Nevada Ed-Watch: State Board of Education 8/29/25

Consejo de Educación del Estado de Nevada

¿Qué es el Consejo Estatal de Educación y de qué es responsable? El Consejo de Educación del Estado de Nevada adopta reglamentos basados en las leyes de Nevada, que se transmiten a los distritos escolares de Nevada para su aplicación. La Junta tiene 11 miembros en total (7 nombrados y 4 elegidos públicamente).

How often does the State Board meet? The Nevada State Board of Education meets once per month on Wednesdays at 9:00 AM. Click here to see the 2025 meeting materials.

¿Pueden los miembros de la comunidad participar en las reuniones del Consejo Estatal? Se proporciona un tiempo para comentarios públicos al comienzo (para los puntos de la agenda) y al final (sobre cualquier asunto) de cada reunión de la Junta. Los miembros del público pueden proporcionar comentarios públicos por escrito a través del correo electrónico; los comentarios públicos se aceptarán a través del correo electrónico durante toda la reunión y se compartirán con la Junta Estatal de Educación durante los períodos de comentarios públicos. Los comentarios del público pueden enviarse por correo electrónico a NVBoardED@doe.nv.gov.

Haga clic aquí para consultar la lista de todos los miembros del Consejo Estatal.

Thursday. August 28 – Friday, August 29, 2025

Nevada State Board of Education Sepcial Meeting

Click here to see the regular SBOE meeting agenda for Thursday.

Click here to see the regular SBOE meeting agenda for Friday.

Haga clic aquí para ver la reproducción de la reunión.

What happened at the meeting?

Board Interviewed Six Finalists for State Superintendent

Over two days, the State Board of Education continued interviews with six finalists for the position of State Superintendent of Public Instruction. Four candidates were interviewed on Thursday, August 28 (Dr. Darryl Wyatt, Dr. Lisa Coons, Dr. Victor Wakefield, and Ms. Amy Suman) and Friday, August 29 (Dr. Heather Sanchez and Dr. Sylvia Mitchell). The format was as follows for all candidates:

• • Performance Task Presentation (15 minutes)
    • Each candidate will present a performance task focused on student outcomes, budget alignment, and equity considerations. A 5-minute scoring period will follow for Board evaluation.
  • Standardized Interview Questions
    • Candidates will answer eight pre-assigned questions, each asked by a different Board Member in a consistent order. Topics include leadership, innovation, policy, equity, operations, and stakeholder engagement.
  • Follow-Up Questions (Up to 10 minutes)
    • Board Members may ask up to four clarifying questions per candidate. These must directly relate to the candidate's responses and stay within the scope of the original prompts.

Candidate materials can be found here.

Board Voted to Send Three Finalists to the Governor for Final Consideration

After deliberating, the Board voted to move forward Dr. Victor Wakefield, Dr. Heather Sanchez, and Dr. Sylvia Mitchell for consideration to Governor Lombardo. The Governor will select the State Superintendent from those candidates.

The next regular meeting of the State Board of Education will be held on Wednesday, September 10, at 9:00 a.m.