Nevada
NEVADA NEEDS A REAL SCHOOL FUNDING FORMULA, NOW MORE THAN EVER
Published on: June 9, 2020
ELC has released a report on Nevada’s new school funding formula arguing that it must be based on the actual cost of programs, staff and services needed by at-risk students.
NEVADA LEGISLATURE VOTES TO ELIMINATE DEFUNCT VOUCHER PROGRAM
Published on: June 26, 2019
The Nevada Legislature approved a bill to eliminate the voucher program that has been unable to operate since the state supreme court declared it unconstitutional in 2016.
BIG SETBACK FOR VOUCHERS IN NEVADA
Published on: June 5, 2017
Nevada lawmakers decisively rejected Governor Sandoval's proposal to spend $60 million in public funds to review an ESA voucher program previously declared unconstitutional by the Nevada Supreme Court.
NEVADA SCHOOL FUNDING DIRE, URGENTLY NEEDS REFORM
Published on: February 9, 2017
Nevada is last in the nation in providing additional funding to public school children most in need, according to the sixth edition of the National Report Card released last month by ELC.
PUBLIC SCHOOL PARENTS TO STATE TREASURER: OBEY COURT ORDER, STOP ESA PROGRAM
Published on: December 6, 2016
Plaintiffs in the Lopez v. Schwartz lawsuit notified the Nevada Attorney General that the actions of the State Treasurer to continue promoting ESA vouchers violate a court order permanently blocking the ESA program.
ELC APPLAUDS RULING DECLARING NEVADA ESA VOUCHERS UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Published on: September 29, 2016
The Nevada Supreme Court issued a sweeping ruling in the ESA voucher lawsuit, permanently blocking the program's implementation.
NEVADA SCHOOL DISTRICTS FACE SIGNIFICANT BUDGET DEFICITS
Published on: July 8, 2016
The final education budget adopted, in June 2015, by the Nevada Legislature for the 2015-2017 biennium does little to improve school funding overall and reduces most districts' general operating budgets for the 2015-2016 school year, an analysis by ENN! shows.
RENOWNED SCHOOL CHOICE ADVOCATE REJECTS NEVADA’S SCHOOL VOUCHER PROGRAM
Published on: May 24, 2016
Dr. Howard Fuller, an outspoken supporter of educational choice for over 25 years, is firmly opposed to Nevada’s school voucher program for the same reasons public school parents filed a lawsuit against it.