Alert Top Story Editor's Pick Nebraska school aid changes would shift burden to state, save $715 million in property taxes Martha Stoddard Omaha World-Herald Nov 18, 2021 Nov 18, 2021 Updated May 24, 2023 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Take a look at the number of Nebraska students enrolled in home-school for the 2021-22 school year and how it compares to previous years. kAmp EC:@ @7 }63C2D<2 65F42E:@? =6256CD F?G6:=65 2 A=2? %9FCD52J 2:>65 2E C6G2>A:?8 E96 DE2E6VD D49@@= 2:5 7@C>F=2 2?5 D2G:?8 AC@A6CEJ E2IA2J6CD Sf`d >:==:@? 2 J62C]k^AmkAm%96 A=2? H@F=5 C6BF:C6 2? :?7FD:@? @7 23@FE E96 D2>6 2>@F?E :? DE2E6 5@==2CD[ 2>@F?E:?8 E@ 2 egT 3@@DE :? 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