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@realDonaldTrump So what you are saying is the people who are the most educated are also Democrats

Too many Universities and School Systems are about Radical Left Indoctrination, not Education. Therefore, I am telling the Treasury Department to re-examine their Tax-Exempt Status...

Looming strike is an opportunity to focus on long term solutions. "Yes, the 4.2 % avg. per pupil increase for this school year is positive, but it’s impact is offset by the dismal 1.5 % that awaits schools the following year." Read more: bit.ly/2Z7BWCR #FundOurFuture

Ultimately, root of the problem is inadequate funding. Per APA study NV is only 58% adequately funded...too bad #SB543 didn’t fix that.

Press Release: #SB543 - Nevada's Missed Opportunity To Transform K-12 Funding educatenevadanow.com/legislation/pr…

Statement from ENN: #SB543 #NoCommitment #StatusQuo #MissedOpportunity

#SB543 “Hold Harmless” punishes schools for decreased enrollment but gives them nothing for increased enrollment. #DoubleHarm

Amendment: We will fund our kids “to the extent practicable”. That’s how supplanting keeps happening. #NoCommitment #SB543

A before #SB543 & after photo of #SB543 #NVED $ formula Marijuana and IP1 Room Tax dollars given the green light to continue supplanting.

Amendment to #SB543 just ensures lawmakers can continue to supplant IP 1 and Marijuana Tax. #NoRealChange

#NVleg Assembly said focus shouldn’t be on DSA (base funding). But DSA funds 70-75% of our districts budgets. Low DSA = largest class sizes.

Great commentary! We agree on everything in this column (the good and bad of the bill) and even submitted amendments to address the challenges. #GreatMinds #SB543

A CCSD worker sitting at Grant Sawyer til midnight to testify on SB551 because she believes the bill is that important for our kids. She is an example of why we do this work at #nvleg.

Read our statement regarding SB543 Ed Funding Formula Bill #FundOurFutureNV #NVLeg #NVEd fundourfuturenv.com/in-the-news/fo…

Not an April Fool’s joke. Today we hear a bill SB 467, on Zoom & Victory without knowing how the new funding formula will impact those and other education critical programs. ⏰ #WhereIsTheFormula

Will the new proposed education funding formula bill follow APA funding study recommendations? We explore the recommendations and ask the questions. Read here: bit.ly/2J73OPM #nvleg #FundOurFutureNV

Great summary of ed funding formula debate by @aprilcore @NevadaCurrent. “there is a constitutional right to an adequate education and that the state’s current education-finance system is violating that right.” nevadacurrent.com/2019/03/08/edu…

@Icoacheducators I would look at Wyoming and Maryland

The funding formula discussion 2012 & years of recommendations. Does anyone have additional ideas from states doing this well?

1st day of the 80th Legislative Session, and the first time there has been a female majority in a state legislature in history. I am honored to stand among these women, and upon the shoulders of those before us. Strong women- May we know them, may we raise them, may we be them.

"Adults keep saying we owe it to the young people to give them hope," said 16-year-old Greta Thunberg at the World Economic Forum. "But I don't want your hope. … I want you to act as if the house is on fire, because it is." n.pr/2FQjhkX