Nevada Ed-Watch: CCSD 9/25/25

Clark County School District Board of Trustees

What is the Board of Trustees & what are they responsible for? The CCSD Trustees are decision-makers for the school district. Seven members are elected based on district; four are appointed representatives from the four largest municipalities in Clark County (Clark County, City of Las Vegas, City of Henderson, and City of North Las Vegas). They are responsible for providing oversight to the Superintendent and establishing District-wide policy. Trustees are accountable to work with their communities to improve student achievement.

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How often does the Board of Trustees meet? Trustees meet twice per month (second and fourth Thursdays) at 5 pm both virtually and at the Edward A. Greer Education Center Board Room (2832 E Flamingo Rd, Las Vegas, NV 89121).

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Can community members engage at Trustee meetings? Decision-making bodies benefit greatly from hearing public input and multiple perspectives. Currently, members of the public can submit comments on agenda and non-agenda items through email or voice recording. Public comment can be provided in person, via email, or via voice recording. Email comments should be submitted to Boardmtgcomments@nv.ccsd.net. To submit a voice recording on items listed on the meeting agenda, call 702-799-1166. Voice recorded public comment is limited to 1 minute 30 seconds.

Thursday, September 25, 2025

Clark County School District Board of Trustees Meeting

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What happened at this meeting?

Trustees Approved the Consent Agenda (7-0)

Consent Agenda Highlights:

• CCSD Plan for Test Administration and Security 2025-26
• Various grant applications
• Several facilities items

Item 3.02, a Memorandum of Agreement Between the District and Hope Christian Health Center, was pulled for further discussion. That item passed (4-2-1) on a separate vote.

Item 3.09, Unified Personnel Employment, was removed from the consent agenda.

Explore consent agenda items here.

Trustees Conducted a Public Hearing on and  Approved the New 2025-27 Negotiated Agreement between CCSD and the Education Support Employees Association (7-0)

Trustees approved the new 2025-27 Negotiated Agreement between CCSD and the Education Support Employees Association. Three articles of the agreement were revised. Revisions included:

• A 3% salary increase that was previously funded by SB 231 is now funded by SB 500, with CCSD and ESEA agreeing to work together to ensure a further 3% increase in 2026.
• There will be no salary step advancements during the term of the agreement.
• The 2025 increase in employee contribution to PERS will be matched by an equivalent salary increase.
• The current Negotiated Agreement is extended to June 30, 2027, though further negotiations about the agreement are planned in the coming months.

The estimated fiscal impact of the changes is $121,441,721, and the total average annual contract value is $756,589,458.

Explore the Public Hearing Notice and the Agreement.

Trustees Heard a Presentation on the Educational Opportunity for Military Children and Purple Star Schools Program

Presentation highlights included:

• Purple Star Schools are schools recognized by the Nevada Department of Education for supporting the unique needs of military-connected children.
• To qualify, a school must satisfy requirements, including appointing a staff Point of Contact, maintaining a student-led transition program, and maintaining a Purple Star School page on their website.
• Currently, 22 CCSD schools hold the Purple Star designation: 16 in Region 1, 4 in Region 2, and 2 in Region 3.

Explore the presentation in English and the presentation in Spanish.

Trustees Approved a Notice of Intent to Amend CCSD Regulation 2130 (4-3)

Trustees approved a Notice of Intent to amend CCSD Regulation 2130, regarding district organization. Amendments included:

• The District can now require a school to spend its carry-forward funds on specific priorities.
• The requirement to allocate at least 85% of unrestricted funds to school budgets has been removed.
• The deadlines for providing schools with budget information are now set by the Superintendent rather than Regulation 2130.
• The role of the school organizational team in the selection of principals now consists of creating a list of desirable qualifications for the principal and indicating a preference of candidates.
• School Associate Superintendents no longer submit reports to the County Commission.
• Language updates changing “Nevada Revised Statutes” to “Nevada law.”

Public comments expressed concerns about decreased power of school organization teams, and requesting a public meeting about budgeting practices.

Explore the Notice of Intent.

Trustees Accepted a Compliance Monitoring Update (7-0)

Highlights from the update included:

• Of 29 action steps, 24 have been completed; since the last update, 2 steps have been completed
• The recently completed steps involved evaluating what resources are necessary to assist principles in developing/monitoring school budgets and developing a system to monitor usage of carryforward funds
• Progress continues to be made on the remaining 5 steps, with a high likelihood that multiple further steps will be completed by the next update

Explore the update.

Public Comment

Members of the public shared comments regarding:

• Proper use of disciplinary action on employees
• Employees’ right to privacy
• Student safety

The next Meeting of the Board of Trustees is Thursday, October 9, 2025, at 5:00 p.m.