Call to ACTION!

Read our statement below and please call and email the KEY contacts we have identified! Let your voice be heard!

The Protect Nebraska Children Coalition (PNCC) is thankful the Nebraska State Board of Education has voted to indefinitely postpone the development of the heath and sex education standards. 

The PNCC is calling on the Nebraska State Board of Education to initiate an investigation into the process by which these proposed standards were developed and presented to the public. We believe the documents recently acquired by several of our members through public record requests establish a clear pattern of manipulation throughout the development process of the standards. It certainly appears as though the process, which has frequently been criticized for its lack of transparency, was driven by the efforts of a single board member working with the Nebraska Department of Education staff and various activists behind the scenes. Two recent in-depth articles outline these events as well. Read THIS and THIS. 

The revelations of the past several weeks raise significant concerns from Nebraska’s citizens, which should result in immediate resignations and/or terminations. Each board member has been provided with a large number of the communications secured through public records requests, such that there is no credible excuse for failing to clean its own house.

Additionally, an independent investigation should be completed to determine any others who may have been complicit. Anything less than an investigation and significant changes in leadership will be seen as continuing to deepen the blatant disregard for and betrayal of the public’s trust to which we’ve unfortunately become accustomed over the past several months.

The spotlight has seldom shone so directly upon the Nebraska State Board of Education as it does right now. It is our sincerest hope the Nebraska State Board of Education will answer this call and take the opportunity to achieve true transparency and accountability to all Nebraska citizens.

KEY CONTACTS

Doug Peterson (NE Attorney General) (402) 471-2683  ago.info.help@nebraska.gov

https://ago.nebraska.gov/constituent-complaint-form   (on-line version)

https://ago.nebraska.gov/sites/ago.nebraska.gov/files/doc/Constituent%20Form.pdf   (paper send in)

Governor Pete Ricketts 402-471-2244  https://governor.nebraska.gov/contact-form 

Nebraska Department of Education General line: 402-471-2295

State Board of Education Members and NDE Staff

District 1 Patsy Koch Johns (402) 416-3374 patsy.kochjohns@nebraska.gov

District 2 Lisa Fricke lisa.fricke@nebraska.gov

District 3 Patti Gubbels (402) 649-1265  patti.gubbels@nebraska.gov

District 4 Jacquelyn Morrison (817) 247-4563  jacquelyn.r.morrison@nebraska.gov

District 5 Patricia Timm (402) 228-4054  patricia.timm@nebraska.gov

District 6 Maureen Nickels (308) 380-3919  maureen.nickels@nebraska.gov

District 7 Robin Stevens (402) 615-4095  robin.stevens@nebraska.gov

District 8 Deborah Neary (402) 215-9139  deborah.neary@nebraska.gov

Commissioner Matthew Blomstedt (402) 471-5020 matt.blomstedt@nebraska.gov

State Board Relations and Rules and Regulations Officer Ryan Foor 402-471-5030  ryan.foor@nebraska.gov

Academic Officer Cory Epler 402-405-2129  cory.epler@nebraska.gov

Public Information Officer David Jespersen 402-471-4537  david.jespersen@nebraska.gov

Call and ask your LOCAL school boards to contact the NDE with the same request! Investigations, resignations, terminations. 

Contact Nebraska State Senators!

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