Session Review: Appropriations Committee
Lawmakers made adjustments to the state’s two-year budget, approved a number of claims against the state and authorized millions in state dollars for private school K-12 scholarships this session.
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Session Review: Education
Lawmakers approved two omnibus education packages this session that allow certain school districts to permit security personnel to carry firearms on school grounds, provide funding for computer science teacher training and boost funding for teacher recruitment and retention programs.
Read MoreEducation package clears final round
Lawmakers gave final approval April 11 to an omnibus education proposal.
Read MoreOmnibus education measure advanced
A proposal to update the Nebraska Career Scholarship Act was given first-round approval March 20 after lawmakers amended it to include several other bills related to education.
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Session Review: Education
The state will direct approximately $300 million per year in additional funding to K-12 public schools under a bill advanced by the Education Committee this session.
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Governor’s education funding proposal amended, advanced
A bill that would direct approximately $300 million per year in additional state funding to K-12 public schools received second-round approval from lawmakers May 9.
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Education package amended, advanced to final round
Senators gave second-round approval May 9 to a bill containing several education-related measures after amending it to add a high school graduation requirement and modify a proposal intended to increase the number of Nebraska teachers.
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Education lottery allocation bill expanded, advanced
A bill distributing state lottery funds to education programs received first-round approval May 2 after lawmakers amended it to include nearly two dozen other education-related proposals.
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Governor’s education funding proposal advances
Lawmakers gave first-round approval April 4 to a bill that would direct additional state funding to K-12 public schools.
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Committee hears updates on Omaha pandemic funding
The Urban Affairs Committee heard testimony March 7 on a bill that would update the Economic Recovery Act passed by the Legislature in 2022 to fund pandemic recovery projects, mainly in North and South Omaha.
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Proposal would create Holocaust education grant program
The Education Committee heard testimony March 6 on a bill intended to give Nebraska educators the support they need to teach about the Holocaust and other acts of genocide.
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Student poll workers, civics committee reps proposed
Nebraska high school students could fulfill a graduation requirement by completing a shift as a poll worker under a bill heard Jan. 23 by the Education Committee.
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Session Review: Education
Measures intended to attract and retain teachers, improve student access to mental and behavioral health services and prepare students for technology-related jobs were among those advanced by the Education Committee this session.
Read MoreAmendment to eliminate State Board of Education proposed
Voters could choose to eliminate the State Board of Education under a proposed constitutional amendment considered by the Education Committee March 1.
Read MoreBill would ban racial, gender ‘scapegoating’ in education and training
Nebraska public schools, public postsecondary institutions and government entities would be prohibited from teaching, advocating, encouraging, promoting or acting upon race or sex “scapegoating” or stereotyping and from discriminating against students because of their political ideology under a bill heard Feb. 24 by the Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee.
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