US EditionNebraska joins Trump program to use public money for private school tuition
Nebraska becomes one of the first states to join a federal program allowing tax credits for donations to private school scholarships, benefiting families earning up to 300% of median income.
- Nebraska's Republican Governor Jim Pillen opted the state into a federal school choice tax credit program allowing taxpayers to direct up to $1,700 in federal income taxes owed to scholarship-granting groups for eligible private school expenses.
- The program extends eligibility to families earning up to 300% of the area median gross income and is similar to a state measure voters previously repealed that would have allowed diverting state taxes to private school tuition scholarships.
- While Pillen said the federal program comes at no cost to the state and supports both public and private schools, the state's largest teachers' union criticized it as undermining voters' will after they rejected vouchers.
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Nebraska joins federal school voucher program despite critics saying it defies 2024 voter decision
OMAHA, Neb. (KMTV) Nebraska joins federal voucher program for private schools despite 2024 voter repeal of similar state plan. Program starts 2027. On Monday, Governor Jim Pillen announced that Nebraska will opt into a new nationwide scholarship tax credit program. Tim Royers, president of the Nebraska State Education Association, says the governor's decision goes against what voters wanted. Supporters like Opportunity Scholarships of Nebraska s…
This State Is Adopting the Trump-Backed School Choice Program.
PULSE POINTSWHAT HAPPENED: Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen (R) signed an executive order opting the state into a federal school choice tax credit program, allowing taxpayer dollars to fund private school tuition.WHO WAS INVOLVED: Governor Jim Pillen, Representatives Mike Flood (R-NE) and Adrian Smith (R-NE), and the Nebraska State Education Association.WHEN & WHERE: Announced Monday at a Catholic school in Lincoln, Nebraska.KEY QUOTE: “I am not opt…
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