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Legislative update: state budget gap and school financing review commission among items to watch
Summary
Tim Gay of Catalyst Public Affairs briefed the board on the 2025 Nebraska legislative session, highlighting a roughly $289–$290 million Medicaid-related budget shortfall, carryover bills affecting education (including a commission to review TOSA/school financing), and other education-related legislation to monitor next year.
Tim Gay of Catalyst Public Affairs provided the board with an overview of the 2025 Nebraska legislative session, focusing on items that could affect Papillion La Vista Community Schools next year.
Gay said the Legislature passed fewer education committee bills than some years and that lawmakers closed the session early. He told the board two unexpected items in the state forecast produced a large budget hole late in the session: an oversight in Medicaid funding he described as "$289,000,000" and a subsequent forecast that left lawmakers…
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