Phillip Klein
NE · Member, Metropolitan Community College Board of Governors, District 1
Phillip Klein has served on the Metropolitan Community College board since 2015 and was Elkhorn's mayor until 2007, after time on the Elkhorn City Council. He says the college should keep its programs current and run them in a cost-effective way.
Where Phillip Klein stands, based on their records
Supports
Government Efficiency (2 records), Government Spending Reduction (1 record)
Opposes
Public Education Quality (1 record)
Track record
Track record — Government Efficiency
Government Efficiency · 2 support
Voted to recognize a new educators union under an agreement replacing cash-in-lieu insurance payments with base pay. The agreement secured a 5% insurance-premium discount.
May 28, 2024Supports Government Efficiency
Source: mccneb.edu
Voted to join a regional law-enforcement academy agreement for local officer training, shared instructors, and lower college training costs.
December 12, 2023Supports Government Efficiency
Source: mccneb.edu
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 1 support
Voted for the 2025–26 college budget with an operating budget 2.73% below the prior year and a $23.05 million property-tax request.
September 23, 2025Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: mccneb.edu
Track record — Public Education Quality
Public Education Quality · 1 oppose
Voted for the 2025–26 college budget with an operating budget 2.73% below the prior year and a $23.05 million property-tax request.
September 23, 2025Opposes Public Education Quality
Source: mccneb.edu
Track record — General
General · 18 records
Voted to equalize resident and nonresident college tuition following Nebraska’s federal consent decree on tuition eligibility.
August 25, 2026
Source: mccneb.edu
Voted to establish a written public-records request policy assigning processing to the college’s general counsel and requiring request tracking.
July 28, 2026
Source: mccneb.edu
Voted to restrict employee campaigning, political fundraising, and partisan displays on college time, premises, or equipment.
June 23, 2026
Source: mccneb.edu
Voted to sell the college’s educational broadband spectrum license to T-Mobile for $3.5 million and waive the sale-advertising requirement.
June 23, 2026
Source: mccneb.edu
Voted to accept a $3,471,134.52 state workforce subaward through Nebraska State Chamber Foundation to develop manufacturing credentials.
February 24, 2026
Source: mccneb.edu
Voted to authorize the college president to approve construction change orders up to $75,000, with larger nonemergency changes requiring board approval.
February 24, 2026
Source: mccneb.edu
Voted to replace mandatory LEED certification for college construction with environmental best practices and standards from its facilities plan.
December 16, 2025
Source: mccneb.edu
Voted to accept a $770,663 National Science Foundation grant supporting the college’s new biotechnology program.
September 23, 2025
Source: mccneb.edu
Voted to authorize up to $6.09 million, plus fees, for roads at the college’s new Sarpy County campus.
July 22, 2025
Source: mccneb.edu
Voted to censure fellow trustee Adam Gotschall and request his resignation over comments and conduct the board deemed unbecoming.
July 22, 2025
Source: mccneb.edu
Voted to accept $2,364,600 in state grants for vocational, life-skills, and pre-apprenticeship education serving incarcerated people.
July 22, 2025
Source: mccneb.edu
Voted to approve philanthropic-trust agreements for a $94 million First Responder District at the college’s Sarpy County campus, funded through private fundraising.
June 24, 2025
Source: mccneb.edu
Voted to authorize refund of $832,761.74 in unspent pandemic workforce-retraining grants after state spending deadlines expired.
June 24, 2025
Source: mccneb.edu
Voted to approve prison-education degrees and certificates supporting financial aid for incarcerated students, subject to accreditor and federal approval.
April 22, 2025
Source: mccneb.edu
Voted to raise resident tuition to $71, then $72 per quarter credit hour, while continuing free tuition for Nebraska high-school students.
April 22, 2025
Source: mccneb.edu
Voted for new college election boundaries using a map with less than 1% population deviation across five districts.
November 16, 2021
Source: staging.mccneb.edu
Developed Elkhorn’s expansion plan to avoid annexation by Omaha. Nebraska Supreme Court later upheld Omaha’s annexation and nullified Elkhorn’s ordinances.
January 12, 2007
Source: law.justia.com
Appealed dismissal of a suit challenging sanitary-district spending to resist Elkhorn annexations. Nebraska Supreme Court upheld dismissal for lack of standing.
June 20, 1997
Source: caselaw.findlaw.com
Past race Phillip Klein ran in:
- Metropolitan Community College Board of Governors, District 1 · November 3, 2026 · Metropolitan Community College Board District 1 · incumbent