LAS VEGAS ( KLAS ) — Clark County School District leaders told state education officials Wednesday a 2017 law is making it hard for them to fill teacher openings, as nearly 80% of the district’s current vacancies are in Title 1 schools.
CCSD Interim Superintendent Brenda Larsen-Mitchell and the district’s chief strategy officer Kelly Kowal-Paul appeared before the Nevada Board of Education.
The discussion centered around CCSD’s compliance with the reorganization law lawmakers passed in 2017, which among its many provisions empowered local schools and allowed principals to control their budgets.
Yet according to CCSD’s chief strategy officer, the law has had some consequences.
“We do not have the ability to ensure that educators are distributed equitably across schools,” Kowal-Paul said.
District officials said they’re prevented from moving teachers between schools. Interim Superintendent Larsen-Mitchell said there are currently 700 vacancies at CCSD and 570 of them are at Title 1, low-income schools.