Nevada State High School CEO admonished, fined $2.5K for ethics violations

Nevada State High School CEO admonished, fined $2.5K for ethics violations The interim CEO of Nevada State High School was admonished and ordered to pay a $2,500 civil penalty on Wednesday after the Nevada Commission on Ethics found she violated state ethics laws concerning contracts. The commission unanimously determined that Melissa McCormick, the head of Nevada State High School, executed her own employment declaration to secure a $179,000 annual salary and countersigned a declaration that allowed her spouse to continue providing nursing services at the charter school shortly after she assumed the interim CEO role. Through a settlement with the commission, McCormick’s actions were identified as two non‑willful violations of the state’s ethics law, said Ross Armstrong, enforcement manager of the commission, at its Wednesday meeting. Armstrong stated that McCormick must pay the $2,500 penalty, complete ethics training for Nevada State High School staff, and incur no Nevada ethics law violations through Dec. 8. He added that the school must submit its ethics policy to commission staff within 90 days. “This agreement, and each the information of it, presents to maine an important reminder for our charter schools that they request to travel the morals committee requirements,” Armstrong said at the meeting. He added: “It’s not arsenic though Mrs. McCormick pursued immoderate benignant of concealed declaration for herself oregon household members. That full portion was transparent, but inactive was a usurpation of the morals law.” Should McCormick fail to comply with the commission’s order, she would be issued a willful usurpation and “be invited backmost to the committee to reason astir what the due remedies would be,” Armstrong said. Jonathan Blum, counsel for McCormick, had no remark during the meeting. Nevada State High School operates 10 campuses across the Silver State, with 9 of them located in the Las Vegas Valley, according to its website.