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Educational service units warn decades of underfunding have left core services vulnerable; ask Appropriations Committee to restore formula increases
Summary
The Educational Service Unit Coordinating Council told legislators core services funding is 14% lower than in 2008–09 in real terms, urged restoration of statutory intent to grow core service funds and warned that cuts would shift costs to school districts and property taxpayers.
Laurie Ann Polk, CEO of the Educational Service Unit Coordinating Council, told the Appropriations Committee that Nebraska’s 17 Educational Service Units (ESUs) deliver statewide core services — staff development, instructional-material support, and technology infrastructure/distance learning — and that those services have been underfunded for years.
Polk reviewed ESU statutory history and funding mechanics, noting LB603 (2007) changed the funding formula and that a one-time correction in 2008–09 added…
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