Carrie Kaufman talks with Review Journal education reporter Aleksandra Appleton about the school board and funding issues during COVID19. Then, we walk through the communication issues at last week's school board meeting. And, we check in with a couple of Republican lawmakers on the almost-but-not-to-be mining tax. Senator Keith Pickard became the subject of attacks for changing his mind on the tax. He explains why.
This is Impact. I’m Carrie Kaufman.
The special legislative session is over.
The Clark County School Board is in disarray.
COVID 19 rates are soaring so high in Nevada - especially Southern Nevada - that we are being grouped in with states like Florida.
I hate when we get grouped with Florida.
As of this taping, we have 41,000 Coronavirus cases in Nevada, 722 deaths. We have a 12% positivity rate. Meanwhile, less than 500,000 people have been tested for coronavirus - in a state with a population of 3 million.
Today we’re going to look at what happened in the legislature, and what happened in the school district this week. With a look ahead to the coming week, when CCSD Trustees will be meeting about Superintendent Jara’s Contract. That meeting will be Wednesday, July 29 at 1pm. I will post the live stream on Nevada Voice’s Facebook page.