Sandoval puts focus on education
By Kyle Roerink, Las Vegas Sun
In his third and most ambitious State of the State speech, Gov. Brian Sandoval unveiled a litany of education initiatives and tax reforms he wants the Legislature to tackle in the upcoming session.
He set the stage for a session that will harbor intense debates about Nevada’s outdated revenue structure and bottom-tier education system.
Speaking for nearly an hour, he devoted more than 30 minutes to education reform, highlighting a plan to invest $882 million in education funding in the next two years. He outlined the plan as the beginning of a “new Nevada” and the foundation for education reform.
He didn’t hesitate to say that Nevada’s high school graduation rate and preschool enrollment were among the worst in the country.