Fast Facts:

Number of programs: 0

Statewide participation: N/A

Types of programs: None

Choice Laws & Analysis:

Once a Tax-Credit Scholarship, Then an Education Savings Account
Opportunity Scholarship Act
Law Enacted: 2023
Most Recently Amended: 2024*
Note: This program is no longer active.
The Opportunity Scholarship Act, initially a tax-credit scholarship program, was later restructured as an Education Savings Account (ESA) under LB1402, passed during Nebraska’s 2024 legislative session. The revised program shifted to public funding, removing scholarship-granting organizations and donors. It provided scholarships to families earning up to 300% of the federal poverty level, prioritizing lower-income students, those with IEPs, recipients of means-based scholarships, and victims of bullying or violence. Funding was capped at 75% of the statewide per-student public education cost, with an initial $25 million appropriation, a $10 million annual allocation, and a $100 million cap. In November 2024, Nebraska voters repealed the program through a constitutional referendum.

USE OF STUDENT DATA IN EVALUATING TEACHER PREP

"Nebraska does not currently use student achievement or growth data to hold teacher preparation programs accountable."

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