Nevada to receive $3.5 million to improve schools

CREATED Jun. 30, 2012

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Clark County, NV (KTNV) -- Nevada is in line for some badly needed funding to help underperforming schools.

The U.S. Department of Education said Nevada will receive $3.5 million from the School Improvement Grant Program.

Since the grant program was created in 2009, Nevada has been awarded $30.4 million.

Nevada plans to use the money for the state's "turnaround model of change," which replaces the principal, reforms curriculum and changes the teaching staff to help underperforming schools.