<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[ENN]]></title><description><![CDATA[ENN]]></description><link>https://www.educatenevadanow.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 15:25:22 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.educatenevadanow.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[HOPE FOR SYSTEMIC SUPPORT FOR AT-RISK STUDENTS REDUCED TO TRIAGE]]></title><description><![CDATA[After thousand of students lose supports and schools lose millions of dollars, the Commission on School Funding will revisit at-risk model ]]></description><link>https://www.educatenevadanow.com/post/hope-for-systemic-support-for-at-risk-students-reduced-to-triage</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a48b00bfa58f0a255d0c0e7</guid><category><![CDATA[School Funding]]></category><category><![CDATA[ESAs/Vouchers]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>ENN</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Devastating School Cuts Demand a Smarter Path Forward for Nevada]]></title><description><![CDATA[What is unfolding in Nevada’s public schools this past week feels less like routine belt-tightening and more like the arrival of the perfect storm - inconsistent investments, rising employee costs and inflation, and what experts coin the "demographic cliff,” a decline in school enrollment predicted by sinking birth rates. Nevada has experienced a 17.2% decline in fertility rates from 2011 to 2023, the fifth largest drop in the country and well above the national average of 10.6%. The result?...]]></description><link>https://www.educatenevadanow.com/post/devastating-school-cuts-demand-a-smarter-path-forward-for-nevada</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a48af000e6d46569497392d</guid><category><![CDATA[School Funding]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>ENN</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Celebrating Progress and Confronting Challenges in Nevada Education]]></title><description><![CDATA[White Pine Students to Get a New School! Last week, Educate Nevada Now (ENN) was honored to be recognized alongside Assemblymember Erica Mosca at the White Pine County School District Board Meeting for our work on AB224, a bill championed by Mosca during the 2025 legislative session. This landmark bill directs the State Treasurer to sell $100 million in state-level bonds to fund new school construction in districts unable to raise sufficient local funds. For years, White Pine students have...]]></description><link>https://www.educatenevadanow.com/post/celebrating-progress-and-confronting-challenges-in-nevada-education</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a48abe6fa58f0a255d0b86e</guid><category><![CDATA[School Funding]]></category><category><![CDATA[Student Success]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2025 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>ENN</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A New Federal Private School Voucher Scheme is Welfare for the Wealthy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nevadans need an honest debate around this controversial policy. If you recently came across The Nevada Independent’s article regarding the Trump Administration’s private school voucher policy, you may not have realized you were reading about a highly controversial and divisive federal initiative. The article failed to offer meaningful context around the scheme and often leans on talking points offered by national interest groups and the very private industries that stand to financially...]]></description><link>https://www.educatenevadanow.com/post/a-new-federal-private-school-voucher-scheme-is-welfare-for-the-wealthy-1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a48aae20e6d4656949730f9</guid><category><![CDATA[ESAs/Vouchers]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2025 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>ENN</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A New Federal Private School Voucher Scheme is Welfare for the Wealthy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nevadans need an honest debate around this controversial policy. If you recently came across The Nevada Independent’s article regarding the Trump Administration’s private school voucher policy, you may not have realized you were reading about a highly controversial and divisive federal initiative. The article failed to offer meaningful context around the scheme and often leans on talking points offered by national interest groups and the very private industries that stand to financially...]]></description><link>https://www.educatenevadanow.com/post/a-new-federal-private-school-voucher-scheme-is-welfare-for-the-wealthy</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a4540749c4d1b405b246627</guid><category><![CDATA[ESAs/Vouchers]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2025 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>ENN</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[83rd Legislative Session: Wins, Missed Opportunities and a Long Road Ahead]]></title><description><![CDATA[With more than a week removed from the Governor’s veto deadline, we take a look back at the good, the bad, and the mostly inconsequential K-12 education legacy of the 83rd Legislative Session. While some efforts were transformative, the session mostly fell short of expectations due to compromises on major issues and the Governor’s eagerness to veto even innocuous and common-sense bills.  Though impossible to cover everything here, the following represents some highlights and lowlights...]]></description><link>https://www.educatenevadanow.com/post/83rd-legislative-session-wins-missed-opportunities-and-a-long-road-ahead</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a453f87463386a45165ab45</guid><category><![CDATA[School Funding]]></category><category><![CDATA[Student Success]]></category><category><![CDATA[ESAs/Vouchers]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2025 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>ENN</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Students Deserve Safe Schools Support AB224]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dear friends,  We need your support for AB 224! With only two days left in the 83rd Legislative Session, it is urgent that AB 224 gets a hearing in Senate Finance. This bill received bipartisan support through three committees and the Assembly and is now in the hands of the Senate Finance Committee. AB 224 issues bonds to replace century-old schools and DOES NOT NEED A FUNDING APPROPRIATION!  Without state support many communities have no way of replacing unsafe and dilapidated schools. As an...]]></description><link>https://www.educatenevadanow.com/post/students-deserve-safe-schools-support-ab224</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a453f033ece2e2cd13df5a8</guid><category><![CDATA[School Funding]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2025 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>ENN</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Press Release: EDUCATE Act Charts a Bold Path Forward for Nevada Schools]]></title><description><![CDATA[Senate Majority Leader Cannizzaro’s Comprehensive Legislation Expands Oversight, Elevates Early Education, and Strengthens Accountability  Carson City, NV — As the 83rd Legislative Session nears its conclusion, Senate Majority Leader Nicole Cannizzaro has introduced SB460 — the EDUCATE Act — a sweeping piece of legislation aimed at transforming Nevada’s public education system with long-overdue oversight and a strong focus on student outcomes. “This bill touches on so many aspects that are...]]></description><link>https://www.educatenevadanow.com/post/press-release-educate-act-charts-a-bold-path-forward-for-nevada-schools</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a453e86463386a45165a8df</guid><category><![CDATA[Student Success]]></category><category><![CDATA[School Funding]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2025 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>ENN</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[ENN's Legislative Priorities]]></title><description><![CDATA[Fighting for Adequate Funding, Equity, Safe Facilities, Accountability, and Support for Schools   With the 83rd Legislative Session underway, ENN has been actively fighting for Nevada students. Our priorities serve to ensure public schools are able to meet the needs of every student, regardless of their background or zip code. Now, more than ever, lawmakers and our communities must come together to protect and strengthen public education. Our students deserve it.]]></description><link>https://www.educatenevadanow.com/post/enn-s-legislative-priorities</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a453df3463386a45165a719</guid><category><![CDATA[Student Success]]></category><category><![CDATA[ESAs/Vouchers]]></category><category><![CDATA[School Funding]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2025 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>ENN</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Careful Considerations in Selecting CCSD's Next Superintendent]]></title><description><![CDATA[Successful leadership will not just lie on the shoulders of one person, we have a collective responsibility to move the district forward. This month, Clark County School District trustees began in earnest collecting input from the community around the selection of a new superintendent. In addition to a series of meetings with stakeholders groups, the district has asked community members for input via a survey, available here. For the input sessions, trustees tapped a wide variety of...]]></description><link>https://www.educatenevadanow.com/post/the-careful-considerations-in-selecting-ccsd-s-next-superintendent</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a4537cf5af2dd52aa966a9b</guid><category><![CDATA[Student Success]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 29 Aug 2024 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>ENN</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commission Reconsiders At-Risk Funding]]></title><description><![CDATA[ENN talks supporting Latino students and CCSD search begins!   After years of expressing deep concerns, the Commission on School Funding voted unanimously to reexamine the new definition of “at-risk” and the method used for determining which students will be eligible for at-risk weighted funding. ENN has testified at numerous meetings about our concern with the new at-risk model, which uses AI and machine learning to determine which students will receive additional state funding. Not only did...]]></description><link>https://www.educatenevadanow.com/post/commission-reconsiders-at-risk-funding</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a45345a3ece2e2cd13ddd23</guid><category><![CDATA[Student Success]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2024 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>ENN</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Many Got Really Wrong about Nevada's K-12 Audit]]></title><description><![CDATA[What can the newly formed Legislative Subcommittee on Education Accountability learn from the most recent K-12 audit? With the first meeting of the Legislative Subcommittee on Education Accountability fast approaching, understanding the recent K-12 audit is critical. Several weeks ago the Nevada Independent published a story about an education audit titled, '"Disturbing:’ Leaders question Nevada K-12 budget expansion after critical audit.”  For years the community has been asking for an audit...]]></description><link>https://www.educatenevadanow.com/post/what-many-got-really-wrong-about-nevada-s-k-12-audit</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a453714463386a451659748</guid><category><![CDATA[School Funding]]></category><category><![CDATA[Student Success]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2024 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>ENN</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Finally, A Review of At-Risk]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tomorrow the Commission on School Funding hears from formula vendor about why we cap number of at-risk students to support among other concerns. This Friday, Infinite Campus will present to the Commission on School Funding regarding the company’s formula that determines which students are entitled to “at-risk” funding.  Since this year’s implementation of Infinite Campus’s “Early Warning System” (“EWS”), many schools have been shocked by the result. The formula has denied funding to homeless...]]></description><link>https://www.educatenevadanow.com/post/finally-a-review-of-at-risk</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a452c793ece2e2cd13dc7cd</guid><category><![CDATA[School Funding]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2024 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>ENN</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Press Release: Legislative Hearing Exposes Mismanagement and Chaos Surrounding Voucher Programs]]></title><description><![CDATA[Interim Finance Committee votes against redirecting $3.2 million in emergency Covid funds for vouchers after granting organizations revealed they have $18 million in reserves.   Las Vegas, NV - Last night’s legislative hearing on redirecting Covid relief funds to the Nevada’s  Opportunity Scholarship private school voucher program shed light on the program's inaccurate numbers, disorderly reporting requirements, and unaccountable processing system. It also made clear that the blame for...]]></description><link>https://www.educatenevadanow.com/post/press-release-legislative-hearing-exposes-mismanagement-and-chaos-surrounding-voucher-programs</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a452c0e3ece2e2cd13dc68d</guid><category><![CDATA[ESAs/Vouchers]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 10 Aug 2023 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>ENN</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[SB 508 Voucher Bill - A Bad Deal]]></title><description><![CDATA[New bill is a more extreme voucher proposal that directly appropriates and quadruples funding for voucher scheme    On Friday Governor Joe Lombardo introduced SB508, which makes a direct appropriation of $50 million dollars for private school vouchers.    This bill fundamentally alters the current Opportunity Scholarship voucher program in significant and radical ways, managing to be even more extreme than a proposal made earlier this session. As so-called compromises go, it is instead a...]]></description><link>https://www.educatenevadanow.com/post/sb-508-voucher-bill-a-bad-deal</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a452a983711ac3161d85203</guid><category><![CDATA[ESAs/Vouchers]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 30 May 2023 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>ENN</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[One Click to Support CTE's Help us move SB144 along with this easy step]]></title><description><![CDATA[Friends,    There is an easy way to support SB144, a bill that would give businesses a tax credit  to directly support Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs in Nevada’s public and charter schools.   Please take advantage of the opinion section, available on the Nevada Legislative website, that allows everyone an opportunity to submit their position on a bill outside of public comment or emailing written testimony.   The end of the  82nd legislative session is fast approaching, so...]]></description><link>https://www.educatenevadanow.com/post/one-click-to-support-cte-s-help-us-move-sb144-along-with-this-easy-step</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a452a539c4d1b405b242eb4</guid><category><![CDATA[Student Success]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 23 May 2023 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>ENN</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[We need your support!  Testify this Saturday to support SB 144 to expand access to CTE programs in Nevada schools]]></title><description><![CDATA[Friends,   Legislative session is racing towards the finish line. With only a few weeks left, we are thrilled that SB 144 will be heard this Saturday, May 20th, in the Senate Finance committee.    Educate Nevada Now has been proud to champion  SB144, a bipartisan bill that provides tax credits to businesses who donate to Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs in Nevada public schools.Currently, businesses can receive a tax credit for donating to private schools, but there is no tax...]]></description><link>https://www.educatenevadanow.com/post/we-need-your-support-testify-this-saturday-to-support-sb-144-to-expand-access-to-cte-programs-in-n</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a4529b65af2dd52aa9645a6</guid><category><![CDATA[Student Success]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 19 May 2023 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>ENN</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Legislative Cheat Sheet]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bills to Watch and Ways to Get Involved this Legislative Session  With  the bill introduction deadline behind us, a better picture emerges of what lawmakers hope to accomplish during the 82nd Legislative Session. Aligned with ENN’s legislative priorities, we have detailed some important bills to watch and ways to participate in the process.   ENN aims to support bills that provide additional funding and resources for Nevada’s K-12 public schools, work to solve our teacher recruitment and...]]></description><link>https://www.educatenevadanow.com/post/legislative-cheat-sheet</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a4529355af2dd52aa96445b</guid><category><![CDATA[ESAs/Vouchers]]></category><category><![CDATA[School Funding]]></category><category><![CDATA[Student Success]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 03 Apr 2023 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>ENN</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[ SB144 Helps Support CTE Programs]]></title><description><![CDATA[Friends, As the 82nd Session of the Nevada Legislature is underway, there is one bill we are particularly excited about!   Educate Nevada Now is proud to champion  SB144, a bipartisan bill that provides tax credits to businesses who donate to Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs in Nevada public schools. Currently, businesses can receive a tax credit for donating to private schools, but there is no tax credit for traditional public schools or charter schools. This bill draws on the...]]></description><link>https://www.educatenevadanow.com/post/sb144-helps-support-cte-programs</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a4528b79c4d1b405b242a46</guid><category><![CDATA[Student Success]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 06 Mar 2023 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>ENN</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Press Release: Nevada Continues to Fail Its Students - Making The Grade Report]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nevada is the only state to receive an "F" in all three grading categories Las Vegas - Nevada students continue to be among the worst funded in the nation, according to the 2022 Making the Grade report released December 13, 2022.  The Education Law Center’s annual Making the Grade report examines the condition of public school funding across all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The report ranks and grades each state on three measures to answer the key question: How fair is school...]]></description><link>https://www.educatenevadanow.com/post/press-release-nevada-continues-to-fail-its-students-making-the-grade-report</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a4527985af2dd52aa963ff2</guid><category><![CDATA[School Funding]]></category><category><![CDATA[Student Success]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2022 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>ENN</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>