The time has come for K-12 finance review
We believe it is time to re-evaluate our state’s system of school finance in a comprehensive way. Two bills before the Education Committee -- LB 182 and LB 323 -- would provide such an opportunity.
Video of Jan. 13 tax symposium now online
Watch video from our tax policy symposium, which featured comments from participants in the Nebraska School Finance Review Commission.
Links to and reflections about interim studies on income, property taxes
It’s been a busy couple weeks in Lincoln as lawmakers wrapped up interim studies in advance of the 2015 Legislative session. Among the studies completed and reported on were Revenue Committee studies on income taxes and property taxes.
Chadron Record series takes a look at school funding and property taxes
Amid all the coverage of the Legislature’s tax and budget debates, we wanted to point out an interesting series of stories on school funding by the Chadron Record.
Property taxes, Pre-K, special education talks highlight education committee hearings
Property taxes, Pre-K, special education talks highlight education committee hearings Over the past few weeks, the Legislature’s Education Committee held public hearings in Hastings, McCook, Dunning, Omaha, Crete and Macy as part [...]
Education Committee announces public hearing discussion points
The Legislature’s Education Committee has released discussion points to be covered at a series of October public hearings.
Education Committee public hearing schedule
See the complete schedule of the Education Committee interim study public hearings.
Education Committee study hearing dates, OpenSky education presentation online
The Legislature’s Education Committee has announced its schedule for public hearings, which are part of its study of the education funding system in Nebraska.
Kay Stilwell Bergquist hired as education policy analyst
We are pleased to announce that Kay Stilwell Bergquist is joining the OpenSky Policy Institute as our new education policy analyst. Kay will start at OpenSky on June 3.
K-12 education tops Omaha Young Professionals’ budget priorities
A collective gasp. That was the sound we were met with as we displayed a PowerPoint slide to about 100 Omaha-area Young Professionals that showed how K-12 education in Nebraska had been cut by more than $100 million in the past few years.