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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Margery A. Beck

Activists prepare for yearlong battle over Nebraska private school funding law

LINCOLN JOURNAL STAR

Activists declared a victory this week in their fight to repeal a new Republican-backed law allowing Nebraska taxpayer money to be used for private school tuition. But both sides acknowledge that the battle is just beginning.

If the law is repealed, Nebraska would join North Dakota as the only states not offering some type of public payment for private school tuition. Opponents said Wednesday that they'd gathered nearly twice the roughly 60,000 signatures needed to ask voters for repeal.

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