Clark County Looks at New Ballot Measure

LAS VEGAS-Clark County school officials want to use a $1.2 billion surplus to build at least 14 new elementary schools. The Las Vegas-based district also is considering asking voters next year or in 2008 to pass a new bond measure to pay for building at least 138 schools by 2018.

The district is the fifth largest in the nation, with almost 292,000 students at 317 schools.

The district is nearing the end of a 10-year $3.5 billion construction program that built 88 schools.