Some state officials want to preserve the controversial Achievement School District.
The Senate Education Committee met Tuesday to hear Senate Bill 430, which sought to turn around some of the state’s persistently low-achieving schools by turning them over to charter schools.
Some of the schools that face the conversion have strongly resisted the move, objecting to the idea of a forced takeover. The Nevada Independent reports that The Nevada Department of Education is now proposing a concept called A+ Schools, which aims for major changes at struggling schools but stops short of turning them over into charter schools.
It would involve giving principals and school organizations control over hiring and firing as well as 100 percent of their funding.
