Chapter 79 — SCHOOLS
1,288 sections in this chapter.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-1844 Authority; charge rents; lease facilities.
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Except for projects financed pursuant to section 79-1841, the authority shall fix, revise, charge, and collect rents for the use of each project and contract with any elementary or secondary school in respect thereof. Each lease entered into by the authority with an elementary or…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-1845 Money received by authority; deemed trust funds; investment.
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All money received by the authority, whether as proceeds from the sale of bonds, from revenue, or otherwise, shall be deemed to be trust funds to be held and applied solely as provided in the Nebraska Elementary and Secondary School Finance Authority Act but, prior to the time wh…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-1846 Bondholders and trustee; enforcement of rights.
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Any holder of bonds or of any of the coupons appertaining thereto issued under the Nebraska Elementary and Secondary School Finance Authority Act and the trustee under any trust agreement, except to the extent the rights given in the act may be restricted by the authorizing resol…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-1847 Act, how construed.
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The Nebraska Elementary and Secondary School Finance Authority Act, being necessary for the welfare of the state and its inhabitants, shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes thereof.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-1848 Authority; journal; public records.
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All final actions of the authority shall be recorded in a journal, and the journal and all instruments and documents relating thereto shall be kept on file at the office of the authority and shall be open to the inspection of the public at all reasonable times.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-1849 Authority; public purpose; exemptions from taxation.
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The exercise of the powers granted by the Nebraska Elementary and Secondary School Finance Authority Act shall be in all respects for the benefit of the people of the state, for the increase of their commerce and prosperity, for the improvement of their health and living conditio…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-1850 Bondholders; pledge; agreement of the state.
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The State of Nebraska does hereby pledge to and agree with the holders of any obligations issued under the Nebraska Elementary and Secondary School Finance Authority Act and with those parties who may enter into contracts with the authority pursuant to the act that the state will…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-1851 Act; supplemental to other laws.
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The Nebraska Elementary and Secondary School Finance Authority Act shall be deemed to provide a complete, additional, and alternative method for doing the things authorized in the act and shall be regarded as supplemental and additional to powers conferred by other laws. The issu…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-1852 Act; provisions controlling.
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To the extent that the Nebraska Elementary and Secondary School Finance Authority Act is inconsistent with any general statute or special act or parts thereof, the Nebraska Elementary and Secondary School Finance Authority Act shall control.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-1901 Act, how cited.
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Sections 79-1901 to 79-1904 shall be known and may be cited as the Nebraska Read, Educate, and Develop Youth Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-1902 State Department of Education; cooperation with Department of Health and Human Services; develop educational packet; contents.
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(1) The State Department of Education, in cooperation with the Department of Health and Human Services, shall develop a packet entitled "Learning Begins at Birth" to be given to the parents of each child born in this state on and after January 1, 2003. (2) The packet shall contai…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-1903 Packet; development; distribution; private financial assistance.
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(1) The Department of Health and Human Services shall assist the State Department of Education in developing the packet and shall develop methods of distributing the packet to parents upon the birth of a child in this state beginning on January 1, 2003. (2) The departments shall …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-1904 READY Cash Fund; created; use; investment.
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The READY Cash Fund is created. The fund shall contain money received from private sources to underwrite the costs of the Nebraska Read, Educate, and Develop Youth Act. The fund shall be used by the State Department of Education and the Department of Health and Human Services to …
Repealed. Laws 2013, LB 222, § 48.
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Repealed. Laws 2013, LB 410, § 24.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-201 Compulsory education; attendance required; violation; penalty; exceptions; reports required.
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(1) For purposes of this section, a child is of mandatory attendance age if the child (a) will reach six years of age prior to January 1 of the then-current school year and (b) has not reached eighteen years of age. (2)(a) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, eve…
Transferred to section 13-2910.
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Transferred to section 13-2912.
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Transferred to section 13-2913.
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Repealed. Laws 2008, LB 889, § 16.
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Repealed. Laws 2008, LB 889, § 16.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-202 Compulsory attendance; withdrawal of child from school; exempt from mandatory attendance; exit interview; withdrawal form; validity; child at least sixteen years of age; other enrollment options; later enrollment; effect; Commissioner of Education; duties.
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(1) A person who has legal or actual charge or control of a child who is at least sixteen years of age but less than eighteen years of age may withdraw such child from school before graduation and be exempt from the mandatory attendance requirements of section 79-201 if an exit i…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-203 Compulsory attendance; necessarily employed children; permit.
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In case the services or earnings of a child are necessary for his or her own support or the support of those actually dependent upon him or her and the child is fourteen years of age or more and not more than sixteen years of age and has completed the work of the eighth grade, th…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-204 Compulsory attendance; necessarily employed children; continuation schools; attendance required.
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All children who are fourteen years of age or more and not more than sixteen years of age, who reside in a school district in which a part-time continuation school is maintained by authority of the public school district and who are granted permits to be employed under section 79…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-205 Compulsory attendance; records required.
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Each school district and each private, denominational, or parochial school shall keep a record showing the name, age, and address of each child enrolled. Each teacher in such school district or school shall record the number of days each pupil was present and the number of days a…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-206 Compulsory attendance; nonattendance lists; transmission to enforcement officers.
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Each superintendent of a school district, using the list specified in section 79-205, shall (1) compare the names of the children enrolled with the last census report on file in his or her office from such district, (2) prepare a list of all children resident in such district und…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-207 Compulsory attendance; entry or withdrawal of student; teachers' attendance reports.
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Whenever any child enters or withdraws from any school after the third day in which school is in session, each teacher shall transmit at once the name of such child to the superintendent and the superintendent shall use such information in whatever way he or she deems necessary f…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-208 Compulsory attendance; attendance officers; powers and duties; compensation.
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School boards shall appoint one or more attendance officers who shall be vested with police powers and shall enforce the provisions of section 79-201 in the school districts for which they act. Attendance officers shall be compensated for their services in such sums as are determ…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-209 Compulsory attendance; nonattendance; school district; duties; collaborative plan; considerations; referral to county attorney; notice.
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(1) In all school districts in this state, any superintendent, principal, teacher, or member of the school board who knows of any violation of subsection (2) of section 79-201 shall within three days report such violation to the attendance officer of the school, who shall immedia…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-210 Compulsory attendance; rules and regulations.
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The State Board of Education may adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to carry out sections 79-201 to 79-209.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-2101 Learning community, defined; fiscal year.
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Learning community means a political subdivision which shares the territory of member school districts and is governed by a learning community coordinating council. The fiscal year for a learning community shall be the same as for member school districts.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-2102 Establishment of new learning community; Commissioner of Education; certification.
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On or before September 15, 2007, and on or before August 1 of each odd-numbered year following the official designation of any new city of the metropolitan class or any valid request to form a new learning community, the Commissioner of Education shall certify the establishment o…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-2102.01 Learning community coordinating council; meeting; officers; Secretary of State; duties.
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The Secretary of State or his or her designee shall schedule and host the first meeting of the newly elected learning community coordinating council during the month of January following the election and shall schedule and shall host at least one meeting each month for the immedi…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-2103 State Department of Education; learning community funds; distribution.
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The State Department of Education shall provide learning community funds to learning communities pursuant to this section. Learning community funds shall be distributed to each qualified learning community on or before January 30 of the school fiscal year during which the learnin…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-2104 Learning community coordinating council; powers.
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A learning community coordinating council shall have the authority to: (1) For fiscal years prior to fiscal year 2017-18, levy a common levy for the general funds of member school districts pursuant to sections 77-3442 and 79-1073; (2) Levy for leasing or purchasing elementary le…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-2104.01 Learning community coordinating council; advisory committee; members; duties.
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Each learning community coordinating council shall have an advisory committee composed of the superintendent from each member school district or his or her representative. The advisory committee shall: (1) Collaborate with the learning community coordinating council on the develo…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-2104.02 Learning community coordinating council; use of funds; report.
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Each learning community coordinating council shall use any funds received pursuant to section 79-1241.03 for evaluation of programs related to the community achievement plan developed with the assistance of the student achievement coordinator or other department staff designated …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-2104.03 Advisory committee; submit plan for early childhood education programs for children in poverty; powers and duties.
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The advisory committee described in section 79-2104.01 shall submit a plan as provided in subdivision (4) of section 79-2104.01 to the learning community coordinating council for any early childhood education programs for children in poverty and the services to be provided by suc…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-2104.04 Learning community coordinating council; members; duties.
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Each learning community coordinating council shall be required to select at least two members to meet with the advisory committee and learning community administrators at least twice annually to discuss the community achievement plan, results of evaluations conducted with learnin…
Repealed. Laws 2007, LB 641, § 54.
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