If by 2031, more students are enrolled in charter schools, then aren't charter schools just glorified public schools without the safeguard of public oversight?
New data shows that state public schools are seeing a surge in teachers with less than three years of experience and teaching subjects they are not licensed in.
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The rejection of the bill — which sets aside $120 million in annual transferable tax credits to film studios for 15 years beginning in 2029 — caps a yearslong effort from major film studios to vastly expand Nevada's film ecosystem.
In total, Gov. Joe Lombardo signed 13 bills into law. Four other proposals failed to move forward. Click through our policy tracker for all the details you need to know on every proposal.
The 2025 data marks a 10 percent increase in spending from the 2023 legislative session, which also set a record for local government lobbyist expenses.
Family separation has been a tactic used against nearly every marginalized group in U.S. history to enforce white dominance, from the separation of enslaved Black families to the kidnapping of Native American children.
In one of the steepest setbacks in the country, Clark County girls lost nearly a grade level, while boys fell at half that rate. Schools are trying to make up ground.
It shouldn't be controversial or anti-democratic to request resources for our communities' most vulnerable members. Financial, food, housing and medical assistance programs are all crucial for ensuring the safety and stability of our neighborhoods.
Sen. Roberta Lange (D-Las Vegas) criticized a state-commissioned report, saying the analysis of her film tax credit bill had "flawed and misleading conclusions."
In today's edition, Gov. Joe Lombardo will only sign legislation that "protects school choice and expands opportunity," an effort to punish death threats on the campaign trail and new measure seeks to address high teacher vacancy rates.
Nevada students live in two different worlds: one where students have the opportunity to apply to attend one of 19 high-end magnet high schools, and the other where they are forced to go to class in their centuries-old school with asbestos.
Workers aren't booted from the insurance program for low-income families if they have a job, but critics say it's a quiet subsidy for profitable corporations.
Officials have remained relatively mum in public on the prospect of renewing the funding, which passed with all but one Republican assemblyman opposed, but there appears to be a desire for renewal on both sides of the aisle.
Learning social skills at school — the most structured social learning environment — is difficult for any child with autism ' ... so having their therapist with them in school where they are trying to learn these behaviors would greatly assist children ... .'"
The district plans will use its unassigned ending fund balance to offset the potential district level shortfall and will not asking schools to use carry-forward funds from the prior year.
What the officials have yet to acknowledge is how much the decision affects the community. It serves as a rallying point and meeting place for residents who have participated in programs and fundraisers that benefit the school.
The Nevada Future of Learning Network and the convening prioritize the benefits and challenges of the Portrait of a Nevada Leaner implementation, centering on the significance of personalized, competency-based learning.
The true cost of these book banning attempts does not end with our freedoms as Americans. This process recently cost taxpayers approximately $5,000 in salaries and time for one book challenge at one valley high school.