Nevada State Education Association

🍁This year, we’re especially thankful for the educators, support staff, parents, and communities who continue to show up for our students, even in the most challenging moments. Wishing you a joyous and restful Thanksgiving!

And… cut! Nevada lawmakers narrowly reject plan to lure movie projects to Vegas A seven-day special session wrapped in Nevada’s capital with a major proposal to offer tax credits to film studios failing, and the governor’s sweeping crime legislation passing

“If Hollywood is the emergency, then Nevada leaders have lost the plot, and if tone deafness were taxable, perhaps our schools would be fully funded,” said Alexander Marks, Deputy Executive Director at @nsea.bsky.social. Senators ultimately agreed, rejecting the bill over similar concerns.” #NVleg

The Nevada Current confirming that Jeremy was around the building pushing the #HollywoodHandout. I updated my complaint to the Legislative Counsel Bureau this morning. From stadiums to studios, Jeremy just doesn't think the rules apply to him. #NVLeg

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Statement: The #HollywoodHandout has failed to pass. #NVLeg

This special session has been dragging on for seven days now, wasting money that could’ve provided school lunches for 272,374 CCSD students! #NVLeg

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We ❤️ Education Support Professionals! Celebrate the ESPs in your life today who do so much to keep our children safe, healthy, and learning! #espday #aew2025 #WeLoveOurESPs

If only there was a way to see where everyone in the Senate was on a bill, ya know? #NVLeg

YouTube video by Nevada State Education Association NSEA Maggie Babb, Hollywood Handout Opposition Presentation

Check out NSEA Member Maggie Babb offer a powerful and grounded perspective on why Nevada educators oppose this $1.65 billion giveaway to Hollywood executives. #UnionStrong www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLAO...

You can read her full comments here:

NSEA Member and second grade teacher Maggie Babb is speaking at the #NVLeg and why educators oppose the #HollywoodHandout

In terms of impact to CCSD, the decreased revenue to the state caused by AB5 means a loss of over $20M/year in support from the Education Fund through the funding formula. CCSD may be the sole beneficiary of Pre-K funds, but like every other Nevada district, CCSD will lose funding with AB5's passage

In the Regular Session, NSEA strongly supported SB460 as introduced, as it expanded Pre-K opportunities for the entire state, not just one county as AB5 does. We were disappointed to see millions of dollars for pre-k removed in the final version. #NVLeg

While $12M per year for Pre-K is great, this is not new revenue. It is a mechanism to capture funds that otherwise would accrue to the County. NSEA supports Pre-K and if you want more Pre-K funding, just provide it directly. You don't need a corporate giveaway.

Memo: NSEA Opposes Assembly Bill 5 | Nevada State Education Association NSEA opposes AB5, a $1.6 billion tax giveaway to Hollywood studios. Simply put, we believe in Schools Over Studios.

NSEA opposes AB5, a $1.6B tax giveaway to Hollywood studios. The state cannot afford this handout. These tax credits drain Nevada’s general fund, which is the same fund that supports students and educators. Every dollar spent on corporate welfare is a dollar not spent funding our schools. #NVLeg

After the Assembly passed the #HollywoodHandout, the fate of film tax credits lies in the hands of the Senate. Call into the Senate Jobs & Economy Committee to urge them to vote NO on #AB5 using (888) 475-4499, meeting ID 87424207951, then press #. #NVLeg

On their way out of the Assembly, outgoing democratic leaders (Steve Yeager, Daniele Monroe-Moreno, and Sandra Jauregui) just voted to cut education funding and create a massive hole in the state’s budget. Sadly, the outgoing Assembly Leadership put Hollywood’s wants over Nevadans’ needs. #NVLeg

See the numbers: Nevada’s potential film studio fiscal cliff • Nevada Current The Summerlin film studio bill currently under consideration by the Nevada State Legislature is expected to lead the state to a fiscal cliff in 2030, according to a fiscal analysis presented to lawmak...

A vote for Assembly Bill 5 is a vote to cut education.

#SchoolsOverStudios
#NVLeg

Memo: NSEA Supports Senate Bill 3 | Nevada State Education Association NSEA supports SB3 to establish the Silver State General Assistance Program to provide temporary support to Nevadans experiencing an extraordinary financial hardship.

NSEA supports SB3 to establish the Silver State General Assistance Program to provide temporary support to Nevadans experiencing an extraordinary financial hardship.

Film tax bill passes Assembly committee A bill to authorize nearly $1.6 billion in transferable film tax credits passed an Assembly committee on Friday, and now heads to the Assembly floor for a critical vote.

"Assemblymember La Rue Hatch added: "Nevada citizens deserve better than a Speaker who mansplains to a female colleague while simultaneously pushing to give away $1.65 billion in public money that the nonpartisan legislative staff said the State of Nevada cannot afford."

My response to the inappropriate comments made by Speaker Yeager as he bullied the largest corporate handout in Nevada history through committee tonight.

YouTube video by Nevada State Education Association NSEA Opposes the Hollywood Handout.

Maybe Hollywood will make a movie about that... #SchoolsOverStudios #NVLeg

"When you give away tax revenue like that, you limit the state's ability to hire teachers, fundamental health supports, improve infrastructure, all of which actually drive long-term job growth," said Marks. #SchoolsOverStudios #NVLeg

"This comes just a few months after the governor signed a budget increasing education funding by just $2 per student, which was a de facto education cut," said Marks of NSEA. "So now he's calling a special session to hand over $1.65 billion in public money to Hollywood executives."

The state of Nevada is just going to lose $1.65B if they pass the #HollywoodHandout... why would the Assembly let the public comment about how that's a bad idea? #NVLeg

The #HollywoodHandout hearing has begun. You can watch here; however, testimony can only be given IN PERSON as the Assembly has shut the phones off and will not allow telephonic testimony #NVLeg www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/RE...

Special Sessions exist for true emergencies, not corporate wish lists. The real emergency is that Nevada ranks 48th in per-pupil funding and has the largest class sizes in the country. The solution to that crisis is not a flashy tax credit scheme that drives Nevada off the fiscal cliff. #NVLeg

The budget impacts of tax credits are real. They drain Nevada’s general fund, the same fund that supports students, educators, and essential public services. When you give away tax revenue, you limit the state’s ability to hire educators, fund vital services, and improve infrastructure.

Just a few months after Gov. Lombardo signed a budget increasing education funding by only $2 per student, a de facto education cut, he’s now called a Special Session to giveaway $1.65B in public money to Hollywood Executives. If Hollywood is the emergency, then Nevada’s leaders have lost the plot.

This is the type of crisis that merits a special session. The budget impacts of transferable tax credits are real. Every dollar spent on one of these flashy but fiscally reckless projects is a dollar we don’t see in our schools.