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Important Notice about University of Nevada Campus Extension Courses

Beginning July 1, 2025, The University of Nevada, Reno Extension office has implemented modest fees for select initial training courses previously available at no charge. Please email Cathy Pesklakai at UNR Extension (cpeshlakai@unr.edu) with any questions about this change and/or to learn more about their courses.

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The Nevada Department of Education, Office of Early Learning and Development is excited to announce the Nevada Pre-Kindergarten Standards, Revised 2023 were approved by the State Board of Education on November 1, 2023.

A soft launch will begin Spring, 2024 with statewide introductory training provided for early childhood educators and other key stakeholders. The new standards will officially take effect beginning on August 1, 2024. An Executive Summary has been prepared to inform the early childhood community about what is new and what will be familiar. The Office of Early Learning and Development will implement its dissemination plan to release the standards online in the upcoming weeks and begin printing hard copies of the document.

Please share your voice to let us know how you will interact with the standards by contributing to the page Nevada PK Standards Roll-Out: Workforce Input or scanning this QR code:

Contact Tina Springmeyer tspringmeyer@washoeschools.net or Rachel Stepina rachel.stepina@doe.nv.gov with questions or comments.