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Jay Marie Mangoba, LCB Fiscal Analysis Division, opened the session by noting no decisions were required that day: \"No decisions would need to be made today. The purpose of this work session is to seek guidance from the joint subcommittee regarding the methodology and funding levels that will be considered during the closing recommendations to the full committees,\" she said.

Fiscal staff summarized the ad hoc committee's recommended distribution: allocate available general funds among institutions using a three-component formula (75% weighted student credit hours, 15% outcome-based relative performance growth, and 10% student attributes including headcount, underrepresented minority and Pell-eligible measures), increase small-institution factor values and thresholds, and eliminate the current performance funding pool. The governor's budget would phase in the new distribution (20% in FY26, 40% in FY27) and proposed a hold-harmless to prevent general-fund cuts to the two R1 universities (University of Nevada, Reno and University of Nevada, Las Vegas). The governor's Office of Finance also submitted amendments to remove two decision units (E685 and M204) and to increase the phase-in percentage in FY26 and FY27 (to 26.25% and 52.5%, respectively) to mitigate impacts for smaller institutions.

Fiscal staff presented multiple options with attachments showing institution-level dollar impacts under each scenario, including:
- Option 1: Keep base maintenance and enhancement methodology (no distribution change).
- Option 2A: Full implementation of the new distribution methodology (cost-neutral redistribution would reduce funding for UNR and UNLV and increase funding for Nevada State University and community colleges).
- Option 2B/C: Phase-in the new methodology at governor-recommended percentages, with 2C including a hold-harmless for UNR and UNLV.
- Option 3 and 4 variants: Same as above but combined with governor's proposed budget amendments (eliminating E685 and M204) and alternative phase-in percentages.

Members expressed concerns about implementing a formula that could require additional ongoing general-fund support for UNR and UNLV, and about the formula's stability across future biennia. Majority Leader Kim Azaro said the presentation left unresolved questions: \"I don't think that we were presented with something that also is workable ... I don't think as a whole it is workable.\" Assemblymember Hafen said smaller institutions could be disproportionately affected and asked staff to consider comparisons with districts and other institutions. Chair Monroe Moreno and others indicated they were gravitating toward Option 3 (maintain base maintenance and enhancement while approving certain budget amendments) as a cautious short-term approach given economic uncertainty.

No formal vote was taken during the work session. Staff said the attachments and modeling are posted in NELIS and that they will use direction from members to prepare closing recommendations for the full joint committees. \"We may wish to determine whether to recommend approving funding for the 7 instructional formula budget accounts utilizing the traditional base maintenance and enhancement decision unit methodology ... or full implementation of the new funding formula distribution methodology,\" Mangoba said, summarizing the day's guidance.

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Yuri Yakovlev, LCB Fiscal Analysis Division, told the subcommittees the authority requested use of $3,500,000 in reserves to fund 14 new positions and to continue funding two existing positions to address increased workload as the number of sponsored charter schools and enrollment grow. \"The major closing issue is a recommendation to utilize $3,500,000 in reserves for 14 new positions and 2 positions recommended for continued funding to address current and projected workloads due to increases in sponsored schools,\" Yakovlev said.

Fiscal staff grouped the requested positions into five decision units. The largest package (decision unit E125) would create an education programs director to lead a new monitoring and evaluations team, three management analyst roles (including one to implement a Medicaid billing initiative and another to oversee charter application renewal and performance framework submissions), and two education programs professionals to support special education and MTSS. Yakovlev said the Medicaid billing pilot work program for an electronic records and agent-billing service was recently approved and that the SPCSA has now received provider-enrollment status from the Division of Health Care Financing and Policy, enabling the authority to bill for Medicaid-eligible services.

The subcommittee debated the requests in the context of uncertain federal grant funding. Chair Monroe Moreno voiced concern that hiring permanent staff to replace grant-funded contracts could leave the authority exposed if grant funding is reduced. \"I don't know how, you know, given direction to staff today of what we should do, but I think we need to be very conservative in what we do do,\" Monroe Moreno said during deliberations.

After discussion, the subcommittee approved the reserve reductions recommended by staff for decision unit E125 with one exception: the education programs professional (grade 39) assigned to MTSS work, which is currently provided by vendor contract funding, was withheld from recommendation for permanent funding. A motion reflecting that modification was moved by Chair Dondero Loop and seconded by Chair Monroe Moreno; the motion carried.

Other decision units approved or acted on by the subcommittee included:
- E126: Two positions approved (an education programs supervisor for on-site evaluations and an education programs professional to support school performance plans and career-technical education work). Members amended discussion to delay adding another supervisory layer in the new monitoring structure, but ultimately approved the recommendation as modified; motion moved by Chair Dondero Loop, seconded by Majority Leader Howdicky, and carried.
- E127: Three positions approved (two education programs professionals to assist with Infinite Campus data entry and MTSS support, plus a grants and projects analyst). The MTSS position request was again handled conservatively consistent with prior holds; motion carried after a motion by Assemblymember Torres Fawcett and second by Assemblymember Howdicky.
- E128: The subcommittee voted not to recommend E128 at this time because of concerns about grant funding stability; motion to not recommend was moved by Chair Dondero Loop and seconded by Majority Leader Howdicky, and carried.
- E129: Two interim positions established during the 2023–24 interim and currently filled were approved to continue in budget (decision unit E129); motion carried.

Fiscal staff also presented seven other technical closing items (removing nonstate rents and erroneously included contract expenses among them). The subcommittee approved closing items 1–5 as recommended and closed items 6–7 with technical adjustments. The public charter school loan program account was closed as recommended by the governor; the motion to close that account carried.

Public commenters raised related concerns. Alexander Marks of the Nevada State Education Association told the subcommittees he was \"concerned about the fast growing budget of the state public charter school authority and the schools under its purview\" and urged stronger oversight and adherence to growth-management requirements enacted by the Legislature.

The subcommittee repeatedly flagged the risk that positions tied to federal grants or vendor contracts might not be sustainable if grant funding is reduced. Staff noted vendors funded by federal grants generally remain in place through the grant expiration (several contracts were said to expire on Oct. 1, 2025), and that permanent hires could follow later through the Interim Finance Committee or in the next legislative cycle if funding stabilizes.

Looking ahead, fiscal staff retained authority to make technical adjustments as needed before the recommendations go to the full joint committees.

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