A number of changes to the property tax and school funding bill may change the landscape of the Nebraska Legislature when it reconvenes.
Elkhorn State Senator Lou Ann Linehan tells KLIN News the revised bill will hopefully be able to return to the floor and defeat a filibuster after making changes.
“To make changes across the board is very difficult,” she says. “We’ve had to make some adjustments that are really down in the weeds that most people wouldn’t understand.”
It would deliver $520 million in state aid to public schools while reducing reliance on local property taxes. State funding support would be increased over three years.
“What we are trying to do is move the funding off the property tax payer’s back and more towards state funding so it’s more broadly distributed across taxpayers.”
Linehan already filed an amendment targeting 2020-21 fiscal year funding at $130 million. She needs 33 votes to avoid a filibuster when the legislature reconvenes.
The latest amendment also makes the specific changes laid out below:
