Panel signs off on major spending plan for Nevada schools
CARSON CITY — A Legislative budget subcommittee on Thursday signed off on a big chunk of the public schools budget for the coming two years, voting to include $63 million in revenue from a new 10 percent retail tax on recreational marijuana as proposed by Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval.
But much remains unresolved with school funding for the coming two years, and lawmakers are running out of time as a June 5 adjournment deadline approaches.
Some recommendations from Sandoval, including $42 million in new revenue to expand the Zoom Schools focusing on English language learners and $30 million for Victory Schools in high-poverty areas, were left unresolved by the Senate Finance and Assembly Ways and Means subcommittee.
Funding for these programs will be detailed in Senate Bill 178, which addresses the public education funding formula. The Senate education committee passed and re-referred the amended bill to the finance committee on Thursday.
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