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Treasurer requests one‑time appropriations for Nevada Promise and silicosis pension fund
Summary
Senate Bill 486 would appropriate roughly $10.7 million to the Nevada Promise scholarship account and a small amount to the silicosis/disabled pension fund; the treasurer’s office said the silicosis fund administration is governed by statute and the appropriation requested is a one‑time allocation.
Kirsten VanRye, chief of staff for the Nevada State Treasurer’s Office, presented Senate Bill 486 to the Ways and Means Committee May 28. The bill would appropriate $10,718,696 to the Nevada Promise scholarship program. VanRye said the Promise scholarship is administered by NSHE and applies after other financial aid; the account supports scholarships for eligible students and had enrolled about 1,500 students during a recent year. The bill also requested $1,000 for the silicosis and disabled pension fund (NRS 617.1675) to continue benefit payments administered by the state treasurer; the fund was established in 1975 to pay benefits to diagnosed employees and dependents for occupational lung disease related to silica and asbestos.
Patricia Charlton and former Senator Dennis testified in support, recounting program outcomes and community service contributions by Promise recipients. The presenter noted these appropriations were nonexecutive budget accounts and not included in the governor’s executive budget; the committee closed the hearing and later included the one‑shot appropriation as part of the consent work session package the committee moved as due passed.
