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Governor Jim Gibbons not ready to call special legislative session yet

Las Vegas, NV - We may want consumers to spend their money this holiday season, but Governor Jim Gibbons says the state needs to cut back on its spending.

"The state, like every family sitting around a table, has to look at its checkbook, look at its expenditures and look at its revenue and plan for the future, with the reality of lower income today."

The state is already falling short of its revenue projections by about $30 million.

But the governor says he doesn't want to call for a special legislative session yet.

"We're looking at whether it's possible for us to do it through the executive branch of government, the savings through just departments and whether we can make up the $30 million."

The governor hopes to make a decision within the next couple weeks.

If a special session is necessary, the budget won't be the only thing on the agenda.

Gibbons also wants to change a law about how teachers are evaluated, because right now that law is preventing the state from qualifying for federal education funds.

"What we need to do is eliminate that, get rid of that stigma that's attached to the state of Nevada because of the law."

Gibbons says it's too late to qualify for the first round of "Race to the Top" funds, so he's not willing to call a special session just to press the education issue.

But it will a priority, if the governor can't figure out a way to balance the current budget.

"If that consideration leads to a special session, then absolutely will we put this new education revision in that special session."

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