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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
9 provisions identified: 5 benefits, 0 costs, 4 mixed.
Career scholarships at Nebraska colleges
State college students who are first‑time freshmen or transfers and meet test score (18+) or 3.0 GPA rules can get up to $15,000 per year. University transfer students can get up to $10,000 per year; first‑time freshmen with scores 28+ can get up to $25,000, and those with scores 20–27 can get up to $10,000. At participating private colleges, eligible students can get up to $10,000 per year if they meet the test score or GPA rule and enroll in an eligible program. Beginning in academic year 2024–25, eligible programs expand at state colleges and the university (including special education) and at private colleges (adding education, engineering, and other shortage areas set by the state). Schools and the state commission must report each year on enrollment, retention, graduation, internships, and jobs, and the commission allocates funds to participating private colleges.
Schooling and costs for placed students
When a ward of the state or a court is placed outside their home district, the state pays the cost of schooling and needed transportation. If a ward age 18 or younger is placed in a county detention home, the state pays the approved education provider. A non‑ward student in a licensed residential setting keeps residency in the prior district; if the facility has no approved school, the home district must contract with the local district to provide all services. If the facility runs an approved or interim school, the Education Department reimburses the facility based on average per‑pupil cost, and the home district keeps IEP responsibility. Students in qualifying residential settings count as students with a handicap, and the state or local governments may contract with nonsectarian institutions for services. If a different district is later found to be the resident district, it must repay 110% of what the first district paid.
Public school admission and tuition rules
A child is admitted without charge in the district where the child lives or where a parent lives. Homeless students can enroll for free in the district where they are now, where they were housed, or where they were last enrolled. School boards must allow children of military families to enroll early on military orders and admit them for free when they arrive. Students using the enrollment option program are admitted without charge. School boards may admit nonresident or out‑of‑state students by contract and charge tuition at a locally set rate. To enroll, the Education Department may require the adult in charge to give the student’s name, the student’s address, and daytime contact information.
Door to College scholarship eligibility rules
You may qualify if you graduated from an accredited youth rehabilitation and treatment center program or an approved/accredited school, or earned a high‑school equivalency after discharge. You must be enrolled at an eligible Nebraska college, live in Nebraska as defined by law, and file the FAFSA for the award year. Full‑time means 24 or more semester credits; part‑time means 12 or more.
Public extracurriculars for private-school kids
A public district must admit a private, parochial, denominational, or nonaccredited school student part‑time for free to join an extracurricular if the resident district does not offer it and the requested district is the closest that does, or if the requested district includes the closest school offering it.
State commission runs college aid programs
The Coordinating Commission now administers several state scholarship and grant programs, including the Door to College and Nebraska Opportunity Grant programs. This centralizes how aid is managed without changing who qualifies or award amounts.
Colleges must report foreign funding
Beginning July 1, 2025, covered colleges and universities must report twice a year any funding they receive from listed foreign adversarial sources. Reports must show the amount, date, purpose, source details, and include related contracts. The state posts the reports online. Tuition paid by an individual is not included.
Colleges must share data with state
The state higher‑education commission can run statewide data systems and ask public colleges and state agencies for information. Agencies and schools that receive state funds must answer reasonable data requests.
Public website for school district finances
The state will post a public database of every school district’s revenues, spending, and balance sheets. The site launches by January 1, 2026, and includes data back to 2005 when available. Districts must send updates, and the state updates the site within 30 days. Confidential data is not posted.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Education Committee
Affiliation unavailable
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
legislature vote • 4/24/2026
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legislature vote • 6/2/2025
Final Reading
Yes: 41 • No: 8
legislature vote • 5/29/2025
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Yes: 17 • No: 25 • Other: 7
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Actions Timeline
Approved by Governor on June 4, 2025
6/6/2025legislatureProvisions/portions of LB378 amended into LB306 by AM1532
6/6/2025legislatureProvisions/portions of LB497 amended into LB306 by AM1578
6/6/2025legislatureProvisions/portions of LB625 amended into LB306 by AM1562
6/6/2025legislatureSpivey MO266 withdrawn
6/2/2025legislatureDispensing of reading at large approved
6/2/2025legislaturePassed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 41-8*-0
6/2/2025legislaturePresident/Speaker signed
6/2/2025legislaturePresented to Governor on June 2, 2025
6/2/2025legislatureEnrollment and Review ER93 adopted
5/29/2025legislatureSpivey MO264 withdrawn
5/29/2025legislatureSpivey MO265 withdrawn
5/29/2025legislatureMurman FA210 withdrawn
5/29/2025legislatureMurman FA211 withdrawn
5/29/2025legislatureMurman FA212 withdrawn
5/29/2025legislatureSpivey AM1587 lost
5/29/2025legislatureDungan AM1604 lost
5/29/2025legislatureLippincott AM1607 withdrawn
5/29/2025legislatureHallstrom AM1626 adopted
5/29/2025legislatureAdvanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
5/29/2025legislaturePlaced on Final Reading
5/29/2025legislatureLippincott AM1607 filed
5/28/2025legislaturePlaced on Select File with ER93
5/28/2025legislatureEnrollment and Review ER93 filed
5/28/2025legislatureHallstrom AM1626 filed
5/28/2025legislature
Bill Text
Introduced
6/6/2025
Enrolled / Slip Law
Final / Enacted