LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) — On Thursday, education professionals and members of Nebraska’s School Finance Review Commission met with state legislators to discuss state funding for education.

While much talk and progress have been made on reducing property tax contributions to state education, one state senator wants to make sure the state keeps its obligation to education.

The SFRC just finished its fourth meeting . The 18-member group is tasked with making recommendations to improve the state’s school funding formula, known as TEEOSA — or the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act.

TEEOSA’s most basic explanation is that a district’s needs minus its resources equals state aid, and it’s been in use in Nebraska since the 1990s.

State funding for education has effectively doub

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