It is still early in this year’s session of the Nebraska Legislature, but one of the topics that is bound to get a lot of attention will be school funding.
Gov. Jim Pillen on Tuesday announced that he supports three education funding bills that would, among other things, establish a $1 billion education fund. As was reported by the Associated Press, none of the bills would do away with the state’s current school funding formula — a move that many feared would happen. Previously, Mr. Pillen pushed to make major changes. One of the bills, Legislative Bill 589, creates a 3% cap on property tax revenue that a school district receives, but can be over-ridden by local school boards.
