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Nebraska P-16 Fact Sheet

• Some 30 states now have P-16 programs (the “P” stands for preschool and the “16” stands for completion of college).
• Each state’s P-16 program concentrates on its own specific needs
• Nebraska’s P-16 Initiative was launched in 1998 and has provided opportunities for the various levels and sectors of education to communicate and to undertake curriculum-alignment projects.
• Nebraska P-16 has also hosted six statewide conferences, most recently the Nebraska Roundtable in May 2006, which concentrated on the linkage between education and economic competitiveness.
• Beginning in January 2005, University of Nebraska President J.B. Milliken and Nebraska Commissioner of Education Doug Christensen initiated a renewed Nebraska P-16 Initiative.
• The new program recognizes that education levels and sectors must continue to work together, but that business and state government leaders need to join in an effort to improve student success rates at all levels of their education.
• This new Nebraska P-16 Initiative is supported by Governor Dave Heineman and his Nebraska Education Leadership Council who recognize that education is a critical element in economic competitiveness in a knowledge-based, technology-driven global economy.
• The senior partners in the Nebraska P-16 Initiative are:
  Nebraska State Government
  Nebraska Department of Education
  University of Nebraska
  EducationQuest Foundation
  
  Note: each of these organizations provide funding for the annual operating budget of Nebraska P-16



• Sponsoring organizations include:
  Nebraska Council of School Administrators
  Nebraska Association of School Boards
  Nebraska State College System
  Association of Independent Colleges & Universities of Nebraska
  Nebraska State Education Association
  Nebraska Community College Association
  Nebraska Business-Higher Education Forum
  Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce
  Lincoln Chamber of Commerce
  
  Note: each of these organizations provides financial support for Nebraska P-16.



• Supporting organizations include:
  
  Omaha Archdiocesan Schools
  Nebraska Association for the Education of Young Children
  Nebraska PTA
  Mexican American Commission
  Nebraska Commission on Indian Affairs
  National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (Lincoln Chapter)
  
  Note: each of these organizations provides in-kind support for Nebraska P-16.
  


• Organizations representing Nebraska State Government in Nebraska P-16 include:
  Governor’s Policy Research Office
  State Budget Office
  Nebraska Department of Labor
  Nebraska Department of Economic Development
  Nebraska Health and Human Services System
  Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education
  Education Committee, Nebraska Legislature