- An amendment to the Nebraska state budget removes a $3.5 million program to offset attendance costs at private K-12 schools, potentially ending a legislative fight.
LINCOLN — A new amendment to the Nebraska state budget eliminates a $3.5 million “bridge” program to use state dollars to offset attendance costs at private K-12 schools, possibly ending the fight for the year.
The latest amendment filed Wednesday to Legislative Bill 1071 by State Sen. Rob Clements of Elmwood, chair of the Legislature’s budget-writing Appropriations Committee, leaves out the $3.5 million program and the extra $150,000 in associated administrative costs.
An amendment to remove that funding failed in the full Legislature on a 23-17 vote last week. But State Sen. Tom Brandt of Plymouth had pledged to fight again…