OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Omaha school board is backing a plan to eliminate the property tax levy it shares with neighboring districts to support the Learning Community.
The board voted Tuesday in support of recommendations devised by superintendents of the 11 districts in the Learning Community of Douglas and Sarpy counties. One of the recommendations calls for more state aid to Nebraska districts that have large numbers of poor and immigrant students.
Eight of the districts' boards already support the recommendations, and two more boards are scheduled to vote soon.
The Omaha World-Herald says the recommendations then will be presented to the Legislature's Education Committee.
Under state legislation, the Learning Community was created to unite Omaha-area districts in their efforts to close the achievement gap between poor students and their middle-class peers.
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