Education

NE - Senator Dave Murman (U)

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Chairperson

NE - Senator Jana Hughes (U)

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Vice Chairperson

NE - Senator Danielle Conrad (U)

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Member

NE - Senator Megan Hunt (U)

Title:

Member

NE - Senator Margo Juarez (U)

Title:

Member

NE - Senator Dan Lonowski (U)

Title:

Member

NE - Senator Glen Meyer (U)

Title:

Member

NE - Senator Rita Sanders (U)

Title:

Member

NE - LB14 Adopt the Hunger-Free Schools Act

NE - LB31 Require school policies relating to the use of student surveillance, monitoring, and tracking technology by school districts

NE - LB49 Provide for a model ban and bar policy for school districts

NE - LB122 Require display of the state and national motto in schools

NE - LB140 Require school policies relating to use of electronic communication devices by students

NE - LB142 Redefine a term under the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act

NE - LB143 Change provisions relating to student enrollment

NE - LB149 Eliminate the prohibition on suspending a student in prekindergarten through second grade

NE - LB161 Redefine formula students under the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act

NE - LB213 Require the State Board of Education to adopt academic content standards on human embryology under the science education standards

NE - LB249 Provide for military impact funding and change provisions relating to local formula resources under the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act

NE - LB282 Provide for reimbursement for teachers for school supplies

NE - LB296 Require the State Department of Education to create a centralized education records system and employ registrars relating to students under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court and change provisions relating to graduation requirements and the State Department of Education Improvement Grant Fund

NE - LB300 Change provisions relating to the Superintendent Pay Transparency Act and provide a limit for superintendent and educational service unit administrator compensation

NE - LB303 Change provisions relating to foundation aid and certain certification dates and provide for base levy adjustments under the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act and create the School Finance Reform Commission

NE - LB306 Change provisions relating to the Board of Trustees of the Nebraska State Colleges, the Nebraska Career Scholarship Act, the Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education Act, the Door to College Scholarship Act and budget limitations for community colleges

NE - LB335 Redefine child under the In the Line of Duty Dependent Education Act

NE - LB352 Change provisions relating to reports on student achievement and discipline required under the Quality Education Accountability Act

NE - LB378 Require each public or private two-year or four-year college or university provide a report to the Attorney General relating to certain funding from a foreign source

NE - LB390 Require each school board to adopt a policy relating to access by a parent, guardian, or educational decisionmaker to certain school library information

NE - LB408 Adopt the Special Education Teacher Forgivable Loan Program Act

NE - LB411 Change provisions relating to the Nebraska Teacher Recruitment and Retention Act

NE - LB417 Provide for administration of the Nebraska Promise Program by the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, adopt the College Promise Act, and change provisions relating to the Quality Education Accountability Act

NE - LB426 Authorize an American flag education program and change provisions relating to the distribution of lottery funds used for education

NE - LB427 Require the State Treasurer to establish an educational savings account for students enrolled in kindergarten through grade twelve at an approved or accredited public, private, denominational, or parochial school

NE - LB428 Change provisions relating to school policies on the involvement of parents, guardians, and educational decisionmakers in schools

NE - LB429 Provide requirements and restrictions for school boards relating to professional employees’ organizations

NE - LB430 Provide an additional exception to the prohibition on suspending a student in prekindergarten through second grade and change provisions relating to short-term and long-term suspension under the Student Discipline Act

NE - LB440 Adopt the Education Leave and Support Act

NE - LB497 Provide for admission of and participation in extracurricular activities by certain students that are not residents of the school district

NE - LB498 Change provisions relating to foundation aid and certification dates under the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act

NE - LB500 Create the School Financing Review Commission

NE - LB507 Change provisions relating to school transportation expenses for children with disabilities

NE - LB517 Provide requirements for the state school security director regarding protective door assemblies and other school entry systems

NE - LB523 Adopt the Student Teacher Compensation Act

NE - LB524 Authorize paraeducator grants under the Nebraska Teacher Recruitment and Retention Act and change eligible uses of the Education Future Fund

NE - LB528 Change and eliminate provisions relating to grants from the State Department of Education Improvement Grant Fund

NE - LB538 Require school boards and postsecondary educational institutions to adopt a policy and provide training relating to discrimination and antisemitism and provide for Title VI coordinators

NE - LB549 Allow a school board to employ a chaplain, including in a volunteer capacity, at a school

NE - LB550 Require school districts to adopt a policy that excuses students to attend a released time course for religious instruction

NE - LB551 Prohibit tenure at certain postsecondary educational institutions and require a written policy regarding terms and conditions of employment

NE - LB552 Prohibit public postsecondary educational institutions from having a diversity, equity, and inclusion office and taking certain actions relating to diversity, education, and inclusion

NE - LB557 Change provisions relating to the enrollment option program and provide funding to students denied option enrollment, change provisions relating to student fees, student transportation, focus schools, focus programs, magnet schools, net option funding, the learning community coordinating council, diversity plans, and certification of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunches, and eliminate provisions relating to open enrollment option students and diversity plans

NE - LB567 Authorize school policies relating to community engagement

NE - LB572 Authorize a school district to exceed its budget authority for stipends paid to a student teacher and change the applicability of the School District Property Tax Limitation Act

NE - LB589 Change provisions relating to reimbursement for special education programs and support services and require school districts to provide special education staff with professional leave as prescribed

NE - LB595 Create the Research Excellence Cash Fund

NE - LB597 Change provisions relating to foundation aid, local effort rate yield, adjusted valuations of property, and certification dates under the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act

NE - LB598 Provide funding to school districts to cover extraordinary increases in limited English proficiency student expenditures, change provisions relating to the elementary site allowance and certification dates under the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act and reimbursement for special education programs and support services, and change eligible uses of the Education Future Fund

NE - LB599 Require the State Board of Education to adopt a policy relating to cybersecurity

NE - LB605 Require each school board to adopt a policy relating to transgender student participation in extracurricular activities sponsored by a school or an athletics or activities association

NE - LB625 Provide for the establishment of a database of financial information from all school districts in the state

NE - LB631 State intent relating to funding for the School Emergency Response Mapping Fund

NE - LB633 Change provisions relating to applications rejected under the enrollment option program and create the Nebraska Option Enrollment Tuition Account Program

NE - LB652 Terminate the Board of Educational Lands and Funds

NE - LB653 Change provisions relating to reimbursement for special education programs, support services, and the enrollment option program, provide reimbursement for certain students under the enrollment option program, and change the authorized uses of the Education Future Fund

NE - LB670 Require schools to adopt a safety plan and provide and change requirements related to training for staff of child care and schools

NE - LB671 Change and eliminate provisions relating to reports regarding the enrollment option program, programs for expelled students, educator evaluations, information related to dyslexia, the Nebraska Teacher Apprenticeship Program, high-need retention grants, property tax request documentation, and the College Pathway Program and eliminate obsolete provisions and provisions relating to the Junior Mathematics Prognosis Examination

NE - LB675 Provide requirements for the purchase, lease, sale, or exchange of school lands located within the boundaries of an Indian reservation

NE - LB680 Change provisions relating to educational service units

NE - LB681 Change provisions relating to the definition of graduate degree program

NE - LB682 Update terminology relating to individualized education programs for high school students

NE - LB685 Require schools to install a secure master key box as prescribed, provide powers and duties to the state school security director, change provisions relating to a grant program for security-related infrastructure projects and the School Safety and Security Fund, and provide for a transfer from the Cash Reserve Fund

NE - LB691 Require school districts and private, denominational, and parochial schools to display the Ten Commandments in school buildings as prescribed

NE - LB708 Change boundaries of certain community college areas

NE - LB711 Change provisions relating to the new school adjustment under the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act

NE - LR28 Constitutional amendment to eliminate provisions creating the Board of Educational Lands and Funds

NE - LR144 Interim study to examine potential changes to Nebraska's teacher certification requirements to create an apprenticeship-based pathway for persons seeking to transition into teaching grades kindergarten through twelve

NE - LR164 Interim study to examine to what extent inmates between five and twenty-one years of age, under the care of the Department of Correctional Services, are being provided educational services

NE - LR189 Interim study to examine the financing of public education through the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act formula and develop recommendations for improving school funding in Nebraska

NE - LR196 Interim study to study truancy in Nebraska schools

NE - LR202 Interim study to explore a landscape analysis of the various higher education teacher preparation programs around the state

NE - LR204 Interim study to examine the causes of burnout in kindergarten through twelfth grade teachers and its impact on teachers and students

NE - LR205 Interim study to examine barriers to and benefits of data sharing between the State Department of Education and the Department of Health and Human Services for purposes of the Early Childhood Integrated Data System

NE - LR228 Interim study to examine and assess the adequacy of compensation for higher education faculty who primarily engage in classroom instruction within Nebraska's public institutions

NE - LR259 Interim study to examine the feasibility, benefits, and framework for establishing a high school agriculture student exchange program within Nebraska modeled after foreign student exchange programs