Nebraska Public Media

Cuts to services for students and adults with disabilities — along with a large reduction in school aid funding — are among hypothetical proposed changes in the Nebraska Department of Education’s budget for the next two fiscal years. The education department’s actual request is an increase for each of the next two years — nearly $5.6 million more for the first year and about $2.4 million more for the second year. Those numbers include an increase in state aid to schools under the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act, or TEEOSA. However, the governor’s office requests departments to identify areas that can be cut to make up a certain percentage. This year, that was 8%, although the education department identified 10%