Agenda Item 3.01 – Focus: 2024 Strategic Plan Update – Student Achievement
The Clark County School District (CCSD) Board of School Trustees accepted a report on student achievement. As part of the presentation on student achievement, the board was provided with the latest results from the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) and ACT.
Below are some of the highlights from the presentation:
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Nearly 50 percent of CCSD students attended a school rated three stars or higher on the Nevada School Performance Framework during the 2023–2024 school year.
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Grade 11 ACT proficiency rate in English Language Arts (ELA) has recovered to pre-pandemic levels.
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Grade 3 SBAC ELA proficiency rates improved Districtwide and across most student groups compared to 2022–2023.
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Grades 3–8 SBAC Mathematics experienced overall improvement in all student groups for the second consecutive year.
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Students eligible for special education are among the first student groups to have reached recovery to pre-pandemic levels.
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Middle school science results from the Criterion-Referenced Test indicated all student groups demonstrated year-over-year improvement.
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Agenda Item 4.02 – Budget Update
The Board received an update on two separate budget challenges impacting the District and school finances.
During the meeting, the Board discussed the strategic budget process for the 2024-2025 school year. Information presented outlined adjustments made in September to the average salary costs of positions that were originally provided to schools in January 2024. Staff also outlined anomalies with the allocation of at-risk funding for schools.
The presentation showed that 37 licensed professionals will be reassigned through the surplus process due to budget adjustments in the normal strategic budget process. This is the second-lowest number of licensed professionals in the surplus process in the past 10 years.
Additionally, the presentation outlined the estimated $12 million potential central budget deficit. The potential budget deficit is due to unanticipated expenses related to litigation and cybersecurity. Using the ending fund balance, the District plans to absorb the potential central budget deficit without impacting schools.
The District also outlined plans to improve the strategic budget process to increase understanding and visibility of how funding is allocated across schools.
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