By: Chuck Muth
Nevada News and Views
Nevada Legislative Leaders Tell Gov. Jim Gibbons to Pound Sand, Won’t Draft His Education Reform Bills
“If Gov. Jim Gibbons wants to bring his entire education reform agenda to a special session of the Legislature, from eliminating mandates for class-size reduction to repealing Nevada’s collective bargaining law, he will have to draft the bills himself,” Sean Whaley of the Nevada News Bureau is reporting this afternoon.
“The leadership of the Legislature has rejected a request by Gibbons to draft the several bills implementing his education proposals he released earlier this week in advance of a possible special session.”
In addition, “Lorne Malkiewich, director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau, said the direction on the bill drafting policy came from leadership. Democrats control both the state Senate and Assembly.”
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