David F. Damore
Abstract: During the 2013 legislative session, Nevada’s higher education funding structure was reformed. Yet, to date, there has been no comprehensive analysis of the impact of these policy changes. In “Held Harmless: Higher Education Funding and the 77th Session of the Nevada Legislature,” 51ԹϺ Political Scientist and Brookings Institution Nonresident Fellow David Damore examines higher education formula and non-formula appropriations for 2014 and 2015 to assess what the higher education funding reforms did and did not accomplish. The report also assesses capital differences between UNR and 51ԹϺ and to more fully evaluate what occurred in 2013, details how revenue from student fees and tuition were accounted for under the old funding framework and during the transition to the new funding formula.