Chapter 79 — SCHOOLS
1,288 sections in this chapter.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-549 School board; Class I, II, or III school district; members; caucus or election; procedure.
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(1) The school board of any Class I, II, or III school district that is a member of a learning community may place before the legal voters of the school district the issue of whether to begin to have a caucus for nominations by adopting a resolution to place the issue before the …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-550 Class I, II, or III school district elections; change number of board members; resolution; contents; change manner of election.
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(1) The school board of a Class I, II, or III school district may, by resolution adopted in an odd-numbered year, provide for a change in the number of members on the school board to a minimum of five members and a maximum of nine members to be effective at the beginning of the t…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-551 Class IV school district; board of education; members; election; student member.
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The board of education of a Class IV school district shall consist of seven members and also may include a nonvoting student member or members selected pursuant to section 79-559. Voting members shall be elected as provided in section 32-544. Voting members of the board shall beg…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-552 Class V school district; board of education; members; election by district; procedure; qualifications.
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The board of education of a Class V school district shall consist of nine members. One member shall be elected from each district pursuant to section 32-545. Each elected member shall be a resident of the district for at least six months prior to the election. Each candidate for …
Repealed. Laws 2018, LB377, § 87.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-554 Class I, II, or III school district; school board; quorum; meetings; open to public.
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In all meetings of a school board of a Class I, II, or III school district, a majority of the members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Regular meetings shall be held on or before the third Monday of every month. All meetings of the board shall be subject…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-555 Class I, II, or III school district; board of education; meetings; when held.
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The regular meetings of the board of education of a Class I, II, or III school district shall be held as provided in section 79-554. Special meetings may be held as circumstances may demand, and all meetings of the board shall be open to the public.
Repealed. Laws 2018, LB377, § 87.
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Repealed. Laws 2018, LB377, § 87.
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Repealed. Laws 2018, LB377, § 87.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-559 Class I, II, III, or IV school district; school board or board of education; student member; term; qualifications.
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(1) The school board or board of education of any Class I, II, III, or IV school district may include at least one nonvoting member who is a public high school student from the district. If the board elects to include such a nonvoting student member, the student member shall serv…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-560 Class IV school district; board of education; meetings; open to public.
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The board of education of a Class IV school district shall hold one or more regular meetings each month, the time of which shall be fixed by the bylaws adopted by such board. Special meetings may be held as circumstances may demand. All meetings of the board shall be subject to t…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-561 Class V school district; board of education; meetings; open to public.
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The regular meetings of the board of education of a Class V school district shall be held one or more times each month. Special meetings may be held as circumstances may demand at the call of the president of the board or on petition of a majority of the members of the board. All…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-562 Class V school district; board of education; meetings; quorum; attendance, how compelled; absence; effect.
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A majority of all the members of a board of education of a Class V school district shall constitute a quorum, but a less number in attendance at any regular meeting shall have and a quorum at any special meeting may have power to compel the attendance of absent members in such ma…
Repealed. Laws 2018, LB377, § 87.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-564 Class I, II, or III school district; school board; officers; elect.
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At the first meeting of each school board or board of education elected in a Class I, II, or III school district, and annually thereafter, the board shall elect from among its members a president and vice president. The board shall also elect a secretary who need not be a member …
Repealed. Laws 2018, LB377, § 87.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-566 Class IV school district; board of education; officers; employees, selection.
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The board of education of a Class IV school district shall at a regular meeting elect from outside its own members a superintendent, an associate superintendent of instruction, an associate superintendent of business affairs, a school district treasurer, and the number of employe…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-567 Class V school district; board of education; officers and employees; selection; terms.
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The members of the board of education of a Class V school district, at their regular meeting in January each year, shall elect a president and vice president from their own members, who shall serve for terms of one year or until their successors are elected and qualified. The mem…
Repealed. Laws 2018, LB377, § 87.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-569 Class I, II, III, or IV school district; president; powers and duties.
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The president of the school board of a Class I, II, III, or IV school district shall: (1) Preside at all meetings of the district; (2) countersign all orders upon the treasury for money to be disbursed by the district and all warrants of the secretary on the county treasurer for …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-570 Class I, II, III, or IV school district; president; meetings; maintenance of order.
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If at any district meeting of a Class I, II, III, or IV school district any person conducts himself or herself in a disorderly manner and persists in such conduct after notice by the president or person presiding, the president or person presiding may order such person to withdra…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-571 Class III or IV school district; meetings; disorderly conduct; penalty.
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Any person who refuses to withdraw from such meeting on being so ordered as provided in section 79-570 or who willfully disturbs such meeting shall be guilty of a Class V misdemeanor.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-572 Class I, II, III, or IV school district; president; actions for or against district; appearance required.
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The president of a Class I, II, III, or IV school district shall appear for and on behalf of the district in all suits brought by or against the district.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-573 Class V school district; school board; president; duties.
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The president of the school board of a Class V school district shall preside at all meetings of the board, appoint all committees when appointment is not otherwise provided for, and sign all warrants ordered by the board to be drawn upon the treasurer of the school district for s…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-574 Class V school district; school elections; notice; duty of president to give.
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For at least ten days prior to an election in a Class V school district, the president of the board of education shall publish his or her proclamation to the legal voters of the school district in at least one daily newspaper of general circulation in the school district, setting…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-575 Secretary; disbursements; how made.
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The secretary of a school district shall draw and sign all orders upon the treasurer for all money to be disbursed by the district and all warrants upon the county treasurer for money raised for district purposes or apportioned to the district by the county treasurer and shall pr…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-576 Class I, II, III, or IV school district; secretary; duty as clerk of board.
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The secretary of a Class I, II, III, or IV school district shall be clerk of the school board and of all meetings when present, but if he or she is not present, the school board may appoint a clerk for the time being, who shall certify the proceedings to the secretary to be recor…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-577 Class I, II, III, or IV school district; secretary; books, records, and reports; duty to preserve.
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The secretary of a Class I, II, III, or IV school district shall (1) record all proceedings of the district in a book furnished by the district to be kept for that purpose, (2) preserve copies of all reports, and (3) safely preserve and keep all books and papers belonging to the …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-578 Class I, II, III, or IV school district; secretary; school census; duty to take; time allowed.
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The secretary of a Class I, II, III, or IV school district shall take, or cause to be taken by some person appointed for the purpose by a majority vote of the school board, the census of the school district and then make or cause to be made a list in writing of the names of all t…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-579 Class I, II, III, or IV school district; district officers; disputes over orders; county attorney; duty to investigate; mandamus.
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Whenever a secretary or president of the school board of a Class I, II, III, or IV school district refuses to sign orders on the treasurer or the treasurer thinks best to refuse the payment of orders drawn upon him or her, the difficulty shall be referred for adjudication to the …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-580 Class I, II, or III school district; board of education; claims against; record of proceedings; secretary; duty to publish.
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The secretary of the school board or board of education of each Class I, II, or III school district shall, within ten days after any regular or special meeting of the board, publish one time in a legal newspaper published in or of general circulation in such district a list of th…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-581 Class I, II, or III school district; publication of claims and summary of proceedings; noncompliance by secretary; penalty.
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The secretary of any school board or board of education of a Class I, II, or III school district failing or neglecting to comply with the provisions of section 79-580 shall be guilty of a Class V misdemeanor. In the discretion of the court, the judgment of conviction may provide …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-582 Class IV school district; secretary of the board of education; duties.
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The secretary of the board of education of a Class IV school district shall (1) be present at all meetings of the board of education, (2) keep an accurate journal of its proceedings, and (3) perform all other duties the board of education may require.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-583 Class V school district; school board; secretary; oath; bond; duties.
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The secretary of the school board of a Class V school district shall be present at all meetings of the board, keep an accurate journal of the proceedings, take charge of its books and documents, countersign all warrants for school money drawn upon the treasurer of the school dist…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-584 Class V school district; board of education; disbursements; how made; accounts; audit.
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All accounts of a Class V school district shall be audited by the secretary of the board of education and approved by a committee to be named the committee on claims. No expenditures greater than one thousand dollars shall be voted by the board, except in accordance with the prov…
Repealed. Laws 2018, LB377, § 87.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-586 Class I, II, III, or IV school district; treasurer; bond or insurance; filing; failure to give; effect.
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The treasurer of each Class I, II, III, or IV school district shall, within ten days after his or her election, execute to the county and file with the secretary a bond or evidence of equivalent insurance coverage of not less than five hundred dollars in any instance and not more…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-587 Class I, II, III, or IV school district; treasurer; district funds; receipt and disbursement.
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The treasurer of each Class I, II, III, or IV school district shall apply for and receive from the county treasurer all school money apportioned to or collected for the district by the county treasurer, upon order of the secretary countersigned by the president. The treasurer sha…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-588 Class I, II, III, or IV school district; treasurer; records and reports required; delivery upon expiration of office.
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The treasurer of a Class I, II, III, or IV school district shall keep a record in which the treasurer shall enter all the money received and disbursed by him or her, specifying particularly (1) the source from which money has been received, (2) to what fund it belongs, and (3) th…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-589 Board of education; Class I, II, or III school district outside of city or village or more than one-half of district within a city of metropolitan class; treasurer; bond or insurance; duties.
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In a Class I, II, or III school district which lies outside of the corporate limits of any city or village or of which more than one-half is geographically within a city of the metropolitan class, the board of education shall elect one of its members, other than the secretary, as…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-590 Class I, II, or III school district; board of education; treasurer; duties; bond or insurance; compensation.
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The board of education of a Class I, II, or III school district may employ a treasurer for such district who shall be paid a salary, to be fixed by the board, of not to exceed one thousand two hundred dollars per annum. If the board does not employ such a treasurer, the city trea…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-591 Class IV school district; treasurer; duties; reports; bond or insurance.
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The treasurer of a Class IV school district shall (1) attend all meetings of the board of education when required to do so by the board of education, (2) prepare and submit in writing a monthly report of the state of the finances of the district, (3) pay out school money only upo…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-592 Class V school district; treasurer; bond or insurance; duties.
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The treasurer of a Class V school district shall receive all taxes of the school district from the county treasurer. The treasurer of the school district shall attend all meetings of the board of education of the Class V district when required to do so, shall prepare and submit i…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-593 Class V school district; board of education; vice president; duties.
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The vice president of the board of education of a Class V school district shall perform all the duties of the president in case of the president's absence or disability.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-594 Class I, II, III, or IV school district; superintendent; appointment; salary; term.
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The school board in a Class I, II, III, or IV school district may also elect at any regular meeting one superintendent of public instruction with such salary as the board deems best and may enter into contract with him or her at its discretion, for a term not to exceed three year…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-595 Class IV school district; associate superintendent of business affairs; duties.
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The associate superintendent of business affairs of a Class IV school district shall (1) take charge of the books and documents of the board of education, (2) countersign all warrants for school money, (3) apply for and receive school funds from the county treasurer or other pers…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-596 Class IV school district; associate superintendent of business affairs; bond.
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Before entering upon his or her duties, the associate superintendent of business affairs of a Class IV school district shall give a bond payable to the school district in such sum as the board of education may fix, but not less than five thousand dollars, and shall take and subsc…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-597 Class IV school district; accounts; audit; disbursements; how made.
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All accounts of a Class IV school district shall be audited by the associate superintendent of business affairs, approved by the chairperson of the board of education, and countersigned by one other member of the board of education. No expenditure greater than one thousand dollar…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-598 Pupils; instruction in another district; contracts authorized; contents; cost per pupil; determination; transportation; attendance reports; noncompliance penalties; dissolution of district.
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(1) The school board of any public school district in this state, when authorized by a majority of the votes cast at any annual or special meeting, shall (a) contract with the board of any neighboring public school district or districts for the instruction of all or any part of t…