Public school advocates in Nebraska have successfully gathered enough signatures to challenge a new law that allocates taxpayer money for private school tuition. The group, Support Our Schools, announced that they collected over 86,000 signatures from registered voters, surpassing the required 62,000 signatures to place the repeal on the ballot. Additionally, signatures were obtained from at least 5% of registered voters in 57 out of Nebraska's 93 counties, meeting the necessary threshold.
Nebraska Secretary of State confirmed the verification of just over 62,000 signatures and the fulfillment of the 5% requirement in 57 counties. This marks the second time that public school advocates have mobilized a signature campaign to challenge the use of public funds for private school tuition. The initial effort was made last year after the Nebraska Legislature, dominated by Republicans, passed a bill allowing the diversion of state income taxes to nonprofit organizations for private school scholarships.
