Nevada’s main budget fund for K-12 education is expected to bring in about $160 million less in revenue for the upcoming budget cycle than projected at the start of the year. Maintaining existing services is expected to be the top priority.

Nevada education advocates are bracing for impact. Between staffing cuts, the Trump administration’s efforts to cancel federally appropriated spending and congressional Republicans’ budget blueprint — which calls for $330 billion in cuts to education and workforce spending over 10 years — federal education funding in the state could be in jeopardy.

In this week's Indy Education newsletter, read about the Clark County School Board and State Board of Education candidates the state's two largest teachers unions are backing.

There are 10 potential ballot questions that may end up before Nevada voters this year or in 2026, but a key signature deadline is June 26 and some initiatives are in legal jeopardy.

Carson City judge has rejected the language of a proposed ballot referendum petition that would have repealed public funding for a new Major League Baseball (MLB) stadium in Las Vegas.

The commissioner of baseball expressed concern over a ballot question that could remove the public financing package from the A's stadium project in Las Vegas.

The teacher union-led PAC “Schools Over Stadiums” announced Thursday that its referendum petition to repeal public funding for a new Major League Baseball stadium in Las Vegas has been legally challenged.

A PAC formed by a statewide teachers union has filed a referendum petition to block $380 million in public funding for the A's proposed stadium.

Since at least 2015, state lawmakers have introduced but failed to pass proposals modifying the school board structure in the nation’s fifth largest school district — egged on by issues ranging from workplace harassment, to ethics complaints, to a tweet telling teachers to “Dust off those resumes” if they didn’t want to resume in-person classes.

Despite significant animus between Democrats and Republicans throughout the session, the omnibus budget cuts bill AB3 passed with bipartisan support on Sunday after Democrats proposed an amendment allocating $50 million in federal coronavirus relief funding toward K-12 students who are expected to struggle with distance learning. The bill passed 36-6 in the Assembly, with seven Republicans joining the Democrats in support, and unanimously in the Senate — the last major action of the state’s 12-day special session.

The newly formed Commission on School Funding met Friday and assessed the Herculean task that lies ahead. But before members even dug into their work, political divisions appeared during public comment when the Nevada State Education Association criticized the new formula and the commission makeup.