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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-1242 Property tax funds; use.
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Funds generated from the property tax levy shall only be used for purposes approved by representatives of two-thirds of the member school districts in an educational service unit, representing a majority of the students in the member school districts. The valuation of individual …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-1244 Power to borrow money; conditions; authorization to accept loans from state or federal government.
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(1)(a) Any educational service unit may borrow money to the amount of seventy percent of the unexpended balance of total anticipated receipts of the general fund for the current fiscal year and the following fiscal year. Total anticipated receipts of the general fund for the curr…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-1245 Educational Service Unit Coordinating Council; created; composition; funding; powers.
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(1) The Educational Service Unit Coordinating Council is created. The council shall be composed of one administrator from each educational service unit and beginning July 1, 2017, one nonvoting administrator from each learning community. The council shall be funded from two perce…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-1246 Educational Service Unit Coordinating Council; duties; Open Meetings Act applicable.
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(1) The Educational Service Unit Coordinating Council shall work toward statewide coordination to provide the most cost-effective services for the students, teachers, and school districts in each educational service unit. The council's duties include, but are not limited to: (a) …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-1247 Educational Service Unit Coordinating Council; appoint distance education director; council director authorized; salaries; expenses; duties; contract authorized; other appointments authorized.
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The Educational Service Unit Coordinating Council shall appoint a distance education director and may appoint a council director, both of whom shall hold office at the pleasure of the council. The council director and the distance education director shall receive such salaries as…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-1248 Educational Service Unit Coordinating Council; powers and duties.
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The powers and duties of the Educational Service Unit Coordinating Council include, but are not limited to: (1) Providing public access to lists of qualified distance education courses; (2) Collecting and providing school schedules for participating educational entities; (3) Faci…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-1249 Educational Service Unit Coordinating Council; assistance provided.
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The Educational Service Unit Coordinating Council shall only provide assistance in brokering or scheduling courses to educational entities that have access to Network Nebraska. All costs to the council associated with assisting private, denominational, or parochial schools and pr…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-1302 Educational technology; legislative findings.
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The Legislature finds that the utilization of appropriate technologies can provide enhanced educational services and broadened educational opportunities for Nebraska learners. It is the intent of the Legislature: (1) To utilize technology to provide effective and efficient digita…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-1303 Educational Technology Center; created; mission.
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The Educational Technology Center within the State Department of Education is created. The mission of the center is to achieve the legislative goals set forth in section 79-1302 and to provide leadership and support for the integration of technology and innovation into Nebraska e…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-1304 Educational Technology Center; duties.
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The Educational Technology Center has, but is not limited to, the following specific duties: (1) To evaluate Internet-based digital education courses and open education resources; (2) To provide clearinghouse services for information concerning current technology projects as well…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-1312 Act, how cited.
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Sections 79-1312 to 79-1322 shall be known and may be cited as the Nebraska Educational Telecommunications Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-1313 Nebraska Educational Telecommunications Commission; creation; purpose.
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The Nebraska Educational Telecommunications Act creates the Nebraska Educational Telecommunications Commission for the purpose of (1) promoting and establishing noncommercial educational telecommunications facilities within the State of Nebraska, (2) providing noncommercial educa…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-1314 Terms, defined.
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For purposes of the Nebraska Educational Telecommunications Act, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Telecommunications includes statewide digital public television and public radio transmissions and other telecommunications technology distribution systems; and (2) Educati…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-1315 Nebraska Educational Telecommunications Commission; membership; appointment; term; expenses.
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(1) The Nebraska Educational Telecommunications Commission shall be composed of eleven members, as follows: (a) The Commissioner of Education or his or her designee; (b) the President of the University of Nebraska or his or her designee; (c) a representative of the state colleges…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-1316 Educational telecommunications; commission; powers; duties.
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The powers and duties of the Nebraska Educational Telecommunications Commission are: (1) To promote and sponsor a noncommercial educational television network to serve a series of interconnecting units throughout the State of Nebraska; (2) To promote and support locally operated …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-1317 Educational telecommunications; commission; establish fees.
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The Nebraska Educational Telecommunications Commission, in consultation with users of its telecommunications facilities, networks, and equipment, may establish user fees, penalty fees, or other fees as necessary for and consistent with the efficient and orderly use of its facilit…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-1318 Educational telecommunications; commission; instrumentality of state; may sue and be sued.
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The Nebraska Educational Telecommunications Commission is hereby constituted an instrumentality of the State of Nebraska and may sue and be sued by the name Nebraska Educational Telecommunications Commission.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-1319 Educational telecommunications; operation on noncommercial basis; exceptions; service available to all schools and colleges; costs.
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All telecommunications facilities operated or supervised by the Nebraska Educational Telecommunications Commission shall be operated at all times on a noncommercial basis, except that revenue may be generated from other nonprofit or commercial sources through contractual arrangem…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-1320 State Educational Telecommunications Fund; created; use; investment.
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The State Educational Telecommunications Fund is created. The fund shall be used by the Nebraska Educational Telecommunications Commission for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of the Nebraska Educational Telecommunications Act, except that transfers may be made from th…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-1321 Act; not construed to require violation of federal copyright law.
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Nothing in the Nebraska Educational Telecommunications Act shall be construed to require the Nebraska Educational Telecommunications Commission to post or distribute any work in a manner that would constitute a violation of federal copyright law.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-1322 Commission; power of eminent domain; purpose.
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Subject to the approval of the Legislature and, if the Legislature is not in session, the Executive Board of the Legislative Council, the Nebraska Educational Telecommunications Commission is authorized and empowered to acquire in the name of the State of Nebraska real estate by …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-1337 Distance education incentives; application; contents; calculation of incentives; denial of incentives; appeal.
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(1) For fiscal years 2007-08 through 2028-29, the State Department of Education shall provide distance education incentives to school districts and educational service units for qualified distance education courses coordinated through the Educational Service Unit Coordinating Cou…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-1338 K-12 Education Cybersecurity Act, how cited.
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Sections 79-1338 to 79-1343 shall be known and may be cited as the K-12 Education Cybersecurity Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-1339 Terms, defined.
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For purposes of the K-12 Education Cybersecurity Act: (1) Commission means the Nebraska Information Technology Commission; (2) Consortium means a group of schools joined together for purposes of receiving funding pursuant to the K-12 Education Cybersecurity Act for use in purchas…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-1340 Cybersecurity support and services; coordinating council; implementation coordinator; educational service units; duties.
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(1) The coordinating council shall serve as the statewide point of contact for implementation of the K-12 Education Cybersecurity Act. The coordinating council shall facilitate, support, and coordinate cybersecurity initiatives across educational service units and schools, with a…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-1341 Cybersecurity products and services; program; funding; eligibility; allocation.
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(1) The department shall, in coordination with the coordinating council and subject to available funding, develop and administer a program to provide funding for the purchase of cybersecurity products and services for use in schools and educational service units. The program shal…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-1342 Model cybersecurity policy and cybersecurity framework; governing board, adopt policy; cybersecurity readiness assessment; use.
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(1)(a) The department shall, in consultation with the coordinating council director and the office and subject to available funding, develop a model cybersecurity policy and cybersecurity framework based on nationally recognized best practices for kindergarten through twelfth gra…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-1343 Rules and regulations.
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The State Board of Education in consultation with the coordinating council may adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to carry out the K-12 Education Cybersecurity Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-1501 Compact; contents.
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The Compact for Education is hereby entered into and enacted into law with all jurisdictions legally joining therein, in the form substantially as follows: COMPACT FOR EDUCATION Article I. Purpose and Policy. SECTION A. It is the purpose of this compact to: 1. Establish and maint…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-1503 Education Commission of the States; bylaws; file.
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Pursuant to Article III (i) of the Compact for Education, the Education Commission of the States shall file a copy of its bylaws and any amendment thereto with the Governor.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-1504 Education Commission of the States; members; selection.
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The provisions of Article III, SECTION A., of the Compact for Education notwithstanding, the members of the Education Commission of the States representing this state shall consist of the Governor, three members of the Legislature selected by the Executive Board of the Legislativ…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-1505 Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact.
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INTERSTATE TEACHER MOBILITY COMPACT ARTICLE I- PURPOSE The purpose of this Compact is to facilitate the mobility of Teachers across the Member States, with the goal of supporting Teachers through a new pathway to licensure. Through this Compact, the Member States seek to establis…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-1601 Private, denominational, or parochial schools, teachers, and other individuals; laws applicable; election not to meet accreditation or approval requirements.
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(1) Except as provided in subsections (2) through (6) of this section, all private, denominational, and parochial schools in the State of Nebraska and all teachers employed or giving instruction in such schools shall be subject to and governed by the provisions of the general sch…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-1602 Providing false information; penalty.
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Any person who, as an authorized representative of a parent or legal guardian, transmits information required by subsections (3) through (6) of section 79-1601 knowing such information to be false shall be guilty of a Class IIIA misdemeanor. Any person who knowingly gives false i…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-1603 Private, denominational, or parochial schools; religious instruction; sections, how construed.
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Nothing contained in sections 79-1601 to 79-1607 shall be so construed as to interfere with religious instruction in any private, denominational, or parochial school.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-1604 Private, denominational, or parochial schools; management and control.
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For the purposes of sections 79-1601 to 79-1607, the owner or governing board of any private, denominational, or parochial school shall have authority to select and purchase textbooks, equipment, and supplies, to employ teachers, and to have and exercise the general management of…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-1605 Private, denominational, or parochial schools; inspection by public school official; when required; applicability.
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(1) The superintendent of the school district in which any private, denominational, or parochial school is located shall inspect such schools and report to the proper officers any evidence of failure to observe any of the provisions of sections 79-1601 to 79-1607. The Commissione…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-1606 Private, denominational, or parochial schools; nonconformity with school law; penalty.
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In case any private, denominational, or parochial school, after a final determination by the proper authorities under sections 79-1601 to 79-1607, fails, refuses, or neglects to conform to and comply with such sections, no person shall be granted or allowed a certificate to teach…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-1607 Violations; penalty.
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Any person violating any of the provisions of sections 79-1601 to 79-1606 shall be guilty of a Class III misdemeanor.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-1701 Acts, proceedings, and appropriations; validation.
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Any acts and proceedings undertaken or funds appropriated in accordance with and pursuant to Laws 1991, LB 511, and prior to April 16, 1992, are hereby deemed undertaken pursuant to Laws 1992, LB 245, legalized, and validated if in compliance with Laws 1991, LB 511.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-1702 Legislative intent; recodification.
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It is the intent of the Legislature that the provisions of sections 79-101 to 79-1703 constitute a recodification of Chapter 79 of the Revised Statutes of Nebraska. The purpose of Laws 1996, LB 900, is to reorganize the laws within Chapter 79 and to modernize terminology. Section…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-1703 Rules and regulations; internal references; how construed.
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Any reference to a Chapter 79 section number contained in rules and regulations adopted and promulgated prior to July 19, 1996, shall be deemed to refer to the section in Laws 1996, LB 900, containing the referenced provisions without requiring any revision of the rules or regula…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-1801 Act, how cited.
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Sections 79-1801 to 79-1852 shall be known and may be cited as the Nebraska Elementary and Secondary School Finance Authority Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-1802 Legislative findings.
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The Legislature finds and declares that: (1) For the benefit of the people of the State of Nebraska, the increase of their commerce, welfare, and prosperity, and the improvement of their health and living conditions, it is essential that this and future generations of youth be gi…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-1803 Definitions, where found.
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For purposes of the Nebraska Elementary and Secondary School Finance Authority Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions found in sections 79-1804 to 79-1809 apply.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-1804 Authority, defined.
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Authority means the Nebraska Elementary and Secondary School Finance Authority created by the Nebraska Elementary and Secondary School Finance Authority Act or any board, body, commission, department, or office succeeding to the principal functions thereof or to whom the powers c…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-1805 Bonds, defined.
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Bonds means bonds, notes, or other obligations of the authority issued under the Nebraska Elementary and Secondary School Finance Authority Act, including refunding bonds, notwithstanding that the same may be secured by the full faith and credit of an elementary or secondary scho…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-1806 Cost, defined.
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Cost as applied to a project or any portion thereof financed under the Nebraska Elementary and Secondary School Finance Authority Act means all or any part of the cost of any capital expenditure by an elementary or secondary school, including, but not limited to, construction and…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-1807 Elementary or secondary school, defined.
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Elementary or secondary school means a not-for-profit educational institution located within this state which is not owned or controlled by the state or any political subdivision, agency, instrumentality, district, or municipality thereof, which is authorized by law to provide a …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-1808 Project, defined.
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(1) Project means any property located within the state, constructed or acquired before, on, or after September 13, 1997, that may be used or will be useful in connection with the instruction, feeding, recreation, or housing of students, the conducting of research, administration…