Chapter 85 — STATE UNIVERSITY, STATE COLLEGES, AND POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION
875 sections in this chapter.
Repealed. Laws 1987, LB 13, § 1.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 85-1001 Legislative intent.
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The Legislature finds and declares that there is a vital need for increased training and research activity in the fields of traffic safety, domestic safety, industrial safety, fire safety, and recreational safety and that this activity can best be achieved by utilizing the facili…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 85-1002 Terms, defined.
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For purposes of sections 85-1001 to 85-1007, unless the context otherwise requires, center shall mean the Nebraska Safety Center created under section 85-1003.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 85-1003 Nebraska Safety Center at the University of Nebraska at Kearney; established.
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(1) The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska may establish the Nebraska Safety Center at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. (2) It is the intent of the Legislature that existing available land and facilities be utilized in the establishment and administration of the…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 85-1004 Nebraska Safety Center; director; other personnel.
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The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska (1) may employ a director of the center who shall be responsible to the chief administrative officer at the University of Nebraska at Kearney and whose qualifications and salary shall be established by the board and (2) may emplo…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 85-1005 Nebraska Safety Center; operation; funding.
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(1) The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska may accept and administer, in accordance with proper financial procedures at the University of Nebraska at Kearney, gifts, grants, tuition, fees, and private funds to assist in the operation of the center. (2) The Board of Re…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 85-1006 Nebraska Safety Center; purposes and functions.
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The purposes and functions of the center shall include (1) instruction, to provide educational courses and coordinated activities relating to all safety and safety education, (2) research, to provide leadership in identifying priorities of safety education and to provide expertis…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 85-1007 Nebraska Safety Center; agencies involved in activities relating to safety; cooperation.
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Whenever requested or deemed appropriate by the Nebraska Safety Center, the University of Nebraska, the community colleges, the State Department of Education, the Safety Council of Nebraska, Inc., the Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education, any agency providing servi…
Repealed. Laws 2026, LB905, § 69.
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Repealed. Laws 1994, LB 683, § 33.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 85-101 University of Nebraska; establishment; name.
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There has been established and shall be maintained in this state an institution under the name and style of the University of Nebraska.
Repealed. Laws 1994, LB 683, § 33.
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Repealed. Laws 1994, LB 683, § 33.
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Repealed. Laws 1994, LB 683, § 33.
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Repealed. Laws 1994, LB 683, § 33.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 85-102 University of Nebraska; object.
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The object of the University of Nebraska shall be to afford to the inhabitants of this state the means of acquiring a thorough knowledge of the various branches of literature, science and arts.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 85-102.01 University of Nebraska; composition.
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The University of Nebraska shall be composed of a chief governing administrative unit, four universities which shall be the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the University of Nebraska at Omaha, the University of Nebraska at Kearney, and the University of Nebraska Medical Center, a…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 85-102.02 Universities; program responsibilities.
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(1) The University of Nebraska-Lincoln shall have responsibility for operating comprehensive programs of undergraduate instruction and primary responsibility, except in the health-related disciplines, for operating comprehensive programs of graduate, postgraduate, and professiona…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 85-103 University of Nebraska; government; Board of Regents; election; vacancies.
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The general government of the University of Nebraska shall be vested in a board of eight regents elected from districts as provided in section 32-510. Vacancies occurring in the board shall be filled as provided in section 32-573.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 85-103.01 University of Nebraska; Board of Regents; districts; numbers; boundaries; established by maps; Clerk of Legislature; Secretary of State; duties.
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(1) For the purpose of section 85-103, the state is divided into eight districts. Each district shall be entitled to one regent on the board. (2) The numbers and boundaries of the districts are designated and established by maps identified and labeled as maps REG21-39003, REG21-3…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 85-103.02 University of Nebraska; Board of Regents; population figures and maps; basis.
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For purposes of section 85-103.01, 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. § 85-104 Board of Regents; meetings; open to public; closed sessions; record of meetings; expenses.
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All meetings of the Board of Regents shall be open to the public. The board may hold closed sessions in accordance with the Open Meetings Act. Public record shall be made and kept of all meetings and proceedings of the board. The regents shall meet at least twice each year at the…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 85-105 Board of Regents; organization; property; powers.
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The Board of Regents shall have full power to appoint its own presiding officer and secretary. It shall constitute a body corporate, to be known as the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, and as such may sue and be sued and may make and use a common seal and alter the…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 85-106 Board of Regents; general powers; duties; retirement benefits; requirements.
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The Board of Regents shall have the power: (1) To enact laws for the government of the university; (2) To elect a president, vice presidents, chancellors, vice chancellors, deans, associate deans, assistant deans, directors, associate directors, assistant directors, professors, a…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 85-106.01 University of Nebraska; new capital construction; appropriation; percentage used for works of art; when.
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After January 1, 1979, at least one percent of any appropriation for the original construction of any public building under the supervision of the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska shall be spent for the acquisition of works of art. The works of art may be an integra…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 85-106.02 Board of Regents; works of art; duties.
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The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, in consultation with the Nebraska Arts Council, shall determine the amount of money to be made available for the purchases of art for each project under its supervision. The selection of, commissioning of artists for, reviewing …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 85-106.03 Board of Regents; insure compliance with sections; manner.
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The Board of Regents shall inform the Director of Administrative Services that sections 82-317 to 82-329, 85-106 to 85-106.03, and 85-304 to 85-304.03 have been complied with for projects under its supervision before a warrant may be issued for payment.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 85-106.04 Retirement benefits; certain employees; cost-of-living adjustment; how computed.
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Commencing on July 22, 1978, to reflect changes in the cost of living and wage levels that have occurred subsequent to the date of retirement of certain persons of the University of Nebraska who have earned retirement benefits while in the employ of the University of Nebraska pri…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 85-106.05 Board of Regents; insurance program for student athletes; duties.
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The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska shall establish an insurance program which provides coverage to student athletes for personal injuries or accidental death while participating in university-organized play or practice in an intercollegiate athletic event. Such in…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 85-106.06 Board of Regents; chief executive officer; chief administrative officers; appointment; public notice.
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(1) The chief executive officer of the University of Nebraska shall be appointed by the Board of Regents using the enhanced public scrutiny process in subsection (3) of this section, hold office at the pleasure of the board, and receive such compensation as the board may prescrib…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 85-107 University of Nebraska; colleges and institute; enumerated; section, how construed.
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(1) The University of Nebraska may embrace the colleges and institute listed in this section and any other colleges and institutes as may be established by the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska with the approval of the Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Educat…
Repealed. Laws 1991, LB 663, § 137.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 85-108 Colleges; government; program of instruction; approval.
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The immediate government of each college shall be by its own faculty, which shall consist of the professors therein, but no program of instruction shall be adopted without approval of the program in the manner prescribed by the Board of Regents.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 85-109 Chairs of instruction; faculty; duties in more than one college.
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The Board of Regents shall be empowered to establish in these several colleges such chairs of instruction as may be proper, and so many of them as the funds of the university may allow. It is also authorized to require professors to perform duties in more than one of the several …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 85-110 Board of Regents; memorandum of understanding with State Board of Education; policy to share student data.
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The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska shall enter into a memorandum of understanding on or before September 1, 2010, with the State Board of Education to adopt a policy to share student data. At a minimum, the policy shall ensure that the exchange of information is c…
Repealed. Laws 2011, LB 637, § 35.
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Repealed. Laws 2011, LB 637, § 35.
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Repealed. Laws 2011, LB 637, § 35.
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Repealed. Laws 2011, LB 637, § 35.
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Repealed. Laws 2011, LB 637, § 35.
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Repealed. Laws 2011, LB 637, § 35.
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Repealed. Laws 2011, LB 637, § 35.
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Repealed. Laws 2011, LB 637, § 35.
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Repealed. Laws 2011, LB 637, § 35.
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Repealed. Laws 2011, LB 637, § 35.
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Repealed. Laws 2011, LB 637, § 35.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 85-111 Faculty; rules and regulations; problems of state interest.
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The Board of Regents shall make, from time to time, such rules and regulations as it deems wise governing the duties of members of the several faculties of the university in respect to scientific, economic or other problems of general or special interest to the people of the stat…
Repealed. Laws 1979, LB 194, § 3.
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Repealed. Laws 2011, LB 637, § 35.
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Repealed. Laws 2011, LB 637, § 35.
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