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A
All
right
good
morning
welcome
to
the
joint
meeting
of
senate
finance
and
and
assembly
ways
and
means
I'd
like
to
call
this
meeting
to
order.
A
And
if
we
could
please
the
committee
secretary,
please
call
the
roll.
B
A
Here
so
senator
receivers
gancer
will
be
joining
us
via
zoom
or
telephone
and
and
please
mark
the
other
members
present
as
they
arrive
today.
We
have
a
short
agenda.
We
are
going
to
the
the
first
thing
on
the
agenda.
Is
we're
going
to
have
a
continuation
of
our
discussion
of
k-12
funding
from
last
night
and
and
then
we'll
go
into
public
comment
right
now,
staff
is
is
distributing
a
document
that
is
similar
to
the
document
that
we
had
last
night
and
our
our
subcommittee
closing
report.
A
That
was
based
upon
the
decisions
made
by
the
subcommittee
and
then
decisions
made
in
full
committee
last
night
to
accept
that
report,
and
it's
it
was
page
21
and
through
24
on
our
documents
last
night,
and
this
new
document
that
is
being
handed
out
right
now
is
is
similar.
A
It's
the
exact
same
format,
just
updating
some
numbers
and
we're
joined
this
morning
by
mr
wayne,
thorley
and
ms
sarah
kaufman,
and
by
the
rest
of
our
fiscal
staff,
and
we
have
the
education
team
joining
us
today,
via
zoom
on
the
screen
and
for
our
fiscal
education
team,
and
we
will
be
discussing
the
funding
for
per
base
funding
for
per
pupil
this
morning
and
I'll
wait
till
everybody
gets
the
document
and
has
it
in
their
hands.
A
It
should
be
it's
available
on
nellis
for
those
watching
on
on
the
nellis
site,
and
I
want
to
just
kind
of
first
foremost
thank
our
fiscal
staff
for
everything
that
they've
been
doing
always.
But
this
last
couple
of
weeks,
and
especially
this
last
week,
has
been
incredibly
busy
a
lot
of
long
hours
and
they've
done
a
tremendous
amount
of
work
based
upon
decisions.
A
We
have
we
had
to
to
make
those
decisions
last
night,
so
we
could
get
the
the
model
into
a
place
where
we
could
have
a
firm
understanding
of
exactly
where
we
stood.
And
then
we
could
have
a
discussion
about
where
we
wanted
to
be.
And
so
that's,
where
we're
the
conversation
we're
going
to
have
this
morning,
and
so,
if,
if
everyone
has
their
their
their
document
in
front
of
them
to
use
as
a
point
of
reference,
what
we
walked
away
from
what
we
walked
into
this
session.
I
say
we
collectively.
A
I
think
the
legislature
was
with
a
goal
to
increase
funding
for
for
k-12
education
to
the
extent
possible
and
to
concentrate
that
on
on
going
directly
to
the
pupil
and
and
as
we
stand
up
the
the
pupil-centered
funding
plan
that
we
passed
in
in
the
last
legislative
session,
making
the
modifications
necessary
and
the
funding
necessary
to
stand
that
up
and
in
in
this
session.
A
A
We
closed
that
budget,
with
with
67.2
million
dollars
that
we
put
into
fy
2022,
then
that
what
that
did
is
that
brought
all
districts
and
to
a
hold
harmless
place
and
in
our
decisions
we
made
last
night,
we
also
aggregated
the
charter
schools
across
the
state
to
be
able
to
use
a
per
pupil
funding
number
to
apply
to
the
charter
schools
as
well
and
based
on
those
decisions.
We
took
a
look
at
and
where
we
wanted
to
be,
and
we
wanted
to
make
sure
that
you
know
at
67.2
million
dollars.
A
A
lot
of
students
in
the
state
were
off
of
hold
harmless
and
moving
into
the
pupil-centered
funding
plan.
But
in
our
I
think
our
desire
was
to
provide
more
money
to
be
able
to
get
more
students
in
nevada
into
that
place.
A
Where
they're
on
the
people-centered
funding
plan-
and
it
was
functioning
in
the
way
that
we
wanted
it
to
function,
and
so
that
was
what
our
request
was,
that
we
sent
back
to
staff
and
that
we
we
we
collectively
talked
to
the
to
the
members
and
and
staff,
came
back
with
some
scenarios
based
upon
the
recommendations
that
we
made
and
after
our
meeting
last
night,
and
that
scenario
is
reflected
in
the
sheets
that
you
have
in
front
of
you.
A
And
so,
if
I
could,
if,
if
I
could
turn
over
to
staff
to
walk
us
through
this
sheet,
the
the
with
the
the
goal
in
mind
was
to
get
as
many
nevada,
nevada's
children
and
students
on
to
the
pupil-centered
funding
plan
as
possible.
And
so
I
think
that
that
is
what
we've
achieved
with
what
we
have
here
on
our
sheets
and
so
staff.
Could
you
could
you
walk
us
through
the
sheets
that
we
all
have
in
front
of
us.
C
Thank
you,
mr
chair
and
good
morning,
everyone
wayne
thorley
for
the
record
with
the
lcb
fiscal
analysis
division
before
you.
You
have
two
scenarios:
it's
it's
a
scenario
for
fy22,
which
is
the
first
page
and
then
the
second
page
is
a
scenario
for
fy23.
I.
A
Thoroughly
hate
to
interrupt,
but
before
you
you,
you
go
through
that,
we're
still,
I
think,
trying
to
get
the
sheet
uploaded
as
an
exhibit
to
the
public,
and
so
before.
We
discuss
that.
I
want
to
make
sure
it's
available
to
the.
A
A
All
right
it
is
uploaded
and
that
it
would
be
on
the
exhibits.
If
you
go
to
the
meeting
page
for
today's
meeting
joint
meeting
of
the
senate
committee
on
finance
and
assembly
committee
on
ways
and
means
and
go
to
the
exhibits,
there
are
three
exhibits
and
one
of
the
exhibits
is
the
pc
fp,
2021
23
biennium
draft
and
that's
the
document
that
we'll
be
working
off.
Is
that
correct,
mr
thorley,
and
so
that
for
those
watching
and
on
their
computer
and
in
public?
A
That's
what
we'll
be
working
off
of
so
please,
mr
story.
C
Go
ahead.
Thank
you,
mr
chair,
again
for
the
record
wayne.
Thorley
lcb
fiscal
analysis
division,
the
the
two
documents
before
you
again,
the
first
one
is
for
fy22
and
the
second
one
is
for
fy23.
C
These
documents
are
very
similar,
as
the
chair
mentioned,
two
tables
that
were
provided
in
the
subcommittee
closing
report
that
the
joint
full
committee
looked
at
yesterday
afternoon.
The
numbers,
however,
have
been
updated.
I
will
I'll
start
I'll
start
by
mentioning
the
the
the
the
total
increase
funding
in
the
scenario
per
fiscal
year
and
then
I'll
walk
a
little
bit
through
the
table
and
then
happy
to
answer
any
questions
that
the
committee
members
might
have
so
in
fy
22.
C
As
the
committee
members
will
recall,
and
as
the
chair
just
mentioned,
the
the
committee
yesterday
afternoon
evening
voted
to
allocate
an
additional
67.2
million
dollars
from
the
general
fund
in
fy
22
to
k12
education
funding
for
the
the
adjusted
base
per
pupil
on
page
on
the
first
page
of
the
document.
C
C
C
The
first
thing
to
note
is
the
first
call
on
the
final
designation
column
that
lists
under
this
scenario,
whether
a
school
district
would
be
on
the
people
center
funding
plan
or
would
be
under
a
hold
harmless
scenario,
meaning
their
funding
for
22
or
23,
whichever
table
you're
looking
at
would
be
held
harmless
at
the
fy
2020
level
you'll
see
and
for
both
scenarios.
This
the
school
districts
that
would
be
on
the
people
center
funding
plan
are
the
same.
C
Churchill
clark,
lander
lion,
mineral
nye,
washoe,
white,
pine,
davidson
academy
and
all
the
charter
schools
would
be
on
people's
center
funding
plan
under
these
scenarios
and
then
all
the
other
schools
would
be
under
holt
harmless
and
then
the
next
column
is
the
total
adjusted
base
per
pupil
funding.
So
the
adjusted
base
per
pupil
funding
takes
into
account
the
nevada
cost
of
education
index
and
the
other
equity
allocations.
C
I
want
to
stress
this
is
just
the
adjusted
base
per
pupil
amount.
It
is
not
reflective
of
all
funding
that
would
be
provided
to
students.
C
Then
there
is
the
column
for
special
education,
local
funding.
Again.
This
relates
to
a
decision
that
the
committees
made
last
night
about
pulling
the
funding
for
local,
the
local
funding
for
special
education
out
of
the
the
base
per
pupil,
funding
and
creating
its
own
tier,
but
it
is
still
being
added
as
funding
for
pupils
and
then
you
get
total
k-12
education
funding
and
then
eight
and
then
an
average
per
pupil
amount,
which
is
based
on
the
total
funding.
So
in
fy
22
the
average
base
per
pupil
amount
statewide
would
be
9096.
C
C
The
state,
for
example,
state
special
education
funding
is
not
captured
in
the
model
it's
outside
the
model,
so
there
is
additional
funding
that
would
also
go
to
students
beyond
this
number
happy
to
answer
any
questions,
and
again
this
this
model
assumes
an
additional
207.8
million
dollars
in
20
fy22
and
227
million
in
fy
23.
A
Thank
you,
mr
thorley,
and
before
I
turn
it
over
for
to
the
committee
members
for
questions,
I
just
wanted
to
to
ask
one
question
with
this
model:
what
percentage
of
nevada's
students,
whether
they
be
in
a
charter,
school
or
or
otherwise
any
place
in
the
state?
What
percentage
of
nevada's
students
would
now
be
in
the
people-centered
funding
plan?
Moving
forward.
A
Thank
you.
I
appreciate
that
that
you
know
was
the
the
driving
factor
when
we
we
looked
at
how
we
were
going
to
try
to
fund
this
and
and
what
the
numbers
were
so
I'll
turn
it
over
to
chair,
carlton
and
then
open
it
up
to
the
rest
of
the
committee
for
questions.
D
So
I
think
it
goes.
I
think,
to
make
everybody
understand
that
you
know
no
matter
what
has
been
said
in
this
building
or
outside
this
building.
Education
has
been
a
priority.
It's
we
don't
talk
about
all
the
work
we
do
out
on
the
sidewalk
in
front
of
the
building.
The
work
gets
done
in
the
offices
and
all
the
meetings
that
needs
to
get
done
in
the
in
this
building,
and
I
just
think
it's
very
important
and
I'm
going
to
repeat
it
again,
because
lord
knows
I've
been
waiting
for.
D
Is
there
a
delay
on
this?
No
okay,
I
won't
say
it.
No,
I'm
going
to
say
it.
I've
been
waiting
a
damn
long
time
to
put
this
amount
of
money
in
into
education,
and
I'm
just
happy
we're
at
this
point
in
in
in
our
conversations
and
that
93
of
the
kids
will
have
this
opportunity.
D
I
think
we're
you
know
it's
it's
not
perfect,
but
when
you
can
impact
93
of
the
kids
in
this
state,
I
think
we're
on
the
on
the
right
path
and
the
chart,
I
believe,
makes
it
very
explicit
on
on
how
we're
going
to
move
forward
and
and
what's
required-
and
this
is
all
about
the
base-
it's
all
about
making
sure
that
every
student
has
that
amount
of
dollars.
Then
we
add
the
weights
to
it.
Weights
are
great.
D
A
Thank
you,
chair
carlton,
and
I
want
to
open
it
up
to
the
committee
for
any
questions,
but
I
want
to
recognize
assemblywoman
titus.
E
Thank
you,
mr
chair,
and
thank
you
for
all
the
late
nights
and
hard
work
and
trying
to
make
this
work
for
all
nevada
students
across
the
state
not
being
on
the
subcommittee
and
and
on
the
breakdown
of
some
of
these
allocations.
I'm
just
curious
about
the
the
gifted
and
talented
allocation
column
there
and
wondering
why,
on
these
other
counties,
I
I
can't
imagine
that
there's
only
gifted
and
talented
students
in
you
know,
clark
douglas,
and
these
other
things
and
the
other
counties
don't
have
an
allocation
for
gifted
and
talented.
E
C
I'll,
if
it's
alright,
mr
charles,
send
that
to
our
education
folks
that
are
joining
us
via
zoom.
F
Madam
chair
or
mr
chair
for
the
record
adam
drost
with
lcd
fiscal,
I
would
just
note
that
the
to
receive
special
education
funding
there's
an
identification
process.
I'm
sorry
gifted
and
talented.
There's
an
identification
process
in
place.
A
certain
number
of
hours
have
to
be
of
instruction
as
well
as
certain
teacher
certification
needs
to
be
achieved
to
receive
that
gifted
and
talented
funding.
E
So,
just
for
a
follow-up
on
that,
if
I
might
mr
chair
so
just
for
clarification,
nothing's
restricting
these
schools
from
having
those
programs,
but
there's
no
allocated
money
specifically
for
those
programs,
it
has
to
be
a
criteria
that
is
applied
for
through
the
state
funding.
I
mean
up
a
little
bit
more
detail.
Please.
F
That
is
correct,
they
could
the
school
districts
and
charter
schools
could
provide
that
funding,
but
the
students
may
not
be
identified
based
on
those
criteria.
In
addition,
I
would
note
that
students
receive
the
highest
weight
available
and
gait
is
further
down
the
line,
so
it
could
be
that
they
were
excluded
due
to
those
unduplicated
counts.
E
Yeah
I'll
follow
up
with
that
afterwards,
because
I'm
still
a
little
confused
and
concerned
actually
that
that
perhaps
we're
leaving
out
some
I've
said
publicly
many
times
that
that
the
old
no
child
left
behind
meant
sometimes
that
no
child
gets
ahead,
and
I
certainly
wouldn't
want
to
leave
some
of
these
gifted
and
talented
kids
throughout
our
state
behind.
A
Thank
you
assuming
woman,
senator
keith
keffer.
H
I
appreciate
the
opportunity
and
I
wanted
to
piggyback
a
little
bit
off
what
chair
carlton
was
saying,
because
I
think
the
the
effort
by
by
this
legislature
and
this
body
in
particular
to
to
make
this
a
priority
and
commit
to
to
getting
getting
the
pupil
center
funding
plan
to
function,
as
I
think
we
have
designed
it
is,
is
quite
an
achievement
knowing
where
we
started
this
session,
and
it
will
certainly
put
some
upward
pressure
rather
than
downward
pressure
on
future
sessions,
and
you
know
future
executives
to
to
continue
funding
education
and
an
increased
method.
H
And
I
think
that's
the
point.
So
I'm
certainly
happy
with
what
we're
doing
today.
It's
not
every
day
that
you
get
to
do
something
that
I
think
will
be
significantly.
A
Thank
you
senator.
Do
we
have
any
questions
from
the
committee?
Any
comments
from
the
committee
speaker,
fryerson.
I
Thank
you,
mr
chair,
and,
and
I
want
to
thank
chairwoman
carlton
for
for
the
the
point
that
she
made.
I
I
think
it's
important
for
folks
to
realize,
and
and
we
went
through
this
last
session,
where
we
spent
119
days
being
accused
of
not
caring
about
anything
to
come
out
and
increase
per
pupil
spending
by
a
thousand
dollars,
and
here
we
are
now
looking
at,
I
think
historic
support
for
public
education,
which
again
it
doesn't
happen
on
the
sidewalks.
I
It
also
doesn't
happen
on
social
media,
while
all
that's
going
on
we're
working
with
our
staff,
who
probably
got
about
three
hours
of
sleep
over
the
last
week
per
night,
to
try
to
do
the
right
thing
by
our
kids.
I
do
have
a
question,
though,
on
the
documents
that
we
have.
Could
you
kind
of
roll
out?
I
Firstly,
how
the
per
pupil
spending
on
the
state
level
now
compares
to
how
it
was
two
years
ago
and
then
actually
I
just
put
it
all
out
there
also.
I
recognize
that
there's
a
state
per
pupil
and
then
there's
a
average
collective
per
pupil
that
includes
funds
that
are
not
in
the
model.
So
could
you
go
over
how
the
the
the
change
in
the
per
pupil
state
level,
as
well
as
a
change
in
the
average,
with
all
of
the
money
outside
of
the
model
as
well,
so
the
record's
clear.
C
I'll,
mr
speaker,
if
it's
our
adult
phone,
a
friend
again
and
check
with
our
education
folks
to
see
if
they
have
those
numbers
with
them,.
F
Thank
you,
mr
chair,
for
the
record,
adam
drost,
with
lcp
fiscal
speaker.
In
response
to
your
question,
I
would
note
that
we
are
planning
in
the
k-12
funding
bill
to
compile
all
funding
that
is
provided
for
k-12
education,
excluding
federal
funding,
that's
provided
directly
to
the
school
districts,
so
we
will
provide
that
information
similar
to
what
was
provided
in
the
2019
k-12
funding
bill,
and
that
should
provide
the
comparison
you
need
based
on
all
final
legislative
action
and
all
k-12
budgets.
I
Thank
you,
and
if
I
may,
mr
chair
from
my
recollection,
I
believe
we
were
upwards
of
about
60
to
63
hundred
dollars
per
pupil
and
simply
the
state
fund
and
what
is
reflected
now
was
upwards
of
7,
400
plus
in
the
state
flow.
I
And
then
I
think
we
were
around
10
000
collectively
across
the
board,
with
the
average,
including
money
outside
of
the
formula.
While
this
rep
reflects
9
000
per
pupil
average
total.
That
does
not
include
the
federal
money.
So
again,
I
just
want
to
make
it
clear.
I
There
is
a
noted
difference
in
what
we're
doing
despite
the
pandemic,
despite
the
shutdown,
despite
our
bullet
budget
challenges,
that
reflects
that
we
are
still
working
to
make
sure
that
as
many
kids
as
possible
are
captured
in
what
we're
trying
to
do
and
rethinking
how
we
fund
education
and,
in
a
significantly
increased
manner,.
A
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
Assemblywoman
tolls.
J
Yes,
thank
you
so
much
chair
and
you
know
last
night
hearing
some
testimony
brought
me
back
to
10
years
ago
sitting
in
those
seats
testifying
as
a
mom
before
this
committee
and
actually
went
back
and
read
my
notes.
Yesterday
from
that
testimony,
and
at
that
time
we
were
facing
cuts
that
were
going
to
put
us
at
53rd
in
the
nation
behind
guam
and
the
mariana
islands,
and
so
I'm
grateful
to
be
having
this
discussion
today
and
I'm
grateful
to
be
doing
more.
J
It's
long
overdue
and
appreciative
of
all
the
work
staff
and-
and
this
committee
and
leadership
and
everyone
has
put
into
this.
So
I
just
I,
I
can't
let
that
moment
pass
without
acknowledging
that
and-
and
I
would
be
curious
along
with
the
speaker's
question
or
excuse
me-
I
don't
know
what
we
call
each
other
in
these
committees,
but
I'm
fogging
up
my
glasses,
I'm
so
emotional
over
all
this.
J
But
I
I
would
be
curious
to
know
at
the
end
of
the
day
what
that
final
per-pupil
amount
is-
and
I
know
where
that's
forthcoming,
but
also
what
that
would
mean
to
our
ranking.
You
know
because
we
keep
hearing
48th,
48th
48th
and
I
just
want
to
know
when
we
leave
here
what
what
that
actually
translates
to
thanks.
A
Thank
you,
assemblywoman
senator,
dennis.
B
Thank
you,
mr
chair.
I
appreciate
I
agree
with
the
comments
we've
been
talking
about
kids
and,
if
my,
if
my
math
is
right,
upwards
of
450,
000
of
our
kids
are
going
to
do
better
and
the
rest
are
going
to
at
least
be
where,
where
they're
at
or
a
little
better,
and
so
this
is
a
huge
thing.
As
one
who
has
you
know,
I've
spent
my
whole
legislative
career
working
on
trying
to
get
education
funding
where
at
the
levels
where
we
need
to
be
in.
B
This
is
a
huge
step
for
us
in
implementing
the
people-centered
funding
plan
and
increasing
the
funding,
especially
as
what
the
comments
have
already
been
made.
You
know
we
still
have
ways
to
go,
but
I
I
I
I'm
just
static
that
that
we
can
even
have
these
discussions
and
actually
understand
what
we're
talking
about
when
we're
talking
about
this.
This
funding
for
our
kids-
and
so
I
this
is
a
this-
is
a
good
day
and
we're
gonna
continue
to
have.
B
You
know
we
need
to
work
hard
to
continue
to
have
good
days,
but
I
appreciate
all
the
work
that's
been
done
and
that
we
could
move
quickly
to
be
able
to
get
these
answers
and
and
so
that
we
can
make
good
decisions.
So
thank
you.
Thank
you,
mr
chair.
A
Do
we
have
any
more
questions
or
comments
from
the
committee
on
on
on
this
additional
funding,
all
right,
so
just
I
I
just
want
to
verify,
go
back
and
and
and
verify
we're
talking
about
in
addition
to
the
67.2
million
dollars
that
we
did
last
night,
which
kind
of
created
the
base
and
and
set
us
up
for
being
able
to
even
have
this
conversation
that's
taken
place,
I
feel
like
I
was
just
sitting
in
this
seat
and
over
the
night
and
a
lot
of
hard
work
was
done
in
the
middle
of
the
night
and
and
trying
to
take
the
information
that
we
we.
A
We
gave
our
team
last
night
based
on
the
decisions
we
made
last
night,
so
67.2
million
last
night,
an
additional
207.8
million
in
fy
22.
A
and
and
then
an
additional
227
million
in
fy
2023
for
that's
over
half
a
billion
dollars
and
that
and
and
it
moves
97
plus
of
or
excuse
me,
93
plus
of
our
kids
students
in
the
state
into
the
people
centered
funding
plan,
which
really
provides
a
tremendous
amount
of
transparency
of
where
all
this
money
is
coming
from
and
going.
A
That's
that's.
Quite
that's
quite
a
a
bit
of
progress
this
this
session,
I'm
just
I'm
proud
of
everyone
who
participated
in
that
and
do
we
have
any
questions
from
the
committee
on
on
the
facts
that
that
we've
been
presented
here
today
and
the
decisions
that
we
want
to
make?
D
It
really
implies
everything
that
hits
that
teacher
and
that
student
in
that
classroom.
It's
not
just
an,
and
I
I'm
not
sure
what
what
the
real
word
is.
But
you
know
when
we
talk
about
the
base.
You
know
we
take
it
for
granted,
but
what
we
do
with
this
base
actually
will
make
a
difference.
You
know
to
the
teacher
in
the
in
that
student.
D
It
gives
resources
at
the
student
level,
so
I
know
no
matter
what
we
do
and
we've
been
in
this
building
a
long
time
that
no
matter
what
we
do,
it's
not
going
to
be
good
enough
for
somebody
they're
going
to
criticize
us
for
not
solving
this
problem
or
that
problem
or
another
problem.
But
the
fact
of
the
matter
is
we
are
adding
a
half
a
billion
dollars
to
education
and
we're
putting
most
of
it.
Most
of
it
is
going
into
the
base
which
will
help
every
single
student
and
every
single
teacher
succeed.
D
A
Absolutely
and
before
you
do,
I
just
want
to
note
that
senator
sievers
gancer
joined
us
via
zoom
and
we'll
be
participating.
I
think
it's
zoom,
maybe
it's
on
the
phone
but
will
be,
has
been
in
the
meeting
and
just
joined
us
a
little
bit
late.
A
So
chair
carlton,
if
there's
no
further
comments
or
questions
from
the
committee,
if.
D
I
am
more
than
happy
to
make
this
motion.
I
move
to
approve
adding
general
fund
appropriations
of
207.8
million
dollars
in
fiscal
year,
22,
which,
combined
with
the
67.2
million
approved
last
night
for
fiscal
year
22,
would
provide
total
additional
funding
of
275
million
dollars
in
fiscal
year
2022
and
227
million
dollars
in
fiscal
year,
2023
to
increase
the
adjusted
statewide
base
per
pupil
funding
in
the
state
education
funding
account
for
the
state
and
nevada
budget
for
the
implementation
of
the
pupil-centered
funding
plan.
Mr
chairman,.
B
A
A
I
have
a
second
from
senator
dennis.
Is
there
any
discussion
on
this
motion?
A
I
do
not
see
any
all
in
favor
I
senator
receivers
ganzart.
A
Any
in
opposition,
nay,
and
seeing
a
nun,
the
motion
passes
unanimously
and
this
funding
is
now
approved.
A
Thank
you,
mr
thorley.
Thank
you,
miss
kaufman,
and
and
thank
you,
everybody
on
the
education
team,
who's
participating
remotely
for
all
the
hard
work
you've
done
over
the
last
well
several
years,
but
definitely
over
the
last
couple
of
weeks,
all
right.
A
So
that
is
our
business
for
the
day
and
we
can
now
move
to
public
comment
and
please
I'd
like
to
remind
the
public
here
in
the
room
and
those
on
the
phone
to
please
limit
their
their
comments
to
two
two
minutes,
and
we
may
begin
public
comment
here
in
the
room
good
morning.
K
Hello
and
thank
you,
committee
chair
brooks
and
chairwoman
carlton
for
the
record.
My
name
is
hava
ahmet
h-a-w-a-h-a-h-m-a-d
and
I'm
here
representing
the
clark
county
education,
association,
ccea
represents
over
18
000
licensed
educators
and
is
the
largest
independent
teachers
association
in
the
country
and
in
nevada.
We
engage
in
bipartisan
advocacy
to
advance
public
education
in
nevada.
First.
I
want
to
begin
by
thanking
this
legislature
and
specifically,
this
committee
on
all
of
your
hard
work
on
the
people-centered
funding
plan.
K
Ccea's,
board
and
membership
are
very
appreciative
of
your
attention
to
detail
to
get
the
pcfp
off
the
ground
for
years.
The
nevada
k-12
education
system
has
been
underfunded
in
clark.
County
educators
have
always
tried
to
do
their
best
with
the
resources
available
to
provide
their
students,
the
best
quality
education
possible.
K
K
We
need
to
add
additional
revenue
to
make
our
goals
a
reality
and
the
commission
on
school
funding
since
april
23rd
2023
report-
I
am
so
sorry,
oh,
my
goodness.
We
just
really
want
to
thank
you
guys
for
everything.
You're
doing
I
am
sorry.
I
just
changed
that
public
comment
a
second
ago
and
emailed
myself
the
wrong
one.
So
more
so
than
anything.
K
L
Have
many
schools
worried
about
their
decreased
funding
as
andrea
d
marchelli,
a
counselor
at
hug,
high
school
in
washoe
county?
Explain
since
the
induction
of
the
victory
funds,
the
graduation
rate
at
hug
high
school
has
increased
from
50
to
80
percent.
The
extra
funds
allowed
the
staff
to
focus
on
safety
and
social
emotional
learning
needs
of
the
students,
with
the
removal
of
the
grant
victory
grants
funding
from
the
school
budget.
All
the
extra
time
and
effort
at
my
school
has
spent
to
improve
academic
achievement
will
be
lost,
not
to
mention
25
staff
members
moving.
L
L
M
We
look
forward
to
seeing
more
detailed
workbooks
to
be
able
to
better
understand
the
impact
on
individual
schools,
because,
while
I
understand
what
was
going
on
here
is
obviously
very
positive
news
by
lumping
all
the
schools
together,
we're
still
got
to
decipher
exactly
what
the
impact
on
individual
schools
are,
but
I'm
confident
based
on
the
fact
that
you've
so
carefully
made
sure
that
no
one
is
harmed,
that
that
will
be
the
case
as
well.
So
thank
you
for
that.
I
also
want
to
want
to
express
that
chairwoman.
M
N
You
good
morning,
mr
chairman,
chris
daley
nevada
state
education
association,
the
voice
of
nevada
educators
for
over
120
years.
First
of
all,
let
me
say
thank
you
to
the
committee
to
the
committee
staff
for
their
work
on
this
budget.
I
appreciate
that
there
have
been,
and
there
continue
to
be
many
moving
parts
between
switching
to
a
whole
new
funding
formula,
federal
funds
that
are
in
play.
N
You
know
certainly
decades
of
of
chronic
underfunding
of
public
education,
and
I
do
want
to
acknowledge
and
appreciate
the
movement
in
the
right
direction
on
this
budget.
As
someone
who,
over
the
last
30
years
of
my
life
spent
10
years
as
a
a
community
activist
and
an
affordable
housing
advocate,
spent
ten
years
as
an
elected
official
in
in
san
francisco
on
the
board
of
supervisors
dealing
with,
perhaps
equally
complicated
budgets
and
then
the
last
nearly
10
years
working
in
the
house
of
labor.
N
This
year
we've
been
talking
a
lot
about
listening
to
educators,
because
I
think
last
session
we
felt
that
educators
were
were
shut
out
of
many
of
the
discussions
and
and
debates,
and
you
know
I
think
your
action
today
is
part
of
that
process.
In
terms
of
that
relationship.
N
N
Those
of
us
outside
of
the
buildings
of
power
will
continue
to
raise
our
voice
and
point
out
issues
and
possible
shortcomings
and,
as
an
elected
trust
me
in
san
francisco,
I
got
more
than
my
fair
share
of
public
comment
and
protest
in
the
streets,
and
you
know
that
sort
of
thing,
but
it's
part
of
the
process.
N
You
do
it
because
you
know
you
believe
it's
the
right
thing
to
do
so
in
the
next
week
and
a
half
in
the
next
two
years
over
the
course
of
the
interim
into
next
session
and
for
the
sessions
that
move
forward
educators,
education
unions
are
going
to
be
talking
about
the
issues
where
we
believe
this
state
is
short
and
just
appreciate
your
indulgence
on
the
time
here.
N
N
The
increase
is
less
right,
and
so
there
are
fiscal
realities
and
that
sort
of
thing,
but
in
order
to
get
two
billion
extra
dollars
per
year
over
the
course
of
10
years,
you
know
you
got
to
do
at
least
200
extra
every
year
right
and
so
that's
why
we
continue
to
talk
about
the
need
for
new
revenue.
N
Next
biennium
we'll
be
talking
about
the
need
for
increasing
the
budget,
because
it's
now
a
10-year
path,
and
so
action
needs
to
be
taken
to
increase
revenue.
So
we
have
a
chance
to
get
there,
not
just
in
this
session
and
in
the
work.
That's
happened,
late
nights
in
the
last
several
weeks,
but
in
the
next
session
in
the
subsequent
session
in
the
session
after
that,
and
then
the
fifth
session
over
the
course
of
that
ten
years.
Finally,
the
weights,
if
we
could.
N
In
conclusion,
we
appreciate
funding
in
the
base,
ultimately
in
terms
of
getting
to
equity,
those
weights
also
are
going
to
need
to
be
a
consideration
and
a
major
point
of
emphasis.
A
B
Madam
chair,
mr
chair,
madam
chair
members
of
the
committee
brad
keating
for
the
record,
I
have
no
prepared
remarks
today,
other
than
to
come
up
and
thank
each
of
you
for
the
jobs
that
you
do
every
single
day,
not
only
during
this
120
day
session,
but
throughout
the
interim
as
well.
I
cannot
imagine
what
it
is
like
to
sit
on
that
side
of
the
dice
and
have
to
make
important
decisions
every
single
day
that
affects
the
students
throughout
the
state
of
nevada
too
many
times
we
are
in
your
offices
asking
for
things.
B
A
All
right,
I
don't
see
any
more
public
comment
here
in
the
committee
room,
so
broadcast
services.
If
you
could
please
open
up
the
phone
lines
and
see
if
we
have
anybody
for
public
comment
on
the
phones
right
now,.
O
O
G
Hello
and
thank
you,
committee
chair
brooks
and
chairwoman
carlton
for
the
record.
My
name
is
marie
nicest
m-a-r-I-e-n-e-I-s-e-s-s
and
I'm
the
president
of
the
clark
county
education
association
cca
is
the
official
bargaining
partner
of
the
clark
county
school
district
representing
over
18
000
licensed
educators.
Ccea
is
the
largest
independent
teacher
association
in
nevada
and
the
country
we
engage
in
bipartisan
advocacy
to
advance
public
education
in
all
of
nevada.
G
G
Educators
have
always
had
to
make
do
with
limited
resources
and
stretch
dollars
as
far
as
possible,
but
because
of
that,
our
students
have
suffered
with
the
changes
to
the
pcsp.
Ccea
is
confident
that
we
are
on
the
right
track
to
putting
our
students
first.
We
do
not
take
the
addition
of
the
new
revenue
lightly.
Ccea
understands
that,
in
order
to
increase
revenue
in
k-12
cc-8
must
we
must
look
for
continued
funding.
Cca
is
very
optimistic
and
at
the
current
numbers
we
look
forward
to
final
to
the
final
product
cca.
G
Thank
you
for
all
your
hard
work,
but
we
ask
you
to
join
us
to
support
our
educators
and
students,
and
we
stand
ready
to
work
with
the
legislature,
governor
gaming
and
mining,
to
find
a
solution.
We
cannot
wait
to
continue
discussing
how
to
ensure
that
the
k-20
education
delivery
system
is
about
students
again.
Thank
you
for
your
hard
work.
This
legislative
session.
O
P
You,
mr
chair
members
of
the
committees
on
financing
ways
and
means
for
the
record
alex
bybee,
representing
communities
and
schools
of
nevada,
a-l-e-x
v-y-b-e-e
and
on
behalf
of
communities
and
schools
and
our
board
of
directors.
We
want
to
extend
our
gratitude
and
thanks
to
the
committee
and
stakeholders
for
their
hard
work
on
implementation
of
the
people-centered
funding
formula.
This
is
an
important
step
towards
equity
for
our
state
and
communities,
and
school
stands
ready
to
be
a
partner
in
implementing
supports
and
interventions
that
get
our
kids
across
the
finish
line.
O
Q
Good
morning
my
name
is
phil
kaiser,
I'm
a
high
school
government
teacher
and
the
president
of
the
washoe
education
association
regarding
k-12
funding.
We're
all
aware.
Nevada
has
consistently
ranked
near
the
bottom
of
the
united
states
and
for
pupil
funding
and
even
before
the
pandemic
funding
was
not
keeping
pace
with
inflation.
Then
the
virus
and
economic
crisis
led
to
major
cuts
to
education.
Last
year
we
appreciate
the
efforts
to
backfill
the
cuts
that
were
made
in
2020,
in
particular,
early
literacy
class
size
reduction
and
the
base.
Q
However,
there
are
still
issues
in
the
new
funding
formula
that
need
to
be
addressed.
In
particular,
sb
543
doubled
the
ending
fund
balance
that
districts
are
required
to
have
to
16.6
percent.
Previously,
the
nevada
administrative
code
only
required
an
8.3
ending
fund
balance.
In
addition,
any
amount
over
16.6
percent
will
be
swept
into
the
education
stabilization
fund.
This
essentially
walls
off
millions
of
dollars
to
be
held
in
reserve,
which
means
school
districts
can't
spend
that
money
for
technology
or
textbooks
or
teachers.
Q
O
P
B-E-N-S-A-L-K-O-W-E,
I'm
the
principal
for
aquipo
academy,
a
middle
and
high
school
public
middle
and
high
school
in
east
las
vegas,
serving
first
generation
college
students.
I
wanted
to
call
them
this
morning
to
congratulate
the
members
of
the
committees
for
the
work
on
the
people-centered
funding
formula.
P
I
just
wanted
to
pick
up
on
one
issue
that
was
raised
yesterday
by
senator
key
keffer.
I
believe
in
regards
to
public
charter
schools
that
are
serving
average
communities
and
communities
like
east
las
vegas,
which
should
receive
additional
funding
due
to
weights
and
to
offset
the
loss
of
programs
such
as
doom
and
victory,
but
may
not
end
up
receiving
that
funding
if
hold
harmless
is
implemented
for
all
charter
schools
because
they
were
grouped
together.
So
I
hope
that
some
additional
discussion
will
happen
around
the
impact
of
that
whole
harmless
decision.
P
From
yesterday,
and
I
would
also
ask
that
there
be
additional
discussion
around
the
auxiliary
funding
that
is
provided
to
districts
in
this
formula.
As
many
of
you
know,
charter
schools
and
especially
public
charter
schools,
in
communities
like
east
las
vegas,
are
providing
transportation,
are
providing
mental
health
and
wellness
resources
to
our
communities.
P
We
are
providing
right
now,
vaccine
clinics
for
our
families,
and
we
provide
a
whole
host
of
services
that
I
would
consider
public
auxiliary
services,
but
that
won't
be
funded
the
same
way
that
they
are
funded
to
school
districts.
So
I
would
ask
that
you
consider
discussion
on
those
two
items,
but
again
we're
thrilled
and
excited
by
the
commitment
to
funding
our
schools
and
our
students
in
a
more
equitable
way
going
forward
and
congratulations
on
the
work.
Thank
you.
O
O
A
O
G
Thank
you
ma'am
good
morning,
chair
brooks
and
madame
awesome,
chair
carlton.
My
name
is
dora
martinez.
I
represent
the
nevada
disability
production
coalition
and
we
just
want
to
say
thank
you
so
much
for
all
the
work
that
you
guys
all
have
done,
and
we
appreciate
the
time
that
you
put
in
to
include
everybody.
Thank
you.
So
much
have
a
good
morning.
A
Thank
you
broadcast
services.
I
appreciate
that
and
thank
you
for
all
the
public
comment
here
in
the
room
and
on
the
telephones
today
and
thank
you
for
all
the
hard
work
of
the
fiscal
staff
and
of
the
committee
staff
and
of
this
these
ways
and
means
committee
and
senate
finance
committees,
and
with
that
we
are
adjourned.
D
So
with
that
committee
members,
we
need
to
allow
staff
to
be
able
to
turn
the
room
around
senate
staff
is
currently
chairing.
We
will
go
to
assemblyways
and
mean
staff,
so
give
us
probably
20
minutes
15
to
20
minutes.
Please
be
back
in
room
in
about
15,
so
that
we
can
do
the
joint
meeting
with
assembly
ways
and
means
and
assembly
education.
Thank
you.
A
And
senate
finance
senate
finance
make
its
way
down
to
1214
and
we'll
get
started
as
soon
as
as
fiscal
staff
wraps
up
here
and
then
gets
down
there.
So
probably
about
15.