Nebraskans view funding of public education justifiably as a long-term investment in the state’s future. A strong K-12 education system not only expands economic opportunities for all, it helps strengthen the overall economy. Many of the policy choices made by our state’s lawmakers have major ramifications for our state’s vital investments in public education.
The time may have come for Nebraska to again form a group dedicated to reviewing education finance in the state. That was a repeated theme during a panel discussion at Tuesday’s OpenSky Policy Institute Tax Policy Symposium in Lincoln.
A pair of bills to cut income taxes would blow holes in the state budget, aren’t aimed at the middle class and are not likely to grow the economy. Furthermore, the bills -- LB 1097 and LB 721 -- likely would lead to higher property taxes and cuts to investments in schools and other key services.
Policy brief: Higher property taxes for most if Nebraska lowers agricultural land valuations Taxing agricultural land at only 65 percent of its full market value – which is proposed in several bills [...]
Nebraska’s schools would be much poorer, its roads bumpier and its property taxes significantly higher if the state had to live for the past three decades under the kind of rigid spending limits that have been discussed around the state of late.
Today we’ll share an infographic that shows how infusing an additional $154 million in state aid to local governments such as school districts would affect our “Real Taxpayers of Nebraska.”
As Appropriations Committee hearings on state support for higher education continue today, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities has released a report that shows state funding of public universities and colleges has declined sharply in almost every state, including Nebraska.
Governor's Budget Proposal Does Little to Restore Cuts to K-12 Schools The budget proposal outlined by the governor today would do little to help schools make up for deep cuts experienced in [...]
OpenSky Analysis of Tax Cuts' Impact on School Funding During the general file debate of LB 970, a number of questions were raised about the current assumptions of TEEOSA growth in the [...]
