Lawmakers to debate school funds, inhalers, public records
CARSON CITY — Nevada lawmakers head into Sunshine Week, an annual focus on public accessibility of government, planning to consider bills that would make state wildlife complaints confidential; mandate school nurses keep inhalers on campus; and change the public school funding formula.
Here's more on those and other issues at the Legislature this week:
SCHOOL FUNDING FORMULA
Nevada would expedite extra money to public and charter schools for each disabled, English-learning, gifted and at-risk student under Senate Bill 178.
The state superintendent of public instruction will have the discretion to give districts more money per special-needs pupil in the next few years, but Democratic Sen. Mo Denis of Las Vegas says students' needs are urgent.
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