Legislation to help repair or replace deteriorating schools in rural Nevada counties is awaiting the governor’s signature.

Assembly Bill 224 unanimously cleared the state Senate with just two hours left in the Nevada legislative session Monday night, the penultimate step before becoming law. Gov. Joe Lombardo has 10 days to sign the bill.

If signed, the legislation allows the state to sell up to $100 million in general obligation bonds to help the school districts in Nevada’s smallest, neediest counties rebuild or renovate physically failing schools.

This funding represents a crucial lifeline for Ely, the county seat of White Pine County, where the financially struggling school district has grappled with crumbling infrastructure for decades. Both the elementary and middle schools, each

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