LINCOLN- The Nebraska State Board of Education focused much of its recent meeting on advancing student literacy. Education Commissioner Brian Maher previewed updates to the “Nebraska Literacy Project” plan to improve student literacy, which will go to the full board for approval in December. The board has made it a priority to improve student literacy, particularly by increasing third-grade proficiency on state assessments to 75% by 2030.

This spring, state lawmakers voted to allow the state’s smallest school districts, those with fewer than 5,000 residents, to authorize select school security personnel to carry firearms. The law, introduced by State Sen. Tom Brewer of north-central Nebraska and included in Legislative Bill 1329, authorizes Class I and Class II public school districts to create such a policy, in addition to nonpublic schools. The state board drafted a “model policy” that schools can use as a starting point but are not required to match.

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