I received the following press release from the Rory Reid for Governor campaign today (June 22). It reads:
Las Vegas, NV – Brian Sandoval, the Republican candidate for governor, proposes laying off 1-in-5 Nevada teachers in Nevada, meaning 72 Nye County teachers would be forced out of classrooms.
That’s 72 Nye County teachers gone from our children’s classrooms. That’s larger class sizes and fewer opportunities for students. That’s Brian Sandoval’s pink-slip agenda for our schools. It would decimate education and set our struggling economy back even further.
“I am the only candidate who understands that stronger schools are the key to a stronger economy,” Rory Reid said. “We will never have a first-rate economy if we continue to accept second-rate schools. Unfortunately, like Jim Gibbons, Brian Sandoval fails to grasp that we will not draw business to Nevada if we can’t produce an educated workforce and can’t provide great schools for the children of business executives and their employees.”
Brian Sandoval proposes several crippling cuts to education:
§ Brian Sandoval wants to slash teacher salaries by 20 percent or lay off more than 5,000 teachers. That’s 1-in-5 Nevada teachers.
§ Brian Sandoval wants to divert $110 million from class-size reduction programs, particularly targeting 7- and 8-year-olds.
§ Brian Sandoval pushes a voucher program that would drain millions from our public schools and wouldn’t even begin to cover tuition for the average private school.
§ Brian Sandoval wants a 12 percent cut to faculty and staff at our colleges and universities – that’s more than 750 professor and staff jobs lost.
These cuts would have a devastating impact across Nevada. Rural and urban communities, in the North and the South, would lose their valuable teachers, leaving our children with subpar schools when Nevada already ranks dead last in the nation in graduation rates. Poor schools will continue to hinder our economic recovery and Brian Sandoval puts schools at the bottom of his agenda.
“Education will be my top priority as governor,” Rory said. “I will not compromise on our children’s future. Brian Sandoval has a different agenda, one that includes taking away money from our children’s classrooms, doing nothing to improve the quality of our schools, and doing nothing to build a new economy. That’s the choice Nevada voters face in November.”
Rory Reid is the only candidate for governor to offer solutions for today and a plan for Nevada’s future success – supporting strong schools for a stronger economy. For more information about Rory’s campaign or to download his plans — visit roryreid.com.
Note to media: To schedule interviews, please contact Mike Trask, press secretary, at 702-994-6757 or at trask@roryreid.com.
If I remember correctly, the state of Nevada leads the nation in drop-outs from high school. The state of Nevada has become, or already is, the worst state in the United States in the field of education. That is a condition that must be ended. Surely the voters of Nevada don’t want that for their children and grand children.
If the politicians of Nevada are so enamored of “no new taxes” that they will not impose a tax that will pay for a quality education for kids in this state then something must give.
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People need to put their money where their mouth is. If people want to improve the status of education, they can’t be laying off teachers and slashing education budgets. Maybe the governor of Nevada should have considered education before taking all his trips and entertaining so many “visitors” to the governor’s mansion. Want more of the same? Voe Sandoval and you’ll have no one to blame but yourself.
I think you are right Marla. Education of our children is a fundamental requisite for their futures as well as our own futures. I’ve always been somewhat confused about the people of Nevada. They seem to want things without being willing to pay for them. Education, like anything else, costs money. Anything that looks like it might cost money is shunned in Nevada. That is probably one of the main reasons that Nevada ranks last in the nation in so many areas. There are simply no free lunches.
I wonder where Sandoval’s children go to school…? Will they be affected by their father’s narrow minded view on “solving the education problem”…?
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