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Nevada DOE Responds To The Globe

February 13, 2023 2:41 pmFebruary 14, 2023 12:20 pm

In response to our request for comment for our coverage of Senate Bill 9, a bill which eliminates End of Course exams and form for parental notification, the Nevada Department of Education (DOE) provided this statement: Prior to the implementation of the End of Course exams, Nevada administered statewide proficiency...

Poll: 74 percent of Nevadans Support Voter ID

February 10, 2023 10:49 amFebruary 13, 2023 2:41 pm

A poll conducted by OH Insights for the Nevada Independent reflects that 74 percent of polled Nevadans support Governor Lombardo’s call to require identification to cast a ballot. According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, Nevada is one of fifteen states that requires no documentation to cast a ballot....

NV Department of Education Behind Bill to Eliminate Final Exams, Parental Notification And Involvement

February 9, 2023 3:41 pmFebruary 16, 2023 11:30 am

The Legislative Committee on Education on behalf of the Nevada Department of Education has filed Senate Bill 9 that eliminates the forms related to parental notification, involvement, and eliminates final exams. Large sections of existing law have been entirely removed as highlighted as noted in the Legislative Counsel’s Digest: Existing law...

RNC Files Resolution Opposing Ranked Choice Voting

February 7, 2023 3:52 pmFebruary 10, 2023 9:10 am

Editors note: We have updated the original post to include Tyler Bowyer’s comments provided on February 8, 2022. Question 3 passed in November by 53 percent of the vote, approving ranked choice voting and open primaries for state-wide elections. Currently, Alaska and Maine are the only two states that use...

Report: Nevada Public Schools Are Rated The Worst In The Nation

February 7, 2023 2:37 pmFebruary 14, 2023 5:49 pm

According to the second edition of Scholaroo’s States with the Best & Worst Education report – the first national study to analyze the nation’s public school system through 43 metrics ranging from high school graduation rate, expulsion rate, and college entrance – Nevada students have one of the worst student performances...

Gov. Lombardo Issues Exec Order Demanding Audit of Public Schools

February 6, 2023 4:04 pmFebruary 13, 2023 2:18 pm

Today, Governor Joe Lombardo signed Executive Order 2023-005, which directed the Division of Internal Audits in the Governor’s Finance Office to review Nevada’s 17 public school districts and the Nevada State Public Charter School Authority. In part, the order reads: WHEREAS, Nevada currently operates 763 public schools that serve more than...

Despite Lombardo’s $2B Education Budget, Dem Legislators Propose Additional $250M

February 3, 2023 1:03 pmFebruary 10, 2023 9:15 am

During his State of the State address, Republican Governor Joe Lombardo announced he was budgeting a historic $2 billion in new funding for public education, an increase of more than 22 percent from the current biennium. Adopting the Democrats’ “Pupil Centered Funding Plan”, this investment will be weighted and distributed based...