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A
Thank
you
very
much
miss
bond
so
with
that
I
will
go
ahead
and
call
this
meeting
of
assembly
ways
and
needs
senate
finance,
k-12
higher
ed
cip
meeting
to
order
the
meeting
has
been
duly
posted
and
noticed
and
can
be
accessed
through
the
nellis
website.
C
D
A
A
A
Allow
committee
members
to
ask
questions
and
when
we
go
through
each
item,
mr
klinger,
if
you
are
available,
if
you
would
just
give
us
a
a
high
level
reminder
of
since
you
went
through
the
whole
presentation
already
just
a
real
brief
overview
of
that
item
and
then
we'll
open
it
up
to
the
different
committee
members
for
questions.
I
know
the
chancellor
had
wanted
to
open
up
with
a
statement
so
with
that.
If
I
could
go
ahead
and
recognize
the
chancellor.
E
Thank
you,
madam
chairwoman,
and
member
of
the
committee
for
the
record.
My
name
is
melody
rose
and
I
am
the
chancellor
of
the
nevada
system
of
higher
education.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
offer
brief
remarks
this
morning.
I
want
to
also
thank
you
for
receiving
our
official
presentation
last
time.
I
was
really
heartened
and
felt
like
we
had
a
productive
conversation
and
really
good
questions.
E
E
In
the
short
run,
we
recognize
that
you
are
faced
with
brutal
decisions
regarding
trade-offs
between
social
services,
k-12,
higher
education
and
other
critical
services
to
the
state
of
nevada.
We
sincerely
hope
that
when
the
time
comes
for
reinvestment,
higher
education
will
receive
your
careful
consideration.
E
As
you
all
know,
investment
in
higher
education
is
critical.
Short-Term
certificates
help
our
displaced
workers,
associate's
degrees,
provide
for
middle
skills
and
bachelors
and
research
investments
provide
for
higher
skills
that
not
only
impact
the
lives
of
our
students,
but
they
all
have
multiplier
effects
on
our
economy.
When
you
invest
in
our
institutions,
we
can
provide
the
scaffolding.
Students
need
to
retain
and
complete.
E
It
should
be
clear
that
presidents
do
their
financial
planning
and
provide
vital
student
services
with
the
understanding
that
funding
for
those
additional
students
will
be
provided
after
the
fact,
with
this
look
back
at
growth,
caseload
money
allows
us
to
catch
up,
adding
faculty
advisors
and
student
services
based
on
our
prior
growth.
A
cut
to
caseload
growth
effectively
hits
our
core
mission
instruction.
E
E
So
the
bottom
line
is
this:
we
hope
you
will
fund
us
at
the
governor's
recommended
budget
level
now
and
include
us
in
the
prioritization
of
american
rescue
plan
funds,
when
once
you
receive
clarity
on
the
use
of
those
funds.
Thank
you
all
very
much
for
your
time
and
attention
and
for
your
service
to
the
state
of
nevada.
At
this
critical
moment,
andrew
and
I
are
prepared
to
respond
to
your
questions.
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
A
A
So
with
that
committee
members,
I
do
have
a
teams
meeting
open
so
that
you
can
communicate
with
me
that
way,
if
you
need
to
the
chat
function,
has
been
disabled
as
far
as
that
goes
so,
mr
klinger,
if
there's
a
particular
president
or
someone
who
has
a
statement
they
would
like
to
make
or
if
a
committee
member
has
a
direct
question
to
one
of
the
institutions,
we'll
be
happy
to
handle
it.
That
way.
So
with
that,
I
believe
the
first
item
that
we
need
to
go
back
to
is
the
small
institution
funding.
A
So,
mr
klinger,
if
you
would
go
ahead
and
give
us
a
very
high
level,
refresher
on
small
institution
funding
and
then
we'll
go
ahead
and
have
the
conversation
around
that.
F
So
for
for
us,
that's
gbc
and
wnc
are
the
two
institutions
that
receive
small
institution
funds
and
essentially
the
way
it
works
is
the
the
the
number
of
wage
student
credit
hours
below
a
hundred
thousand
so
that
to
the
extent
those
two
are
below
a
hundred
thousand,
they
receive
an
additional
thirty
dollars
per
weighted
student
credit
hour
for
those
weighted
student
credit
hours
that
are
below
that
one
hundred
thousand
dollar
threshold.
So
within
the
governor's
budget
you
see
that
adjustment
continue.
A
Thank
you,
mr
klinger,
very
much
so
committee
members.
Are
there
any
particular
questions
on
the
small
institution
funding?
It's
something
that
we've
addressed
over
the
last
couple
of
sessions
in
order
to
be
able
to
alleviate
any
unintended
consequences
to
the
smaller
institutions
as
they
move
through
this
new
funding
regime
that
was
set
up.
Are
there
any.
A
Questions,
I
don't
believe
I
see
any
questions
from
any
committee
members
at
this
time.
Let
me
change
my
view
just
in
case
it's
hard
to
see.
I
don't
believe
so
all
right.
Thank
you
all
very
much
so
with
that.
I
believe
our
next
item
on
the
agenda
would
be
the
research
operations
and
maintenance.
The
o
m,
as
we
affectionately,
call
it
so,
mr
klinger,
if
you
would
give
us
a
brief
overview
on
o
m,
I'm
sure
there's
going
to
be
some
questions
on
this
one.
F
Thank
you,
madam
chair
again
for
the
record
andrew
klinger,
chief
financial
officer.
So
the
the
research
factor
is
another
one
of
the
adjustments
that
is
made
in
the
funding
formula
and
again
has
been
in
the
formula
from
the
beginning,
and
this
recognizes
the
research
mission
of
the
two
universities,
and
so
the
two
universities
receive
additional
funding.
In
addition
to
the
weighted
student
credit
hour
portion
of
the
formula
they
receive
funding
from
the
state
for
the
research
space
that
they
have
on
each
of
their
campuses
and
essentially
the
way
that
calculation
works.
F
Is
we
look
at
the
total
space
that
each
of
those
institution
has
we
divide
that
by
the
total
cost
of
o
m,
and
we
come
up
with
a
rate
per
square
footage
for
the
overall
o
m,
and
then
we
multiply
that
by
that
space
that
is
dedicated
to
research
and
each
of
the
two
universities
receives
an
adjustment
based
on
that
rate
and
so
again
in
the
governor's
budget.
You
see
the
adjustments
for
for
both
of
the
universities
for
that
research,
o
m
space.
A
G
Thank
you
chair
and
thank
you,
mr
klinger.
Can
you
just
broadly
talk
about
what
efforts
both
unr
and
unlv
have
made
to
expand
their
ex
research
capacity?
We
learn
a
lot
about
how
important
research
capacity
is
to
our
state
to
the
sustainability
of
the
university.
So
what
are
we
doing
to
expand
it?
What
do
we
do
in
this
last
biannum
biennium,
and
what
are
you
planning
for
the
next.
E
Biennium,
madam
chair
to
you
and
through
you,
I
would
recommend
that
we
call
upon
the
presidents
of
the
two
research
institutions
who
can
give
you
further
detail
to
the
question.
H
Good
morning,
madam
chair
brian,
for
the
record
brian
sandoval,
president
of
the
university
of
nevada,
reno
to
you
and
through
you
to
senator
ratty,
I
will
tell
you
one
massive
investment
that
unr
has
made
recently
is
a
20
million
dollar
investment
that
we
made
to
our
chemistry
and
physics
labs
to
modernize
them.
They
were
are
located
in
a
50
year
old
building
and
we're
in
serious
need
of
update,
and
so
we
have
made
a
dramatic
investment
just
recently
in
that
regard,
without
using
state
money.
H
So
in
that
regard,
that's
the
biggest
addition
for
us
with
regard
to
our
research
facilities.
Thank
you.
H
Certainly,
I
mean
we're
going
to
continue
to
finish
the
updates
to
to
those
labs
and
we
are
looking
to
find
resources
to
continue.
You
know
our
research
mission,
we
we
did
approximately
160
million
dollars.
We've
increased
our
our
research
funding
by
50
to
60
million
within
the
last
six
years,
and
we
hope
to
continue
to
do
that,
some
more.
But
yes,
we
we
have
to
do
that
in
order
to
maintain
our
r1
status.
D
Yes,
madam
chairman
woman
for
the
record
keith
whitfield
president
of
unlv,
and
to
senator
reddy's
question
for
us.
Our
current
work
is
on
it's
a
series
of
buildings,
three
or
I
think
it's
three
buildings
that
are
were
formally
owned
by
the
epa.
D
These
are
very
old
buildings,
but
we're
able
to
retrofit
them
and
provide
additional
wet
lab
space
and
that's
what
we're
currently
working
on
it's
a
project.
I
believe
that's
around
12
million
dollars
critically
important
for
us
to
be
able
to
grow
our
our
research
portfolio,
particularly
in
stem
fields
that
need
wet
lab
space
and
even
some
dry
lab
space.
In
addition
to
that,
as
you
know,
we
are
building
on
our
medical
school
and
that's
going
to
be
a
critical
piece
of
research
dollars
that
are
brought
in
academic.
D
Medical
research
actually
yields
a
very
good
profit,
great
advances
in
terms
of
what
we
learn
and
in
terms
of
securing
that
r1
status.
It's
it's
absolutely
critical.
So
those
are
our
plans
for
the
future.
D
We
don't
have
specific
ones
other
than
some
plans,
perhaps
for
a
clinical
research
facility
that
would
not
only
serve
our
university
but
serve
others
who
might
want
to
come
and
use
the
different
facilities
that
we
might
have
there
and
it
could
range
from
mris
to
high-pressure
electric
chromatography,
whatever
it
may
be,
but
those
are
our
plans
for
the
future.
G
Thank
you,
president
whitfield,
and,
as
an
aside,
you
have
an
airstream
trailer
in
the
corner
of
your
screen,
so
we're
gonna
have
to
get
to
know
each
other
a
little
bit
better.
G
So
I
would
like
to
follow
up
on
that,
and
I
think
this
is
back
to
director
klinger,
so
operations
and
maintenance.
It's
an
ongoing
cost.
It's
going
to
increase,
at
least
by
inflation
and
inflationary
pressures,
and
probably
some
more
given
some
of
the
things
that
we're
facing
as
a
state.
G
Can
you
just
walk
me
through
how
much
of
this
is
state
general
fund
funded?
How
much
of
this
is
supported
by
other
funds
that
the
either
the
universities
have
available
to
them
or
ng
is
we're
just
trying
to
get
a
handle
on?
Is
this
going
to
be
something
that
the
state
just
needs
to
keep
an
eye
on?
That
will
be
a
continuing
growing
cost,
or
is
this
something
that
is
also
helped
by
the
other
funding
streams
that
you
have.
F
For
the
record
andrew
klinger,
chief
financial
officer
to
senator
raddy,
I
don't
have
the
the
breakdown
of
the
funds
I
mean.
Certainly
there
are
self-supporting
funds
that
support
you
know,
operations
and
maintenance
on
the
campus,
as
it
relates,
I
mean
specifically
to
this
formula
adjustment.
The
formula
adjustment
for
research
o
m
space
is
a
hundred
percent
funded
with
general
fund,
but.
B
F
Said
that
there
are
other
funds
that
support
operations
and
maintenance
on
the
campuses
and
and
certainly
can
get
those
those
details
for
you
and
on
that
breakdown.
A
Thank
you
senator
I'll,
go
to
senator
seaversganzer.
G
E
E
D
D
It
is
extremely
valuable,
important.
It
draws
a
lot
of
attention
to
our
schools
for
lots
of
different
reasons,
and
it's
a
tractor.
I
guess
it's
kind
of
a
self-fulfilling
prophecy.
We
we
will
get
better
faculty
because
we
hold
that
rank,
because
they
know
the
kind
of
work
that
we
do
in
the
facilities
that
we
have
the
the
inability
to
be
able
to
hire
more
faculty
stagnates
us.
D
I
worry
greatly
because,
as
we
come
out
of
this,
there
is
a
lot
of
competition
for
good
faculty
and
if
we
don't
have
the
funds
to
be
able
to
actually
position
ourselves
to
hire
those
faculty
they're
going
to
go
to
other
schools,
they're
going
to
have
other
opportunities
and
it
will
produce
a
situation
where
we
fall
a
bit
behind
and
that
we
could
be
at
risk
of
actually
losing
our
one
status.
H
And
madam
chair
to
you,
through
you
again
for
the
record
brian
sandoval,
president
of
the
university
of
nevada,
to
senator
sivers
gansart,
I'd
like
to
adopt
president
whitfield's
remarks
by
reference
because
they
apply
to
our
campus
as
well.
One
of
the
impacts
is
associated
with
the
budget
is
the
fact
that
we
have
approximately
35
faculty
positions
that
do
research
that
we
are
holding
vacant,
which
is
going
to
affect
our
ability
to
to
be
a
continue.
Our
strong
mission
of
research
also,
we
jealously
guard
our
carnegie
status
as
our
one
high
research
institution.
H
It's
extremely
important
in
our
ability
to
attract
students
that
attract
faculty
to
our
campus
and
as
the
as
the
president
said
it's
you
know,
we
need
to
preserve
that,
and
so
that's
that's
pretty
much
where
we
are
and
we'll
continue
to
navigate
it
through
this,
but
certainly
we
are
missing
out
on
a
great
opportunity
to
bring
in
more
faculty
and
students
as
a
result
of
the
budget
cuts.
A
A
H
D
D
I
can't
even
think
of
who
establishes
that,
but
it
is
done
by
looking
at
different
things
like
research
expenditures,
graduate
student
graduations,
how
much
money
we're
getting
and
spending
that
are
in
multiple
federal
categories,
primarily
a
little
bit
from
private
ones
can
be
added,
but
not
much.
But
that's
that's
that
throughput
work,
as
well
as
our
success
with
students,
and
I
believe
it
was
the
same
time.
We,
our
two
universities,
both
achieved
that
mark
and
I
believe
that
it
was
early
er
than
expected
as
well,
because
we're
on
such
a
great
trajectory.
A
Thank
you.
I
just
wanted
to
make
sure
folks
understood
exactly
what
the
process
was
in
that
since
we're
talking
about
you,
know,
partnerships
and
working
together,
so
I
I
guess
that
the
the
underlying
question
I'm
going
to
have
is
the
the
way
o
m
has
worked
in
the
past.
A
Is
we
we
look
at
the
square
footage?
A
dollar
amount
is
associated
with
it.
You
come
before
us
with
a
request
to
help
support
that
we're
not
part
of
the
decision
process
in
establishing.
A
If
you
go
out
and
get
those
epa
buildings,
if
you
build
that
chemistry
lab,
but
what
that's
once
that's
been
accomplished?
You
come
back
and
have
a
conversation
with
us
about
supporting
those
projects.
A
A
So
I'm
looking
forward
to
you
being
able
to
provide
us
with
those
documents
so
that
we
understand
exactly
where
we
are
with
it.
It's
it's
one
of
those
budgets
that
will
constantly
grow
because
it
sort
of
feeds
itself,
so
it's
will
always
be
going
up
a
little
bit,
but
I
think,
having
a
real
understanding
of
all
the
different
components
that
go
into
supporting
research
and
the
operations
and
the
maintenance
of
all
those
facilities
would
be
very
helpful
moving
forward,
especially
at
this
time
we're
looking
at
every
dollar
being
very,
very
valuable.
A
So
I
look
forward
to
getting
that
information
from
you
in
the
future.
So
committee
members,
if
there's
no
other
questions
on
the
o
m.
A
Believe,
yes,
I'm
sorry.
I
Oh
yeah
senator
keith
keffer,
I
put
it
in
the
teams,
but
I
don't
know.
I
Ahead,
thank
you.
I
appreciate
it.
I
mean
I
wanted
to
follow
up
just
a
little
bit
on
the
discussion
of
funding
for
for
research
and
it
fits
in
with
both
o
m
and
I
think,
personnel
as
senator
stevens
cancer
touched
on
and
during
our
initial
hearing
you
know
we
presented,
or
you
presented,
that
the
state
funding
per
her
student
perfect
for
fte
was
at
or
above
the
national
average,
in
terms
of
how
much
the
state
commits
to
students
within
the
system.
I
We've
also,
you
know,
tried
to
ensure
that
we
continue
making
our
institutions
affordable
for
students,
so
our
student
fees
per
for
tuition
and
enrollment
are
lower
than
national
average,
which
sort
of
has
this
compounding
effect
of
maybe
providing
lower
funding
for
our
institutions
than
some
of
the
some
of
the
national
averages,
because
we
try
to
keep
it
affordable
for
our
students.
I
E
E
If
I
may
just
offer
a
broad
response
to
you
and
through
you
to
senator
key
kepper,
it's
a
great
question
and
I
appreciate
it
and-
and
you
have
remembered
those
data
points
perfectly
from
the
last
presentation
and
keeping
that
student
price
point
low,
of
course,
is
a
point
of
pride
for
us
and
it
results
in
our
students
having
greater
access
to
our
classrooms
and
our
research
opportunities.
E
But
at
the
same
time,
as
you
know,
that
leaves
us
with
fewer
total
revenues
generated
by
the
student
and
so
that
that's
a
balancing
act
that
every
institution
has
to
face
and
in
the
realm
of
research
we
truly
view,
and
it
is,
will
be
demonstrable
in
the
data
that
we
provide
you.
We
truly
view
every
dollar
invested
by
the
state
in
research
as
having
a
multiplier
effect,
and
so
I
think
what
you
will
find
when
we
submit
further
detail
around
this
question
is
exactly
that
so
there.
E
Of
course,
we
know
that
there
are
some
very
significant
federal
funding
sources
for
research.
Our
institutions
are
applying
and
winning
those
grants,
and
I
would
say
too
that
they,
the
two
r1
institutions
as
well
as
dri,
are
all
on
an
upward
trajectory
in
terms
of
their
capture
rate
of
those
of
those
opportunities
federally.
So
the
work
that
you
all
have
done
to
invest
in
research
is
paying
dividends
for
us
as
well.
E
Of
course,
there
are
private
sources
and
public-private
partnerships
that
can
contribute
to
that
overall
portfolio,
and
I
think
you
will
see
that
in
the
area
of
research,
success
breeds
success.
E
So
once
you
see
this
r1
status
attained
and
you
see
those
numbers
beginning
to
grow,
they
tend
to
grow
at
higher
and
higher
rates,
and
so
that's
why
the
investment
that
you
all
make
is
so
critical
to
the
success
on
other
fronts,
and
I
I
don't
know,
madam
chair,
if
the
presidents
of
the
three
research
institutions
have
further
detail
to
provide,
but
I
I
think
that
provides
senator
kiker
with
a
general
sense
of
our
strategy.
D
Yes,
chair
keith
whitfield,
president
unlv
for
senator
keith
keffer's
point.
I
think
the
chancellor
said
it
absolutely
perfectly.
There
is
a
multiplier
effect
that
ends
up
happening,
that
once
we
establish
ourselves
as
experts
and
places
where
research
can
be
done.
D
That
draws
the
attraction
of
private
companies
that
draws
the
the
development
of
private
companies
and
one
of
the
goals
in
this
whole
process
is
the
idea
that
some
of
our
researchers,
even
some
of
our
students,
would
actually
spin
off
companies,
and
we
do
want
to
encourage
them
to
actually
stay
here
and
do
that
work.
There's
intellectual
properties,
there's,
there's
tech
technology
transfer,
there's
licensure
those
things
can
generate
money,
but
it's
the
initial
investment,
that's
absolutely
critical
to
get
that
started
to
build
that
infrastructure
and
then
at
some
point
in
the
future.
D
You
almost
become
its
own
little
separate
corporation
that
can
develop
and
spin
out
different
resources
that
are
made
to
be
able
to
build
research
capacity
in
that
way-
and
I
would
just
add,
I
think,
around
the
the
medical
school
actually
unr
is
a
perfect
example
of
that,
because
there's
been
some
work
like
that,
that's
happened
up
there
and
that's
our
goal
as
well
is
to
be
able
to
not
only
have
a
great
medical
center
that
provides
services
and
and
care
for
people,
but
also
that
citizens
here
will
be
able
to
get
cutting-edge
drugs
here,
because
the
research
is
actually
being
done
here,
and
so
it
is
that
investment.
J
Thank
you
commute
acharya,
president
of
the
uri,
the
senator.
I
just
wanted
to
make
sure
that
another
point
I
just
wanted
to
add
to
what
president
whitfield
and
chancellor
said:
once
you
have
the
infrastructure,
it's
very
easy
to
attract
more
research
dollars
and
hire
more
people,
support
more
students,
more
postdoc,
but
really
when
you
apply
for
grants
and
contracts,
it's
difficult
to
justify
or
asking
money
for
building
infrastructure
so
that
you
can
do
the
research.
J
So
that's
why
that
the
basic
infrastructure
investment
is
key
to
bringing
in
more
money
to
the
institutions,
so
that
that's,
why
I
mean?
Usually,
you
can't
really
ask
for
let's
say,
building
a
building
building
a
lab.
Once
you
have
a
lab,
you
can
ask
for
doing
research
there
and
that's
why
it's
the
investment
is
so
critical.
Thank
you.
So
much.
H
My
mom
taught
me
well,
but
thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
to
you
and
through
you
to
senator
keith
keffer
again
I'll,
adopt
the
the
very
profound
comments
made
by
the
chancellor
of
president
whitfield
and
president
achara.
The
only
thing
I'll
add
is
that
this
research
mission
and
these
research
dollars
that
come
in
are
critical
for
our
students
and
it's
critical
for
workforce
development.
H
So
what
what
I'm
seeing
in
my
experience
is
these
our
students
that
are
participating
in
the
research
are
getting
recruited
and
hired
by
the
companies
that
are
coming
here
to
nevada
and
it
provides
them
just
amazing
opportunities
to
get
a
leg
up
and
excuse
me
in
the
workforce.
So
that's
the
only
thing
I'll
add.
Is
that
again,
on
top
of
what
my
colleagues
have
said,
it's
very
beneficial
for
workforce
development
as
well
as
the
students.
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
Thank
you.
Senator
keith.
A
Thank
you,
president
sandoval.
So
with
that,
I
would
like
to
go
ahead
and
recognize
ms
benitez
thompson.
A
B
You
so
much,
and
it's
just
a
comment
that
I
heard
just
as
we're
having
this
conversation,
which
is,
I
think,
it's
a
really
good
one
and
a
very
a
really
important
one,
but
I
I
did
hear
that
we're
going
to
start
kind
of
referencing
multipliers
and
bringing
multipliers
in
the
conversation
and-
and
I
and
I
get
that-
and
I
understand
the
logic
around
that
I
would
just
say
that
my
experience
as
a
this
is
just
my
legislative
perspective.
As
a
legislator
with
multipliers.
B
B
B
I
would
say
that
probably
sticking
to
those
measurable
objectives
makes
much
more
sense,
because
then
we
just
have
really
clear,
cut
identical
identifiable
things
that
we're
going
to
measure
moving
forward
and
that
we
can
benchmark
from
year
to
year
and
so
that
whenever
we
talk
about
multipliers,
I
always
get
a
little
bit
nervous,
because
I
I
think
they
they
can
represent
our
most
optimistic
hope
for
what
dollars
do
and
looking
back
on
our
most
optimistic
look
and
hopes
and
thoughts.
B
I
don't
think
always
gives
presents
you
down
the
road
with
the
fairest
frame
just
to
acknowledge
what
those
what
actual
measurable
objectives
there
are.
So
that's
just
my
one.
E
Madam
chair
chancellor
rose
for
the
record.
If
I
may.
Yes,
please
thank
you
to
you
and
through
you
to
assemblywoman
benitez
thompson.
I
appreciate
your
feedback
on
that
and
understand
where
you're
coming
from.
Of
course,
when
we
provide
written
responses
to
today's
conversation,
we'll
make
sure
that
in
the
areas
where
we
talk
about
multipliers,
that
they
are
actuals,
not
projections,
so
that
may
help
to
some
degree.
E
But
I
just
want
to
say
that
I
very
much
appreciate
your
request
for
measurables
and
for
benchmarks,
and
I
and
I
will
share-
as
I
think
I
have
in
the
past
in
other
settings
with
all
of
you-
that
the
presidents
and
I
are
working
through
a
project
to
make
sure
that
we
are
providing
more
of
those
metrics
and
targets
around
each
of
our
five
strategic
goals.
E
Research
being
one
of
them,
and
we
had
a
lengthy
conversation,
the
nine
of
us
on
monday,
to
establish
some
of
those
metrics
and
targets,
and
we
believe
very
very
firmly
that
it
is
our
commitment
to
you
as
our
investors
that
we
establish
those
and
that
we
report
regularly
on
them
for
our
own
accountability
and
transparency
with
the
public
dollars
that
you
invest.
So
I
I
appreciate
the
point,
and
just
please
know
that
we
are
working
very
hard
to
be
able
to
deliver
that
to
you.
A
Seeing
no
one
so
we
we
look
forward
to
getting
the
answers
to
the
questions.
I
think
the
president's
made
excellent
points
about
bringing
more
research
dollars
in
and
how
those
dollars
benefit
the
state.
We
just
want
to
be
able
to
have
a
full
picture
of
exactly
what
is
coming
in,
where
it's
going,
how
it's
being
spent
that's
kind
of
the
task
that
we
are
charged
with
during
the
legislative
session.
A
So
we
appreciate
you
supplying
all
that
data
for
us
so
that
we
can
make
the
decisions
based
not
on
anecdote
any
longer,
but
on
actual
dollars
that
are
coming
into
the
state.
So
I
believe
our
next
item
that
we
need
to
discuss
will
be
the
capacity
enhancement
funding,
increasing
capacity
system-wide,
and
so,
mr
klinger,
I
think
I'm
going
to
start
it
off
with
a
question
and
I'm
going
to
let
you
expand
a
little
bit,
possibly
the
chancellor.
A
We
have
a
number
of
new
members
on
this
committee
that
we're
not
here
in
the
original
discussions
of
what
this
five-year
plan
for
capacity
building
was
supposed
to
be.
So
if
you
would
go
over
that
a
little
bit
and
then
where
are
we
with
the
five-year
plan,
I
think
is
the
first
question
we
need
to
get
on
the
record
and
then
I
think
we
can
move
from
there.
F
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
for
the
record
andrew
klinger,
chief
financial
officer,
so
this
was
this
has
been
presented.
This
will
be
the
third
biennium
that
the
capacity
enhancement
funding
has
been
presented,
and
so
what
is
included
in
the
governor's
executive
budget
is
10.9
million
per
year
in
what
we
call
capacity
enhancement
funding
and
that
funding
is
intended
to
allow
the
institutions
to
expand
their
programs,
in
particular
in
the
area
of
workforce
development.
F
Now,
when
this
was
originally
presented,
it
was
presented
that
fiscal
years,
22
and
23
that
we're
talking
about
now
would
actually
that
that
funding
would
increase
relative
to
where
we're
at
currently
given
the
pandemic
and
the
downturn
in
the
economy,
the
funding,
that's
included
in
fiscal
22
and
23,
has
been
kept
flat
at
the
same
level
as
the
the
fiscal
year.
21
funding,
and
so
what
I
can
say
to
your
question,
madam
chair,
about
where
is
this
program
so
fiscal
year?
F
Madam
chair
and
I'm
sure
other
committee
members
will
remember,
we
had
a
discussion
two
years
ago
about
whether
this
funding
would
continue
in
base
or
whether
it
would
be
considered
one-time
funding,
because
the
committee
and
the
legislature
made
the
decision
two
years
ago
or
reiterated
the
decision,
maybe
that
this
is
one-time
funding.
So
we
are
presenting
to
you
years
four
and
five,
and
this
is
the
end
of
the
the
program
that
it
as
it
was
originally
presented
now.
A
Okay,
thank
you
very
much,
mr
klinger,
for
that
very
concise
well
put
overview.
I
do
appreciate
that
so
committee
members,
I'll
open
it
up
for
questions
senator
john
darrell
luke
did
you
have
a
question
on
this.
G
One
I
did
thank
you,
madam
chair,
so
I
think
you
sort
of
covered
how
the
it's
changed
from
the
original
29
2019
legislature.
If
you
have
anything
to
add
to
that,
please
do
so,
but
in
the
in
that
answer,
would
you
also
explain
how
the
program
has
established,
through
the
capacity
enhancement
funding,
how
how
that
funding
in
the
23
25
biennium,
given
that
the
five-year
plan
ends
in
fiscal
year,
23.
F
Madam
chair
for
the
record
andrew
klinger
to
senator
donderolu,
and
so
we've
we've
talked
about
that
a
little
bit
internally
on
what
does?
What
does
the
next
biennium
look
like,
because
again,
as
this
has
been
originally
presented,
this
is
years
four
and
five
of
the
capacity
enhancement
funding.
Now
some
of
these
and
these
programs
take
time
to
begin
to
generate
weighted
student
credit
hour,
and
that
really
is
part
of
the
goal
here
is
to
create
these
programs
have
them.
F
You
know,
generate
weighted
student,
credit
hours
and
obviously
student
income
and
sort
of
have
them
self-sustaining.
Now
that
doesn't
that
obviously
isn't
happening
completely
with
all
of
these
programs,
I
mean
there's
areas
where
these
funds
have
been
used
for
student
advising
and
other
things
that
aren't
necessarily
generating
wages
and
credit
hours.
So
to
your
question
about
the
future
biennium.
G
F
Chair
for
the
record,
andrew
klinger,
I
think
the
at
this
point
the
ongoing
cost
for
the
programs
that
have
generated
the
weighted
student
credit
hours
and
are
sort
of
stood
up.
If
you
will
will
become
part
of
the
base
budget
for
those
that
are
relying
on
these
one-time
funds.
If
those
funds
don't
continue
in
the
future
biennia,
those
programs
would
have
to
either
cease
to
exist
or
the
campuses
would
have
to
find
other
resources.
F
A
A
Not
seeing
anyone
else
wishing
to
be
recognized,
thank
you
very
much,
mr
klinger,
for
the
the
explanation-
and
I
won't
be
here
next
session,
but
I
think
being
able
to
leave.
A
This
is
part
of
the
record
behind,
so
that
future
committees
will
understand
what
our
commitment
was,
how
we
worked
towards
this
five-year
plan,
where
it
actually
is
the
capacity
that
was
done
in
the
last
legislative
session
towards
the
other,
towards
the
community
college
system
and
and
towards
dri,
because
that
seemed
to
be
where
the
the
focus
actually,
where
the
focus
needed
to
be
last
time,
so
we
are
gradually.
A
I
want
to
say,
weaning
ourselves
off
of
of
this
and
and
setting
up
the
system
that
will
have
a
good
budgeting
process
in
the
future.
So
I
appreciate
your
explanation
on
that.
So
I
believe
our
next
item
that
we
need
to
address
this
morning
is
the
desert
research
institute,
so
whoever
you
would
like
to
have
do
that
overview.
That
would
be
fine.
Thank
you.
F
Madam
chair,
andrew
klinger,
chief
financial
officer,
maybe
I
will
just
start.
C
F
Just
talk
about
the
current
funding
formula
and
let
president
acharya
add
in,
if
necessary,
so
the
way
the
the
current
funding
formula
works
for
the
desert
research
institute.
It's
obviously
separate
from
the
weighted
student
credit
hour
funding
formula
that
we've
been
talking
about.
It
is
based
on
largely
on
the
amount
of
grants
and
contract
dollars
that
come
into
the
desert
research
and
so
there's
different
tiers
of
funding
that
state
funding
that
is
generated
based
on
the
level
of
contracts.
So
from.
K
F
To
25
million
level
for
grants
and
contracts,
12
of
that
then
is
calculated
as
state
support
as
you
go
up
and
go
from
25
to
30,
there's
seven
and
a
half
percent
in
funding,
that's
available
from
the
state
30
to
35
million,
there's
six
percent
and
then
everything
above
35
million
is
five
percent,
and
I
think
madam
chair,
as
we've
talked
about
in
the
past-
and
I
know
we
talked
about
this
two
years
ago.
F
There
are
some
challenges
with
this
current
funding
formula
for
the
desert
research
institute,
and
we
certainly
had
intended
to
present
to
you
this
biennium,
a
new
funding
formula
for
the
desert
research
institute.
But
with
the
pandemic-
and
you
know,
changes
in
leadership
at
the
institute.
F
We
were
unable
to
do
that,
and
so
we
would
ask
that
we
be
able
to
come
back
next
biennium
with
a
new
funding
formula
for
the
desert
research
institute,
and
so
with
that
sort
of
technical
answer
to
your
question
on
an
overview
of
dri.
I
would
certainly
defer
to
president
acharya
if
there's
other
things
to
add.
A
And
thank
you
very
much,
mr
klinger,
and
and
and
I
I
totally
understand-
I
won't
think
that
you're
trying
to
do
it
without
me,
but
that's
okay,
but
that's
that's
fine.
Actually,
I'm
I'm!
I'm
perfectly
fine
with
the
next
team
handling
that
one
so
I'll
go
ahead
and
turn
it
over
to
president
acharya
and
then
we
do
have
some
questions.
J
Thank
you
cheer.
Thank
you
andrew.
So
this
is
a.
This
is
a
very
difficult
discussion
for
dri
when
this
was
instituted
in
the
great
recession.
J
Actually,
this
was
not
the
percentages
that
dri
had
proposed
so,
but
this
is
what
was
given
to
us,
but
what
that
led
to
the
dri's
budget
was
initially
it
cut
one
million
dollars
from
our
budget
even
that
year,
so
you
know
the.
In
addition,
the
formula
also
incorporated
like
fy
15
furloughs.
J
We
have
to
ask
for
amendments
every
time
because
of
that-
and
there
are
some
serious
challenges
the
you
know
the
funding
formula
shortfall
is,
we
have
to
come
up
with
our
self-supporting
budget,
so
I
think
that
as
andrew
alluded
to
this
one,
we
intended
to
bring
it
to
you
this
year,
but
we
decided
that
this
was
not
a
good
year,
but
we're
truly
appreciative
of
whatever
we
are
getting,
because
I
think
that
dri
is
doing
quite
well
right
now
in
terms
of
bringing
research,
grants
and
contracts.
J
So,
madam
chair,
unless
you
have
some
specific
questions,
obviously
this
is
our
budget.
Our
the
state
portion
of
our
budget
has
obviously
gone
down
with
this
funding
formula,
but
hopefully
in
the
future
we
can
bring
it
back.
So
if
you
have
any
particular
questions,
I'd
be
happy
to
answer
this.
A
G
J
Thank
you
so
much.
This
is
kamid
acharya,
president
of
dri.
It
is
right
now
short
of
what
our
institutions
need
is
what
we're
what
we're
doing
is.
We
are
keeping
positions
vacant.
We
are
also
using
our
icr,
which
is
the
overhead
we
generate
from
grants
and
contracts.
We
were
using
that
money
to
supplement
the
shortfall.
J
Otherwise
we
would
invest
that
money
into
our
faculty,
and
so
it
is
obviously
not
helping
us
to
grow
as
much
as
we
would
like
to
grow
so
right
now,
I
think
our
budget,
even
without
the
without
the
pandemic
budget
card,
we
are
about
1
million
less
than
what
we
used
to
get
to
run.
Our
institute.
A
Seeing
no
one
wishing
to
be
recognized,
thank
thank
you
very
much.
We
realized
this
has
been
a
unique
experience
for
dri
and
there
have
been
challenges
for
a
while,
and
I
look
forward
to
a
good
conversation
on
how
to
address
those
challenges
in
the
future
moving
forward.
So
thank
you
very
much
for
that.
So
I
think
our
next
item
that
we
need
to
go
to
is
checking
my
list
to
make
sure
I
don't
skip
anything.
A
Is
the
nevada
teach
program
so
if
we
could,
if
you
could
give
us
just
a
brief
overview
on
that,
I
think
most
of
us
are
familiar
with
that
from
last
session
and
the
17
session
so
brief
overview
and
then
we'll
ask
our
questions.
F
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
I
certainly
can
can
start
and
then
president
sandoval,
if
he
can,
if
he
wants
to
to
jump
in
so
this
continues.
There
is
a
150
000
a
year
included
in
the
governor's
executive
budget,
and
this
allows
students
to
pursue
a
teaching
life
license
for
middle
or
high
school,
while
also
earning
a
comprehensive
stem
degree.
H
H
But
it's
been
very
well
done
and
in
fact
it's
it's
fully
subscribed
in
terms
of
producing
more
teachers
in
science,
technology,
engineering
and
math
and
has
been
extremely
successful
and,
in
fact,
we're
we're
seeking
private
donations
as
well
to
enhance
our
efforts
in
the
rural
counties
where
there's
been
a
shortage
of
those
types
of
teachers
and
sending
the
teachers
to
to
those
areas
so
that
the
k-12
students
out
there
can
be
the
beneficiaries
of
that
curriculum.
But
it's
been
very
successful.
A
I
believe
there
are
some
questions
that
are
probably
going
to
ask
you
for
some
specifics,
but
thank
you,
president
sandoval.
I
remember
when
you
served
across
the
lawn,
so
knowing
that
we've
done
something
that
is
actually
working
is
very
gratifying.
Thank
you.
It's
nice
to
look
back
and
see
things
working
so
with
that.
I
believe
senator
donder
loop
has
a
question.
G
Thank
you
so
much
chair,
carlton
and
thank
you,
president
sandoval.
I
still
have
a
hard
time
saying
that,
but
it's
great
to
see
you
what
program
outcomes
can
be
reported
based
on
the
successes
of
the
nevada
teach
program
in
the
current
biennium.
H
Madam
chair
to
you,
and
through
you
to
the
senator
senator
dunder
loop,
we
we
have
26
students
right
now
that
are
participating
in
the
program.
I
can
obviously
provide
you
with
more
specifics
in
terms
of
the
amount
of
students
that
that
we
have
placed.
H
But
again
it's
fully
subscribed
with
the
monies
that
have
been
provided
in
the
budget
and
and
again
it's
a
very
special
program
and
in
terms
of
having
students
with
those
dual
with
the
dual
skills
and
and
having
the
teaching
certificate,
but
along
with
some
really
specific
curriculum
associated
with
science,
technology,
engineering
and
math,
particularly
in
today's
environment,
and
I
think
it's
very
beneficial
for
the
for
the
students,
as
they
matriculate
from
k
through
12
to
the
unit
to
the
universities,
are
k
through
12
12
students
and
again
I,
as
I
speak,
or
have
had
the
opportunity
to
speak
with
the
respective
superintendents
they're,
very
grateful
for
it
for
the
program
but
happy
to
provide
you
with
that.
G
I
I'd
so
appreciate
that,
and
with
that,
is
there
a
waiting
list
or
are
we
just
sort
of
filling
those
positions,
and
then
we
get
about
the
right
amount
of
students
who
want
to
do
that
or
do
we
actually
have
a
a
waiting
list.
H
Yeah
madam
share
treaty
and
through
you
to
centered
on
their
loop,
I
will
check
that.
My
understanding
is
that
that,
again,
that
the
program
is
fully
subscribed
with
26
students,
so
every
dollar
has
been
spent
and
well
spent
and
they're
likely
our
students
that
would
like
to
get
into
the
program.
A
G
I
have
one
follow-up
to
president
whitfield
or
whoever
may
choose
to
answer
this.
Do
we
have
any
programs
like
this
at
any
at
unlv
or
any
other
nsc
any
of
the
other
institutions.
B
D
D
Thank
you,
chairman
carlton.
Yes,
we
do.
We
actually
have
85
students
so
far
that
have
participated
since
2016..
D
They
are
in
curriculum
instruction,
early
childhood
education,
elementary
education,
human
services
and
special
ed,
and
currently
we're
funding
the
participation
of
that
through
internal
resources.
There's
no
special
funding
from
the
state,
but
because
it's
an
excellent
model.
We've
we've
adapted
and
joined
that
effort
as
well.
E
Madam
chair,
may
I
contribute
to
the
answer
as
well.
Chancellor,
please
go
ahead!
Thank
you
for
the
record.
Melody
rose,
chancellor
to
you
and
through
to
senator
don
darrell
loop.
I
appreciate
you
asking
that
question
because
I
think
what
you're
really
getting
at
is
why
don't
you
take
a
good
thing
and
take
it
to
scale
and
I'm
really
pleased
to
share.
E
As
I
think
many
of
you
are
aware
that
I
have
a
really
wonderful
partnership
emerging
with
state
superintendent,
ebert
and
she
and
I
have
been
working
with
the
education
programs
over
the
past
month
and
and
are
poised
to
announce
shortly
a
task
force
that
will
be
jointly
staffed
by
our
organizations
to
really
dig
in
to
the
teacher
pipeline
conversation
and,
as
I
have
come
to
understand
in
the
state
of
nevada.
E
This
is
a
major
workforce
need
and
not
just
in
terms
of
numbers
of
of
teachers
to
satisfy
our
classroom
needs,
but
also
the
diversification
of
that
teaching
core,
and
so
I
I
can't
share
the
details
here
right
now,
but
we
are
looking
forward
to
examining
all
of
the
good
work.
That's
going
on
on
the
campuses
and
figuring
out
what
we
can
take
to
scale
to
really
accelerate
the
results
that
president
sandoval
is
mentioning.
So
just
want
you
to
know
that's
on
the
horizon
and
we'll
be
reporting
more
to
you
on
this
very
shortly.
L
I'm
sure
carlton.
Yes,
please
go
ahead.
Yeah.
If
you
can
find
me,
president
bart
patterson,
nevada,
state
college
and
through
you
to
senator
dondero
liu,
so
we
don't
have
the
exact
same
program
that
unr
has
in
terms
of
the
teach
nevada
which
arises
out
of
the
university
of
texas
program
related
to
stem,
but
we
do
have
students
that
do
get
dual
degrees
in
the
sciences
as
well
as
in
education.
L
We've
been
very
focused
on
teacher
academies
which
the
legislature
helped
fund
through
the
capacity
grow
or
through
the
capacity
growth
initiatives
was
one
of
those
programs
and
with
that
legislative
funding,
in
addition
to
private
funding,
those
programs
are
in
10,
high
schools.
Now,
where
we're
getting
students,
early
credits
toward
education
and
then
moving
on
toward
an
education
degree,
we
had
an
uptick
of
of
35
percent
in
freshmen
declaring
education
as
a
major.
L
In
addition,
those
capacity
growth
funds
are
helping
us
start
the
early
childhood
education
degree
in
the
new
christensen
school
of
education
building
that
will
start
this
fall,
which
is
really
terrific.
So
the
legislature
has
been
a
great
partner.
We
don't
have
any
specific
funding
from
the
legislature
beyond
that,
but
you
know
we
do
have
things
like
the
silver
state
opportunity
grant
and
other
scholarships
that
teachers
are
teaching.
Students
are
going
to
teaching
are
eligible
for
so
there's
a
variety
of
things
that
are
happening
in
the
space.
L
G
A
Okay,
thank
you
senator
thank
you,
president
patterson.
So
with
that,
I
believe
our
next
item
for
discussion
and
our
our
last
item
for
discussion
this
morning,
depending
upon
where
the
committee
has
questions,
is
the
new
position
request.
F
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
for
the
record
andrew
clinton,
chief
financial
officer
for
the
nevada
system
of
higher
education.
So
there
are
approximately
264
new
positions
included
in
the
governor's
executive
budget
and
they
are
all
funded
with
funds
other
than
state
general
funds,
so
they're,
either
funded
with
grant
funds
registration
fees.
Now
some
of
these
positions
are
sort
of
true
ups
from
funding
from
last
biennium,
where
the
positions
were
not
specifically
included
in
the
budget
and
so
now
we're
adding
them.
F
Some
of
them
truly
are
new
positions
and
they
are
they're
spread
out
over
several
different
budgets
and
several
different
decision
units.
So,
madam
chair,
perhaps
it
would
be
best
for
me
to
just
pause
and
see
if
there
are
specific
questions.
J
F
F
So
it's
looking
at
those
various
sources
of
funds
and
determining
you
know,
as
you
fund
caseload
growth,
for
example,
that
funding
is
then
converted
into
positions
to
support
the
additional
students,
and
so
those
are
decisions
are
made
as
we
as
the
institutions,
I
should
say,
plan
their
budgets
for
each
one
of
the
the
fiscal
years,
and
so
essentially,
that's
that's
how
we
keep
track
of
it.
A
F
Madam
chair,
I
might
defer
to
the
institutions
on
that.
Are
you
asking
if
they
are
because
I
know
there
are
some
madam
chair,
and
maybe
this
is
your
question.
There
are
some
where
we
are
taking
what
was
operating
dollars
and
converting
those
into
positions,
and
perhaps
that
is
your
question,
and
that
is
if
that
is
your
question.
The
answer
is
yes,
there
are
some
of
those
positions
included
in
the
budget.
A
A
Okay,
I
just
want
to
make
sure
with
that
we
have
operating
all
over
the
place
here.
So
we're
just
going
to
make
sure
that
we're
we're
perfectly
clear
on
that.
So
I
guess
trying
to
figure
out
how
you
reconcile
the
the
decisions
that
the
board
of
regents
makes
that
when,
when
they
approve
positions,
the
actual
budgeted
expenditures
for
positions
and
then
the
legislatively
approved
budgets,
each
biennium
for
positions.
So.
A
F
Yeah,
madam
chair
for
the
record
andrew,
cleaner
chief
financial
officer,
so
we
do
produce
so,
as
you
I
think,
stated
well,
you
know
the
legislature
approves
our
budget.
We
then
take
it
to
the
board.
The
institutions
take
that
budget
and
they
present
to
the
board
within
the
same
dollar
amount.
But
may
you
know,
take
those
case:
little
growth
dollars,
for
example,
and
convert
those
positions
and
then
that
budget
is
approved
by
the
board
of
regents.
F
What
I
do,
what
we
don't
produce-
and
we
can
certainly
put
that
together,
what
we
don't
produce,
I
think,
is
what
you're
asking
for,
which
is
essentially
the
fun
map
that
shows:
here's.
Here's,
the
legislatively
approved
budget,
here's
the
changes
and
here's
the
the
board
of
regents
approved
budget,
which
I
think
is
what
you're
asking
for
and-
and
we
can
certainly
provide
that.
We
don't
typically
produce
a
document
like
that.
A
Well,
we're
we're
getting
laid
into
session
so
trying
to
put
something
like
that
together.
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
it's
well
worthwhile,
but
I
think
when
we're
talking
about
using
registration
fees
to
fund
positions,
and
then
there
are
physicians
that
are
funded
through
grants,
they're
all
funded
in
different
ways-
and
I
know
when
I
look
at
budget
breakdowns
in
a
lot
of
the
other
areas.
I
can
look
at.
A
Let's
just
take
hhs
as
an
example,
I
can
look
to
see
positions.
Are
they
grant
funded?
Is
it
a
federal
grant?
Is
it
a
state
grant?
Is
it
tobacco
funds
how
it
all
breaks
down?
So
if
there's
something
that
gets
close
to
that,
so
that
we
can
understand
it
a
little
bit
better,
I
am
hesitant
to
ask
for
a
new
document,
because
I
have
gotten
stuff
from
you
guys
and
you
are
really
good
at
putting
documents
together.
Let.
E
A
You
and
it
takes
myself
and
a
couple
of
other
folks
to
sort
through
it
with
multiple
color
markers,
so
I
don't
want
anything
too
complicated,
but
I
think
it
would
be
really
good
for
us
to
understand
exactly.
A
You
know
how
positions
are
funded
and
there
have
been
times
in
the
past.
I
won't
say
it's
current,
where
the
legislature
has
approved
funds
to
go
in
one
direction
and
through
the
regents
process,
those
funds
kind
of
went
in
a
different
direction,
so
we
just
kind
of
want
to
understand
where
all
the
money
actually
lies
and
what
it's
actually
funding,
especially
when
it
comes
to
registration
fees.
So
if
you
would
please
work
with
our
staff
on
that,
I
don't
want
to
make
it
to
the
the
I
do
not
want
to
make
this
complicated.
A
I
just
want
to
be
able
to
get
an
idea
of
you
know,
research
dollars
going
towards
certain
things.
We
just
want
to
get
a
feel
for
exactly
what
the
whole
pie
of
your
budget
really
looks
like,
and
that's
we've
had
that
discussion
in
the
past
about
different
budgets
that
you
have
and
looking
at
the
whole
pie
of
your
budget
and
how
it
works.
So
if
you
would
work
with
our
staff
on
that,
I
would
greatly
appreciate.
F
K
F
Chair
happy
to
work
with
your
staff
and
I
think
we
can
put
together,
maybe
just
a
high
level
document
that
you're
that
you're
looking
for,
because
I
agree
it
could
get
very
detailed
and
very
complicated
real
quickly.
So,
but
I'm
confident
we
can
put
something
high
level
together.
A
Okay
committee
members:
are
there
other
questions
when
it
comes
to
the
new
positions.
G
And
I
need
to
ask
this
question
because
I'm
going
to
get
this
question
so
at
the
prior
budget
hearing
when
we
talked
about
the
impact
of
the
budget
cuts-
and
I
appreciate
some
of
the
documentation-
that's
been
sent
to
me
by
unr
to
explain
the
impact,
but
we
also
talked
that
there
would
be
some
layoffs.
I
think
it
was
the
only
institution
where
we
were
going
to
see
some
layoffs
and
then
in
this
budget
we're
seeing
requests
for
new
positions.
F
Yeah,
madam
chair
for
the
record
andrew
klinger
through
the
chair
to
senator
raddy,
and
it
I'm
not
sure
I'll.
Let
the
institutions
specifically
president
sandoval,
speak
to
the
layoffs,
but
I
guess
just
at
a
high
level.
It
is
the
it
is
just
the
difference
in
the
source
of
funds,
because
there
are,
as
you
know,
there
are
positions
that
are
funded
with
state
general
fund
dollars,
and
then
there
are
positions
that
are
funded
with
the
student
revenue
fee.
F
So
it
does
depend
on
on
the
funding
source
and
I
think,
for
the
most
part,
what
what
unr
is
doing-
and
I
don't
and
again
president
sandoval
can
jump
in-
is
it's
through
attrition
as
positions
become
vacant
and
as
physicians
retire.
I
know
they
are
holding
those
positions
vacant
similar
to
all
of
the
institutions,
to
meet
the
savings
necessary
to
meet
the
12
budget
reduction
cuts
but
I'll.
Let
president
sandoval
specifically
talk
about
any
potential
layoffs.
H
Thank
you,
madam
chair
tuning,
through
to
senator
rowdy
brian
sandoval,
president
of
the
university
of
nevada.
Reno,
for
the
record
is
the
first
comment:
is
those
requests
for
the
no
those
new
positions
were
pre-12
budget
cuts,
and
so
we
won't
be
adding
new
positions.
H
The
what
we've
done
is
exactly.
What
mr
klinger
has
said
is
that
we
have
kept
positions
open
and
the
intent
of
that
is
to
avoid
any
potential
layoffs.
So,
as
I
said
here
today,
we
haven't
eliminated
any
positions,
but
obviously
we
don't
know
what's
going
to
happen
in
the
next.
You
know
through
the
remainder
of
the
legislature,
but
our
hope
in
is
to
avoid
any
possible
layoffs,
but
I
can't
say
that
we
can
rule
it
out
depending
on
the
outcome
of
the
legislative
session
and
in
your
budget
decisions.
G
And
thank
you
for
that
answer.
President
sandoval
and
I
I
don't
mean
to
be
challenging.
I
really
don't,
but
I
believe
that
it
was
in
the
information
that
we
had
in
the
last
session
that
there
were
six
that
were
slated
for
layoffs
and
that
that
the
testimony
was
that
that
was
what
would
be
in
addition
to
holding
vacancies
and
all
of
the
other
things
that
there
were
specific
positions
identified
for
layoff.
H
G
And
I
very
much
appreciate
that,
and
I
think
we
all
want
to
work
on
that
together.
So
if
I
could
just
ask
for
some
follow-up
information,
because
it
really
is
the
contrast
with
the
request
for
new
positions
and
the
potentiality
of
layoffs
that
I
think
is
going
to
be
the
challenging
conversation,
I
think
everybody
understands
we're
in
a
challenging
place
as
a
state,
so
understanding
that
those
requests
came
in
before
the
12
cuts.
G
E
A
So
if
there
are
any
questions
that
you
have,
I
want
you
to
to
feel
comfortable.
You,
you
have
the
team
in
front
of
you
right
now
to
be
able
to
ask
your
questions.
So,
if
there's
anything
that
you
would
like
to
address
now
is
the
time.
A
I
It's
if
I'm
looking
at
the
the
document
that's
been
presented
as
govrak
and
I'll
use
unr
as
an
example,
we
get
a
broad
categories
for
expenditures,
personnel,
service
operating
all
those
sorts
of
things
for.
I
There
seems
to
be
a
really
dramatic
reduction
in
expenses
related
to
academic
support
and
student
support,
and
if
I
could
get
some
detail
about,
what's
included
in
those
categories,
that
would
be
helpful.
I'm
nervous
that
that
is
where
huge
reductions
are
getting
made,
while
we're
about
to
have
a
massive
influx
of
particularly
freshmen,
who
haven't
stepped
foot
in
the
classroom
for
a
year
potentially,
and
that
those
are
the
types
of
supports
that
may
be
needed
now
more
than
ever.
So
can
you
tell
me,
what's
in
those.
F
Chair
carlton
for
the
record
andrew
klinger
to
senator
keith
keffer.
It's
my
understanding
that
those
those
reductions
are
in
those
categories
that
you
specifically
mentioned
are
the
result
of
the
the
budget
reductions
that
have
been
made
and
and
I'll.
Let
president
sandoval
speak
to
it
and
we
certainly
can
follow
up
with
with
more
detail
about
what
is
in
those
various
categories
that
you're
looking
for.
H
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
treating
through
to
senator
key
keffer.
So
I
guess
the
first
comment
with
regard
to
those
student
services
is
we
were
able
to
use
the
cares
act
money,
so
there
was
no
reduction
whatsoever
in
student
services
as
we
speak
now
the
concern
is
moving
forward
and
again
you
know
what
the
budget
looks
like
and
that's
where
the
potential
harm
comes
is
with
regard
to
the
12
cuts
as
it
could
affect
our
advisement
and
other
student
services
that
we
provide.
I
Yeah,
I
appreciate
that
I
I
just
I
worry
that
these
are
students
who
are
going
to
need
support
now,
more
than
ever
considering
their
last
year
of
high
school
experience
was
perhaps
not
as
rigorous
as
we
wanted
it
to
be
through
distance
learning
or
whatever
the
case
may
be.
So
I
understand
the.
L
I
Have
to
be
made,
I
just
worry
about
what
it
may
mean
for
our
students
and
then.
Finally,
madam
chair,
is
more
of
a
comment
than
anything
we
didn't
touch
on
it
previously.
I
also
have
concerns
about
reduction.
That's
been
proposed
in
governor's
budget
to
the
silver
state
opportunity
grant.
This
is
a
needs-based
scholarship
program
for
low-income
students
to
attend
our
colleges
on
a
full-time
basis
and
help
them
move
up
the
economic
ladder.
I
think
it's
been
successful.
I
I
obviously
have
personal
interest
in
it,
since
it
was
a
bill
I
initially
sponsored,
but
as
we
look
for
perhaps
some
moving
pieces
in
this
budget,
I
think
that.
A
Thank
you
senator
very
much.
We
appreciate
that
and
any
document
just
please
provide
them
to
staff,
we'll
make
sure
that
they
get
to
all
members
of
the
committee
senator
stevers
ganzer
did
you
have
a
question
or
a
comment?
Thank
you,
madam.
G
Sure
I
just
had
a
follow-up
question
when,
when
we
had
the
graphs
on
graduation
rates-
and
I
think
nevada
reno
was
at
61
and
unlv
was
really
had
escalated.
I
just
wanted
to
know
if
they
there's
been
any
analysis
of
the
correlation
between
the
student
support,
the
student
services
and
the
rising
graduation
rates
really
amongst
all
institutions.
But
I
really
noted
the
increase
in
unlvs
and
unr's.
E
Madam
chair
for
the
record
chancellor
rose
to
you
and
through
to
senator
gancert.
Thank
you
for
that
question,
and
I
alluded
to
this
in
my
opening
remarks
and
I
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
elaborate
in
you
know,
in
higher
education,
as,
as
you
all
know,
those
of
you
who
have
been
engaged
with
us
for
some
time.
E
And
so
I
think
that's
exactly
the
challenge
that
we're
facing
right
now,
and
this
of
course
goes
to
senator
keith.
Kepper's
concerns
we're
we're
in
a
really
good
place
with
an
upward
trajectory.
E
We
know
why
those
improvements
are
showing
up
in
the
numbers
and
it
makes
us
all
nervous,
as
I'm
sure
it
does
all
of
you,
that
we
would
make
changes
that
would
disrupt
that
improvement
or
even
see
it
decline
so
we're
at
a
tenuous
moment.
We
will
do
everything
in
our
power
to
protect
students
through
this
time.
They
are
the
reason
we
get
up
every
day
and
do
what
we
do.
But
you
know
to
to
the
point
made
by
senator
keith
kepper
when
your
budget
is,
you
know
roughly
80
percent
people,
there's
almost
nothing.
E
You
can
do
that,
doesn't
touch
the
student
experience
within
a
budget
like
that.
It's
a
very
people
driven
industry.
It's
why
we
love
it
and
we
will
do
our
best
with
what
we
have
and
we'll
look
forward
to
better
days
as
they
are
available
to
us.
B
A
You
thank
you
any
other
questions
from
any
other
committee
members
at
this
time,
not
seeing
anyone
wishing
to
be
recognized
just
one
final
comment
for
you
all
and
then
we'll
go
ahead
and
open
it
up
to
public
comment,
so
the
homework
that
you
submitted
to,
I
believe
this
is
an
exhibit
that
was
submitted.
A
I
get
to
give
you
a
little
bit
of
trouble
because
you
didn't
put
your
name
on
it.
You
have
to
put
your
name
on
your
work.
Okay,
if
you
don't
put
your
name
on
your
work,
we
don't
know
where
it
came
from
right.
I've
always
wanted
to
say
that
to
a
bunch
of
folks,
so
anyway,
that
that
made
my
day
probably
my
week,
so
I'm
assuming
it
is
from
you,
mr
klinger,
and
all
of
your
folks.
We
appreciate
that,
but
I
just
wanted
to
make
sure
for
the
record.
A
So
we
thank
you
very
much
for
being
with
us
for
these
two
meetings
and
making
the
time
to
answer
all
of
questions,
and
I'm
sure
there
will
be
many
more
questions
coming
forward
and,
as
you
provide
the
documents,
there
will
be
some
follow-up
that
we
will
be
doing
either
directly
or
through
our
staff
to
make
sure
that
everyone
is
comfortable
in
the
very
tough
decisions
that
are
going
to
be
made
when
it
comes
to
all
of
our
budgets
that
we
have
to
go
through.
So
with
that.
Thank
you
all
very
much.
A
I
appreciate
it.
This
will
now
be
the
time
for
public
comment.
It
is
about
9
30.
I'll,
give
it
a
couple
of
moments
and
then
we
will
open
it
up
for
public
comment
and
just
for
public
comments
sake.
It
is
we
ask
folks
to
be
mindful
that
it'd
be
two
minutes
and
that
it
not
be
personal
attacks.
A
As
there
have
been
in
emails
of
recent.
We
want
legitimate
public
comment
to
come
before
the
committee.
We
don't
take
things
personally
and
we
don't
like
public
comment
to
be
personal.
So
with
that
I'll
give
it
a
couple
of
minutes
and
then
we'll
open
it
up
to
public
comment.
Thank.
A
B
B
K
K
Our
faculty
and
staff
have
worked
really
hard
to
maintain
a
positive
learning
environment
for
students
while
moving
to
remote
instruction
chair,
carlton,
chaired
on
dara
loop
and
committee
members.
Thank
you
for
working
through
the
entity
budget.
In
these
difficult
times,
I
would
like.
I
would
like
to
address
three
points.
K
First,
at
no
cost
to
the
general
fund,
we
request
that
you
start
to
fix
our
well-documented
faculty,
salary,
compression
and
inversion
issues
by
adding
the
requested
back
language
to
the
appropriations
act
to
permit
the
use
of
existing
salary
budgets
for
professional
merit.
This
implements
the
ng
performance
pay
task
force
recommendation
to
do
this
internal
funding.
K
K
K
Health
crisis
that
has
upended
operations
is
no
time
to
make
be
making
ad-hoc
changes
to
the
the
formula
funding
that
is
likely
to
cause
unintended
consequences
in
the
distributions
to
the
various
institutions.
With
the
royal
out
with
the
rollout
of
vaccines,
we
are
expecting
enrollments
to
rebound
due
to
pinup
demand.
The
colleges
will
need
these
caseload
resources
to
serve
students
when
they
return.
K
K
K
B
D
D
During
this
upending
of
the
way
education
has
been
conducted,
please
consider
the
hard
work
and
resiliency
of
faculty
administrators,
and
especially
our
students
and
their
families
who
have
successfully
adapted
to
safety,
concerns
relentless
isolation
and
financial,
stresses
and
hardships.
We
look
forward
to
a
gradual
reopening
of
our
campuses
and
recovery
faculty.
D
Ask
you
to
support
this
recovery,
which
we
believe
essential
to
our
state
by
three
main
recommendations:
one
to
eliminate
language
retained
from
the
2019
budget,
template
that
prohibits
performance,
pay
and
replace
it
with
language
that
approves
the
use
of
funds
for
the
one
percent
performance
pools
internal
to
our
institutions,
so
at
no
extra
cost
to
the
state.
So
our
schools
can
begin
to
address
the
issues
of
salary
compression
and
merit
awards
for
faculty
retention.
D
D
B
B
A-L-Y-S-A-F-R-O-M-E-L-I-U-S
and
I'm
the
tmcc
student
government
association
president,
I'm
speaking
regarding
the
nc
institution
budgets
presented
today.
Thank
you
for
listening
to
my
story.
I
have
been
at
tmcc
for
three
years
and
have
seen
firsthand
the
toll
this
pandemic
has
taken
on
the
students
and
and
the
college.
B
As
a
community
college,
we
serve
a
very
special
population
of
students.
We
have
many
first
generation
single
parents
and
other
underserved
populations
due
to
our
student
populations.
We
sometimes
require
extra
support
in
order
for
us
to
be
successful
in
our
college
as
a
first
generation
student,
it
was
quite
a
daunting
task
for
me
to
enter
college,
given
the
even
before
the
pandemic
took
effect.
B
I
can
only
imagine
how
intimidating
it
would
be
to
attempt
to
enter
college
with
a
pandemic
that
has
forced
us
to
move
online
and
with
budget
cuts
that
have
forced
the
colleges
to
make
difficult
decisions.
Yes,
the
students
use
their
strengths
and
resilience
to
persevere
in
pursuit
of
their
education.
B
However,
now
we
are
facing
facing
the
possibility
of
even
deeper
budget
cuts.
Our
college
has
done
their
absolute
best
to
let
to
make
sure
that
the
budget
cuts
do
not
affect
the
quality
of
the
students,
education
and
the
resources
available
to
them.
Should
you
decide
to
pass
further
budget
cuts
for
the
colleges
to
endure?
It
would
negatively
affect
student
support
services
which
are
critical
to
student
success
all
over
the
state.
B
Many
of
these
students
have
already
had
to
endure
unemployment,
the
loss
of
family
and
friends,
physical
or
mental
illness,
and
a
number
of
other
issues.
Further
budget
cuts
would
force
these
very
students
to
attend
college.
In
spite
of
all
these
issues,
with
even
less
support
they've
had
in
the
past.
B
Not
only
would
these
budget
cuts
affect
our
students,
but
they
would
also
directly
affect
the
economic
recovery
of
the
state
post
pandemic.
As
a
community
college,
we
offer
a
great
deal
of
workforce,
focused
classes.
A
cut
to
these
support
services
will
make
current
students
less
successful
in
these
classes
and
discourage
them
from
even
attending
college.
A
drop
in
enrollment,
essentially
in
our
workforce,
especially
in
our
workforce,
bogus
classes,
will
create
a
community
of
unskilled
workers
that
would
have
otherwise
been
ready
to
enter
the
workforce.
B
B
C
C
However,
nevada
ranks
worst
of
the
21
states,
who
still
saw
funding
declines
in
fiscal
year,
2021
a
whopping
17.8
percent
reduction
to
the
current
fiscal
year
here
in
nevada,
dr
jim
applegate,
editor
of
the
report
states,
that
quote,
we
must
pay
close
attention
to
funding
trends
and
their
impact
on
equitable
access
to
college
success.
End
quote
this:
continued
erosion
of
state
support
for
higher
education
will
only
serve
to
damage
the
long-term
quality
of
our
education
system,
place
greater
financial
burden
on
the
backs
of
our
students
and
slow
the
prospects
for
nevada's
economic
recovery.
C
We
urge
legislators
to
prioritize
restoring
funding
to
higher
education
later
in
the
session
or
in
an
upcoming
special
session,
once
the
state
has
necessary
guidance
to
distribute
state
funding
from
the
american
rescue
plan.
These
were
the
promises
many
legislators
made
to
faculty
staff
and
students
last
july,
when
we
were
told
that
there
was
no
one
nowhere
else
to
cut
from,
but
higher
education,
let's
work
together
to
get
nevada
off
the
worst
of
the
worst
list,
especially
as
they
relate
to
education.
C
B
M
M
It
essentially
is
to
say
that
in
all
of
these
budget
numbers,
what
I
see
behind
the
numbers
are
people,
because
that
is
exactly
what
education
is
about.
Education
is
about
people
interacting
it's
about
faculty,
interacting
with
students
advising
them
guiding
them,
mentoring
them,
showing
them
how
to
use
lab
equipment
safely,
and
so
I
want
to
thank
heidi
gainzer
in
particular
for
recognizing
that
an
investment
in
faculty
and
an
investment
in
the
people
of
university
is
really
what
makes
our
education
great
at
our
campuses.
M
I
know
that
we
had
a
lot
of
questions
within
this
hearing
just
about.
Where
is
research
going?
What
sort
of
a
return
on
investment
of
these
state
dollars?
And
so
I
want
to
just
underscore
that
the
money
that
the
state
puts
in
which
is
largely
to
pay
for
the
salaries
of
faculty,
who
are
doing
the
teaching
and
research,
as
well
as
just
the
basic
buildings
and
maintenance
of
those
buildings,
so
that
we
have
a
place
to
do
that.
M
That's
the
multiplier
that
we
see
and
when
those
grants
come
in,
it
means
that
we
can
do
the
cutting
edge
research
that
we
need
that
we
hope
to
see
in
the
future.
More
and
more,
with
unr's
partnership
with
renown
cutting
edge
clinical
medical
research,
so
that
our
community
members
don't
have
to
go
to
california
to
get
the
treatment
that
they
might
need.
We
need
that
infrastructure
and
that
funding
so
that
we
can
build
the
best
teachers
build
the
best
nurses
build
the
best
social
workers
for
our
state.
M
B
Caller
with
the
last
three
digits
981,
please
slowly
state
and
spell
your
name
for
the
record.
You
will
have
two
minutes
and
may
begin
amaya
a
m.
I
y
a
h,
henley
h,
e
n
l
y
good
morning.
Thank
you
for
allowing
me
to
speak
today.
I
am
an
education,
major
student
here
at
nevada
state
college,
representing
nevada
state
student
alliance.
I
understand
that
the
budget
is
a
difficult
task
to
tackle
and
hammer
out.
However,
when
it
comes
to
budget
cuts,
they
affect
students,
faculty
and
staff.
B
Students
see
these
effects
when
they
see
class
sizes
get
larger
and
students
events
get
smaller
due
to
funding.
I
picked
nevada
state
college
because
it
was
cheaper
and
the
class
sizes
were
smaller.
This
type
of
environment
appeals
to
me
and
countless
others,
and
we
are
thriving
and
achieving
great
things
again.
I
understand
how
much
work
goes
into
a
budget
and
tough
decisions
have
to
be
made.
However,
education
shouldn't
have
to
fill
the
effects
of
them.
Thank
you.
B
C
Thank
you
for
the
record:
yvonne
allen,
y-e-z-o-n-n-e
a-l-l-e-n
faculty
senate,
chair
at
truckee
meadows,
community
college
good
morning,
chair
carlton
and
committee
members.
I
give
comment
today
to
provide
a
quick
on-campus
perspective
regarding
our
budgets
for
this
year
and
projected
budgets
for
the
biennium.
With
the
current
fiscal
year
budget
cuts,
all
institutions
have
made
needed
reductions.
C
Tmcc
has
issued
notices
of
non-renewal,
offered
a
buyout
program
and
put
forward
cuts
to
student
support
services,
but
as
nevadans
we
did
it.
Looking
ahead
to
the
biennium
budget
that
you
all
are
discussing,
there
will
be
continued
sacrifice.
12
percent
is
significant
programs
aimed
at
addressing
graduation
and
completion
gaps
for
underserved
and
under-resourced.
Students
will
not
have
the
opportunity
to
expand
to
assist
the
most
vulnerable
populations
that
have
been
affected
by
this
pandemic.
C
C
It
is
very
safe
to
say
that
any
additional
cuts
will
have
an
effect
on
student
success.
During
a
time
when
we
are
already
preparing
for
a
major
12
percent
budget
reduction.
Please
do
not
look
at
additional
budget
areas
to
cut
or
change
higher
education
is
a
reliable
pathway
for
helping
our
state
out
of
this
pandemic
as
nevadans.
We
can
do
this
together.
B
C
To
achieve
these
endeavors
is
through
a
very
robust
and
highly
qualified
faculty,
a
faculty
that
cares
deeply
about
our
students,
retention
and
persistence
towards
graduation,
a
faculty
that
brings
in
substantial
research
dollars
to
our
students,
institutions
and
surrounding
community,
a
faculty
that
helps
to
prepare
our
students
to
competitively
contribute
to
a
diverse
workforce
and,
above
all,
a
faculty
who
loves
the
people
in
the
state.
Thank
you
for
your
time.