Proposals to close Northern Nevada schools. Elimination of a Reno program for gifted students. Job cuts. Canceled teacher raises. Three years after Nevada school leaders celebrated a historical, 26 percent K-12 education funding increase, a number of their districts now face financial outlooks so dire that at least one is eligible for a state takeover and several are mulling options more often seen during a recession. What happened? Superintendents across the state say flat K-12 education