This announcement, based on three Nebraska statutes[5][6][7] enacted in 1891 and 1947, is known as the "One City, One School District" plan.

[8][9] Supporters of the plan claim that a single school district is necessary to promote a cohesive Omaha community, ensure academic equity in all Omaha schools and prevent OPS from becoming locked into a declining property tax base.

Discussions among the school districts have been unproductive; the issue figured prominently in the 2006 session of the Nebraska state legislature.

[10] The Nebraska legislature passed a bill (LB 1024)[11] on April 13, 2006, that addresses the "One City, One School District" issues.

A learning community will be charged with helping to distribute property tax revenue more evenly throughout the school districts in its area.

The suburban school districts reluctantly supported the three-district plan, seeing it as the most favorable to them of the bills proposed.

[15] The roll call showed legislators from Omaha split six in favor of the three-district plan (Sens.

Instead, on May 16, 2006 the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) filed a suit against the governor and other Nebraska state officials charging that LB 1024, originally proposed by state senator Ernie Chambers, "intentionally furthers racial segregation."