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I knew from the start state Sen. Mark Hutchison, R-Las Vegas, was going to be a good lawmaker. You could tell from his campaign: earnest, respectful and policy-driven.
Progress in the Nevada Legislature, whatever the cause, is notoriously incremental. Seismic shifts in policy are the rare exception, not the rule.
Democratic lawmakers want fully subsidized full-day kindergarten in every elementary school in the state, as well as reduced class sizes across the board. The unmentioned but far more urgent issues: Where will school districts put all those kindergartners and all the new teachers required? And where is the money coming from for that space?
For all the focus on education during the 2013 Legislature, for all the platitudes about the importance of transforming and improving our schools, Nevada’s K-12 system is essentially unchanged for the next two school years. Lawmakers could have done much better.