This adds an additional $500 million in per-pupil spending this budget cycle. They also Supported nearly $200 million in new revenue dedicated to the needs of our students. Additionally, 

• To get kids back on track from lost learning due to the pandemic, school districts are now required to produce plans to provide summer school free of charge to all students.
• Increased funding for need-based Silver State Opportunity Grants to help high school students and families apply for financial aid.
• Legislative Democrats also voted to waive registration fees for Native American students who are a member or descendant of a federally recognized Indian tribe in Nevada.

• They passed Senate Bill 420, which provides an affordable public option for health insurance for Nevada families and expands Medicaid services for pregnant women.

They also passed legislation that:

• requires prescription labels to be available in a patient’s preferred language,
• provides for presumptive Medicaid eligibility for pregnant women, and
• provide Medicaid coverage for doulas.

Legislative Democrats passed bills that made vote-by-mail ballots permanent for everyone who wants one, supported updating our voter registration system to make it more accurate and secure, and moved Nevada to the first-in-the-nation presidential primary. Nevada continues to be a shining star for democracy in our country.

• Senate Bill 448 adds necessary transmission lines to ensure we achieve our climate goals and adds Electric Vehicle charging infrastructure to ensure we have the ability to meet Governor Sisolak’s clean car program.
• The legislature also closed the “classic car” smog loophole so our communities have cleaner air, took several steps to conserve water and energy in our state, and
• They passed a resolution to protect 30% of our public lands and waters by 2030.