Organizers expect enough signatures to ask Nebraska voters to repeal private school funding law

Associated Press

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Public school advocates believe they will have enough signatures to ask Nebraska voters in November to repeal a private school tuition funding law. But they’re also preparing for Republican backers to file a lawsuit to try to keep voters from weighing in. Organizers of Support Our Schools have been furiously gathering petition signatures over the past nine weeks. They expect to have more than the roughly 86,500 signatures needed by Wednesday to ask voters to repeal the private school funding law. Tim Royers is a Support Our Schools organizer and Millard Public Schools teacher. He says petition organizers believe they would win any lawsuit brought by school choice backers to try to keep the measure off the ballot.