NEBRASKA EDUCATION COMMISSIONER’S PAY IS FROZEN AT HIS OWN REQUEST

OMAHA - Expressing concern about the state’s budget picture, Nebraska Education Commissioner Matt Blomstedt asked his bosses for a pay freeze next year. Members of the Nebraska State Board of Education unanimously granted his request Friday. His annual salary will remain at $232,621 for 2020-21. But the commissioner will receive an extra week of vacation during the coming year.

Patt Timm, member of the Nebraska State Board of Education, said she commends Blomstedt for asking for the freeze “because we all know that there is a distinct possibility that the budget is not going to look as good as we thought.”

Blomstedt has been commissioner since 2014.

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