Failing Public Education System

According to the American Psychological Association (APA) people who do not graduate high school are likely to seek social services, be unemployed and live in poverty, engage in crime and face health problems more than people who graduate. No wonder education is such an important topic not just any education, but a quality education offers resourcefulness from a sharpened set of problem-solving skills; It allows you to develop social skills through interacting with people you do not normally interact with; It exposes you to experiences with diversity and lets you see different points of view; It gives you a better, more developed understanding of the world around you; It boosts your career progression to achieve higher salaries. Nevada’s
Governor Brian Sandoval signed into law on June 02, 2015 Senate Bill 302, an education savings account (ESA). Nevada is not the first state to adopt the education savings account bill it is among others states like Arizona, Florida, Mississippi and Tennessee, but Nevada is a trailblazer in offering the ESA to all parents of public school children, whereas, other states just offer the ESA to a certain groups of children which, are usually children with special needs and disabilities. The bill will allow parents to participate in an education savings account, which funds will come from a percentage of government funds allocated to the child’s resident school district to be used for enrollment in private, charter, religious based or online schools as well as other expenses related to enrollment. The stipends will be issued in the form of a voucher, which on average parents can expect to receive around $5000.00 per child, however, special needs and low income children parents can expect to receive $5800.00 per child. (Nevada State Senate,
It is obvious Nevada needed an education system overhaul to provide a better success rate for the children in Nevada. This is the reason behind the Senate Bill 302 to give parents the choice on which type of education is best for their child. According, to “Kids Count” a report released by the Annie E. Casey Foundation an organization dedicated to improving the lives of children. “Three-quarters of Nevada fourth graders were not proficient in reading in 2011, and 71 percent of eighth graders weren’t proficient in math.” Furthermore, Nevada has a more than half dropout rate and the lowest percentage of children enrolled in early childhood education programs in the nation.” (Milliard,