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Click here to listen to the interview with Nevada s Superintendent of Public Instruction Jhone Ebert.
Paul Boger: Before we start chatting about the legislature, could you give us a sense of how students are doing through the pandemic and through distance learning? Because it seems like some students in the state are doing really well and a lot are struggling.
Nevada Superintendent of Public Instruction Jhone Ebert.
Credit Nevada Department of Education
Jhone Ebert: We now have a system that traditionally, we’ve been going first grade, second grade, third grade, and so on, that we’re really going to need to take a look and say, “You know what? We have Paul. He is 10 years old. He’s a fifth-grader. He loves mathematics, and he’s actually accelerated through, and he is doing seventh-grade work now, traditionally seventh-grade work. But Paul, we need to get him to wrap his arms around a book. We want him to become a phenomenal reader, literary. So we’re going to ne
Sisolak, lawmakers unveil Nevada s spending plan for American Rescue Plan funds
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Sisolak, lawmakers unveil Nevada’s spending plan for American Rescue Plan funds
April 3, 2021
Assembly Speaker Jason Frierson on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020, during the sixth day of the 32nd Special Session of the Legislature in Carson City, Nev.
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Robert Davis) – Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak and state lawmakers on Thursday unveiled how they’ll spend the $2.9 billion it’s receiving under the federal American Rescue Plan (ARP).
The “Every Nevadan Recovery Framework” was developed by Sisolak, Assembly Speaker Jason Frierson, D-Las Vegas, Senate Majority Leader Nicole Cannizzaro, D-Las Vegas, and state Treasurer Zach Conine.
“Our state’s ability to recover from this pandemic and build a stronger Nevada will be dependent upon the recovery of our residents first,” Sisolak said in a statement.
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Report: Cost to make Nevada schools average in US tops $800M
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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
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