Nevada Looks at 6.9% Cut to Education Spending

In an interesting compromise that could see the state of Nevada reduce its spending on education by 6.9%, lawmakers continue to try to make progress in addressing a nearly $900m state budget deficit.

"On education, Gibbons had proposed a 10 percent cut in state spending on kindergarten through 12th grade and higher education for a potential savings of $250 million. Democrats were pushing for a 5 percent reduction."

Of course, the usual critics of decreased state spending will emerge with their typical alarmist hand-wringing about "the children".

It's laughable to think that educational results in the state of Nevada will be negatively affected with such a small reduction in spending. The Nevada Policy Research Institute already addressed that issue last year in an interesting report.

There is simply no correlation to spending money and results. If anything, they are most likely inversely related (i.e., if one goes up, the other goes down, etc.).

What would improve educational results is increased parental involvement in the lives of their kids - nothing more, nothing less.

Having the government tax and spend more and more of the hard-earned money of Nevada workers is not the solution to poor educational results. So the proposal here to reduce spending should be applauded.

The only remaining question is to ask why the state should stop at 6.9%?