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The board also adopted notices of intent to revise two student-enrollment regulations. Trustees voted unanimously, 6-0, to adopt changes to Regulation 51.11 (age of entrance and enrollment requirements) and Regulation 51.23 (promotion, retention and demotion of students). Those regulatory updates clarify age-appropriate grade placement and reorganize promotion/retention language; staff said the changes align district practice with Nevada law cited in the presentation.

Why it matters: district staff told the board construction costs have surged since 2021 and enrollment is projected to decline districtwide even as local pockets keep growing. Brandon McLaughlin, assistant superintendent for Construction Development, said construction costs rose roughly 63% from mid‑2021 to late‑2022 and that the district now faces a multi‑billion dollar shortfall between identified capital needs and available bond authority. Director of Comprehensive Planning Rick Baldwin described projected district enrollment declines averaging about 3,684 students per year over the next five years and a kindergarten “capture rate” below 70% compared with the pre‑pandemic mid‑80s.

Board action and votes: Trustee Barone moved to approve the staff recommendation to proceed with one of the ten elementary sites identified in the 2015 Capital Improvement Plan Revision 6 and to pause delivery of the remaining projects pending the facility master plan; Trustee Dominguez seconded. The motion passed 4–2. Separately, the board adopted the notices of intent for Regulation 51.11 and Regulation 51.23 on 6–0 votes after staff presentations explaining the specific textual changes and cross‑references to Nevada Revised Statutes and district grading/attendance rules.

What staff recommended: McLaughlin recommended building the first of the 10 elementary schools at a site the district has secured in the Sky Canyon master‑planned area to relieve immediate capacity problems there. Staff proposed pausing the remainder of planned school deliveries at least one year (school year 2027–28 and beyond) so the district can finish a 14‑month facility master plan with community engagement and then bring revised project recommendations to the board. Architect/planner Paul Mills of Cannon Design described the master plan as a data‑driven, community‑centered process that will explore reinvestment, boundary changes, grade‑configuration options and other portfolio strategies rather than simply repeating past assumptions.

Budget and timing context: McLaughlin told trustees the district has identified about $15.3 billion in capital needs and is authorized to raise approximately $7.7 billion (with about $4.2 billion already spent). Because previously approved projects were estimated at $3.5 billion under Revision 5, inflation and higher bids have pushed the anticipated cost above $5.1 billion, creating what staff described as a large and growing unfunded gap. Staff stressed that pausing deliveries is intended to avoid committing large new construction contracts that may not match post‑master‑plan priorities.

Stakeholder and oversight input: Gina Blackman Taylor, first vice chair of the board’s Bond Oversight Committee, told trustees her committee had unanimously recommended the pause in June 2024 and supported bringing the facility master plan into the decision process before committing more bond dollars. Mills described a stakeholder program of regional advisory groups, school‑level working groups and open community forums planned over the next year.

Next steps: Staff will proceed with the approved elementary site and move forward with the 14‑month facility master plan and a focused community outreach schedule. Any future construction projects or schedule changes will return to the board for approval.

Votes at a glance: motion to proceed with one elementary site and pause remaining school deliveries — mover: Trustee Barone; second: Trustee Dominguez; outcome: approved 4–2. Regulation 51.11 notice of intent — mover: Trustee Esparza Stravagan; second: Trustee Satori; outcome: approved 6–0. Regulation 51.23 notice of intent — mover: Trustee Esparza Stravagan; second: Trustee Satori; outcome: approved 6–0.

Community questions and staff clarifications: Trustees pressed staff about transportation costs for not building in the northwest, how pause decisions affect projects already under contract, and whether urgent repair needs (air conditioning, roof failures) would continue to be addressed; staff said maintenance and emergency repairs will continue and that pausing delivery is distinct from ongoing maintenance and work already awarded. Staff also said they would provide follow‑up detail on transportation and status for specific schools on the paused list.

Sources and context: presentation materials and staff remarks at the March 27, 2025 Board meeting; facility master plan work authored by Cannon Design; district enrollment and cost trend slides cited by Construction Development staff.

Ending: The board’s action defers many large construction commitments while the district finishes a master plan that staff say will better align limited capital dollars with a shifting enrollment picture and sharply higher construction costs.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","CCSD Board of School Trustees - Regular Meeting- 3.27.25","oneSentenceSummary","The Clark County School District Board approved citing a new northwest elementary school and voted to pause most planned school construction deliveries for about a year while it completes a facility master plan; it also adopted updates to enrollment and promotion regulations.","taxTitle","CLARK COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, School Districts, Nevada","taxId",13426,"location","Nevada","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6100536,"CCSD spotlights Career and Technical Education: Rancho Future Educators Academy and SECTA—Whitney restaurant",834,140000,974000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2813199-49800903fce36baa546e4171b6300b3e&start=140&end=974","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2813199-49800903fce36baa546e4171b6300b3e/thumbnail_140000.jpg","/articles/6100536/Nevada/CCSD-spotlights-Career-and-Technical-Education-Rancho-Future-Educators-Academy-and-SECTAWhitney-restaurant","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6100536-a43a8e7528c09ac0060a8f4c67ae7f0e/orig.mp4?Expires=1771083846&Signature=TrVG5nQVH7VZJ3DAiuSbUSK0hog2VbOMJJZxmEir99eeer-UBegdBACfLH5sfxeuzFUnZxBTe9didVA~P3~T~P4Sf8mlWguS07VjdlsiwbTwz~nnwgK-4~z22Z-D4I0ur0u3OLPd~WRQgj4~E1jc4Q4A0n5wF71waN~Ci4LWsAiHDtUIv0gKaY5rl2JElDsx4VF75wN-551-ij7nuVLmEqq0xhz4ddhjOfleEPbGR~ckLDHdfIzjafIgatPBJaFsurtARaHDp2KxGXUw~FRlumefYdQnuZrCrJXowbSUg2mcCdzDoWD6lK8krOsznEQM-QyuvOO-O0wy4fXY5RvWvA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Clark County School District used a March 27 presentation slot to showcase two Career and Technical Education programs that provide students workplace experience and college credits.

At Rancho High School, district presenters described the Teaching and Training CTE pathway and the Future Educators Academy. Staff said more than 300 students are enrolled in the Teaching and Training program at Rancho and that the Future Educators Academy gives participating students supervised internship experience at nearby elementary schools. Presenters and students described twice‑weekly internships at C.C. Rondeau Elementary (also shown in the presentation as Ronno/Ronno Elementary in the transcript), where high school seniors assist lead teachers and earn dual‑enrollment college credit. Rancho senior students including Alvin Jimenez and Aliyah (Aaliyah) Lopez described classroom experience as confirming career plans and connecting them to the local community; the presentation said 21 Rancho students currently intern at the named elementary site and that students in the program have collectively saved about $141,000 in college tuition through dual‑enrollment credit.

Panelists also noted a Nevada statute the presentation identified as \"Assembly Bill 428\" (presentation cited \"Nevada Assembly Bill 428\") that creates a tuition reimbursement program for graduates of a teaching and training program who attend college in Nevada and then teach two years as a licensed teacher in CCSD; staff said that reimbursement program creates an additional recruitment/retention incentive for local pathways into the classroom.

Separately the district highlighted Southeast Career & Technical Academy’s culinary program and The Whitney, the student‑run restaurant open to the public Tuesday–Friday. Chef Emily Giacona and Chef John Schwathower (named in the presentation) and student servers and cooks described kitchen duties, pastry and line work, and experience the program provides for employment in Las Vegas hospitality. Presenters noted local hospitality industry hiring interest — representatives from multiple Strip properties visited the program and invited students to apply for tryouts — and described the Whitney menu, prices and reservation process on the district program pages.

Why this matters: the programs provide dual‑enrollment credit, workplace internships, and a pipeline to local jobs; district presenters framed these as \"growing our own\" educators and hospitality professionals who understand the community and can return to work locally.

Speakers at the presentation included program instructors and students; the segment was informational and not an action item.

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King reviewed the statutory history (Assembly Bill 469 and the implementing regulations adopted by the State Board of Education and subsequently codified), explaining that the district now operates with hundreds of site budgets and therefore must strengthen monitoring and reporting. The compliance monitor listed priorities: clear policies and consistent guidelines for how site budgets are prepared and spent, automated monthly monitoring and alerts in the district financial system, additional budget staff or a revised support structure to run regular budget‑vs‑actual reviews, and routine training so newer principals and school organizational teams can understand budget rules and financial responsibility.

Deputy Superintendent Melissa Gutierrez said principal supervisors will add budget status to five progress‑monitoring cycles beginning in the 2025–26 cycle, and budget office staff described limits in the current system that require decisions about the level of detail the district wants to monitor centrally. Diane Bartholomew of the budget office said ad hoc assistance is already provided when principals encounter problems but acknowledged district staff are preparing a corrective action plan that may include more formal monthly reviews and requests for supplemental staffing or automated reports.

Trustees asked whether the district can automate alerts to flag schools approaching line‑item spending limits. King and Bartholomew said the SAP financial system can generate such reports, but the district will need to decide at what aggregator level to monitor (for example, grouping travel or supplies rather than every line item) and to ensure a consistent configuration across all site budgets.

The board accepted the compliance monitoring update (motion approved 6–0) and asked staff to return with more details on proposed monitoring automation, staffing implications and training schedules.

Sources: Compliance monitoring presentation by Yolanda King to the Clark County School District board, March 27, 2025; supplemental comments from Deputy Superintendent Melissa Gutierrez and budget office staff.","Compliance monitor Yolanda King reviewed how state law moved Clark County School District from a centralized to a decentralized budget model and urged clearer policies, automated reporting, monthly monitoring and ongoing principal training to reduce risk now that 374 local school precincts manage distinct budgets.",{"_33":101,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":102,"_41":103,"_43":104,"_45":105,"_47":106,"_49":107,"_51":108,"_53":109,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":110,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":111,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6100546,"Teachers Health Trust reports unqualified audit, debt repaid and new member benefits",2869,3624000,6493000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2813199-49800903fce36baa546e4171b6300b3e&start=3624&end=6493","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2813199-49800903fce36baa546e4171b6300b3e/thumbnail_3624000.jpg","/articles/6100546/Nevada/Teachers-Health-Trust-reports-unqualified-audit-debt-repaid-and-new-member-benefits","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6100546-622906e3e9bafb1ec80d813b7a92164f/orig.mp4?Expires=1771083846&Signature=dzgxdYbDYN8xdro-yYIfcf2CZDab-wOx4H8onXd82fj~7wkJuK5mducTtlg7Cy~eJGJnutSBMdLjZ-PVQ83K4gRgButuRc1s0z3c-OLGoqcDvN3-J9V-KU2G9F9OOS6UpFRG2vrKeJN3l-w5W4Os-oe82dy~lWyD9L0fqIgkEbdTCFLi8CjMI9JtxslFOt7hIb8-JlAYwTx0b30c~bapzB6RHRq7kujdGiQU0zBa-WWtLmoyn6ZjFatqfN88ouGum0Z0GWaj9eledDkeyBNKfsy7lYfLFYTbOVpTCzA0KvIbWF3e-NAUvz7dUlyMHal0nPdcR8Tc4luucn2IU3KwpA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Teachers Health Trust leadership told the Clark County School District board on March 27 that the health plan established for CCSD employees has regained financial stability after several difficult years.

Andrew Holmes, chief financial officer for Teachers Health Trust, presented the fiscal‑year‑ending June 30, 2024 audit results. He said the independent auditor, Holdsworth Russo and Company, issued an unqualified opinion for FY2024 and that, following actions taken since 2021, THT is debt free. Holmes told trustees the $35 million prepayment from the district had been repaid and THT held $22.5 million in reserves as of June 30, 2024; management also noted an incurred‑but‑not‑reported (IBNR) claims estimate near $30 million that, as of December 31, had been addressed in the plan’s updated reserve position.

Holmes said the trust’s administrative expense ratio for FY2024 was 5.9%—below industry norms—and that no premium increase for educators had been required for two years. He described new benefit enhancements in a “health investment” program that gives plan members priority appointments, $0 co‑pays with certain local providers and expedited access to in‑home urgent care providers and behavioral health services. Holmes said the plan’s provider network includes the Sierra Healthcare Options (SHO) network with roughly 8,800 medical providers and about 1,100 behavioral‑health providers in the January count presented.

Tom Zumptebel, identified as THT chief executive officer, joined Holmes at the board table. Trustees asked detailed questions about governance, monthly reporting to the district (which Holmes said is required), the independent audit firm (Holdsworth Russo), remaining litigation from prior administration, the trustees’ composition, and the trust’s reserve targets. Holmes and Zumptebel said the THT board meets monthly, THT performs monthly financial reporting to CCSD as part of existing agreements, and management tracks a target range for reserves tied to the IBNR estimate. Zumptebel said the plan is working toward roughly $30–40 million in reserves so the trust can meet claims obligations without additional district assistance, but that the precise target and timing will be driven by ongoing claims experience and board policy.

Trustees also raised concerns about provider access despite the large provider counts; THT said provider availability is a community‑wide issue and described the health investment program as a targeted way to create priority appointment slots and incentives for providers to add capacity for THT members.

No formal board action was required on the update; trustees asked for ongoing reporting and offered to visit THT facilities. Trustees also asked THT to share further detail about network composition by specialty (behavioral health, pediatrics, etc.) and to return with regular updates to oversight committees.

Sources: Teachers Health Trust presentation to the Board of School Trustees, March 27, 2025; audit report referenced from Holdsworth Russo and Company.","Teachers Health Trust (THT) told the Board of School Trustees that it is debt free after repaying a $35 million prepayment from CCSD, reported an unqualified audit opinion for FY2024 and described benefit enhancements and oversight steps while trustees pressed for continued reporting and reserve targets.","actionData","errors"]

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