washoe county school district

Governor Brian Sandoval quickly condemned a bill Tuesday that would allow school districts tied back to school to use the money to finance improvements, saying that the budget buster, that would leave a gaping hole in the spending plan.

Sandoval proposed using bond money to spare the State speech in January. On Tuesday, Assembly Democrats unveiled a similar measure, which reduces the amount of the 12 districts of six months required to maintain reserve accounts to pay.

The difference is that the plan is $ 425,000,000 Sandoval of reserve fund school activities. Another bill sponsor Assemblywoman Debbie Smith, D-Sparks, that the money was approved by local voters in the maintenance of investment projects.

In a written statement, Sandoval said the Democrats 'plan' leaves hole in state budget, $ 400,000,000, plus the money he takes out of the classroom and teacher salaries. "

"In these difficult financial times, the proposed reserve will be redirected to the construction plan, this should rather be spent on helping the community school district to focus on the central task of teaching students."

Smith said her bill, the so-called "school work" immediately get 80 million dollars for the Washoe County School District to repair older schools and workplaces.

"These older schools need to restore access to money," he said at a news conference, adding that the $ 80,000,000 "to create a lot of work. "

The Clark County, approximately $ 400 million was withdrawn from the bond reserve account operations proposed by Sandoval's. Clark County officials expressed concern that the money from the reserve account would require the district's bonds, which the district would cost more, and possibly jeopardize the credit refinance.