Four Bills before the Nebraska Legislature

The Education Council has been monitoring four significant bills before the Nebraska Legislature that deal with future lottery funding. LBs 495, 497, 511, 566, were introduced by Senators Sullivan, Sullivan, Scheer, and Karpisek, respectively. Of the four bills, LBs 495 and 497 were passed by the Legislature and approved by the Governor, and LBs 511 and 566 were indefinitely postponed. LB 497 provides for a study of the Education Innovation Fund before December 31, 2013, which has been renamed the Education Improvement Fund.