Nebraska Legislature Thread

Ehhhh, I sort of disagree but I actually like kids and think that it is important to help them.  If that means they go to a private school and some funds go that way, that is fine with me.

Whatever can be done to create the best chance for kids to get a good education.  

 
teachercd said:
Ehhhh, I sort of disagree but I actually like kids and think that it is important to help them.  If that means they go to a private school and some funds go that way, that is fine with me.

Whatever can be done to create the best chance for kids to get a good education.  
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I say use those funds to help add resources to public schools where everyone has access to help create a system where kids don't feel they are better off going to a private school.

For example: Invest in alternative education settings, and actually make problem kids go there.  Or, hear me out, beef up career programs for kids past 8th grade and stop requiring EVERY student to sit through Chemistry and Geometry.

 
funhusker said:
I say use those funds to help add resources to public schools where everyone has access to help create a system where kids don't feel they are better off going to a private school.

For example: Invest in alternative education settings, and actually make problem kids go there.  Or, hear me out, beef up career programs for kids past 8th grade and stop requiring EVERY student to sit through Chemistry and Geometry.
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Oh man, a place for problem kids, right?  I know there are SOME buildings for them but clearly that is not enough.

Career programs, well you know my thoughts!  GET THAT GOING.  Team up with local unions and start junior apprentice programs.  

 
how are they going to blame the democrats for that?   the nebraska government is a super majority republican ever since the last time nebraska football won a national title

 
commando said:
how are they going to blame the democrats for that?   the nebraska government is a super majority republican ever since the last time nebraska football won a national title
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Well color me frigging shocked!!! Nebraskans sat and watched the republican party bankrupt Kansas to the point they had to shut down schools because the teachers couldn't be paid and thought, "damn I want that too!" People have been identifying this for years and it falls on deaf ears. So let them reap what they sow. 

 
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Born N Bled Red said:
Well color me frigging shocked!!! Nebraskans sat and watched the republican party bankrupt Kansas to the point they had to shut down schools because the teaches could be paid and thought, "damn I want that too!" People have been identifying this for years and it falls on deaf ears. So let them reap what they sow. 
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Just to point something out that pertains to your comment.  In the post I pointed out above, it states that the Nebraska Legislative Plan, it includes "eliminate the unconstitutional Department of Education".

Well, just last month, we received $55 million from the feds for education.  LINK

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So, Nebraska would need to find $648.4 million if federal funding goes away. 12% of our education budget comes from the federal government.  Sounds like a fantastic plan.


 


Public Education Spending in Nebraska


Nebraska ranks 24th in K-12 school spending and 27th in funding. The state spends less per pupil and relative to taxpayer income.

  • Nebraska K-12 schools spend $16,640 per pupil for a total of $5.48 billion annually.
  • Expenditures are equivalent to 4.04% of taxpayer income.
  • Nebraska K-12 schools receive $648.4 million, or $1,970 per pupil, from the federal government.
  • State funding totals $1.61 billion or $4,880 per pupil.
  • Local funding totals $3.09 billion or $9,400 per pupil.
  • State and local funding is equivalent to 3.47% of Nebraska’s taxpayer income.
  • Federal education funding is equivalent to 0.48% of the state’s taxpayer income.
  • Funding for K-12 education in Nebraska totals $5.35 billion or $16,240 per pupil.
  • Nebraska school spending exceeds funding by $131.4 million or $400 per pupil.
  • At the postsecondary level, public colleges and universities spend $28,520 per pupil, 32.1% of which goes toward instruction.
  • Federal funding for public postsecondary institutions averages $3,460 per student.
  • State and local funding averages a combined $12,490 per student.
  • Tuition accounts for 16.5% of all funding, a 5.67% smaller proportion than in the previous academic year.
  • 8.56% of all postsecondary funding comes from sales and services of auxiliary enterprises.
  • Nebraska’s 2-year community colleges spend 21.6% of what its 4-year public colleges spend in a year.
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Just to point out another thing.  There are 1.987 million people in Nebraska.  So, that federal funding comes out to be $326 for every person living here.  There were 1,042,523 tax returns in the state in 2022.  LINK

So, just to break even, everyone's tax burden needs to increase $622.  Nebraskans don't like their taxes to go up.  And, in the same data I posted above, we are already underfunded by $400 per pupil.

 
BigRedBuster said:
Just to point out another thing.  There are 1.987 million people in Nebraska.  So, that federal funding comes out to be $326 for every person living here.  There were 1,042,523 tax returns in the state in 2022.  LINK

So, just to break even, everyone's tax burden needs to increase $622.  Nebraskans don't like their taxes to go up.  And, in the same data I posted above, we are already underfunded by $400 per pupil.
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It would be nice if someone did this with every state to see who'd end up paying more vs. less (if the state decided to make up for what they're losing). I assume it's another case where Republican states, especially those in the south (not including Texas) are taking more from the fed than they're putting in.

And I just got reminded of how when the ACA was passed, states could expand their Medicaid to cover people down to a worse poverty level, and all the funding came from the federal government. Most of the Republicans didn't take it just because it would be a sign they approve of the ACA or it would make the ACA look better. It ended up passing in Nebraska in a ballot measure in 2018.

 
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Moiraine said:
It would be nice if someone did this with every state to see who'd end up paying more vs. less (if the state decided to make up for what they're losing). I assume it's another case where Republican states, especially those in the south (not including Texas) are taking more from the fed than they're putting in.

And I just got reminded of how when the ACA was passed, states could expand their Medicaid to cover people down to a worse poverty level, and all the funding came from the federal government. Most of the Republicans didn't take it just because it would be a sign they approve of the ACA or it would make the ACA look better. It ended up passing in Nebraska in a ballot measure in 2018.
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Yeah….Nebraska was one of those states. 

 
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