Rogers v. Heller

*171OPINION

In this appeal, we are asked to address the propriety of an initiative petition (“Initiative”) that seeks to raise funds and increase state funding for Nevada’s public elementary and secondary schools by enacting a new chapter in NRS Title 32 and by amending various provisions of Nevada’s statutes. Because the Initiative requires a new legislative appropriation without also raising a sufficient tax, it lacks sufficient funding, a threshold requirement under the Nevada Constitution. The Initiative’s failure to comply with the Nevada Constitution’s threshold funding renders it void.…