Two School Aid Ballot Initiatives Pushed in Nevada.

Nevada voters could be drawn into an all-out battle to decide how big a priority school funding should be if two initiatives to amend the state constitution find their way to the ballot. One initiative, proposed by the Nevada State Education Association (NSEA), would require state lawmakers to increase per-pupil spending to the national average by 2012. If approved, union officials say, the measure would provide the state's rapidly expanding student population with better educational opportunities by ensuring smaller class sizes, better technology, and adequate textbooks. But opponents say the NSEA initiative is not viable because it doesn't adequately define what" national average" means and doesn't provide a mechanism for funding the proposal.