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State prepares to dole out $7 million to charter schools for transportation
Nevada charter schools this week will be able to apply for dedicated transportation funding, the state’s primary authorizer and governor’s office announced jointly Friday.
Up to $7 million in dedicated funds for charter school transportation is available for the upcoming 2023-24 school year, with an additional $7 million available the following year. The money was allocated to charter schools through Assembly Bill 400, an omnibus education bill sponsored by Gov. Joe Lombardo during this year’s legislative session.
The State Public Charter School Authority, or SPCSA, which sponsors the majority of charter schools across Nevada, will begin accepting applications on July 7. The applications will appear before the state charter school board for approval on a rolling basis, with the first batch expected to go before the board at their July 28 meeting.
Why charter school leaders think more funds for buses could promote equity
BY: ROCIO HERNANDEZ - MARCH 7, 2023 2:00 AM
Yellow school buses are a ubiquitous part of the school experience, but they are more of a rarity at Nevada charter schools. The issue comes down to policy and funding.
Unlike public school districts, public charter schools don’t receive additional state funds for transportation and aren’t required to offer those services to their students. As a result, only a handful of charter schools — such as Nevada Prep in Las Vegas — go the extra mile to provide transportation, paying for it through funding that would otherwise pay for staff salaries, curriculum and other costs associated with running their campuses…
What role does transportation play in charter school inequity? A lot, argues one charter
When David Blodgett and other founders of Nevada Prep began recruiting prospective students to their charter school, they didn’t know where exactly their physical building would be, but they made parents a promise: We will get your kids there…
Why a Las Vegas charter school made a pledge to parents and bought two yellow school buses
BY: JACKIE VALLEY - MARCH 1, 2020 2:00 AM
Just after 6:30 a.m. on a recent Wednesday morning, a yellow school bus bearing “NV PREP” vanity plates chugged out of a parking lot in central Las Vegas.
The bus made a left on Pacific Street and began its roughly 8-mile trek to Martin Luther King, Jr. Elementary School in the northeast valley. But rather than drop off students at this traditional public school, the bus picked up nearly 50 students waiting on nearby Bledsoe Lane…
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