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$8 billion Nevada K-12 education budget includes teacher raises
A joint session of the Senate Finance and Assembly Ways and Means committees on Thursday approved total K-12 education funding of just more than $8 billion for the coming two-year budget cycle.
That’s a $741.8 million increase over the current K-12 budget.
The vast majority of that total is in the Distributive School Account — $6.7 billion.
The DSA is the primary budget used to fund K-12 schools and charter schools statewide and is based on providing school districts with a per pupil base funding amount.
Read more: https://www.nevadaappeal.com/news/government/8-billion-nevada-k-12-education-budget-includes-teacher-raises/
