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Teachers Worry Funding Will Disappear Because of Pandemic

Nevada teachers and administrators worry the coronavirus pandemic and subsequent economic fallout threaten to reverse recent funding hikes passed in 2019 that have supported their efforts to lift the state from near the bottom of the nation’s education rankings. An Education Week report presented to state lawmakers last week ranked the state 44th in the nation in per-pupil spending. It noted that K-12 student achievement in Nevada was improving at the seventh fastest rate out of any state in the country, but still ranked 43rd in current achievement scores.

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