Exempt School Teachers from the Public Employee Strike Prohibition Initiative
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Nevada · November 2026 general election · Citizen initiative · Election day November 3, 2026
Topics: Education, Labor and wages
In plain language
This initiated statute would have exempted public school teachers from Nevada's prohibition on strikes by government employees. The Clark County Education Association filed the petition and gathered enough signatures to send it to the 2025 Legislature, which put it on a path to the 2026 ballot if lawmakers did not act. After the Legislature passed Senate Bill 161, clarifying that protests and pickets do not count as strikes, the sponsor withdrew the petition in June 2025, so it will not appear on the November 3, 2026 ballot.
Fiscal impact
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What supporters and opponents say
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What supporters say
- The Clark County Education Association filed the initiative to give teachers the same ability to withhold labor that most private-sector workers have, and said it would let voters decide after the Legislature declined to act.
What opponents say
- Gov. Joe Lombardo has publicly stated that Nevada teachers should not be allowed to strike.
Official ballot language
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Sources
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