Tag: Steve Yeager

Gov Lombardo Proposes Funding To Rescue Opportunity Scholarship Program

On Friday, Republican Governor Joe Lombardo proposed utilizing unallocated federal COVID relief funds to prevent hundreds of low-income school children from losing their opportunity scholarships. In a memorandum submitted by The Governor’s Finance Office, the office is requesting $3.2 million in federal COVID-19 relief funds to fund the Opportunity Scholarship...
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600 Low-Income Students At Risk Of Losing Opportunity Scholarships

The battle over opportunity scholarships and school choice was well-chronicled throughout the 82nd legislative session as Republican Governor Joe Lombardo and Democratic leadership could not reach a compromise on Opportunity Scholarships. Legislative Democrats blocked efforts to provide any additional money to fund the ~$6.7 million program. During the legislative session,...
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Lombardo Signs Government Modernization Act And A’s Bill

Today, Governor Lombardo announced his signing of Senate Bill 431, the Government Modernization and Efficiency Act. Yesterday, the Governor announced his signature on SB1, the A’s Stadium bill. SB 431 is divided into five main categories: State Employee Management, State Fiscal Management, Governor’s Office Management and creates offices for boards, commissions...
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School Choice For Nevadans Isn’t A Reality With A Democratic Majority

There were politically-connected winners by the close of last night’s legislative Special Session, and it wasn’t the legislative minority or the education advocates who believed that school choice and opportunity scholarship had a chance during this legislative session. Education advocates, comprised of the CCEA, parents, kids, Republicans and moderate Democrats,...
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