OMAHA, Neb. —

In July , Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen announced appointments to the newly created School Financing Review Commission. State Treasurer Tom Briese is one of the commission's five at-large members and joined FirstNews to speak about the board's purpose and goals.

"The goal of the commission is to provide recommendations to the legislature to improve upon and modernize our school funding formula in Nebraska," said Briese.

The treasurer says the root of Nebraska's property tax crisis is the state's failure to properly fund K-12 education.

"For far too long, the state has dumped off the burden of K-12 funding to the property taxpayers," said Briese. "I think the goal of this commission should be to think big; let's solve this problem."

Briese says he's studied the state's scho

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