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| https://horsford.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-steven-horsford-demands-investment-nevada-s-future-budget-committee | Congressman Steven Horsford Demands Investment in Nevadas Future in Budget Committee | 2019-11-21 | 2019 | 2019-11 | Democrat | House | NV | Steven Horsford | H001066 | horsford.house.gov | legacy | Washington, D.C. On Wednesday, Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) gave a statement in the House Budget Committee, laying out the needs for investment in Nevada's students and our nation's young people. In his statement and questioning of the Committee's witnesses, Congressman Horsford highlighted the discrepancies in funding for Nevada's schools. Nevada is home to 416 Title I schools that serve more than 300,000 students. Its largest school district, Clark County School District (CCSD), is the fifth-largest in the U.S. Nearly half of CCSD students are Latino students, and nearly a quarter are limited English proficient. During the 2017-2018 school year, Nevada was supposed to receive $379 million dollars in Title I funding from the federal government. However, the state only received $130 million dollarsalmost a $250 million funding deficit for students that need it the most. As a result, Nevada's schools are suffering from a lack of resources for textbooks, after school programs, or early childhood programs that can improve educational outcomes for Nevada's students. The Congressman also described decades of cuts to various skills training programs, such as the Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act (WIOA) and Perkins Career and Technical Education. WIOA programs received $4.6 billion in the fiscal year 2001. These programs, designed to train the American workforce for the skills they need to succeed in the 21st century, only received $2.8 billion in funding for the fiscal year 2019. The Congressman's full remarks can be here. | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |