LINCOLN- As a group of Republican lawmakers pledged their support Tuesday for the revival of the state-funded private school scholarship concept Nebraska voters rejected in November, the state's largest teachers union offered an alternative path forward. Rather than funnel state funds into private schools through a tax credit program, Nebraska State Education Association President Tim Royers and a group of Democratic lawmakers lobbied Tuesday for the state to instead invest in public school teachers.

The dueling camps laid out their disparate visions for how state lawmakers should invest in education at separate news conferences Tuesday in Lincoln, where Republicans rallied alongside scores of private grade school students in the Capitol Rotunda in support of legislation that would redirect state dollars to private schools hours after Democrats spotlighted proposals that would boost public school teacher compensation and support.

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