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Board hears legislative update as session nears close; ACT and NSCAS funding uncertain
Summary
A board member summarized the Nebraska Legislature’s late-session focus on the budget and said state funding for the ACT and NSCAS assessments has been cut; the district was told the Nebraska Department of Education expects to find funding this year but future funding is uncertain.
Skip Baltic, a North Platte Public Schools board member, briefed the board on the Nebraska Legislature’s progress on May 12 and warned of near-term uncertainty for several education funding streams.
Baltic said the Legislature was on day 77 of 90 and spending much of its remaining calendar on the biennial budget. He told the board the budget must be passed by day 80 (Thursday) and that the…
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