Students, parents, and teachers filled a hearing room Thursday to share their opinions on a resurrected bill seeking to encourage donations to private school scholarship funds, months after voters repealed a similar law.

Sen. Tony Sorrentino of the Omaha area introduced LB509, which would appropriate $25 million per year to establish a dollar-for-dollar tax credit of up to $100,000 for individuals or entities who donate to organizations that issue scholarships for K-12 students looking to enroll in private schools.

The bill was presented in a public hearing before the Nebraska Legislature's Revenue Committee on Thursday. Though testimony was fairly even, opponents ultimately outnumbered supporters 20 to 16, while written comments favored the opposition even more, with 548 opposing submissions compared to 235 supporting submissions.

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