In a move that has reignited debate over taxpayer-funded private education, Nebraska Republican Governor Jim Pillen signed an executive order Monday allowing families to use federal tax credits for private school tuition. The decision comes after years of failed attempts by state Republicans to expand school choice, including a 2023 law repealed by voters. The executive order opts Nebraska into a federal school choice tax credit programme included in President Donald Trump ’s tax and budget bill passed in July, effectively channeling federal tax dollars towards private K-12 tuition. “I am not opting this in, I am cannonballing it into the state of Nebraska,” Pillen said during a visit to a Catholic school in Lincoln, The Associated Press reports. He was joined by Republican U.S.

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