Nevada Gov. Gibbons’ plan slashes school spending Eliminates all-day kindergarten, class-size reduction funds, arbitration

Gov. Jim Gibbons http://gov.state.nv.us/ on Wednesday proposed sweeping changes to public education and eliminating collective bargaining for teachers and other local government employees to reduce spending in the face of a growing revenue shortfall.

In public education, he called for eliminating full-day kindergarten and the class size reduction program.

He also called for eliminating “hold harmless” provisions that protect school districts with declining enrollments. Carson School District has had declining enrollments for seven years but was protected from loss of state funding by that provision.

With just five months of the fiscal year gone, general fund revenues are already $72 million short of the projections used to build the state budget.

By Geoff Dornan
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Full Story: http://www.nevadaappeal.com/article/20100107/NEWS/100109730/1070&ParentProfile=1058

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