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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-2,160 Tribal regalia; permitted; school policy.
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(1) A person who is a member of an indigenous tribe of the United States or another country and is a student attending an approved or accredited public school may wear tribal regalia in any public or private location where the person is otherwise authorized to be on such school g…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-2,161 Right to repeat grade; reasons; procedure.
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(1) For purposes of this section: (a) Academic needs means that a child is at least one year below grade level and behind the child's typically developing peers in reading, English, and language arts such that the child does not possess the necessary academic skills required to s…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-2,162 Electronic communication device; use by students; policy.
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(1) For purposes of this section: (a) Cell phone means a mobile or cellular telephone; and (b) Electronic communication device means any device which transmits by electronic means any writing, sound, visual image, or data of any nature to another electronic communication device. …
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…
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…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-211 Minimum school term.
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The school term shall not be less than (1) one thousand thirty-two instructional hours for elementary grades and (2) one thousand eighty instructional hours for high school grades in any public school district or private, denominational, or parochial school. If any district which…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-2110 Diversity plan; limitations; school building maximum capacity; attendance areas; school board; duties; application to attend school outside attendance area; procedure; continuing student; notice.
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(1)(a) Each diversity plan shall provide for open enrollment in all school buildings in the learning community for school years prior to school year 2017-18, subject to specific limitations necessary to bring about diverse enrollments in each school building in the learning commu…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-2110.01 Open enrollment students; how treated; disability; transportation services.
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(1) For purposes of all duties, entitlements, and rights established by law, including special education as provided in section 79-1127, open enrollment students shall be treated as resident students of the open enrollment school district. In determining eligibility for extracurr…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-2111 Elementary learning center facilities; focus school or program capital projects; tax levy; repayment of funds; interest; waiver.
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(1) A learning community may levy a maximum levy pursuant to subdivision (2)(f) of section 77-3442 for leasing or purchasing elementary learning center facilities, for remodeling elementary learning center facilities, and for up to fifty percent of the estimated costs for focus s…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-2112 Elementary learning center; elementary learning center executive director; qualifications; assistants and employees.
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(1) Elementary learning centers shall serve as visionary resource centers for enhancing the academic success of elementary students, particularly those students who face challenges in the educational environment due to factors such as poverty, limited English skills, and mobility…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-2113 Elementary learning center; establishment; achievement subcouncil; plan; powers and duties; location of facilities.
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(1) On or before the second June 1 immediately following the establishment of a new learning community, the learning community coordinating council shall establish at least one elementary learning center for each twenty-five elementary schools in which either at least thirty-five…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-2114 Elementary learning center; services and programs; report required.
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(1) Programs offered by an elementary learning center may be accessed by any elementary-age child who resides in the learning community or any family with an elementary-age child who resides in the learning community. Services to be provided by the elementary learning center shal…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-2115 Learning community funds; use; learning community coordinating council; powers and duties; pilot project; audits.
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(1) Learning community funds distributed pursuant to section 79-2103 may be used by the learning community coordinating council receiving the funds for: (a) The administration and operation of the learning community; (b) The administration, operations, and programs of elementary …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-2116 Elementary learning center; employees; terms and conditions of employment.
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Terms and conditions of employment of school employees providing services for an elementary learning center shall be established by the negotiated agreement of the learning community employing such school employees to provide services. For certificated employees as defined in sec…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-2117 Learning community coordinating council; achievement subcouncil; membership; meeting; hearing; duties.
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Each learning community coordinating council shall have an achievement subcouncil for each subcouncil district. Through January 4, 2017, each achievement subcouncil shall consist of the three voting coordinating council members representing the subcouncil district plus any nonvot…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-2118 Diversity plan; contents; approval; report.
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(1) Each learning community, together with its member school districts, shall develop a diversity plan to provide educational opportunities pursuant to sections 79-769 and 79-2110 in each subcouncil district designed to attract students from diverse backgrounds, which plan may be…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-2119 Insurance coverage; authorized.
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A learning community coordinating council may permit members of such council to participate in the learning community's hospitalization, medical, surgical, accident, sickness, or term life insurance coverage or any one or more of such coverages. A learning community coordinating …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-212 Kindergarten program; minimum hours.
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The school board or board of education of any school district offering a kindergarten program shall provide a program of at least four hundred clock hours each school year.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-2120 State Department of Education; certification of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunches.
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On or before March 1, 2009, and February 1 of each year thereafter, for purposes of determining socioeconomic diversity of enrollment as defined in section 79-2110, the State Department of Education shall certify to each learning community and each member school district the aver…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-2121 Plan to reduce excessive absenteeism; development and participation.
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The superintendents of any school districts that are members of a learning community shall develop and participate in a plan by August 1, 2011, to reduce excessive absenteeism including a process to share information regarding at-risk youth with the goal of improving educational …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-2122 Community achievement plans; submission to State Department of Education; state board; approve or reject; reasons; term; report; department; duties.
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(1) Community achievement plans shall be submitted by learning community coordinating councils to the State Board of Education for approval. (2) Community achievement plans shall be developed, in consultation with the student achievement coordinator or other department staff desi…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-2123 Annual financial report; contents; audit; failure to file annual financial report; commissioner; duties.
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(1) On or before January 31 of each year, each learning community coordinating council shall submit to the Commissioner of Education a report described as the annual financial report showing (a) the amount of money received from all sources during the year and the amount of money…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-213 School; failure to maintain; loss of state funds; exceptions.
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No school district shall receive any portion of state funds pursuant to the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act unless school has been actually taught in the district by a legally certificated teacher for the length of time required by law or unless the pupils re…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-214 Admission of children; kindergarten; age; evidence of physical examination; visual evaluation; when; exception.
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(1)(a) Except as provided in subdivision (1)(b) of this section, the school board of any school district shall not admit any child into the kindergarten of any school of such school district unless such child has reached the age of five years on or before July 31 of the calendar …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-215 Students; admission; tuition, when required; preliminary and advanced enrollment; department; duties.
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(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a student is a resident of the school district where he or she resides and shall be admitted to any such school district upon request without charge. (2) A school board shall admit a student upon request without charge if at least…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-216 Children of members in military service; children of parents employed by federal government and living on property of national parks; residency.
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In all cases when any person is on active duty as a member of the United States Army, Navy, Marine Corps, or Air Force in the State of Nebraska and is residing on federally owned property, any child of school age of such active duty member who also resides on such property shall …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-217 School board and governing authority; student; immunization against certain contagious diseases; exception.
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(1) Except as provided in sections 79-221 and 79-222, the school board or board of education of each school district and the governing authority of each private, denominational, or parochial school in this state shall require each student to be protected against measles, mumps, r…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-218 School board and governing authority; immunization clinics; request assistance.
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Any school board or board of education of a school district or the governing authority of a private, denominational, or parochial school in this state may request assistance from the Department of Health and Human Services in establishing immunization clinics. Such assistance sha…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-219 Student; immunization status; Department of Health and Human Services; rules and regulations.
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The Department of Health and Human Services shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations relating to the required levels of protection, provisional enrollment under the provisions of section 79-222, the evidence necessary to prove that the required examination or immunization…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-220 Child; physical examination; visual evaluation; immunization; right of refusal.
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At the time the parent or guardian of any child is notified that such child must have a physical examination and a visual evaluation pursuant to section 79-214 or immunizations pursuant to section 79-217, the parent or guardian shall also be notified in writing of (1) his or her …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-2201 Compact; contents.
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The Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children is hereby enacted into law and entered into with all other jurisdictions legally joining therein in the form substantially as follows: Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children ARTIC…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-2202 Terms, defined.
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For purposes of the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children and sections 79-2202 to 79-2205: (1) Council means the State Council on Educational Opportunity for Military Children; (2) Department means the State Department of Education; (3) Local educati…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-2203 Department; duties; staff support.
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The department shall oversee and provide coordination for the state's participation in and compliance with the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children. The department shall provide staff support for the council created in section 79-2204.