LINCOLN- A lack of committee support indicates that a constitutional amendment to restructure the Nebraska State Board of Education may be dead in the Legislature this year, although the introducer still has hope. The Legislature's Education Committee held off on voting to advance Sen. Murman's LR278CA on Tuesday.

The proposal would reduce the number of elected members on the State Board of Education to five, with two additional members appointed by the governor. The Board is currently composed of eight members, each elected from separate districts. Murman argued that his proposal would put Nebraska in line with a majority of states, which do not elect their Board of Education members.

Murman acquiesced to not voting on the amendment Tuesday, noting the amount of opposition testimony it received, but said he wasn't committed to leaving the proposal stuck in committee for the rest of the legislative session. On Tuesday, the committee also decided to hold off on advancing LB635, which would require providers of digital and online resources to K-12 schools to filter and block obscene materials.

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