Assembly Resolution No. 4–Assemblyman Perkins

 

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ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION—Acknowledging that the Nevada Legislature has the constitutional duty to provide for the support and maintenance of the schools in this state and determining the appropriate amount of the appropriations for their support and maintenance.

 

    Whereas, The Supreme Court of the United States has stated

that education “fulfills a most fundamental obligation of

government to its constituency” and is “perhaps the most important

function of state and local governments”; and

    Whereas, Ensuring the effectiveness of the schools in this state

is vital to the success of Nevada’s children, Nevada’s residents and

the economy of this state; and

    Whereas, Sections 2 and 6 of Article 11 of the Nevada

Constitution require the Nevada Legislature to provide for a uniform

system of common schools and to provide for their support and

maintenance, in addition to other means provided, by legislative

appropriation from the State General Fund; and

    Whereas, Section 19 of Article 4 of the Nevada Constitution

prohibits the expenditure of money from the State Treasury without

a legislative appropriation, and legal authority in this state requires

that money appropriated by the Nevada Legislature for one purpose

may not be used for any other purpose; and

    Whereas, The Nevada Legislature therefore has a

constitutional duty to appropriate money to provide for the support

and maintenance of the schools in this state for the next two fiscal

years; and

    Whereas, Both houses of the Nevada Legislature have found

that the amount of the proposed appropriations from the State

General Fund to the State Distributive School Account and for

class-size reduction as set forth in the second reprint of Senate Bill

No. 6 of the 20th Special Session of the Nevada Legislature is the

appropriate amount for the support and maintenance of the schools

in this state and for class-size reduction; and

    Whereas, Both houses of the Nevada Legislature have found

that the policies on education as set forth in the second reprint of

Senate Bill No. 6 of the 20th Special Session of the Nevada

Legislature are the policies on education of the Nevada Legislature;

now, therefore, be it

    Resolved by the Assembly of the State of Nevada, That

the Assembly hereby acknowledges its constitutional duty to

provide for the support and maintenance of the schools in this state;

and be it further

    Resolved, That the Assembly hereby determines that the

amount of the proposed appropriations from the State General Fund

to the State Distributive School Account and for class-size reduction

as set forth in the second reprint of Senate Bill No. 6 of the 20th

Special Session of the Nevada Legislature is the appropriate amount

for the support and maintenance of the schools in this state and for

class-size reduction; and be it further

    Resolved, That the Assembly finds that the policies on

education as set forth in the second reprint of Senate Bill No. 6 of

the 20th Special Session of the Nevada Legislature are the policies

on education of the Nevada Legislature; and be it further

    Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly prepare and

transmit a copy of this resolution to the Supreme Court of Nevada

for consideration in any litigation related to the issues concerning

the duty of the Nevada Legislature to provide for the support and

maintenance of the schools in this state.

 

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