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Control School Spending for Property Tax Relief

Control School Spending for Property Tax Relief

Governor Pete Ricketts Photo: WNAX


The property tax relief bill passed this summer by the Nebraska legislature doesn’t touch the school funding formula.
Governor Pete Ricketts says school spending has been a big part of recent property tax increases…

Ricketts says this years bill is only part of the needed solution…

Ricketts says the school aid funding formula has not helped slow the increase in property taxes..

Ricketts says the 2021 legislature will have to fine tune this year’s bill.