Powerline: February 7, 2025

• Gov. Joe Lombardo: Funding is no longer an excuse for Nevada schools (Las Vegas Sun)

  • Mentions President Dawn Etcheverry's comments on the necessity to pass the plan for optimal funding. 

• Experts say tax revamp needed to fund schools. State leaders don’t want to touch it. (The Nevada Independent)

  • Comments made during the Committee hearing by NSEA Vice President Brian Wallace.

BILL HEARINGS & PRESENTATIONS

TUESDAY (February 4, 2025)

• Assembly Committee on Ways and Means and Senate Committee on Finance 

  • NSEA's Memo and Testimony by NSEA Vice President Brian Wallace

• Assembly Committee On Education

  • NSEA's Memo on Charter School Accountability 

WEDNESDAY (February 5, 2025)

•  Senate Committee on Education

  • NSEA's Memo on Optimal Funding #PassThePlan 

Thursday (February 6, 2025)

• Assembly Education

  • NSEA's Memo on Optimal Funding #PassThePlan

The Governor's budget proposes a per-pupil funding cut—despite Nevada already trailing the national average by $4,000 per student. Our kids can't afford to fall further behind. Without additional investment, our students will continue to fall behind. In 2022, the Commission on School Funding developed a clear, research-backed roadmap to reach optimal funding within 10 years. This plan is not just an investment—it's a promise to Nevada's students and their future. 

Email the Legislature and Governor and tell them to pass the plan

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