CARSON CITY, Nev. (KOLO) – Nevada Assemblymember Selena Torres-Fossett has introduced a bill that would add protections for the Department of Education in the state of Nevada.
The introduction of AB94 comes in the wake of Trump signing an executive order last week that would gut the department.
Torres-Fossett says that students and schools have received nearly $6 billion in funding from the department, including support for homeless children, rural and special education programs, and aid to help low-income students seek higher education.
She says that from 2023 to now, Department of Education funding includes:
- $315 million in special education programs
- $3.5 million to the education of homeless children.
- $1.4 million for rural education programs
- $621 million in federal Pell Grant funding to aid low-income students attain higher education
- $38 million for career and technical education programs
“The Department of Education ensures that not only is every state providing the same high-quality instruction matching those [national] standards,” Torres-Fossett said. “But the other reason the federal Department of Education is important is because it’s also what’s investing funds back into our schools.”
Her bill would mean the state would adopt and enforce the same standards as the federal government to continue the status quo in the event the department is dissolved by Congress.
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