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Schools trust drops lawsuit

By Harold Reutter
harold.reutter@theindependent.com

With Thursday's passage of LB988, the state aid funding bill, the Nebraska Schools Trust Lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the state's system for providing money to local schools has been voluntarily dismissed.

Schools in the trust include Omaha, Grand Island, South Sioux City and Lexington.

Those four school districts claimed the state's system resulted in funding discrimination against impoverished students, English language learner students and ethnic minority students.

Superintendent Steve Joel said Thursday that the school districts had always said that it costs more to educate "high-needs" students than students who come to school with fewer needs.

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