Clark County School District board meeting, Apr 9, 2026
3 h 27 min · 4 public speakers
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Clark County board approves fiscal year 2027 tentative budget 2:19:55
- The board also approved a notice of intent to amend Regulation 5129, which covers high school graduation ceremonies. 45:24
- The board heard the superintendent's mid-year performance report, which Emily Stevens described as a status update with no formal scoring until November. 58:19
- District finance staff presented the fiscal year 2027 tentative budget, and the board approved it after Lorena Biassotti made the motion. 2:21:39
Item by item (8)
- Opening and agenda approval 26:49
- Student board report 29:54
- A district staff member introduced a student presenter from Legacy High School as part of the board's student report tradition. 30:23
- The student presenter described the school's dual credit and CTE courses and a 92.4% graduation rate with 672 graduates. 31:00
- Lydia Dominguez, Linda P. Cavazos and Ramona Esparza-Stoffregan asked the student questions about school experiences and future plans. ~36:05
- Consent agenda and warrants 42:55
- Graduation ceremony regulation notice 44:52
- District staff presented proposed changes to Regulation 5129 to define key words, clarify a preapproval process and list graduation regalia that is and is not permitted. 45:24
- A staff member said preapproval is not mandatory but graduates are strongly encouraged to submit regalia at least 20 days before the ceremony, with a decision within 10 school days. 46:22
- In response to questions from Lorena Biassotti and Isaac Barron, a staff member said political speech would be permitted if it did not fall under the restrictions, and that stoles are limited to 5. 49:46
- The board approved the notice of intent on a motion by Adam Johnson, and Emily Stevens announced that the motion passed. 57:52
- Superintendent mid-year performance report 58:19
- The superintendent reported that 136 schools improved their STAR ratings, the graduation rate climbed to 86.6% and the district secured $15.8 million in philanthropic gifts. 58:19
- Adam Johnson asked whether philanthropic dollars could be used to ask the legislature for a match, and Tameka Henry asked how expanded pre-K slots would be sustained. 1:34:35
- Irene Bustamante Adams asked about the remaining gap in pre-K seats, and the response was that roughly 32,000 children would be eligible compared with roughly 15,000 district seats. 1:38:38
- Fiscal year 2027 tentative budget 2:19:06
- The deputy chief financial officer said total state education funding equals $3.610 billion and total budgeted resources across all funds equal $9.367 billion. 2:29:13
- The chief financial officer said the unassigned ending fund balance had reached approximately 4.5%, below an industry standard of 16.6%. 2:38:02
- Asked by Linda P. Cavazos about a $15 million fund, the chief financial officer said it is a placeholder with no expenditures tied to it. 2:47:57
- The board approved the tentative budget on a motion by Lorena Biassotti, and Emily Stevens announced that the motion passed. 3:06:42
- Public comment 3:07:02
- A speaker at public comment asked to provide mobile dental services to district students. 3:08:49
- Speakers at public comment raised concerns about facilities master plan meetings, including how a consultant ran a meeting and low attendance at meetings. 3:12:35
- A speaker at public comment asked the district to end its requirement that passwords be changed every 90 days. 3:19:25
- Upcoming meeting and adjournment 3:22:05
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