Luna Stephens
Journalist at Omaha World-Herald
education reporter @owhnews. alum @unl_cojmc. Empathy always.
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23 hours ago |
fremonttribune.com | Luna Stephens
LINCOLN — The Nebraska State Board of Education approved a $10,000 raise for the state's education commissioner and an extension of his contract Friday. Brian Maher will now earn $325,237 a year beginning July 1, a 3.25% increase from his previous salary of $315,000. The renewed contract will extend through June 2027. Maher's contract was set to expire in 2026. Maher also received a 5% raise in 2024, bringing his salary to $315,000.
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1 day ago |
journalstar.com | Luna Stephens
The Nebraska State Board of Education narrowly approved a program to provide period products in schools after adding language specifying in which bathrooms they would be placed. The board voted 5-3 to approve a pilot program to make menstrual products available to the state's school districts in the 2025-26 school year after more than 30 minutes of discussion. The program was established by a bill that passed in the Legislature in 2024.
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1 day ago |
journalstar.com | Luna Stephens
The Nebraska State Board of Education voted Friday to delay changes to the state's priority school list. The board voted to take no action on recommendations from the Nebraska Department of Education to remove Isanti Elementary School from the list of schools targeted for improvement and add the Omaha Nation Middle School. Commissioner Brian Maher said he recommended taking no action on the changes following the board's discussion during a work session about the priority school process as a whole.
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1 day ago |
omaha.com | Luna Stephens
LINCOLN — The Nebraska State Board of Education narrowly approved a program to provide period products in schools after adding language specifying in which bathrooms they would be placed. The board voted 5-3 to approve a pilot program to make menstrual products available to the state's school districts in the 2025-26 school year after more than 30 minutes of discussion. The program was established by a bill that passed in the Legislature in 2024.
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1 day ago |
omaha.com | Luna Stephens
LINCOLN — The Nebraska State Board of Education approved a $10,000 raise for the state's education commissioner and an extension of his contract Friday. Brian Maher will now earn $325,237 a year beginning July 1, a 3.25% increase from his previous salary of $315,000. The renewed contract will extend through June 2027. Maher's contract was set to expire in 2026.
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