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Senate Leader Nicole Cannizzaro Tees Up Universal Pre-K Legislation

December 18, 2024 2:52 pmJanuary 28, 2025 8:39 am

State Senate Leader Nicole Cannizaro (D-Las Vegas), who is rumored to be running for Attorney General in 2026, has sponsored a “major education policy bill” for the 2025 legislative session that includes universal pre-K for every four year old child in Nevada. The bill is named the EDUCATE ACT (Education...

OPINION: The Fight For Parental Rights In Nevada’s Schools Is Just Beginning

December 6, 2024 3:06 pmDecember 12, 2024 5:10 pm

A wise professor once told me “Never mistake law for justice. Justice is an ideal and law is a tool.” Those words rang true this week as I made my way back from oral arguments in the San Francisco Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in the case of Doe vs WCSD....

NV Dept of Education Adds Anti-Grooming Bill to Legislative Docket

November 27, 2024 5:07 pmDecember 7, 2024 1:23 pm

The Committee on Education, on behalf if the Nevada Department of Education, has submitted Senate Bill 59 for consideration in the next legislative session. The bill revises provisions NRS 391.330 governing the license of educational personnel. The provisions include the prohibition of “grooming” and acts of sexual impropriety. The description...

Governor Lombardo, NDE Appoints Compliance Officer To CCSD In Wake of $10M Budget Deficit

November 26, 2024 12:15 pmNovember 26, 2024 4:19 pm

Reporting an estimated $10 million budget deficit, the Clark County School District (CCSD) has been appointed a Compliance Monitor by Governor Joe Lombardo and the State of Nevada Department of Education (NDE) following the district’s non-compliance with state law, NRS 387 and 388G. The appointed Compliance Monitor is Yolanda King,...

Federal Ruling Allows Transgender Volleyball Player To Participate in Mountain West Tournament

November 25, 2024 3:10 pmNovember 26, 2024 12:15 pm

A federal judge appointed by President Joe Biden has denied a motion for injunctive relief allowing the Mountain West Conference volleyball tournament to proceed with San Jose State transgender player Blaire Fleming. The motion is part of a lawsuit against the conference which seeks to protect female athletes and women’s...

Clark County School Teacher Launches Anti-Trump Tirade In 6th Grade Classroom

November 7, 2024 3:44 pmNovember 13, 2024 12:56 pm

A video taken by an 11 year-old student inside of a sixth grade classroom at Lied STEM Academy in Clark County, reveals an English Language Arts teacher launching into an anti-Trump tirade in front of her students. The video was taken by her student using a district-issued laptop on November...

On The Record With Annette Dawson Owens, GOP Candidate for Assembly District 29

October 15, 2024 12:50 pmOctober 15, 2024 12:56 pm

Annette Dawson Owens, GOP candidate for Nevada Assembly District 29, is an educator, an advocate and a mother to six sons. The last three mayors of Henderson appointed her to the city’s Community Education Advisory Board, and through her 30-year presence in the district, she has run into some of...