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Panel signs off on major spending plan for Nevada schools

A Legislative budget subcommittee on Thursday signed off on a big chunk of the public schools budget for the coming two years, voting to include $63 million in revenue from a new 10 percent retail tax on recreational marijuana as proposed by Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval.

Nevada Assembly OKs bill requiring school board trustee training

Assembly Bill 451, which would mandate at least six hours of training in the first and third years of their terms, is approved by a 41-0 vote and advances to the state Senate.