Lawsuit filed seeks to stop vote on future of Nebraska's school voucher program

INCOLN — A years-long fight over the future of Nebraska’s scholarship or voucher programs to offset the costs of a private K-12 education could be headed to court.

Latasha Collar, the parent of a Douglas County student receiving what the State of Nebraska called an Opportunity Scholarship to attend a school of her choosing, sued the state on Thursday.

Her filing asks the Nebraska Supreme Court to stop Secretary of State Bob Evnen from letting general election voters decide the future of a program Collar wants to help pay for her daughter’s schooling.

She told the Examiner in April that she needed to find a better fit for her daughter than her local public school. After getting an Opportunity Scholarship, Collar said, her daughter was “excited to go to school again.”



https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2024/09/05/lawsuit-filed-seeks-to-stop-vote-on-future-of-nebraskas-school-voucher-program/