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You can ask candidates in this race to fill out the survey by clicking their names below: The State Board of Education liaison to the unicameral must push hard for a new method of school funding. The TEEOSA formula is no longer working and must be completely rewritten. We must begin to actively work with the Nebraska Legislature to examine how schools are funded. This has resulted in an imbalance in between rural and urban education. The current school funding program called TEEOSA is confusing and complicated and disadvantages our rural school districts who often are not able to employ a person with extensive understanding of the formula. As the rural areas as extensively composed of farms and ranches, the burden often falls the heaviest on these land owners. School funding has become a primary issue in the western end of Nebraska where our schools are primarily funded by local property taxes. Click on a candidate's name to view that candidate's responses. Pat Moore (Nonpartisan) and Elizabeth Tegtmeier (Nonpartisan) completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey. At the time of the primary election, the board's mission was "to lead and support the preparation of all Nebraskans for learning, earning, and living." The board has eight members: four elected during presidential election years and four elected during midterm election years. The Nebraska State Board of Education is an elected executive agency of the Nebraska state government, responsible for managing the state's public schools. Moore said, "Some of the processes that have been in place I believe need challenged and some of the thinking the board members have need challenged." At a campaign event, Tegtmeier said she chose to run after hearing a state senator speak about the proposed standards, saying, "I didn’t want to get 10 years down the road and have to tell my kids that I thought about doing something but just didn’t do it." Moore told the Omaha World-Herald that the proposed health standards showed the board needed change. "We didn’t do a good job early on of getting the health standards out to people, it hurt us and it hurt us badly. Stevens told the Lexington Clipper-Herald that the board needed to re-establish public trust. In September 2021, the board voted 5-1 to indefinitely pause the process of developing these new standards. Ī second draft released in July 2021 eliminated the references to gender and sexuality opposed by Ricketts and state senators. Ricketts and at least 14 state senators endorsed Tegtmeier. Pete Ricketts (R) and 28 members of the Nebraska State Senate. Supporters of the draft included the Women’s Fund of Omaha and OutNebraska, an LGBTQ advocacy group.
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The Nebraska Department of Education developed the proposal as part of its regular process to update standards in several subject areas as required by state law. High school students would have also been taught about homophobia, transphobia, and sexual assault. The proposal included teaching all students about gender identity and stereotypes.
While the election and position on the board are officially nonpartisan, all three candidates were affiliated with the Republican Party.Īt the center of this primary was a March 2021 proposal that would have established statewide K-12 health education standards. Tegtmeier is a former public school teacher who left the classroom to homeschool her children. Before serving on the board, he was an educator for 40 years, most recently as the superintendent of Schuyler Community Schools. District 7 includes 44 counties in western Nebraska. Based on unofficial returns, Tegtmeier received 62.4% of the vote, Stevens received 20.4% of the vote, and Pat Moore received 17.2% of the vote. (Mountain time zone)įederal and state primary competitivenessīallotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2022Įlizabeth Tegtmeier and incumbent Robin Stevens advanced from the primary election for Nebraska State Board of Education District 7 on May 10, 2022. Filing deadline: February 15, 2022/March 1, 2022
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