Governor Sisolak says he is working with the legislature to find ways to increase education funding.

In response, Sisolak held a press conference Tuesday with Democratic Senate Majority Leader Nicole Cannizzaro and Assembly Speaker Jason Frierson.

Sisolak's plan includes using all of the excise tax on retail marijuana for the distribution school account. The 10% excise tax amounts to $121 million. 

And the governor says that's exactly where voters want it to go. 

"This bill is an important and bold step in decision-making, to make sure that past wrongs will be made right and put us on the track for success."

The 10% excise tax on marijuana retail sales could all go into the Distributive School Account for education - money that was previously used for school safety and the Millennium Scholarship. Sisolak says those will still get funded but from different sources. 

He also says the 3% teacher raises are still on the table. A bill would fence off funding for that purpose. 

Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle say they support the idea, depending on what else is in the bill - for both teacher raises and marijuana taxes. 

"That's actually where it should go. That's what the people voted on, marijuana money to go into the DSA. That's where it should go. I think it was a different tax than they voted on but I think the concept is the same," says Assemblyman Jim Wheeler (R), Minority Leader. 

Democratic Assembly Speaker Frierson adds, "We have to recognize that our teachers have the largest class sizes and they are being asked to do so much with so little and we have to do right by our teachers." 

The governor's proposed budget is about $100 million short. Lawmakers say they're trimming that down.Â