A plan to boost the pay of high-performing teachers in Nebraska hits a wall of opposition despite support from major educational groups in the state. The bill would create a teacher-pay fund with money from wind and solar energy leases on land owned by the state Board of Educational Lands and Funds. Holdrege Senator Tom Carlson supports the concept......This is a way of increasing those salaries, I would say without asking for more sales or income taxes from other people in our state." Among opponents' concerns is that school districts would not fairly distribute the money and that it was not known how much money would be available. Nebraska lawmakers stopped short of voting on the bill (LB1014) Wednesday.
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