A two-year plan to improve education in Nevada has been proposed, as the state typically ranks towards the bottom regarding education outcome in the US.
While cautiously optimistic, Democratic Assembly Education Committee Chair Shannon Bilbray-Axelrod said many of Lombardo’s plans are still vague at the moment.Lombardo has acknowledged some criticism of"throwing money" at the public school system. Still, the governor said during a recent forum that funding is needed to address what he called an"aging infrastructure.
Republican Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo will discuss education funding levels and policy changes over the next four months. Lombardo's two main proposals include creating the Office of School Choice and putting $50 million toward Opportunity Scholarships, a program passed by the Republican-controlled Legislature in 2015 that allows businesses to receive tax credits on donations that go toward private school tuition of mostly low-income students.
"We have a design in place to get us there in the short order," Lombardo said of increasing school choice."And then we’ll look at bigger bites as we move forward."
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