Nevada System of Higher Education Chancellor Thom Reilly earlier this week told area media that due to an error, the state budget for the upcoming biennium left NSHE $6.4 million short of what is needed to give system employees a 3 percent cost of living raise.
And as of Thursday afternoon, that’s still the case.
Asked earlier Thursday to clarify some statements tweeted Wednesday night that seemed to indicate NSHE and the governor’s office had resolved the error and employees might get their raises after all, NSHE spokesperson Francis McCabe initially told the Current in an email that “The answer to your question if the money for the raises is there, is yes.”
Shortly after that statement was published on the Current, McCabe called and said his earlier statement had been mistaken, and the budget shortfall is unresolved.
Reilly is scheduled to address the Board of Regents about the budget shortfall at their meeting Friday morning.
