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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-3110 Mapping data; school board or governing authority; policy; powers and duties; costs.
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(1) For purposes of this section: (a) Mapping data means maps relating to a school building or school property with data for an efficient emergency response to such school building or school property that meets the requirements of this section; and (b) Public safety agency means …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-3111 School Emergency Response Mapping Fund; created; use; investment.
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(1) The School Emergency Response Mapping Fund is created. The fund shall be administered by the State Department of Education and consist of any money transferred by the Legislature and any gifts, grants, or bequests. The department shall use the money in the fund for grants rel…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-312 State Board of Education districts; population figures and maps; basis.
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For purposes of section 79-311, the Legislature adopts the official population figures and maps from the 2020 Census Redistricting (Public Law 94-171) TIGER/Line Shapefiles published by the United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-313 State Board of Education; members; qualifications.
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No person shall be eligible to membership on the State Board of Education (1) who is actively engaged in the teaching profession, (2) who is a holder of any state office or a member of a state board or commission unless the board or commission is limited to an advisory capacity, …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-314 State Board of Education; members; vacancies; how filled.
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Vacancies occurring on the State Board of Education between one general election and another shall be filled by appointment by the Governor from among qualified persons residing in the district in which the vacancy occurs. Such appointments shall be in writing and continue for th…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-315 State Board of Education; members; officers; Commissioner of Education; appointment; term; removal; seal; powers.
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The State Board of Education shall elect from its own membership a president and a vice president and otherwise organize itself for the conduct of business. It shall then consider the appointment of and contracting for a Commissioner of Education whose appointment may be for a pe…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-316 State Board of Education; members; impeachment; grounds.
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Members of the State Board of Education shall be liable to impeachment in the same manner and on the same grounds as other state officers.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-317 State Board of Education; meetings; open to public; exceptions; compensation and expenses.
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(1) The State Board of Education shall meet regularly and periodically in the office of the State Department of Education at least four times annually and at such other times and places as it may determine necessary for the proper and efficient conduct of its duties. All meetings…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-318 State Board of Education; powers; duties.
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The State Board of Education shall: (1) Appoint and fix the compensation of the Commissioner of Education; (2) Remove the commissioner from office at any time for conviction of any crime involving moral turpitude or felonious act, for inefficiency, or for willful and continuous d…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-319 State Board of Education; additional powers; enumerated.
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The State Board of Education has the authority to (1) provide for the education of and approve special educational facilities and programs provided in the public schools for children with disabilities, (2) act as the state's authority for the approval of all types of veterans edu…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-320 State Board of Education; liability insurance; for whom.
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The State Board of Education has the authority to purchase and maintain insurance, on behalf of the Commissioner of Education or any person who is or was a member, officer, employee, or agent of the State Board of Education, against any liability asserted against him or her and i…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-3201 Act, how cited.
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Sections 79-3201 to 79-3207 shall be known and may be cited as the Seizure Safe Schools Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-3202 Seizure action plan, defined.
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For purposes of the Seizure Safe Schools Act, seizure action plan means a written, individualized health plan designed to acknowledge and prepare for the health care needs of a student diagnosed with a seizure disorder.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-3203 Seizure rescue medication; medication prescribed to treat seizure disorder symptoms; school employee; training; requirements; administration; parent or guardian; authorization, statement, seizure action plan.
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(1)(a) For school year 2022-23 and each school year thereafter, each approved or accredited public, private, denominational, or parochial school shall have at least one school employee at each school who has met the training requirements necessary to administer or assist with the…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-3204 Seizure disorder materials; review by school employees; when required.
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Beginning with school year 2022-23, in addition to any other professional development and collegial planning activities for certificated school employees, each certificated school employee shall participate in a minimum of one hour of self-study review of seizure disorder materia…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-3205 Seizure action plan; student; permission granted.
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If specified in a student's seizure action plan, such student shall be permitted to possess the supplies, equipment, and medication necessary to treat a seizure disorder in accordance with such seizure action plan.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-3206 School; school employee; immunity.
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(1) A school or school employee who acts in compliance with the Seizure Safe Schools Act shall not be liable for damages related to the care of a student's seizure disorder unless such damages resulted from an act of willful or wanton misconduct by the school or school employee. …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-3207 Rules and regulations.
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The State Board of Education shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to carry out the Seizure Safe Schools Act, including, but not limited to: (1) Requirements for training programs for school employees; (2) Procedures for the development of seizure action plans; and (3)…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-3301 Act, how cited.
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Sections 79-3301 to 79-3307 shall be known and may be cited as the Computer Science and Technology Education Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-3302 Legislative findings and declarations.
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The Legislature finds and declares that it is the policy of this state to promote computer science and technology education in each school district in order to (1) provide students the skills and competencies to compete in a twenty-first-century workforce, (2) develop skills that…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-3303 Computer science and technology education, defined.
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For purposes of the Computer Science and Technology Education Act, computer science and technology education includes, but is not limited to, knowledge and skills regarding computer literacy, educational technology, digital citizenship, information technology, and computer scienc…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-3304 Computer science and technology education; required; high school graduation; requirements.
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Beginning with school year 2025-26, each school district shall include computer science and technology education aligned to the academic content standards adopted pursuant to section 79-760.02 in the instructional program of its elementary, middle, and high schools. Beginning in …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-3305 Annual computer science and technology education status report.
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On or before December 1, 2026, and on or before December 1 of each year thereafter, in order to promote and support computer science and technology education, each school district shall provide an annual computer science and technology education status report to its school board …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-3306 Statewide computer science education expansion program; State Department of Education; powers and duties.
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(1) The State Department of Education shall establish a statewide computer science education expansion program to recruit, train, and support teachers in computer science and technology education. Such program shall include: (a) Training for teachers seeking supplemental computer…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-3307 Computer Science and Technology Education Fund; created; use; investment.
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(1) The Computer Science and Technology Education Fund is created. The fund shall be administered by the State Department of Education and consist of money transferred by the Legislature, federal funds, and gifts, grants, bequests, or other contributions or donations from public …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-3401 Act, how cited.
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Sections 79-3401 to 79-3408 shall be known and may be cited as the School District Property Tax Limitation Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-3402 Terms, defined.
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For purposes of the School District Property Tax Limitation Act, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Approved bonds means (a) bonds that are issued by a school district after the question of issuing such bonds has been approved by the voters of such school district and (b)…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-3403 Property tax request authority; calculation; certification.
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(1) Except as provided in sections 79-3404 and 79-3405, a school district's property tax request for any year shall not exceed the school district's property tax request authority. (2) The department shall calculate each school district's property tax request authority on an annu…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-3404 Applicability of act.
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The School District Property Tax Limitation Act shall not apply to that portion of a school district's property tax request that is needed to pay the principal and interest on approved bonds.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-3405 Property tax request authority; election to exceed; procedure; base growth percentage; increase; procedure.
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(1) A school district's property tax request may exceed its property tax request authority by an amount approved by a sixty percent majority of legal voters voting on the issue at a special election called for such purpose upon the recommendation of the school board of such schoo…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-3406 Unused property tax request authority; carry forward.
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A school district may choose not to increase its property tax request by the full amount allowed by the school district's property tax request authority in a particular year. In such cases, the school district may carry forward to future years the amount of unused property tax re…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-3407 Property tax request authority; unused property tax request authority; requirements; school district; failure to comply; withhold state aid.
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The department shall prepare documents to be submitted by school districts to aid the department in calculating each school district's property tax request authority and unused property tax request authority. Each school district shall submit such documents to the department on o…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-3408 Rules and regulations.
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The department may adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to carry out the School District Property Tax Limitation Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-3501 State lottery funds for education; distribution; Nebraska Education Improvement Fund; created; use; investment; state lottery funds; reports; Auditor of Public Accounts; duties.
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(1) For fiscal years through fiscal year 2023-24, the money available to be used for education pursuant to subdivision (3)(b) of section 9-812 shall be transferred to the Nebraska Education Improvement Fund. (2) For fiscal years 2024-25 through 2028-29, the money available to be …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-3601 Behavioral Intervention Training and Teacher Support Act, how cited.
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Sections 79-3601 to 79-3604 shall be known and may be cited as the Behavioral Intervention Training and Teacher Support Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-3602 Behavioral awareness training; statewide teacher support system; Educational Service Unit Coordinating Council; school district; duties; funding.
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(1)(a) Beginning in school year 2024-25, the Educational Service Unit Coordinating Council shall (i) ensure annual behavioral awareness training is available statewide and (ii) develop, implement, and administer an ongoing statewide teacher support system. (b) Beginning in school…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-3603 Behavioral awareness point of contact; designation; training; duties; registry of local mental health and counseling resources; school district; maintain or have access.
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(1) Each school district shall designate one or more school employees as a behavioral awareness point of contact for each school building or other division as determined by such school district. Each behavioral awareness point of contact shall be trained in behavioral awareness a…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-3604 Behavioral Training Cash Fund; created; use; investment.
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The Behavioral Training Cash Fund is created. The fund shall be administered by the State Department of Education, shall consist of money transferred pursuant to section 79-3501 and any money transferred by the Legislature, and shall be used for the purposes of coordinating train…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-3605 Mental health training grant program; State Department of Education; duties; grant; application.
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(1) The State Department of Education shall establish a mental health training grant program. The department shall award mental health training grants from any money available in the Mental Health Training Cash Fund. A grantee shall be a school district or an educational service …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-3606 Mental Health Training Cash Fund; created; use; investment.
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The Mental Health Training Cash Fund is created. The fund shall be administered by the State Department of Education and shall consist of money transferred pursuant to section 79-3501 and any money transferred by the Legislature. The department shall use money in the fund for men…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-3701 Act, how cited.
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Sections 79-3701 to 79-3705 shall be known and may be cited as the College Pathway Program Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-3702 Terms, defined.
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For purposes of the College Pathway Program Act: (1) Eligible provider means a provider who meets the requirements of section 79-3703; (2) Low-income student means a student eligible for free or reduced-price lunches in high school or a student whose family's taxable income for t…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-3703 College Pathway Program; eligible providers; funding; eligibility.
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(1) The State Department of Education shall develop and administer the College Pathway Program to provide funds on or after July 1, 2024, to eligible providers to provide services in accordance with subsection (2) of this section to underrepresented and low-income students in hig…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-3704 College Pathway Program Act; annual report; rules and regulations.
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(1) On or before December 1, 2024, and each December 1 thereafter, the State Department of Education shall electronically submit a report to the Clerk of the Legislature regarding the College Pathway Program Act, including, but not limited to, the recipients of funding and evalua…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-3705 College Pathway Program Cash Fund; created; use; investment.
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The College Pathway Program Cash Fund is created. The fund shall be administered by the State Department of Education and shall consist of money transferred pursuant to section 79-3501 and any money transferred by the Legislature. The department shall use the fund to carry out th…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-3801 Act, how cited.
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Sections 79-3801 to 79-3807 shall be known and may be cited as the Stand With Women Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-3802 Legislative findings and declarations.
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The Legislature finds and declares that: (1) Males and females possess unique and immutable differences that manifest prior to birth and increase as they age and experience puberty; (2) Differences between the sexes are enduring and may, in some circumstances, warrant the creatio…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-3803 Terms, defined.
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For purposes of the Stand With Women Act: (1) Athletic association means a corporation, association, or organization which has as one of its primary purposes the sponsoring or administration of extracurricular interscholastic athletic contests or competitions; (2) Boy means an ad…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-3804 Athletic team or sport; designation; participation; restrictions.
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(1) For an interscholastic athletic team or sport sponsored by a public school, a private school whose students or teams compete against a public school in an interscholastic sport, or a private school that is a member of an athletic association, the team or sport shall be expres…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-3805 Athletic team or sport for female students; acts prohibited.
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A government entity, licensing or accrediting organization, or athletic association shall not entertain a complaint, open an investigation, or take any other adverse action against a public or private school or a public or private postsecondary educational institution for maintai…