Nebraska Legislature - Hearings for Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee

Hearings for Education Committee

The order of the bills listed may not be the order in which they are heard that day in committee.

Tuesday March 18, 2025, 1:30 PM - Room 1525

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Introducer

Description

Appointment

Kime, Duane - Board of Educational Lands and Funds

LB671

Murman

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

LB681

Education Committee

Change provisions relating to the definition of graduate degree program

LB680

Education Committee

Change provisions relating to educational service units

Monday March 17, 2025, 1:30 PM - Room 1525

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Introducer

Description

LB551

Lippincott

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

LB552

Lippincott

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

LB149

Hansen

Eliminate the prohibition on suspending a student in prekindergarten through second grade
Note: LBs 149 and 430 will have a combined hearing.

LB430

Murman

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

LB682

Education Committee

Update terminology relating to individualized education programs for high school students

AM566

Murman

Amending LB682
Note: LB 682 and AM566 will have a combined hearing.

Tuesday March 11, 2025, 1:30 PM - Room 1525

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Introducer

Description

LB599

DeBoer

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

LB523

Juarez

Adopt the Student Teacher Compensation Act

LB524

Juarez

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

LB711

Hunt

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

Monday March 10, 2025, 1:30 PM - Room 1525

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Introducer

Description

LB440

Spivey

Adopt the Education Leave and Support Act

LB411

Dungan

Change provisions relating to the Nebraska Teacher Recruitment and Retention Act

LB652

Hansen

Terminate the Board of Educational Lands and Funds
Note: LB 652 and LR 28CA will have a combined hearing.

LR28CA

Hansen

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

LB49

McKinney

Provide for a model ban and bar policy for school districts

Monday March 03, 2025, 1:30 PM - Room 1525

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Introducer

Description

LB550

Lippincott

Require school districts to adopt a policy that excuses students to attend a course for religious instruction

LB142

Hughes

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

LB572

Hughes

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

LB528

Jacobson

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

LB497

Murman

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

Tuesday February 25, 2025, 1:30 PM - Room 1525

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Introducer

Description

LB557

Armendariz

Change provisions relating to the enrollment option program, provide funding to students denied option enrollment, and eliminate provisions relating to open enrollment option students and diversity plans

LB633

Hansen

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

LB427

Andersen

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

LB14

Cavanaugh, M.

Adopt the Hunger-Free Schools Act

Monday February 24, 2025, 1:30 PM - Room 1525

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Introducer

Description

LB691

Murman

Require school districts and private, denominational, and parochial schools to display the Ten Commandments in school buildings

LB122

Meyer

Require display of the state and national motto in schools

LB549

Lippincott

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

LB426

Andersen

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

LB213

Holdcroft

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

Tuesday February 18, 2025, 1:30 PM - Room 1525

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Introducer

Description

LB417

Bostar

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

LB517

Juarez

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

LB631

Hansen

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

LB685

Lonowski

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

LB429

Murman

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

Tuesday February 11, 2025, 1:30 PM - Room 1525

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Introducer

Description

LB408

Dungan

Adopt the Special Education Teacher Forgivable Loan Program Act

LB598

DeBoer

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

LB589

Conrad

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

LB653

Murman

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

LB507

Hunt

Change provisions relating to school transportation expenses for children with disabilities

Monday February 10, 2025, 1:30 PM - Room 1525

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Introducer

Description

LB303

Hughes

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

LB500

DeBoer

Create the School Financing Review Commission

LB597

DeBoer

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

LB498

Murman

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

LB161

Juarez

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

Tuesday February 04, 2025, 1:30 PM - Room 1525

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Introducer

Description

LB670

Murman

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

LB140

Sanders

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

LB567

Quick

Authorize school policies relating to community engagement

LB31

Conrad

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

LB428

Murman

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

Monday February 03, 2025, 1:30 PM - Room 1525

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Introducer

Description

LB625

Dover

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

LB538

Hardin

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

LB143

Rountree

Change provisions relating to student enrollment

LB390

Murman

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

LB306

Education Committee

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

Tuesday January 28, 2025, 1:30 PM - Room 1525

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Introducer

Description

LB249

Sanders

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

LB296

Arch

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

LB335

Conrad

Redefine child under the In the Line of Duty Dependent Education Act

Monday January 27, 2025, 1:30 PM - Room 1525

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Introducer

Description

Appointment

Edmond, Connie - Board of Trustees of the Nebraska State Colleges

Appointment

Engles, Robert - Board of Trustees of the Nebraska State Colleges

LB378

Andersen

Require that 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

LB282

Prokop

Provide for reimbursement for teachers for school supplies

LB352

Ballard

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

LB300

Murman

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