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Jeremy Murphy, Associate Director of Education Issues

NFCSP                Education/Legislation             Action Alerts!!      Newsletter: Parent Advocate 2009

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Nebraskan's Opinion on School Choice

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an area of concern for the Nebraska Catholic Conference:

All persons are entitled to educational opportunities that can help them achieve their fullest potential.  The Nebraska Catholic Conference firmly acknowledges and endorses the critical role of parents in the education of their children.  NCC is an advocate for public policies which promote quality education and parental choice, including the choice of religiously-based schools.

 And from the Catechism of the Catholic Church (Section 2229):

"As those first responsible for the education of their children, parents have the right  to choose a school for them which corresponds to their own convictions.  This right is fundamental.  As far as possible parents have the duty of choosing schools that will best help them in their task as Christian educators. Public authorities have the duty of guaranteeing this parental right and of ensuring the concrete conditions for its exercise."

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Associate Director of Education Issues

Jeremy Murphy is the Associate Director for Education Issues with the Nebraska Catholic Conference.  Jeremy works on public-policy analysis and advocacy on behalf of all aspects of Catholic elementary and secondary education and works closely with the governing board of the Nebraska Federation of Catholic School Parents. 

E-mail:     Jeremy Murphy

Education Information Available on this site:

Legislative Issues in Education 

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• Vouchers, sometimes called opportunity scholarships, 

• Education expense tax deductions or tax credits, 

• Scholarship tax credits, and 

• Tax-free education savings accounts (or ESA's)

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Nebraska Federation of Catholic School Parents - A grassroots state-wide organization for Catholic School Parents

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  EDUCATION ACTION ALERT                       

LB 67, the Elementary and Secondary Educational Opportunities Act, would allow Nebraska individuals, married couples, and businesses to receive a state income tax credit  for contributions to School Tuition Organizations (or Scholarship Tuition Organizations) to assist children in enrolling at  private elementary and secondary schools in Nebraska.  An income tax credit is a dollar-for-dollar reduction in tax liability, as opposed to the treatment of a tax deduction, which only reduces tax liability by a percentage of the amount contributed.

Websites of related interest:

Nebraska Department of Education

Council of American Private Education (CAPE)

Center for Education Reform

National Catholic Education Association

U.S. Catholic Conference-Education Issues