Education

NE - Senator Dave Murman (U)

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Chairperson

NE - Senator Joni Albrecht (U)

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Vice Chairperson

NE - Senator Jen Day (U)

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Member

NE - Senator Danielle Conrad (U)

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Member

NE - Senator Lou Ann Linehan (U)

Title:

Member

NE - Senator Terrell McKinney (U)

Title:

Member

NE - Senator Fred Meyer (U)

Title:

Member

NE - Senator Rita Sanders (U)

Title:

Member

NE - Senator Lynne Walz (U)

Title:

Member

NE - Senator Justin Wayne (U)

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Member

NE - LB71 Change provisions relating to parental involvement in and access to learning materials in schools

NE - LB99 Adopt the Hunger-Free Schools Act

NE - LB141 Require the Department of Education to provide guidance to school districts relating to a moment of silence in schools

NE - LB153 Adopt the Extraordinary Increase in Special Education Expenditures Act

NE - LB159 Adopt the Fostering Independence Higher Education Grant Act

NE - LB177 Adopt the My Student, My Choice Act

NE - LB178 Require display of the national motto in schools

NE - LB188 Authorize the Commissioner of Education to issue temporary certificates to teach to veterans as prescribed

NE - LB201 Provide a high school graduation requirement relating to federal student aid

NE - LB222 Prescribe requirements for the student application and admission process of public colleges and universities regarding criminal history and juvenile court record information

NE - LB225 Change provisions relating to the committee on American civics

NE - LB231 Change provisions related to student attendance and require plans for excessive absences

NE - LB238 Include virtual school students in the state aid to schools formula

NE - LB285 Adopt the School Community Eligibility Provision Maximization Act

NE - LB298 Require collection and reporting of information regarding dyslexia in schools

NE - LB299 Require approval by the voters of a school district or educational service unit for the issuance of certain bonds under the Interlocal Cooperation Act

NE - LB320 Change provisions of the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act

NE - LB324 Change provisions relating to reimbursements under the Special Education Act

NE - LB332 Prohibit creation of new joint public agencies with power or authority relating to education

NE - LB340 Change provisions related to expelled students under the Student Discipline Act

NE - LB356 Redefine terms under the Nebraska Opportunity Grant Act

NE - LB372 Change provisions relating to part-time enrollment in public schools and extracurricular activities

NE - LB374 Adopt the Parents’ Bill of Rights and Academic Transparency Act

NE - LB385 Adopt the Nebraska Teacher Recruitment and Retention Act

NE - LB386 Prohibit changes to the base limitation for school districts and the local effort rate calculation under the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act

NE - LB413 Adopt the Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact

NE - LB414 Change provisions relating to the enrollment option program

NE - LB455 Require the State Department of Education to create a grant program

NE - LR24 Constitutional amendment to eliminate the State Board of Education and provide for the Governor to appoint the Commissioner of Education

NE - LB475 Adopt the Nebraska Education Formula and terminate the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act

NE - LB478 Change provisions relating to the Nebraska Juvenile Code and education programs in state institutions that house juveniles, provide powers and duties to the State Department of Education and the State Board of education to establish an educational division responsible for the education of certain juveniles, and provide a termination date for the superintendent of institutional schools

NE - LB487 Prohibit any school in Nebraska receiving public funds from discriminating as prescribed

NE - LB516 Provide and change powers and duties for the State Department of Education, Commissioner of Education, State Board of Education, and the state school security director, provide grants to school districts for security-related infrastructure projects, and provide grants to educational service units and local public health departments to hire school psychologists and licensed mental health practitioners as prescribed

NE - LB518 Adopt the Reducing Education Risk Factors and Property Tax Relief Act and change provisions of the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act

NE - LB519 Eliminate certification fees for teaching certificates, create and terminate funds, state intent regarding an appropriation for school employees, change provisions of the Excellence in Teaching Act, and adopt the Student Teaching Assistance Act

NE - LB520 Change provisions relating to high school graduation requirements and academic content standards and the Computer Science and Technology Education Act

NE - LB522 Change provisions relating to poverty allowances under the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act

NE - LB527 Provide reimbursements to school districts and educational service units for mental health expenditures

NE - LB528 Create the Nebraska Option Enrollment Tuition Account Program

NE - LB550 Change provisions relating to the enrollment option program

NE - LB575 Adopt the Sports and Spaces Act

NE - LB583 Provide for foundation aid and special education supplemental aid under the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act

NE - LB585 Change a duty of the state school security director and require behavioral and mental health training for certain school personnel

NE - LB603 Change provisions relating to the Alternative Certification for Quality Teachers Act and authorize the Commissioner of Education to issue alternative certificates to teach as prescribed

NE - LB627 Adopt the Free Student Meals Act

NE - LB630 Provide a duty to the State Department of Education and require a school board to adopt a written dress code

NE - LB632 Prohibit the suspension of students in pre-kindergarten through second grade in a school in a city of the metropolitan class

NE - LB635 Provide requirements regarding access to digital and online resources provided for students by school districts, schools, and the Nebraska Library Commission

NE - LB638 Adopt the Nebraska K-12 Cybersecurity and Data Protection Act

NE - LB647 Change provisions relating to the purchase and loan of textbooks for children enrolled in kindergarten to grade twelve of a private school

NE - LB648 Provide powers and duties to the State Department of Education relating to the development of a workforce diploma program

NE - LB673 Provide grants to schools that adopt a policy to provide emergency response mapping data to law law enforcement agencies and provide powers and duties to the State Department of Education and State Board of Education

NE - LB679 Create the Holocaust and Genocide Education Training Grant Program and provide duties for the State Department of Education, State Board of Education, and Commissioner of Education

NE - LB690 Change provisions relating to powers and duties of the State Department of Education, State Board of Education, and Commissioner of Education

NE - LB698 Change provisions relating to residency for enrollment in a public college or university

NE - LB700 Remove redundant language relating to the community college system

NE - LB701 Change legislative intent provisions under the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act

NE - LB702 Change provisions relating to educational service units

NE - LB703 Change provisions relating to the University of Nebraska

NE - LB705 Change provisions for the distribution of lottery funds used for education, transfer powers and duties, create new acts and funds, and change education provisions

NE - LB708 Require the Office of Probation Administration, the State Court Administrator, the State Department of Education, and the Department of Health and Human Services to enter into a memorandum of understanding for the sharing of data regarding data relevant to students who are under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court

NE - LB724 Eliminate certain basic skill and content test requirements for eligibility for teaching certificates

NE - LB751 Create a fund to provide state aid for public education

NE - LB762 Provide powers and duties to the State Department of Education relating to a teacher apprenticeship program

NE - LB774 Change provisions relating to the Student Discipline Act

NE - LB780 Provide state funding to cover the education costs of certain students if an educational facility for handicapped students closes

NE - LB787 Adopt the STEEM Development Act

NE - LB800 Change provisions relating to the Superintendent Pay Transparency Act and provide a limit for superintendent and educational service unit administrator compensation

NE - LB805 Require schools to allow certain youth organizations to provide information, services, and activities

NE - LB811 Change provisions relating to the Student DIscipline Act and provide for use of physical contact or physical restraint or removal from a class in response to student behavior, provide for behavioral awareness and intervention training, and change provisions relating to lottery funds used for education

NE - LR28 Constitutional amendment to change the membership of the State Board of Education

NE - LR29 Constitutional amendment to provide term limits for the members of the State Board of Education

NE - LR129 Interim study to examine the shortage of sports officials in Nebraska

NE - LR144 Interim study to examine the subject of school choice where all education funding is distributed on a per student basis and follows the student to the school of their choice

NE - LR145 Interim study to explore the role of both the State of Nebraska and individual school districts in finding solutions to address the impact of the inability of students to afford menstrual products

NE - LR147 Interim study relating to parental involvement in public schools

NE - LR148 Interim study to examine the use of federal funds from the federal Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund and the use of the Launch Nebraska Website

NE - LR149 Interim study related to social-emotional learning

NE - LR152 Interim study to examine all factors that may impact a school district's ability to attract and retain qualified superintendents and administrators

NE - LR166 Interim study to examine the impact of government-imposed mandates on school districts

NE - LR170 Interim study to assess and examine whether students journalists and student journalism is supposed and promoted in public high schools and postsecondary institutions and free from censorship and inappropriate government interference

NE - LR192 Interim study to examine the relationship between joint public agencies and public education matters

NE - LR220 Interim study to examine laws governing school security policy

NE - LR228 Interim study to examine issues raised in LB320, 2023, relating to an evaluation of equalization aid to school districts

NE - LR240 Interim study to examine the impact of consolidation of educational service units

NE - LR246 Interim study to research the Metropolitan Omaha Educational Consortium

NE - LR251 Interim study to explore the development of registered apprenticeship program sponsors within Nebraska's education system for early childhood care and education

NE - LB821 Change provisions relating to the preliminary or advanced enrollment of certain students

NE - LB835 Adopt the School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact

NE - LB841 Adopt the School Leadership Engagement Act

NE - LB855 Prohibit school districts from taking certain actions relating to outstanding debts on a school lunch or breakfast account

NE - LB860 Change a reporting requirement relating to the Early Childhood Education Grant Program

NE - LB862 Change provisions relating to the transportation of students and require school districts to submit a report regarding certain student transportation

NE - LB899 Exempt Class III school districts from the prohibition on suspending a student in pre-kindergarten through second grade

NE - LB915 Provide financing authority to the Board of Trustees of the Nebraska State Colleges related to student housing or student activity facilities

NE - LB939 Adopt the My Student, My Choice Act

NE - LB953 Provide tuition waivers for student teachers as prescribed

NE - LB957 Provide for early childhood aid under the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act

NE - LB962 Prohibit the use of certain projection maps in public schools and require each school board to adopt a policy relating to projection maps

NE - LB964 Adopt the Special Education Teacher Forgivable Loan Program Act and provide for scholarships under the Nebraska Career Scholarship Act

NE - LB985 Change provisions relating to grant eligibility under the Nebraska Teacher Recruitment and Retention Act

NE - LB986 Terminate loan repayment assistance and provide grants to teachers under the Teach in Nebraska Today Act

NE - LB987 Change provisions relating to applicability of and assessment instruments under the Quality Education Accountability Act

NE - LB997 Require the State Department of Education to establish criteria for salary supplements for child care and early education providers

NE - LB1005 Change provisions relating to the Attracting Excellence in Teaching Program and the Excellence in Teaching Cash Fund under the Excellence in Teaching Act

NE - LB1006 Change provisions relating to allocated income tax funds under the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act

NE - LB1010 Provide transfers to the Education Future Fund for reimbursements for special education

NE - LB1011 Change provisions relating to early childhood education under the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act

NE - LB1012 Change provisions relating to certain tax levy and bonding authority of school districts

NE - LB1013 Create the Family Engagement Grant Program for certain schools

NE - LB1014 Change requirements relating to school psychologists

NE - LB1027 Change provisions relating to schools which elect not to meet accreditation and approval requirements

NE - LB1029 Change provisions relating to compulsory attendance regarding illness

NE - LB1034 Prohibit a school district from punishing an employee or prohibiting an employee from engaging in religious expression when an employee is on duty at school

NE - LB1050 Require school districts to provide menstrual products to students

NE - LB1052 Allow a teacher employed at an approved or accredited public, private, denominational, or parochial school to receive reimbursement for school supplies

NE - LB1053 Authorize an extended-career retention grant under the Nebraska Teacher Recruitment and Retention Act

NE - LB1055 Require development of a reading instruction system and programming for adults and children, create a steering committee, and provide for a literacy coordinator

NE - LB1056 Create the School Construction Assistance Task Force

NE - LB1063 Require approval by the voters of the school district prior to expenditure of special building funds as prescribed

NE - LB1064 Prohibit tenure at certain postsecondary educational institutions and require a written policy regarding terms and conditions of employment

NE - LB1065 Authorize a school district to hire a chaplain to perform the duties of a school counselor without a certificate issued by the Commissioner of Education

NE - LB1066 Authorize a school board to adopt a policy for participation in an elective course in religious instruction conducted off school district property by a sponsoring entity

NE - LB1081 Require school districts to comply with student-teacher ratios in certain classrooms

NE - LB1083 Change provisions relating to the Nebraska Career Scholarship Act

NE - LB1091 Provide requirements and restrictions for school boards relating to professional employees’ organizations

NE - LB1101 Provide requirements for the Public Health Early Admission Student Track Program and the Rural Health Opportunities Program

NE - LB1121 Authorize additional grants under the Nebraska Teacher Recruitment and Retention Act

NE - LB1141 Change provisions of the Student Discipline Act

NE - LB1146 Provide an additional exception to the prohibition on suspending a student in pre-kindergarten through second grade

NE - LB1150 Change the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act

NE - LB1160 Change provisions relating to the Attracting Excellence to Teaching Program and the Excellence in Teaching Cash Fund

NE - LR278 Constitutional amendment to change the membership of the State Board of Education

NE - LB1193 Provide a process for a parent or guardian to request such person's child repeat a grade under certain circumstances

NE - LB1201 Change provisions relating to the Early Childhood Education Grant Program and redefine terms under the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act

NE - LB1230 Change provisions relating to the applicability of the enrollment option program for any student who enrolls in another school district within the same city as the school district in which such student resides

NE - LB1231 Adopt the Nebraska Education Formula and terminate the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act

NE - LB1238 Adopt the Special Educators of Tomorrow Act

NE - LB1252 Provide for a professional learning system and regional coaches for teaching students to read

NE - LB1253 Create the Dyslexia Research Grant Program

NE - LB1254 Provide for a professional learning system and regional coaches for teaching students to read

NE - LB1259 Provide for grants and bonuses for teachers as prescribed and require the State Department of Education to develop and administer a Classroom Improvement Program

NE - LB1263 Provide scholarships to students enrolled in trade programs

NE - LB1270 Change provisions relating to the Door to College Scholarship Act

NE - LB1271 Change provisions relating to the definition of graduate degree programs

NE - LB1272 Update terminology relating to individualized education programs for high school students

NE - LB1273 Provide for admission of and participation in extracurricular activities by certain students that are not residents of the school district as prescribed

NE - LB1284 Provide for a statewide computer science education expansion program

NE - LB1291 Require the State Department of Education to administer electronic benefit transfer funds for eligible youth in the summer as prescribed

NE - LB1306 Eliminate the Professional Practices Commission and provide, change, and eliminate provisions relating to standards for and conduct of teachers and administrators

NE - LB1322 Require that school counselors spend a certain percentage of such counselor's time during normal school hours in the direct counseling of students as prescribed

NE - LB1328 Change provisions relating to the classification of school districts

NE - LB1329 Change provisions of the Nebraska Career Scholarship Act

NE - LB1330 Prohibit public educational institutions from taking certain actions relating to diversity, equity, and inclusion

NE - LB1331 Change provisions related to truancy and attendance and various programs administered by the State Department of Education

NE - LB1337 Adopt the School Construction Financing Act

NE - LB1338 Adopt the Good Life Promise Act

NE - LB1339 Change provisions relating to possession of firearms in schools and authorize schools to provide emergency response mapping data to public safety agencies

NE - LB1347 Adopt the Community Schools Act

NE - LB1348 Change provisions relating to comparison groups for purposes of calculating basic funding under the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act

NE - LB1371 Adopt the Media Literacy Act and provide and change graduation requirements and academic content standards

NE - LB1377 Change requirements relating to training for certain school employees

NE - LB1385 Change provisions relating to the issuance of and eligibility for certificates and permits issued by the State Department of Education

NE - LB1386 Establish an educational savings account for each student enrolled in an approved or accredited private, denominational, or parochial school for qualified educational expenses as prescribed

NE - LB1388 Adopt the Excellence in Education Scholarship Act and the Community College Promise Act and provide for transfers from the Cash Reserve Fund

NE - LB1391 Require certain high schools to have automated external defibrillators and an athletics emergency action plan as prescribed

NE - LB1398 Change provisions relating to reimbursement for special education programs and support services relating to option students

NE - LB1399 Change provisions relating to the involvement of parents, guardians, and educational decisionmakers in the education of their children

NE - LR303 Interim study to examine the viability of adopting the Classical Learning Test as an option for meeting admissions requirements at the University of Nebraska and the Nebraska state colleges

NE - LR319 Interim study to determine whether student-to-ratio requirements should be considered or implemented in Nebraska by statute or regulation

NE - LR320 Interim study to examine changes to the enrollment option program to ensure students with disabilities have an increased ability to access enrollment opportunities

NE - LR321 Interim study to- determine the scope and use of student surveillance, monitoring, and tracking technology by school officials in Nebraska

NE - LR333 Interim study to determine whether legislation similar to the model Hunger-Free Campus Bill is needed to address hunger and basic needs insecurity of Nebraska college students

NE - LR341 Interim study to determine the scope and use by school districts of a ban and bar action, banning and barring individuals from school property

NE - LR365 Interim study to examine school guidelines and policies relating to LGBTQ bullying prevention

NE - LR368 Interim study to examine the process for school districts to change the boundaries of individual schools within their districts

NE - LR378 Interim study to examine the viability of selling land managed by the Board of Educational Lands and Funds

NE - LR382 Interim study to examine the governance and representation of the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska

NE - LR383 Interim study to examine improvements to the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act and potential alternative funding mechanisms for Nebraska public schools

NE - LR385 Interim study to examine state standardized testing required in elementary and secondary public schools and the (AQuESTT) system used to classify schools under the Quality Education Accountability Act

NE - LR419 Interim study to examine school meal programs in Nebraska

NE - LR425 Interim study to examine the challenges faced by families with special needs students in enrolling such students as option students in other school districts under the enrollment option program

NE - LR439 Interim study to explore whether the size of school districts has contributed to historical student underachievement within the Class V school district

NE - LR440 Interim study to examine how to close the educational achievement gap in the Class V school district

NE - LR496 Interim study to examine issues relating to the State Department of Education