LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A brand new proposed invoice on the Nevada Legislature would make elected Clark County College District trustees’ salaries the identical as Clark County commissioners — aiming to make the positions full-time.
Democratic Assem. Erica Mosca launched Meeting Invoice 156 (AB156), which goals to make sure the board of trustees has the time and capability to be an efficient oversight physique to guide CCSD, the nation’s fifth-largest faculty district.
The invoice would compensate elected trustees in Clark County on the identical stage set underneath regulation for county commissioners, with the purpose to make the positions full-time beginning with future elections.
Beneath present regulation, the wage of a member of the board of trustees of a college district in a county whose inhabitants is 100,000 or extra is $750 monthly. As of July 1, 2023, Clark County has a inhabitants of two.3 million, in response to the U.S. Census Bureau. CCSD is an almost $4 billion enterprise with near 300,000 college students.
“We should do every part we are able to to help Nevada college students, households and educators. I imagine a full-time CCSD faculty board will guarantee trustees have the time and capability to be an efficient oversight physique. The board oversees a four-billion-dollar funds for the fifth-largest faculty district in America with faculty board trustees who’re primarily volunteers. We are able to help them in order that they’ll higher help our neighborhood,” Mosca mentioned.
The CCSD Board of Trustees has been the middle of many controversies prior to now. The State of Nevada Division of Schooling issued a discover of non-compliance to CCSD in November 2024 after an preliminary $20 million funds shortfall regardless of receiving a document quantity of funds from the state over the past legislative session. The shortfall led to the firing of the district’s then Chief Monetary Officer Jason Goudie.
Former CCSD Trustee Katie Williams stepped down in September after an investigation by the Clark County District Legal professional decided that she was not a Nevada resident. In response to information, Williams was paid over $6,000 since January 2024. Williams, who lived in North Las Vegas, represented District B on CCSD’s faculty board since 2020 and now lives in Nebraska. She resigned on September 11, hours after the Clark County District Legal professional’s Workplace moved to take away her.
The trustees are presently within the means of choosing a brand new superintendent after Dr. Jesus Jara was compelled out in February 2024. The CCSD superintendent search course of was postponed final yr as a result of “instability on the school board.”
AB156 is scheduled for its first listening to at 1:30 p.m. Thursday earlier than the Meeting Committee on Schooling.
