Urban Institute reports focus on Nebraska K-12 funding, state revenue trends
Read about a pair of new Urban Institute reports that are pertinent to Nebraska's fiscal debate.
Recapping the 2018 legislative session
Read about some of the key fiscal developments from the recently-completed legislative session.
How Nebraska funds K-12 education
OpenSky's "Investing in Our Future: An Overview of Nebraska’s Education Funding System" helps break down the complex issue of K-12 funding in Nebraska in order to promote a dialogue on the vital issue of how we pay for our public schools.
Sustained vetoes will cut provider rate funding for key services; Tax credits for private school scholarship donations raise concerns
OpenSky Executive Director Renee Fry says, "“At a time when a major budget shortfall is causing cuts to key services like higher education and programs for the developmentally disabled, we have serious concerns about creating a new tax credit that would further reduce revenue and allow wealthy Nebraskans to turn a profit by way of the tax code.”
LB 484 presents opportunity to bring balance to K-12 finance, tax systems
LB 484 provides an opportunity to re-evaluate Nebraska’s system of school finance in a comprehensive way. The bill would serve a similar purpose to the School Finance Review Commission, which was created in the late 1980s to examine the state’s school funding system and our reliance on property taxes to fund K-12 education.
OpenSky announces Research Advisory Committee members
Learn more about our Research Advisory Committee members.
NPR series examines K-12 finance in America
Learn more about National Public Radio's series, "School Money -- The Cost of Opportunity," which focuses on school finance in America.
Public hearings on school funding studies set for Thursday
A joint Education and Revenue committee hearing to gather public input on LR 332 and LR 344, interim studies of school finance, will be held Thursday in the State Capitol, Room 1113.
Dates set for meetings on tax incentives, K-12 finance, roads funding
Several dates have been set by the Legislature to focus on key fiscal policy issues.
OpenSky Column — Nebraska is neither a high-tax nor a low-tax state
Nebraska’s taxes and tax rates are a lot like our geography – right in the middle.