Chapter 79, SCHOOLS
1,502 sections in this chapter.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-10 Schoolhouse; erection or improvement; equipment; vote required to approve.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-10,100 Schoolhouse; erection or improvement; equipment; vote required to approve.
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The school board or board of education, upon being satisfied that all the requirements of section 79-1098 have been substantially complied with and that fifty-five percent of all votes cast at the election under such section are in favor of such tax, shall enter such proposition …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-10,101 Schoolhouse; erection or improvement; equipment; tax fund; transfer; limitation upon use; investment.
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The sum levied and collected under section 79-10,100 shall (1) constitute a special fund for the purposes for which it was voted, (2) not be used for any other purpose unless otherwise authorized by a fifty-five percent majority vote of the legal voters of the school district cas…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-10,102 Schoolhouse; where built.
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No school district shall build a schoolhouse outside its district except as provided in section 79-10,119 or when built on land owned by the federal government when such land is controlled under a freeholders lease agreement.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-10,103 Real property; lease or acquisition; located outside of district; purpose; election; when.
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(1) The school board of any school district may lease, purchase, acquire, own, manage, and hold title to real property which is located outside of its school district for laboratory, recreation, camping, or educational facilities, except that any purchase costing more than five t…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-10,104 Real property; acquisition; instructional purposes; construction of buildings; limitation.
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(1) A school district may acquire, except by eminent domain, real property for use in instructing students in the practical application of skills taught in classes offered by such school district. A school district may construct or improve buildings upon such property, including,…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-10,105 Lease or lease-purchase agreements; public school district; authorization; restrictions.
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The school board or board of education of any public school district may enter into a lease or lease-purchase agreement for the exclusive use of its individual jurisdiction for such buildings or equipment as the board determines necessary. Such lease or lease-purchase agreements …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-10,106 Schoolhouse; use for public assemblies; rental.
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The school board or board of education of any school district may in its discretion permit the use of public school buildings for public assemblages under such rules and regulations as it may adopt. The board may exact such rental as may be necessary to meet the expense of such m…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-10,107 School district property; use; lease authorized.
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(1) The school board or board of education of any school district may permit the use, upon such terms and conditions as it determines, of any school district property or portion thereof at times when it is not needed for school district use. (2) If the school board or board of ed…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-10,108 Public parks; conveyance to school districts; when authorized; resolution.
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Any city or village in this state may convey title to any real estate owned by any such city or village dedicated or used as a public park to the school district in any such city or village within the boundaries of which such real estate lies, whenever in the judgment of the gove…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-10,109 Public parks; conveyance to school districts; use.
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Any such real estate conveyed under the provisions of section 79-10,108 may be used by such school district only in the manner and to the extent that other real estate owned by such school district may be used.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-10,110 Health and safety modifications prior to April 19, 2016, qualified zone academy, or American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 purpose; school board; powers and duties; hearing; tax levy authorized; issuance of bonds authorized.
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(1) Prior to April 19, 2016, after making a determination that an actual or potential environmental hazard or accessibility barrier exists, that a life safety code violation exists, or that expenditures are needed for indoor air quality or mold abatement and prevention within the…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-10,110.01 Health and safety modifications, qualified zone academy, or American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 purpose bonds; refunding bonds; authorized; conditions.
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(1) If a school board has issued or shall issue bonds pursuant to section 79-10,110 or 79-10,110.02 and such bonds or any part of such bonds are unpaid, are a legal liability against the school district governed by such school board, and are bearing interest, the school board may…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-10,110.02 Health and safety modifications on and after April 19, 2016; school board; powers and duties; tax levy authorized; issuance of bonds authorized.
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(1) On and after April 19, 2016, the school board of any school district may make a determination that an additional property tax levy is necessary for a specific abatement project to address an actual or potential environmental hazard, accessibility barrier, life safety code vio…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-10,110.03 Commercial air filters; pilot program; legislative intent; report; rules and regulations.
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(1) The State Department of Education shall develop and implement a pilot program to study the efficacy of commercial air filters in classrooms to remove common pollutants and particulate matter and their impact on academic and behavioral performance. (2) It is the intent of the …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-10,114 Class I, II, III, or IV school district; property; sale; proceeds of sale; use.
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No school property of any kind belonging to any Class I, II, III, or IV school district shall be sold by the school board or board of education except at a regular meeting of the board and with an affirmative recorded vote of at least two-thirds of all the members of the board. P…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-10,115 Class IV or V school district; sale of property; conditions.
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School property of any kind belonging to any Class IV or V district shall not be sold by the board of education except at a regular meeting and with an affirmative recorded vote of at least two-thirds of all the members of the board.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-10,116 Class IV or V school district; bonds; purchase before maturity.
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If it is deemed advisable by the board of education of a Class IV or V school district to purchase bonds issued by the district before maturity, the treasurer shall sell to the highest bidder in the open market, and in a manner prescribed by the board, such bonds or securities as…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-10,117 Class I, II, or III school district; teacherage; site; purchase or lease; powers of voters at election or annual or special meeting; tax.
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The legal voters of any Class I, II, or III school district have the power, at an election or at any annual or special meeting, to (1) direct the purchasing or leasing of any appropriate site and the building, hiring, or purchasing of a teacherage for the purpose of providing hou…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-10,118 Class I, II, or III school district; teacherage; tax; election.
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A tax to establish a special fund for the building, hiring, or purchasing of a teacherage for the purpose of providing housing facilities for the school employees of any Class I, II, or III district may be levied when authorized by fifty-five percent of the legal voters voting on…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-10,119 School district; real estate for future sites outside district; annexation; effect.
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A school district may purchase, acquire, own, manage, and hold title to real estate for future school sites which at the time of such purchasing or acquiring is outside such school district in a territory not more than three miles beyond the limits of such district but contiguous…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-10,120 School district; board of education; special fund for sites and buildings; levy of taxes.
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The school board or board of education of any school district may establish a special fund for purposes of acquiring sites for school buildings or teacherages, purchasing existing buildings for use as school buildings or teacherages, including the sites upon which such buildings …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-10,126 Class V school district; school fiscal year 2017-18 and thereafter; school tax; additional levy; funds established.
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For school fiscal year 2017-18 and each school fiscal year thereafter, each Class V school district shall establish (1) for the general operation of the schools, such fund as will result from an annual levy of such rate of tax upon the taxable value of all the taxable property in…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-10,126.01 Class V school district; school fiscal years prior to school fiscal year 2017-18; school tax; additional levy; funds established.
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For school fiscal years prior to school fiscal year 2017-18, each Class V school district shall establish (1) for the general operation of the schools, such fund as will result from distributions pursuant to section 79-1073 from the learning community levy and any annual levy of …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-10,127 Class V school district; sale of site; proceeds; use.
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Whenever it is determined by the board of education of a Class V school district that the real estate described as Capitol Square, being a subdivision in the city of Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, and being within the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section twenty…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-10,128 Class V school district; sale of site; petition; contents.
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The school district may file a petition in the district court of the county in which such real estate as described in section 79-10,127 is situated, setting forth the terms and conditions of the original deed from the State of Nebraska, the provisions of sections 79-10,127 to 79-…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-10,129 Class V school district; sale of site; petition; parties to action; summons.
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The city of the metropolitan class holding title to such real estate as described in section 79-10,127 and the State of Nebraska, grantor in the original deed to the city, shall be made parties defendant in such proceedings and served with summons as in civil actions.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-10,130 Class V school district; sale of site; hearing; decree.
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If, after an examination of the pleadings of the respective parties and hearing the evidence, it appears to the court (1) that the record title of the city of the metropolitan class in such real estate as described in section 79-10,127 is restricted to educational purposes, (2) t…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-10,131 Class V school district; sale of site; appraisers; appointment; oath.
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The court shall, after entry of the decree under section 79-10,130, appoint three appraisers to ascertain the fair value of the real estate as described in section 79-10,127 and the improvements thereon. Such appraisers shall be disinterested freeholders residing within the schoo…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-10,132 Class V school district; sale of site; appraisers; compensation; sheriff; notice of sale; publication; fees.
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Upon the filing of the report of the appraisers appointed in accordance with section 79-10,131, the court shall fix the fees allowed such appraisers for their services, which fees shall be paid by the school district. If the board of education is satisfied with the amount of such…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-10,133 Class V school district; sale of site; sheriff; report of sale; confirmation.
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The sheriff shall file a report of the proceedings pursuant to the order of sale under section 79-10,132. If it appears, upon the filing of such report, that the sale has in all respects been made in conformity to the provisions of sections 79-10,127 to 79-10,135, that the proper…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-10,134 Class V school district; sale of site; decree; appeal.
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Any party to the proceedings under sections 79-10,127 to 79-10,133 shall have the right of appeal, as in other civil actions, from the final order and judgment of the district court to the Court of Appeals.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-10,135 Class V school district; sale of site; sheriff; disbursement of proceeds; disposition.
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If, upon the final determination of the action, the sale under sections 79-10,127 to 79-10,134 is ratified and confirmed, the court shall direct the sheriff to pay to the school district the proceeds of such sale and shall direct the board of education of such school district to …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-10,136 Class V school district; conveyance of site; conditions; proceeds.
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Whenever it is determined by the board of education of a Class V school district that it would be in the best educational interests of the school district that any portion of the real estate legally described in section 79-10,127 and any buildings and improvements erected and mai…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-10,139.01 Hunger-Free Schools Act, how cited.
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Sections 79-10,139.01 to 79-10,139.09 shall be known and may be cited as the Hunger-Free Schools Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-10,139.02 Legislative findings.
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The Legislature finds that, for Nebraska to compete effectively in the world, it must have an educated and productive work force. In order to have an educated and productive work force, it must prepare its children to learn, and in order to do so the children must be well-nourish…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-10,139.03 Terms, defined.
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For purposes of the Hunger-Free Schools Act: (1) Department means the State Department of Education; (2) Eligible meal means a school breakfast or school lunch that is served (a) by a participating school, (b) to a student who qualifies for reduced-price school meals under United…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-10,139.04 Hunger-Free Schools Pilot Program; created; participation; requirements.
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(1) The Hunger-Free Schools Pilot Program is created. The pilot program shall include school years 2026-27 through 2031-32. (2) Any qualified school may apply to participate in the pilot program in the manner prescribed by the department. (3) The department shall annually select …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-10,139.05 Reimbursement; amount; calculation; how paid.
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The department shall annually reimburse each participating public school from the Hunger-Free Schools Cash Fund and each participating nonpublic school from the General Fund a portion of the cost of each eligible meal served by such school during the second preceding school fisca…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-10,139.06 Department; study; report.
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(1) The department shall study the efficacy of the Hunger-Free Schools Pilot Program and the impact on academic and behavioral performance of students involved in the program. The study shall: (a) Examine the performance of students attending participating schools; (b) Include da…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-10,139.07 Hunger-Free Schools Cash Fund; created; use; investment.
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The Hunger-Free Schools Cash Fund is created. The fund shall be administered by the State Department of Education. The fund shall consist of money transferred to the fund by the Legislature and money donated as gifts, bequests, or other contributions from public or private entiti…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-10,139.08 Rules and regulations.
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The State Board of Education may adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to carry out the Hunger-Free Schools Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-10,139.09 Legislative intent to appropriate funds.
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It is the intent of the Legislature to appropriate funds to the department necessary to administer the Hunger-Free Schools Act for any school that does not receive funds from the Hunger-Free Schools Cash Fund.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-10,140 Summer Food Service Program; terms, defined.
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For purposes of sections 79-10,140 to 79-10,142: (1) Department means the State Department of Education; and (2) Sponsor means a public or private nonprofit school food authority, local, municipal, or county government, public or private nonprofit higher education institution par…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-10,141 Summer Food Service Program; legislative intent; department; duties; preference for grants; applications.
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(1) Because children are susceptible to hunger in the summertime, resulting in negative health effects, the Legislature intends, as a state nutrition and health policy, that the State of Nebraska's participation in the Summer Food Service Program of the United States Department o…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-10,142 Summer Food Service Program; department; collect data; report.
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The department shall collect data regarding the number of sponsors, the number of sites utilized by sponsors, and the number of children served as a result of the grants awarded under section 79-10,141. The department shall submit a report electronically to the Education Committe…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-10,143 Parent or guardian; provide information regarding qualification; school district; duties.
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A parent or guardian of any student enrolled in, or in the process of enrolling in, any school district in the state may voluntarily provide information on any application submitted pursuant to Nebraska law, rules, and regulations regarding the applicant's potential to meet the q…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-10,144 Community eligibility provision; state aid and federal funds; State Department of Education; duties.
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The State Department of Education shall promote the community eligibility provision to schools and school districts eligible to participate, and such promotion shall include, but is not limited to, providing official departmental guidance regarding the options available to school…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-10,146 Swimming pool; personnel.
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Every swimming pool owned, rented, leased, or otherwise used by a school district for practice, competition, or any other school function shall have at least one person present during such use who is currently certified by a nationally recognized aquatic training program in first…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-10,147 Legislative intent.
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It is the intent of the Legislature to fully fund the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act each year.