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Amid Troubling Poll Numbers ND College Carries Out New Vision / Public News Service

A new Gallup poll found Americans confidence in higher education has fallen to 36%. It added to the headwinds facing colleges and universities, but some campuses, including in North Dakota, remain undeterred in attracting students. The latest poll results are a sharp decline from 2015, when nearly 60% of respondents looked favorably on higher education. .

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Critics NE Opportunity Scholarships Act Unfair / Public News Service

Offering tax credits for scholarships to private schools has been a controversial issue in Nebraska. After tax-credit bills failed to pass in 2020 and 2021, this year the Opportunity Scholarships Act was signed into law. Legislative Bill 753 provides donors to scholarship-granting organizations a dollar-for-dollar tax credit for up to 50% of their income tax liability. .

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Private school tax breaks may go before Nebraska voters

Support Our Schools Nebraska is seeking 90,000 signatures to give voters a say in whether to keep the recently passed Opportunity Scholarships Act (LB753) as law.

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Petitions circulating to put school choice measure on Nebraska ballot

Petitions circulating to put school choice measure on Nebraska ballot
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New school funding proposal encounters Omaha, ag opposition

A legislative proposal to rely on a half-cent of current sales tax revenue matched by state appropriations to help fund local schools ran into a variety of opposition Wednesday.

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