All Roll Calls
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NebraskaLB306109th Legislature 1st and 2nd SessionslegislatureWALLET
Change provisions relating to admission to elementary and secondary schools, the Board of Trustees of the Nebraska State Colleges, the Nebraska Career Scholarship Act, the Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education Act, and the Door to College Scholarship Act and require a database of financial information regarding school districts and reporting regarding funding from foreign adversarial sources
Sponsored By: Education Committee
Signed by Governor
Education Committee
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
6 provisions identified: 4 benefits, 0 costs, 2 mixed.
Up to $25,000 Nebraska college scholarships
Nebraska Career Scholarships now cover major costs for college. State college students can get up to $15,000 a year. University students can get up to $25,000 a year with a 28+ test score, or up to $10,000 with a 20–27; transfers can get up to $10,000. Private college students can get up to $10,000 a year. Money can pay tuition, fees, required tools, and room and board. Awards renew while you stay in good standing, for up to four years. State colleges and the university require you to register for a Nebraska internship, clinical, apprenticeship, or job before finishing; private colleges do not. Eligible fields are set by the state and expand starting in 2024–25.
Private-school students can join public classes and teams
If your child attends a private or nonaccredited school, the public district must let them take any selected courses part-time. They can also join extracurriculars under the same rules as public students. Districts must admit them without charging for part-time enrollment when joining activities at the closest school offering them under the law’s distance rules. To play in activities run by an activities association, the student must be enrolled in at least five district credit hours that semester. The law repeals and replaces older statutes to put these rules in place.
Door to College opens to more students
The Door to College Scholarship now includes students who graduated at a youth rehabilitation and treatment center or earned a state high school equivalency diploma after discharge. Eligible colleges must be in Nebraska, be licensed, and be accredited. They must serve Nebraska undergrads and have refund and repayment policies you can see.
Colleges must post foreign funding reports
Starting July 1, 2025, Nebraska colleges must report twice a year all funding from foreign adversarial sources. Reports must list the amount, date, purpose, and the source’s details and include any contract or pledge. Tuition payments by private individuals are excluded. The Coordinating Commission posts all reports online.
New public website for school finances
Nebraska will post a public database with each school district’s audited revenues, spending, assets, and debts. The site includes history back to 2005 when available. It must be updated within 30 days after new audit data arrives. The system goes live by January 1, 2026. Confidential information stays protected.
New college project thresholds and planning duties
The state sets a $5,000,000 minimum to count as a capital project and a $200,000 yearly base for operations and maintenance. These amounts update every two years starting January 1, 2026. The Coordinating Commission must also plan how to shift federal education data, grants, and programs to Nebraska boards, schools, or the commission if needed.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Education Committee
Affiliation unavailable
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
legislature vote • 6/2/2025
Final Reading
Yes: 41 • No: 8
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Actions Timeline
Provisions/portions of LB625 amended into LB306 by AM1562
6/6/2025legislatureProvisions/portions of LB497 amended into LB306 by AM1578
6/6/2025legislatureProvisions/portions of LB378 amended into LB306 by AM1532
6/6/2025legislatureApproved by Governor on June 4, 2025
6/4/2025legislaturePresented to Governor on June 2, 2025
6/2/2025legislaturePresident/Speaker signed
6/2/2025legislaturePassed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 41-8*-0
6/2/2025legislatureDispensing of reading at large approved
6/2/2025legislatureSpivey MO266 withdrawn
6/2/2025legislaturePlaced on Final Reading
5/29/2025legislatureAdvanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
5/29/2025legislatureHallstrom AM1626 adopted
5/29/2025legislatureLippincott AM1607 withdrawn
5/29/2025legislatureDungan AM1604 lost
5/29/2025legislatureSpivey AM1587 lost
5/29/2025legislatureMurman FA212 withdrawn
5/29/2025legislatureMurman FA211 withdrawn
5/29/2025legislatureMurman FA210 withdrawn
5/29/2025legislatureSpivey MO265 withdrawn
5/29/2025legislatureSpivey MO264 withdrawn
5/29/2025legislatureEnrollment and Review ER93 adopted
5/29/2025legislatureHallstrom AM1626 filed
5/28/2025legislatureEnrollment and Review ER93 filed
5/28/2025legislaturePlaced on Select File with ER93
5/28/2025legislatureLippincott AM1607 filed
5/28/2025legislature
Bill Text
Introduced
1/15/2025
Enrolled / Slip Law
Final / Enacted
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