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 state Legislature has a record budget surplus to work with this year, and bills being debated this week reflect opportunities to invest in Nebraska’s schools and other services that all Nebraskans [...]
18 As part of the formula to calculate basic funding in TEEOSA, a school takes all of its expenses and then subtracts 18 categories of special allowances. These are items like transportation [...]
Nebraska’s funding system for its public schools has fueled debate for decades. With significant changes in the funding system proposed this year, reporter Elizabeth Rembert featured research and analysis from OpenSky Policy [...]
Hundreds of supporters of public education gathered Saturday in opposition to a bill that would provide tax incentives for donations to scholarship funds for private and faith-based schools. Speaking at Saturday's rally, [...]
State aid to Nebraska’s public schools could decrease if a proposal to give state tax credits for donations to fund private school scholarships becomes law. Proponents of LB 753 have suggested that [...]
Students in rural areas are unlikely to see many benefits from a plan to provide private school scholarship tax credits. The proposal to be debated on Tuesday, LB 753, would allow a [...]
The governor’s proposed education finance plan to be debated next week commits significant state resources to Nebraska’s public schools. But when combined with proposed revenue caps included in a package of property [...]
Proposed property tax breaks designed to match the dollars that the state would commit in income tax cuts could restrict what’s available to fund programs that all Nebraskans rely on. The framework [...]
Nebraska is among at least two dozen states that are considering bills linked to school choice that threaten to undermine the promise of public education. Earlier this month, the Nebraska Legislature gave [...]
Taxes and school funding are closely linked in this year’s Nebraska Legislature, so let’s look at a major proposal being considered in the debate – LB 589. Known as the School District [...]