Nebraska Opportunity Scholarships
- Empower parents to make decisions for their children
- Help kids and families who are low-income
- Help children who are bullied
- Help vulnerable students
- Designating state tax liability for scholarships
- Allow every child the opportunity they deserve
Read Bishop Conley's Statement on LB 753
“Forty-Eight states have empowered parents by enacting school choice legislation. Nebraska should too.”
“The Opportunity Scholarships Act enables parents to make decisions for their kids and their education.”
“Opportunity Scholarships empower low-income children and families, and children who are bullied.”
- Bishop James Conley, Catholic Diocese of Lincoln
What's happening?
The Opportunity Scholarships Act, LB753, enacted in 2023 provides education freedom to many Nebraska families who cannot afford the best school setting for their child.
However, a petition effort is underway, seeking to undo The Opportunity Scholarships Act. If the petitioners receive enough signatures by the end of August, they can subject the law to a ballot referendum in fall of 2024 and can block the law from taking effect - preventing children in need from receiving scholarships.
“I am a teacher at a Catholic school in Lincoln, and in support of LB753. The school I teach at is a wonderfully diverse and welcoming place, and when I told my students about LB753 they responded emotionally – one boy actually began to cry because he thought Catholic high school would never be possible for him and his siblings.”
- John Buchkoski, Teacher, Blessed Sacrament Catholic School, Lincoln
“The Nebraska Opportunity Scholarships Act will make a positive difference for students in need across our diocese and across our state. This is about more than education – it gives these students and their families Hope: hope for this world and the next.”
- Fr. Lawrence Stoley, Superintendent of Schools, Catholic Diocese of Lincoln
What should I do?
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