Signatures sought to put school choice question back on ballot

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by Kurt Johnson

A group of retired and current educators have begun gathering signatures seeking to stop a new state law that helps some students pay for private schools.A similar effort launched last August in an effort to repeal LB 753 by placing it on the November ballot was successful, gathering more than 117,000 verified signatures statewide, well more than the 61,000 signatures required. Howe…