The school’s new name — Nevada State University — will take effect July 1. That’s contingent on state law changes passing during the legislative session.
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In late January, the Clark County School Board approved a $274,310 purchasing award to Public Consulting Group for the study.
Since August, the nonprofit Leaders in Training has had seven break-ins, attempted break-ins and thefts at its east Las Vegas location.
The Clark County School Board will consider approving a $5.45 million settlement Thursday with parents who alleged that a teacher hit their autistic child with a stick.
Nevada was among more than 30 U.S. states and territories that reached a $438.5 million settlement in September with Juul Labs.
“What I’m asking for in this particular bill is really to try and protect those kids who are nonverbal, who aren’t really able to communicate what’s been going on with them in the classroom,” said Sen. Scott Hammond, R-Las Vegas.
There would be fewer university regents under a bill discussed in the Nevada Legislature on Thursday, which would reduce membership from 13 to nine members.
Evelyn Garcia Morales, 39, moved to the Las Vegas Valley as a teenager. After being elected in November 2020 to the Clark County School Board, she was named president in January.
The Clark County School Board has faced criticism for allowing comments on non-action items only at the end of meetings.
Trustees voted Monday to approve attendance zone changes in Henderson, northwest Las Vegas and Indian Springs that will take effect next school year.
The Clark County School Board heard an update Thursday from THT Health, which insures about 34,000 people — licensed professionals and their family members.
The outcry comes after an altercation between a school police officer and a Black student at Durango High School earlier this month.
Students brought guns to Clark County public schools at least six times in the span of one week, according to district police.
Superintendents and the state’s charter authority must appear at a meeting within 30 days to detail how they’d use the proposed funding, officials say.
The land deal is up for approval at the March 9 Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents meeting.