Clark County School District work session, May 6, 2026
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Board appoints Ramona Esparza-Stoffregan as its NIAA representative 40:35
- The board approved a motion to appoint Ramona Esparza-Stoffregan as its liaison representative to the NIAAA. 40:35
- District staff presented preliminary ideas for the district's 2 bill draft requests, which are due to the state no later than September 1. 56:46
- The board approved a motion for trustees to individually send their top priorities to the staff team, which will create a rubric and bring it back at a future meeting. 1:59:42
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Item by item (7)
- Opening and agenda adoption 19:59
- National conference report 21:42
- Irene Bustamante Adams said approximately 40 trustees from Nevada attended and cited takeaways on governance and the use of AI in classrooms. 22:10
- Linda P. Cavazos said the breakout sessions and workshops were student-oriented and included presentations from board members in other states. 23:39
- Ramona Esparza-Stoffregan summarized sessions by theme and described a San Antonio session on consolidating 15 schools in one year. 24:31
- Board committee liaison assignments 30:14
- Emily Stevens reviewed the list of committee liaisons and said the Council of Great City Schools seat would go to another trustee and the Debt Management Commission role would be held by Emily Stevens alone. 30:14
- Brenda Zamora asked whether the Council of Great City Schools seat must be held by an officer, and a staff member read from the council's webpage that its board is composed of the superintendent and one board member from each member district. 32:53
- Linda P. Cavazos said the representative is expected to attend the full conference, including early morning meetings that are 4 hours long. 34:05
- Athletics association board appointment 34:52
- One board member nominated two other board members nominated another board member. ~36:26
- One board member asked whether service on a state athletics task force could be a conflict of interest, and another board member said the task force role was not active and they did not believe it was a conflict. 38:20
- Board counsel said the trustee would have to say whether there was a conflict, and Emily Stevens said legal counsel indicated eligibility was not an issue. 45:37
- The motion to appoint Ramona Esparza-Stoffregan, seconded by Tameka Henry, passed. 40:20
- Legislative bill draft presentation 55:47
- A district staff member said the district gets two bill draft requests, due no later than September 1, and the legislature will convene in February of 2027. 57:17
- A staff member described ideas including expanding mental health services, revisiting the NIAA board structure and allowing job order contracting for facilities. 59:09
- Another staff member described proposed changes to Senate Bill 460, which requires school associate superintendents to review 3% of teacher evaluations. 1:06:26
- Board discussion of legislative priorities 1:09:23
- Tameka Henry asked about retaining local control of school facilities and whether law could bar their use by charter schools. 1:32:44
- One board member suggested the board be more bold with its bill draft requests, citing special education funding and chronic absenteeism in school ratings. 1:39:07
- Ramona Esparza-Stoffregan listed funding, facilities, pre-K and mental health as top priorities. 1:45:25
- The board approved a motion by Brenda Zamora for trustees to individually send top priorities to the staff team to create a rubric for a future meeting. 1:59:42
- Public comment and adjournment 2:00:14
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Just— and also just wondering, since you said it had to be, you know, basically spelled out, like, can it be spelled out that our facilities are not used Um, or yeah, used by charter schools or any local competitor, um, since one of our major, um, well, I won't say major, some of our declines in enrollment is that.Tameka Henry · Member1:34:38
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