The State Board of Education ultimately rejected a learning community plan for Omaha-area schools in a 4-4 vote on Tuesday after postponing the vote for two months.
The community achievement plan is a collaboration with the Learning Community of Douglas and Sarpy Counties and 11 Omaha-area school districts, including Omaha, Ralston, Millard and Papillion La Vista. Those four superintendents defended the plan ahead of Tuesday’s vote, along with Gerald Kuhn, chief executive officer of the learning community.
About $10 million in state aid is tied to the community achievement plan. That money goes to the school districts involved in the plan…