Chapter 85 — STATE UNIVERSITY, STATE COLLEGES, AND POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION
875 sections in this chapter.
Repealed. Laws 2021, LB384, § 30.
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Repealed. Laws 2021, LB384, § 30.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 85-419 Renewal, renovation, replacement, or repair projects; financing; legislative findings.
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(1) The Legislature finds and determines that protecting investments in buildings through the completion of renewal, renovation, replacement, or repair projects is of critical importance to the State of Nebraska. The Legislature further recognizes that arresting the continued det…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 85-420 University of Nebraska Facilities Program; created; use of appropriations.
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The University of Nebraska Facilities Program is created. All funds appropriated to the program by the Legislature shall be used exclusively for the projects listed in section 85-421 or for renewal, renovation, replacement, or repair projects authorized pursuant to section 85-421…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 85-421 University of Nebraska Facilities Program; appropriations; legislative intent; projects enumerated; accounting; reports; long-term capital plan; fund for renewal, renovation, replacement, or repair projects.
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(1) The Legislature shall appropriate from the General Fund (a) an amount not less than five million five hundred thousand dollars for each fiscal year for the period beginning with the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2006, and continuing through the fiscal year ending June 30, 20…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 85-422 Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska; contracts authorized; limitations; powers.
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(1) In order to accomplish any projects authorized by section 85-421, the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska may enter into contracts with any person, firm, or corporation providing for the implementation of any such project of the University of Nebraska and providing…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 85-423 State College Facilities Program; created; use of appropriations.
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The State College Facilities Program is created. All funds appropriated to the program by the Legislature shall be used exclusively for the projects listed in section 85-424 or for renewal, renovation, replacement, or repair projects authorized pursuant to section 85-424.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 85-424 State College Facilities Program; appropriations; legislative intent; projects enumerated; accounting; reports; long-term capital plan.
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(1) The Legislature shall appropriate from the General Fund (a) an amount not less than one million one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars to the State College Facilities Program for each fiscal year for the period commencing July 1, 2006, and continuing through the fiscal year…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 85-425 Board of Trustees of the Nebraska State Colleges; contracts authorized; limitations; powers.
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(1) In order to accomplish any projects authorized by section 85-424, the Board of Trustees of the Nebraska State Colleges may enter into contracts with any person, firm, or corporation providing for the implementation of any such project of the Nebraska state colleges and provid…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 85-426 Capital construction projects; nonprofit corporation; approval by Legislature; when.
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All capital construction projects, including applicable financing plans, proposed by any nonprofit corporation created by the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska or the Board of Trustees of the Nebraska State Colleges shall be submitted to the Legislature for review an…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 85-427 Student housing or student activity facilities; financing; Board of Trustees of the Nebraska State Colleges; powers.
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(1) The Board of Trustees of the Nebraska State Colleges may enter into long-term leases, lease-purchase agreements, or financing contracts with any person, firm, governmental entity, or corporation to finance or refinance student housing or student activity facilities for use by…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 85-501 State educational institutions; nonresident fees.
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All state educational institutions shall charge nonresident fees to be paid by nonresidents of Nebraska who shall matriculate at any such institution, and the governing board of each institution may fix and collect such fees. Subject to the minimum standards provided by section 8…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 85-502 State postsecondary educational institution; residence requirements.
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Rules and regulations established by the governing board of each state postsecondary educational institution shall require as a minimum that a person is not deemed to have established a residence in this state, for purposes of sections 85-501 to 85-504, unless: (1) Such person is…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 85-502.01 Public college or university; veteran; spouse or dependent of veteran; eligible recipient under federal law; person entitled to rehabilitation under federal law; resident student; requirements.
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(1) A person who enrolls in a public college or university in this state and who is (a) a veteran as defined in Title 38 of the United States Code and was discharged or released from a period of not fewer than ninety days of service in the active military, naval, air, or space se…
Repealed. Laws 1980, LB 304, § 3.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 85-503 State educational institutions; tuition.
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All state institutions are empowered to fix tuition and other fees to be paid by students residing in Nebraska.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 85-504 State educational institutions; fees; waiver.
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Rules may be made by each institution for waiving or refunding fees to students maintaining high scholarship, or to those who, maintaining satisfactory scholarship, are in need of financial assistance.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 85-505 Nebraska National Guard; member; tuition; credit; limitations.
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Any member of the Nebraska National Guard who enrolls in any state-supported university, college, or community college or any independent, not-for-profit, accredited college or university in this state shall be entitled to a credit of one hundred percent of the resident tuition c…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 85-505.01 Nebraska National Guard; tuition assistance program; limitations; conditions.
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(1) The tuition assistance program prescribed in sections 85-505 to 85-508 shall not be available to: (a) More than one thousand two hundred members during any fiscal year; and (b) Any member who has not exhausted any available federal tuition assistance benefits. (2) Only credit…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 85-506 Nebraska National Guard; member; certificate as to guard performance; tuition credit.
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It shall be the responsibility of the individual member of the Nebraska National Guard to obtain a certificate from such member's commanding officer attesting as to the satisfactory guard performance of such member and to present the same to the educational institution in order t…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 85-507 Nebraska National Guard; spouse and children of deceased member; tuition; credit; conditions.
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The spouse and children of any member of the Nebraska National Guard who dies while serving in the active service of the state shall be entitled to a credit of one hundred percent of the tuition charges in any state-supported university, college, or community college or any indep…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 85-508 Nebraska National Guard; tuition; credits; educational institution; reimbursement.
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Upon receipt of a certificate described in section 85-506, the educational institution shall endorse on the certificate the dollar amount of the tuition credit granted pursuant to such section and return such certificate to the Nebraska National Guard office issuing the certifica…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 85-601 University of Nebraska or community college; interference with operation; faculty, administrative staff, student; dismissal or expulsion.
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It shall be grounds for the dismissal of any member of the faculty or administrative staff employed by, or the expulsion of any student attending, the University of Nebraska or any community college in this state to use or assist others in any way in the use of force or to counse…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 85-602 University of Nebraska or community college; faculty, administrative staff, student; dismissal or expulsion; procedure.
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No person shall be dismissed or expelled under section 85-601 until such person has been accorded a public hearing under rules and regulations for the administration of sections 85-601 to 85-605 established by the governing body. Notice of such hearing and a formal written statem…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 85-603 University of Nebraska or community college; faculty, administrative staff, student; dismissal or expulsion; order; contents; service.
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Dismissal or expulsion of any person under section 85-601 shall be by written order, which shall contain findings of fact upon which dismissal or expulsion is based, and shall be signed by an authorized agent of the governing body. The order shall be entered within thirty days af…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 85-604 University of Nebraska or community college; governing body; rules and regulations; adopt.
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Each governing body shall adopt rules and regulations for the administration of sections 85-601 to 85-605.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 85-605 University of Nebraska or community college; interference with operation; terms, defined.
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For purposes of sections 85-601 to 85-605, (1) dismissal does not include the failure to renew a probationary appointment of any faculty member or administrative staff member and (2) governing body means the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska or the Community College …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 85-606 University of Nebraska, state colleges, community colleges; permissive retirement; compulsory retirement; exceptions; retirement contributions; faculty member; revocation of tenure; rights.
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(1) Employees of the state colleges, community colleges, and the University of Nebraska may retire upon reaching the age of sixty-five. Any law enforcement personnel reaching the age of seventy shall retire, except that, with the annual approval of the governing board of the inst…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 85-606.01 University of Nebraska; state colleges; community colleges; retirement annuity contracts; purchase.
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The Board of Trustees of the Nebraska State Colleges, any community college area board, and the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska shall have the authority to purchase retirement annuity contracts for any or all of their employees at the direction of the state investm…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 85-607 Denial of admission of or discrimination against certain qualified student; prohibited.
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No publicly funded college or university in this state shall prohibit the admission of any student, or discriminate against any student with regard to determinations of residency status or scholarship eligibility, on the basis that such student was educated in a school which elec…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 85-607.01 Student application and admission process; criminal history or juvenile court record information; inquiry or consideration; prohibited; exceptions.
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(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, no publicly funded college or university in this state shall, as part of the student application and admission process for disciplines not requiring licensure or clinical or field placements, inquire about or consider any …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 85-608 Report; contents; hearing.
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(1) On or before September 15, 2021, and September 15 of each odd-numbered year thereafter, each public postsecondary institution shall electronically submit a report regarding sexual harassment and Title IX compliance to the Clerk of the Legislature and the Education Committee o…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 85-609 Student identification cards; requirements.
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Beginning with the 2022-23 academic year, each public postsecondary institution authorized to operate in this state shall require that the telephone number for a national suicide prevention hotline, a local suicide prevention hotline, or a crisis text line is printed on each new …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 85-701 Unconstitutional.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 85-702 Unconstitutional.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 85-703 Unconstitutional.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 85-704 Unconstitutional.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 85-705 Unconstitutional.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 85-706 Unconstitutional.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 85-707 Unconstitutional.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 85-708 Unconstitutional.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 85-709 Unconstitutional.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 85-710 Unconstitutional.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 85-711 Unconstitutional.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 85-712 Unconstitutional.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 85-713 Unconstitutional.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 85-714 Unconstitutional.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 85-715 Unconstitutional.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 85-716 Unconstitutional.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 85-717 Unconstitutional.
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