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Tonya graduated from Bellevue East High School.

Tonya Ward works at Omaha-based Energy Rescue, where she helps administer LIHEAP funds to qualifying residents.

Tonya works as the president and founder of Energy Rescue, Inc., a non-profit which provides utility assistance.

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Tonya currently serves of the Learning Community Coordinating Council of Douglas and Sarpy Counties for Achievement Subcouncil 5. She was first elected in 2014, and is serving her third term. Tonya previously ran for Douglas County Board of Commissioners, District 1 in 2020, but did not win.

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Believes the Learning Community provides valuable opportunities for children and families to address the opportunity gap.

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- The learning community council consists of 18 voting members. The council works to help children achieve academic success regardless of their social or economic standing.
- The council uses taxpayer money to create a budget that creates opportunities for the children, families, and the community it works with, including administrative costs, family learning, and early childhood learning.
- The council provides initiatives to meet the needs of students, including instructional coaching, providing preparation for kindergarten, and extended learning during the summer.
- The council requires at least two members to meet with the state’s advisory committee and learning community administrators multiple times a year to discuss various topics, including their community achievement plan, programs, and best practices for improving achievement among all students, including those with achievement obstacles. They also host monthly meetings available to the public.
- A learning community council member is elected in a nonpartisan, subcouncil districtwide election to a four-year term. They must be a registered voter in the subcouncil district they run in immediately preceding the election.
- A learning community council member does not get paid.

Determines budget and initiatives to help students succeed academically.