All Roll Calls
Yes: 86 • No: 0
NebraskaLB143109th Legislature 1st and 2nd SessionslegislatureWALLET
Change provisions relating to student enrollment
Sponsored By: Victor Rountree
Signed by Governor
Education Committee
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Bill Overview
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6 provisions identified: 5 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
Early enrollment for military kids, special ed
Schools must allow early enrollment for children of military families when a parent shows orders to Nebraska for this year or next. These early‑enrollment rules apply the same to students with an IFSP, an IEP, Section 504 supports, or other special education. On arrival in Nebraska, these children are admitted without charge if the family presented the military orders.
Education rules for kids in residential settings
If your child is not a ward and lives in a DHHS‑licensed or Medicaid‑enrolled residential setting for reasons other than schooling, their home district stays the same. If the setting has no school, the prior district must contract with the district where the setting is located to provide all education, including special education. If the districts cannot agree on payment, the State Department of Education sets the amount. If the setting runs an interim‑program or approved/accredited school, the department reimburses the setting based on the service agency’s average per‑pupil cost, and the home district keeps IEP responsibility. If a different home district is later identified, that district must repay 110% of what another district paid.
Free school enrollment for residents and homeless
If your child lives in a district, the district must admit them for free. A district must also admit a child for free if at least one parent lives there. Homeless students can enroll without charge in the district where they are, where they were last enrolled, or where they were permanently housed. Districts cannot charge tuition to anyone the law says can attend for free. If you move midyear, the school board may let your child finish the year in the same school.
State pays schooling for many wards
A ward in a DHHS‑approved foster home usually remains a resident of the district where they lived when they became a ward. If a child‑welfare decision says they will not attend that district, they count as a resident where the foster home is located. When a ward is placed outside the original district (and not in those foster homes), or in an approved special‑education institution not owned by the original district, the state pays the cost of education and required transportation. The state does not pay these costs in advance. If a ward age 18 or younger is placed in a county detention home, the state pays for schooling at the county‑selected, state‑approved provider.
Nonresident enrollment and tuition rules
A district can admit a student from another district under a contract with the home district and charge tuition set in that contract. Under the state’s enrollment option program, a nonresident student may attend without tuition. A district may also admit a student who lives in another state and require tuition paid in advance at a board‑set rate.
State rules for school enrollment data
The State Department of Education sets how schools collect enrollment and admission information. The adult responsible for the student must give the student’s name, the adult’s name, the address where the student lives or will live, and daytime contact details, electronically or by other department methods. The department can also issue rules to carry out these residency, contracting, reimbursement, and enrollment changes.
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Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Victor Rountree
legislature
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
legislature vote • 4/3/2025
Final Reading
Yes: 47 • No: 0 • Other: 2
legislature vote • 2/25/2025
Vote
Yes: 39 • No: 0 • Other: 10
Actions Timeline
Approved by Governor on April 7, 2025
4/8/2025legislatureDispensing of reading at large approved
4/3/2025legislaturePassed on Final Reading 47-0-2
4/3/2025legislaturePresident/Speaker signed
4/3/2025legislaturePresented to Governor on April 3, 2025
4/3/2025legislaturePlaced on Final Reading
3/19/2025legislatureEnrollment and Review ER19 adopted
3/11/2025legislatureAdvanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
3/11/2025legislaturePlaced on Select File with ER19
3/4/2025legislatureEnrollment and Review ER19 filed
3/4/2025legislatureAdvanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
2/25/2025legislatureAndersen name added
2/24/2025legislaturePlaced on General File
2/7/2025legislatureNotice of hearing for February 03, 2025
1/27/2025legislatureReferred to Education Committee
1/15/2025legislatureRaybould name added
1/15/2025legislatureConrad name added
1/14/2025legislatureDate of introduction
1/13/2025legislature
Bill Text
Introduced
4/8/2025
Enrolled / Slip Law
Final / Enacted
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