Aaron D. Ford
Wants Nevada's per-pupil school funding to meet or beat the national average, with the money reaching classrooms.
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Schools and school funding
Campaign positions remain attributed. Official actions are shown separately, with narrow relationship labels and limits.
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Campaign positions
What each campaign says.
Danielle Ford
Wants more school money spent better, and closer checks on education contracts with national vendors.
Joseph Lombardo
Wants every child reading at grade level by third grade, and higher per-pupil funding tied to results.
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Evidence timeline
Where statements meet the record.
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Aaron D. Ford: Matches stated record claim
His campaign says he sued the Trump administration to stop it from shutting down the U.S. Department of Education. Nevada joined 20 other attorneys general in suing on March 13, 2025. A federal court blocked the layoffs on May 22, 2025. On July 14, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court paused that order while the case goes on. Limit: He was one of 21 attorneys general in the suit. The campaign's figure of $1 billion a year for Nevada was not checked.
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Joseph Lombardo: Matches stated record claim
His campaign says he delivered the largest education investment in state history, $2 billion in new funding. He signed Senate Bill 503, the 2023-25 school funding bill, on May 31, 2023. The state Education Department called it the largest K-12 increase in state history: $2.6 billion more over two years. Limit: The Legislature passed the budget and he signed it. The Education Department's figure is higher than the campaign's.
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Aaron D. Ford: Matches stated record claim
His campaign says he sued a national student loan company and won millions in relief for Nevadans. In January 2022, Nevada and other states settled with Navient for $1.7 billion. His office said 592 Nevadans would get $17,140,858 in loan cancellation and 3,952 would share $1,053,752 in payments. Limit: It was a settlement joined by many states, not a win at trial.
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Aaron D. Ford: Record does not bear out the claim
His campaign says that as Senate majority leader he sponsored the bill that created the Silver State Opportunity Grant, a college grant for low-income students. Senate Bill 227 created the grant in 2015. Its sponsors were Senators Kieckhefer, Kihuen, Harris and Woodhouse. Ford voted for it but was not a sponsor. He was minority leader that session. Limit: In 2017, as majority leader, he was a lead sponsor of SB 391, which created a different community college scholarship, the Nevada Promise Scholarship. Two 2017 bills on the Silver State grant were filed by others and did not pass.
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