By Kyle Roerink (contact) <\/p>\n
Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015 | 12:30 p.m. <\/p>\n
ASSOCIATED PRESS <\/p>\n
Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval delivers the State of the State address at the Legislature in Carson City on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013. <\/p>\n
The top brass of UNLV and the Nevada System of Higher Education lobbied lawmakers today for $27 million in upfront funding for a medical school in Las Vegas, instead of the $8.3 million proposed by Gov. Brian Sandoval. <\/p>\n
The funding push highlights the paramount challenge UNLV must overcome if it wants to enroll an inaugural class by 2017: raising state and private funds to pay for the school. <\/p>\n
The effort also showcases a budget battle pitting lawmakers to choose between funding a high-profile item all at once or incrementally. <\/p>\n
NSHE requested $27 million for the medical school this year, calling the sum a small amount for a school that will have an estimated $350 million backing from philanthropists. <\/p>\n
The governor has signaled he will support $27 million for the school, but he doesnt want to fund it all at once. <\/p>\n
He wants $8.3 million to go to UNLV in the next two years and the remainder to follow in the next biennium. <\/p>\n
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