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06/05/2023

Governor Lombardo Vetoed 😞
This bill would have provided a health insurance subsidy for full-time substitute teachers statewide. Currently, substitute teacher do NOT have health insurance.

Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo has vetoed a bill that would have guaranteed health insurance subsidies for full-time substitute teachers.Lombardo on Thursday vetoed A

05/17/2023

Should full-time substitute teachers in Nevada get health insurance paid for? That question was up for debate Monday in Carson City. The Clark County School District’s answer: no.

“We constantly talk about a teacher pipeline shortage,” stated Athar Haseebullah, Executive Director of the ACLU of Nevada. While there is a national teacher shortage, (according to the ACLU of Nevada there are about 1,400 teacher vacancies in Clark County schools alone), with so many classroom positions vacant there is also a huge need for substitutes. Abbey Nyberg subbed full-time from March 2021 through May of 2022.

Should full-time substitute teachers in Nevada get health insurance paid for? That question was up for debate Monday in Carson City. The Clark County School ...

05/06/2023

"Assembly Bill 282 would require school districts to provide a monthly subsidy of at least $450 to full-time substitute teachers. The bill passed 31-11 out of the Assembly last week."

State legislators are considering Assembly Bill 282, which would require school districts to provide a monthly subsidy of at least $450 to full-time substitute teachers.

05/03/2023

"A proposal gaining traction in the Nevada Legislature aims to lure more people to work in classrooms by offering subsidies for healthcare for “full-time” substitute teachers."

A proposal gaining traction in the Nevada Legislature aims to lure more people to work in classrooms by offering subsidies for healthcare for “full-time” sub...

04/20/2023

"Nevada school districts would have to provide at least a $450 monthly health care coverage stipend for long-term substitute teachers who are hired for 30 or more consecutive days, under a bill sponsored by several Democratic members of the assembly that passed out of a legislative panel Thursday."

Nevada school districts would have to provide at least a $450 monthly health care coverage stipend for long-term substitute teachers who are hired for 30 or more consecutive days, under a bill sponsored by several Democratic members of the assembly that passed out of a legislative panel Thursday. Ne...

04/12/2023

https://news3lv.com/news/local/how-am-i-going-to-pay-my-rent-bill-looks-to-provide-relief-to-some-substitutes

01/04/2023

"Tuesday night, two new trustees and an incumbent were sworn into the school board for the nation's fifth-largest district.

These trustees make policy decisions impacting more than 300,000 students and 40,000.

One by one, three trustees came up to the podium to be sworn in inside the board room of the Edward A. Greer Education Center."

There are some new leaders representing the Clark County School District.Tuesday night, two new trustees and an incumbent were sworn into the school board for t

12/12/2022

Schools are all out of subs!

11/07/2022

"Tomorrow is Election Day! Voters may cast their vote from 7AM-7PM at any 125 polling locations around Clark County."

10/05/2022

CCSD trustees voted 4-3 to extend Superintendent Dr. Jesus Jara's contract. Jara's new contract could include a $76,000 raise, bringing his salary to $395,000 per year — and it would extend his employment through June 2026.

Wednesday, the Clark County School District Board of Trustees voted to extend the superintendent contract of Dr. Jesus Jara, which is set to expire in January.

08/30/2022

Licenses, which were previously $180 to obtain and $150 to renew, will now be $100, according to a new release issued by the Nevada Department of Education.

Sisolak signed the emergency regulation at the request of the Commission on Professional Standards in Education, an 11-member public body that oversees licensing for teachers, to address the ongoing teacher shortage.

The regulation will lower the cost of obtaining or renewing a Nevada substitute teaching license.