Sandoval: ‘Our education system is broken’ we must cut spending on education - Las Vegas Democrat | Examiner.com
Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval gave his first State of the State address last night (transcript), and as expected his budget proposal has deep cuts in Education, State workers pay, Medicaid, and Health and Human Services.
In his speech he said, “Graduation rates remain the worst in the nation. The achievement gap leaves too many students without hope or opportunity. And grade-level performance on national assessments lags.”
Sandoval said that he would allow the elimination of the “Class Size Reduction” program which was started in the early 90’s to combat the over crowding of class rooms.
The Governor said he would create “a Block Grant Program that encourages districts to be innovative and results-oriented. If one district chooses to continue class size reduction, so be it. If another district wants to pursue other programs, we will no longer hold them back.”
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