Tonya Ward
NE · Member, Learning Community Coordinating Council, Achievement Subcouncil 5
Tonya Ward has served on the Learning Community Coordinating Council since 2015. She founded and leads Energy Rescue, Inc., an Omaha nonprofit that helps families with utility bills.
Where Tonya Ward stands, based on their records
Supports
Public Education Quality (1 record), Public Infrastructure (1 record)
Mixed record
Government Spending Reduction (3 support · 1 oppose)
Track record
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 3 support · 1 oppose
Voted against a consent package that included $100,000 yearly for attendance work and $114,290 for parent job training.
August 22, 2024Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: learningcommunityds.org
Voted to fund up to $3.1 million for an Omaha Public Schools early childhood partnership over three years.
June 20, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: learningcommunityds.org
Voted against a four-year, roughly $14 million contract with the Buffett Early Childhood Institute.
June 17, 2021Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: learningcommunityds.org
Voted against a three-year South Omaha learning center lease costing up to $85,000 in its first year.
June 21, 2018Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: learningcommunityds.org
Track record — Public Education Quality
Public Education Quality · 1 support
Voted to fund up to $3.1 million for an Omaha Public Schools early childhood partnership over three years.
June 20, 2024Supports Public Education Quality
Source: learningcommunityds.org
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 1 support
Submitted an affidavit in an Omaha street injury case saying she had reported holes and erosion on South 19th Street.
June 7, 2024Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: ne.gov
Track record — General
General · 7 records
Led Energy Rescue, an Omaha nonprofit that helps families facing utility shutoffs.
September 28, 2026
Source: branch.vote
Voted against renewing the GOALS program contract; the full council also rejected the renewal.
November 17, 2022
Source: learningcommunityds.org
Testified for LB1000, arguing utility shutoffs and ordinary school absences should not alone lead to child removal.
March 3, 2022
Source: nebraskalegislature.gov
Proposed using a $4,264 CEO bonus to help student households in poverty; the motion lacked a second.
June 20, 2019
Source: learningcommunityds.org
Testified for LB161, a bill to end the Learning Community and its taxing authority.
February 19, 2019
Source: nebraskalegislature.gov
Received a 2018 Learning Community endorsement from Nebraska Grassroots Progressives.
May 1, 2018
Source: nebraskagrassrootsprogressives.com
Testified for LB1068 on protections for households facing utility shutoffs.
February 23, 2016
Source: nebraskalegislature.gov
Past race Tonya Ward ran in:
- Learning Community Coordinating Council, District 5 · November 3, 2026 · Learning Community Subcouncil District 5 · incumbent