the Assembly Education Committee and active at the community college, chairing the school’s mentor committee, hosting students at the Legislature and launching Bump Up, an African-American student success program.

Clark County commissioners and school trustees batted around ideas Thursday night about how extra money — courtesy of a potential sales tax increase — could improve education. The recent passage of AB309, which gave county commissioners the power to increase the sales tax by one quarter of one percent in Clark County, was the impetus for the joint meeting.

In an at-times contentious meeting on Friday of the Committee on Local Government Finance — an appointed board under the Department of Taxation that oversees municipalities placed under ‘fiscal watch’ — district CFO Jason Goudie told the eleven-member board that while the district was on an eight-year plan to restore its budgetary reserve account to the necessary 4 percent required under state regulations, it nonetheless requires additional cuts to avoid a deficit in the 2021 fiscal year.

Clark County School District Superintendent Jesus Jara announced Thursday that he would meet with district principals to discuss alternatives to his decision to cut all middle and high school deans as a means to cover a $17 million budget shortfall ahead of the 2019-2020 school year. 

Thom Reilly, chancellor of the Nevada System of Higher Education, does not want to continue in the role once his contract expires in August 2020. Reilly’s chief of staff Mike Flores said the chancellor informed members of the board of regents on Wednesday about his intention not to seek a contract renewal.

A Clark County District Court judge has scheduled an evidentiary hearing for a lawsuit related to the school district’s decision to eliminate deans. During a telephonic conference Tuesday afternoon, Judge Nancy Allf set Aug. 14 as the start date for the hearing, where the defendants and plaintiffs will make their arguments.

An advocacy group focused on the prevention of sexual and domestic violence is mobilizing a coalition of community organizations to stop sexual assaults on people with developmental disabilities

A District Court judge’s ruling on Wednesday temporarily freezes the Clark County superintendent's decision to cut 170 dean positions, relieving affected employees from having to accept new job assignments for the time being.

The Washoe County School Board voted 6-1 Monday to terminate for cause Superintendent Traci Davis over leaked confidential information, ending her nearly five-year reign as the district’s leader and likely setting the stage for litigation.

Every summer, educators such as Principal Jeff Hybarger wait with bated breath and a touch of optimism as they monitor their enrollment numbers. The district’s projected enrollment for Abston — one of its two new elementary schools welcoming students in August — is 724. As of Thursday, 672 students had registered, leaving a gap of 52.

The educational program is part of a broadening effort in Nevada to help inmates reintegrate in the workforce instead of reoffending. A day before the ceremony, the Las Vegas Metro Chamber announced a partnership with HOPE for Prisoners to connect graduates of the program with services to create a smoother transition from prison to training to employment. 

Washoe County School Board President Katy Simon Holland on Thursday rebutted the notion that racism has anything to do with the situation regarding Superintendent Traci Davis, who is accused of leaking confidential information.

The Washoe County School District’s embattled superintendent, Traci Davis, plans to end her leave of absence and start working again Thursday — a move that has triggered a closure of administrative offices.

LaTara Laster turned a support staff job into a pathway toward a leadership role in the Clark County School District. More than two decades and two collegiate degrees later, she landed a dean position at Legacy High School in January. Now, her journey faces an abrupt — and unexpected — roadblock with the district’s budget-related decision earlier this month to eliminate deans at middle and high schools.

Members of the Clark County School District’s Board of Trustees have scheduled an agenda item and possible vote during their upcoming Thursday meeting on a contract that would lock the district into an agreement to remain an NV Energy customer for the next five years, in return for annual $1.5 million in either direct cash payments or through a special rate program for large customers.

In spite of the benefits to absorbent young minds, Nevada lawmakers largely maintained the status quo rather than broadening a state-run pre-K program that is currently serving only 11 percent of eligible, low-income 4-year-olds.