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2 Nebraska Boards Balk at Decision of Learning Community

schoolOMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Two suburban Omaha school boards have decided not to oppose or support a plan that would eliminate a common property tax levy for a school system aimed at closing the achievement gap between poor and middle-class students and increasing classroom diversity.

Ralston Public Schools Superintendent Mark Adler said some board members liked parts of the plan, but they didn’t want to be locked into supporting it.

The Papillion-La Vista board declined to vote either way on the specific plan but did vote on Monday to state that the board “does not support the Learning Community.”

A report from the Learning Community superintendents last month said the common property tax levy is a barrier to improving the collaboration between the Learning Community and its 11 districts.

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