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Gretna Public Schools recall, Nebraska (2022)
| Gretna Public Schools recall |
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| Officeholders |
Kyle Janssen Dawn Stock |
| Recall status |
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| See also |
| Recall overview Political recall efforts, 2022 Recalls in Nebraska Nebraska recall laws School board recalls Recall reports |
An effort to recall three of the six members of the Gretna Public Schools Board of Education in Nebraska did not go to a vote in 2022. Rick Hollendieck, Kyle Janssen, and Dawn Stock were named in the recall petitions. Recall supporters did not submit the petitions by the deadline on December 2, 2022.[1][2][3]
Recall supporters
The recall effort was started by Lance Molina, who unsuccessfully ran for a seat on the board earlier in 2022. He said he started the recall effort due to "a lack of transparency, spending and raising the property tax levy," according to The Daily Nonpareil. The district raised the tax levy from $1.43 per $100 of assessed value to $1.48 to pay off a bond voters approved in 2020. Molina said when the bond was on the ballot, the district told voters to expect a $150 annual tax increase. He said he had heard of tax increases from $400 to $700.[1]
“We are attempting to get a board that has kids’ priorities over construction priorities,” Molina said.[1]
Recall opponents
Hollendieck, Stock, and Janssen filed the same response to the recall effort, which can be seen below:[1]
| “ | The recall’s accusations against me are simply false. Our Board has always complied with Nebraska law and the Open Meetings Act. I am proud of the work of our Board of Education. We have continually prioritized student opportunities when we made difficult decisions in one of Nebraska’s fastest-growing communities. I am proud of GPS and all we have accomplished.[4] | ” |
Path to the ballot
- See also: Laws governing recall in Nebraska
To get a recall against officials holding multi-member offices in Nebraska, recall supporters must collect signatures equal to 35% of the votes cast for the candidate who received the highest number of votes for that office in the last election. Supporters have 30 days to collect those signatures.[5]
For the Gretna Board of Education recall effort, 2,429 signatures were required to get the recall on the ballot. The submission deadline was December 2, 2022.[1]
2022 recall efforts
- See also: School board recalls
Ballotpedia tracked 54 school board recall efforts against 123 board members in 2022. Recall elections against school board members were held on January 11, 2022, January 18, 2022, January 24, 2022, February 15, 2022, March 29, 2022, April 4, 2022, and November 8, 2022. The school board recall success rate was 7.3%.
The chart below details the status of 2022 recall efforts by individual school board member.
See also
- Gretna Public Schools, Nebraska
- Recall campaigns in Nebraska
- Political recall efforts, 2022
- School board recalls
- States that allow school board recalls
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 The Daily Nonpareil, "Gretna school board recall running out of time," November 28, 2022
- ↑ Abbey Smith, “Email communication with Sarpy County Election Commissioner Emily A. Ethington," December 9, 2022
- ↑ Gretna Public Schools, "Board Members," accessed December 9, 2022
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "Recall of Local Officials," accessed July 27, 2021
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