Chapter 79 — SCHOOLS
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Repealed. Laws 2007, LB 641, § 54.
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Repealed. Laws 2016, LB1067, § 70.
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Repealed. Laws 2007, LB 641, § 54.
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Repealed. Laws 2007, LB 641, § 54.
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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.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-2204 State Council on Educational Opportunity for Military Children; created; members; terms; expenses; duties; meetings.
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(1) The State Council on Educational Opportunity for Military Children is created within the department. The council shall consist of: (a) The following ex officio members: (i) The Commissioner of Education; (ii) The chairperson of the Education Committee of the Legislature, who …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-2205 Compact commissioner; duties.
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A deputy commissioner of education as designated by the Commissioner of Education shall serve as the compact commissioner and shall be responsible for administering the state's participation in the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children.
Repealed. Laws 2019, LB675, § 57.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-221 Immunization; when not required.
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Immunization shall not be required for a student's enrollment in any school in this state if he or she submits to the admitting official either of the following: (1) A statement signed by a physician, a physician assistant, or an advanced practice registered nurse practicing unde…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-222 Immunizations; provisional enrollment; conditions.
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(1) A student may be provisionally enrolled in a school in Nebraska if he or she meets either of the following qualifications: (a) The student has begun the immunizations required under section 79-217 and is receiving the necessary immunizations as rapidly as is medically feasibl…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-223 Violations; penalty.
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Any person violating the provisions of section 79-214, 79-217, 79-219, or 79-220 shall be guilty of a Class V misdemeanor.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-224 Asthma or anaphylaxis condition; self-management by student; conditions; request; authorization.
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(1) An approved or accredited public, private, denominational, or parochial school shall allow a student with asthma or anaphylaxis to self-manage his or her asthma or anaphylaxis condition upon written request of the student's parent or guardian and authorization of the student'…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-225 Diabetic condition; self-management by student; conditions; request; authorization.
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(1) An approved or accredited public, private, denominational, or parochial school shall allow a student with diabetes to self-manage his or her diabetic condition upon written request of the student's parent or guardian and authorization of the student's physician, upon receipt …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-226 Menstrual products; pilot program; priorities; school board; policy; report.
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(1) Beginning in school year 2025-26 and subject to available appropriations, the State Department of Education shall develop a pilot program to make menstrual products, including both pads and tampons, available to each school district. Priority shall be given to each school dis…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-227 Students with anaphylaxis; school district policy; requirements.
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(1) The Legislature finds and declares that all students with anaphylaxis have a right to work and study in a safe environment and that it is an obligation of schools to address the needs of students with anaphylaxis. (2) On or before July 1, 2026, the school board of each school…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-228 Schools maintain epinephrine; State Department of Education; authorize.
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The State Department of Education may authorize any accredited or approved public, private, denominational, or parochial school to maintain epinephrine in any form approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration for the purpose of emergency first aid to students who experien…
Repealed. Laws 1997, LB 347, § 59.
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Repealed. Laws 1997, LB 347, § 59.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-2301 Act, how cited.
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Sections 79-2301 to 79-2308 shall be known and may be cited as the Diploma of High School Equivalency Assistance Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-2302 Purpose of act.
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The purpose of the Diploma of High School Equivalency Assistance Act is to provide assistance to institutions which offer high school equivalency programs in order to defray the costs associated with participation in such programs.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-2303 Terms, defined.
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For purposes of the Diploma of High School Equivalency Assistance Act: (1) Fiscal year means a time period commencing on July 1 and ending on June 30 of the following year; (2) High school equivalency program means a program which is offered by an institution and provides partici…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-2304 Appropriations; legislative intent; use; assistance to institutions; payments.
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(1) It is the intent of the Legislature to appropriate seven hundred fifty thousand dollars from the General Fund for fiscal years 2013-14 and 2014-15, and any amount determined by the Legislature for any fiscal year thereafter, to the State Department of Education. Such funds sh…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-2305 Institutions receiving assistance; report; contents.
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Each institution receiving assistance pursuant to section 79-2304 shall report annually to the State Department of Education. The report shall give a description of the operation of the high school equivalency program for which assistance was provided and shall include informatio…