Report: Cost to make Nevada schools average in US tops $800M
KEN RITTER, Associated Press
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1of5FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2021 file photo students reach out with their arms to practice social distancing while walking to their next class at Mater Academy East Campus in Las Vegas. A new report commissioned by the Legislature finds Nevada public schools have too many students per classroom and too few teachers and support staff. The study released Friday, March 5, 2021, to the Nevada Commission on School Funding projects the added cost of simply meeting the U.S. national student-to-teacher ratio average at about $800 million. (Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP,File)Erik Verduzco/APShow MoreShow Less