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Lisa Dickson

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There are 13 circuit courts of appeals in the federal court system (Underwood and Webb).

The United States is divided into 12 different sections. Nevada is in the ninth circuit court of

appeals along with Alaska; Arizona; Central District of California; Eastern District of California;

Northern District of California; Southern District of California; Hawaii; Idaho; Montana;

Oregon; Eastern District of Washington; Western District of Washington; Guam; Northern

Mariana Islands as found on “What is the Ninth Circuit?”. The 13 circuit court is the Federal

circuit and hears appeals in specific areas of the federal law.

The Constitution of the state of Nevada has many important laws about education. I found

a copy of the Nevada Constitution on the Companion Website for School Law for Teachers:

Concepts and Applications. I used this website for all information on the Nevada Constitution.

Going over Article 11 in the Nevada Constitution, you find that it talks about Education. There

are ten sections of Article 11 all covering rules to obey in education. Section one talks about

being in charge of hiring the superintendent, how long the term shall be and what the duties will

entail. This section also covers promoting and supporting education. Section two states that all

schools in a district shall have a uniformed system. Any school that chooses to follow a sectarian

character may lose its funding. If you are not sure what sectarian means sections nine and ten

elaborate on it in detail. Section three in the Nevada Constitution talks about property and estates

that have been set aside for education. All money earned, taxes, or profits must go into

education. At the end of the year if there is unexpended amount of money it rolls back into

education funds. Section 4 states that they are planning a State University. They are waiting on

votes by 2020. If it passes then they will be in charge of governance, management and control of
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the State University. The University will teach mechanics, mining, agriculture and whatever else

they deem Nevada needs to follow the First section of Article 11.

Section five reminds us that each teacher must take an oath described in Article Fifteen of

the Nevada Constitution. If you choose not to take the oath or break the oath you will not get

paid. Section five also says that they are in charge of telling all the schools how to grade the

children. Section six of the Nevada Constitution is very long; it talks about money that is

budgeted every 2 years. This is extra money that the legislation deems that the school needs

above the money set apart for education in section three of article 11. Section seven was being

voted on this year. If I understood correctly, then it passed. They were deciding how to handle

the money for the State University talked about in section four of article eleven. As the funds are

used then the state will refill them so the funds never diminish. They will also make sure there is

Board of Regents at the State College. In section eight there is more talk about the State College

adding in military tactics to be taught there. There is land that is set aside for the college and they

can use the money as they see fit for the college.

Section nine and section ten are very similar. They talk about sectarian instruction and

purpose. I was not for sure what this meant so I had to look it up. Sectarian instruction would

follow rules of a certain group or sect (vocabulary.com). This means that section nine says that

your teaching instructions cannot follow one group or sect. Section ten then states that no money

will be given to any school choosing to teach sectarian purpose.

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References

Companion Website for School Law for Teachers: Concepts and Applications. Pearson. (1995-

2011). Retrieved from

http://wps.prenhall.com/chet_underwood_schoollaw_1/42/10992/2813970.cw/index.html

Underwood, J and Webb, L. (2006). School Law for Teachers: Concepts and Applications.

Columbus, Ohio: Pearson.

Vocabulary.com. Retrieved from https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/sectarian.

What is the Ninth Circuit? United States Courts for the Ninth Circuit. (2019). Retrieved from

https://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/judicial_council/what_is_the_ninth_circuit.php.