The Nevada System of Higher Education’s Board of Regents voted unanimously on June 30 to authorize the cost-of-living adjustment.
Julie Wootton-Greener
Education reporter
Email: jgreener@reviewjournal.com
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Julie joined the Las Vegas Review-Journal in July 2019 as a reporter for The View, covering the southwest/Henderson area. She grew up in southern California, and earned a bachelor's degree in journalism and mass communication from Whitworth University in Spokane, Wash. She worked as an education and health reporter at the Times-News in Twin Falls, Idaho for eight years. Before that, she was an education and county government reporter for two years at the Elko Daily Free Press in Elko, Nev.
A bill signing ceremony was held Thursday at Ronnow Elementary School in Las Vegas for Senate Bill 189, known as the “Keeping Kids in School Act.”
The Nevada Legislature approved $7 million for public charter school transportation, and Gov. Joe Lombardo’s office will start taking applications Friday.
The Clark County School District assistant superintendent will start his new job Aug. 1 and will make $200,000 a year.
The NSEA said it formed a political action committee, “Schools Over Stadiums,” to oppose public funding for the proposed baseball stadium.
With a 5-8 vote, the Board of Regents failed to approve a motion to hire Lawrence Drake II. The board instead decided to pursue an interim appointment.
A UNLV spokesperson said in a statement the court’s decision “will not fundamentally impact UNLV’s open-access admissions policy.”
After interviewing three finalists, the Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents’ chancellor search committee voted 4-1 to recommend Lawrence Drake II for the job.
The teachers union’s PAC — called “Schools Over Stadiums” — says it’s being organized “to prioritize public education over corporate tax giveaways.”
Children must now be 5 years old by Aug. 1 to attend kindergarten in Nevada’s public schools.
A district report to the Clark County Commission showed 51.5 percent of students graduated within four years in 2022.
The North Las Vegas City Council heard a presentation on the findings of a study that the city contracted with Data Insight Partners to do for $45,000.
The Clark County School Board voted unanimously to pay law firm Fisher & Phillips LLP up to $595 per hour to assist during employee contract negotiations.
The Clark County School District, the fifth-largest in the nation, has about 300,000 students and more than 360 campuses.
The statistic was part of the Clark County School District’s quarterly report to the Clark County Commission.
