State CAPE Affiliate
Purpose:
To achieve its educational, charitable, and scientific purposes, NCNS may, without limitation, takes the following action:
Encourage and support a broad commitment to excellence in education;
Assist all parents and students in their efforts to exercise a free choice among schools;
Provide resources and support to teachers and administrators of nonpublic schools throughout Nebraska;
Provide a framework for communication and cooperation among the different types and groups of nonpublic schools, between nonpublic schools and their public-school counterparts, between nonpublic schools and educational services units, and between nonpublic schools and the Nebraska Department of Education;
Provide a framework for communication and cooperation with other organizations, both state and national, that support nonpublic education;
Foster recognition of the fact that nonpublic schools and public schools share the responsibility of education in the State of Nebraska;
Ensure the public interest is well served by Nebraska’s nonpublic schools through the development of resources to improve the education of students in Nebraska for the common good of society;
Defend, promote and give witness to the right of and access to diverse education opportunities consistent with our nation’s and state’s heritage of pluralism.
Board of Directors
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Bob Ziegler
President
Lutheran Congregation of the Missouri Synod Central Officer Representative
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Tim Hekrdle
Vice President
Rural Education Representative
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Anthony Williams
Treasurer
Douglas County Representative
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Jordan Engle
Secretary
Catholic School Superintendents Representative
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Jeremy Ekeler
Parent Representative
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Mark L'Heureux
Open Position
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Casey Prindle
Lancaster County Representative
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Dan Sievert
Lutheran School Administrators Representative
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Maru Whitmore
Parent Representative
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Tom Venzor
Nebraska Catholic Conference Representative