LINCOLN- Following the filing of a petition by the Nebraska State Education Association and Support Our Schools Nebraska to repeal the legislature's recently-passed school choice law, the Nebraska Secretary of State's Office provided a corrected petition this week after a minor mistake was detected in the original paperwork. Details surrounding the mistaken filing are unclear as of this time.

Opponents of school choice, including the two aforementioned organizations, called the mistake a small 'hiccup,' and confirmed, alongside the Secretary of State, that all previous signatures, of which there were around 10,000, will be honored on the new petition. The ballot initiative seeks to repeal LB753, or the Opportunity Scholarships Act, which allows taxpayers to divert up to half of their state income taxes to organizations providing scholarships for children seeking to attend private or parochial schools.

To place the initiative on the ballot, the Education Association and Support Our Schools must turn in around 61,000 valid signatures in just under 90 days, with a goal of obtaining around 90,000 to account for any mistakes. Proponents of the Opportunity Scholarships Act argue that the new law will allow low-income families to have the same choice of where to send their child to school as more well-off families, while critics say it's a stepping stone for more laws allowing public funding to be diverted to private institutions.

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