Nebraska Legislature - Lobbyist Reporting Application

Clerk of the Legislature

Room 2014 State Capitol

PO Box 94604

Lincoln, NE 68509

(402) 471-2608

NEBRASKA LOBBYIST
STATEMENT of ACTIVITY

NADC FORM D

Submission Date: Jun 9, 2025

Each registered lobbyist shall file a Statement of Activity within 45 days after the end of a regular session of the Legislature. The statement must be filed even if the lobbyist engaged in no activity.
Any registered lobbyist who engages in lobbying activity in connection with a special session of the Legislature shall file a Statement of Activity within 45 days after the end of the special session. Late filing fees are $25.00 per day, not to exceed $750.00.
Lobbyists having more than one principal shall file a separate report for each principal.

ITEM 1

NATURE OF FILING (Check appropriate box)

For Calendar Year of

2025

Regular Session

Special Session

Amended Report

ITEM 2

NAME OF LOBBYIST AND PRINCIPAL

LOBBYIST

Lobbyist Name

Polk, Larianne

Phone

(402) 597-4843

Address

6949 South 110th Street

City

LaVista

State

Zip

68128

PRINCIPAL

Principal Name

Educational Service Unit Coordinating Council

Office Phone

(402) 597-4843

Office Address (Street, Box, or Route)

6949 So. 110th Street

City

LaVista

State

Zip

68128

List all the legislation upon which the lobbyist acted on behalf of the principal including bills, resolutions, amendments and procedural matters. Identify by number of bill, resolution, amendment or procedural matter and state the position taken. This statement should include a list of amendments or procedural matters which the lobbyist has acted upon for the principal, even if the lobbyist has not acted upon the bill or resolution from which the amendment or procedural matter arises.

Identify bill or resolution number	Describe bill, resolution, amendment or procedural matter	Position taken
LB3	Change provisions relating to selection of presidential electors	Neutral
LB11	Appropriate funds for the Nebraska Statewide Workforce and Education Reporting System Act	Neutral
LB14	Adopt the Hunger-Free Schools Act	Neutral
LB29	Create a review process for agency rules and regulations	Neutral
LB31	Require school policies relating to the use of student surveillance, monitoring, and tracking technology by school districts	Neutral
LB49	Provide for a model ban and bar policy for school districts	Neutral
LB55	State intent regarding appropriations for medicaid rates for mental health providers	Neutral
LB74	Authorize certain expenditures under the Nebraska Political Accountability and Disclosure Act	Neutral
LB81	Define a term and change tax credit provisions under the Nebraska Property Tax Incentive Act	Neutral
LB84	Adopt the School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact	Support
LB89	Adopt the Stand With Women Act	Neutral
LB94	Adopt the Digital Skills Empowerment Act and change the use of the Workforce Development Program Cash Fund	Neutral
LB122	Require display of the state and national motto in schools	Neutral
LB123	Change provisions relating to withholding money due to noncompliance with budget limits, property tax request authority, and annual audits for certain political subdivisions	Neutral
LB126	Change provisions relating to redemption of bonds of political subdivisions	Neutral
LB131	Include elementary and secondary schools in the Nebraska educational savings plan trust and change tax benefits	Neutral
LB135	Provide, change, and eliminate provisions relating to elections for certain purposes related to bonds and tax levies	Neutral
LB140	Require school policies relating to use of electronic communication devices by students	Neutral
LB142	Redefine a term under the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act	Neutral
LB143	Change provisions relating to student enrollment	Neutral
LB149	Eliminate the prohibition on suspending a student in prekindergarten through second grade	Neutral
LB156	Allow tort claims under the State Tort Claims Act and Political Subdivisions Tort Claims Act for sexual assaults of children in school settings	Neutral
LB161	Redefine formula students under the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act	Neutral
LB162	Adopt the Child Care Safety and Security Act	Neutral
LB173	Appropriate funds for aid to community colleges and state intent	Neutral
LB197	Change provisions relating to disqualification for benefits, claim determinations, and claim redeterminations under the Employment Security Law	Neutral
LB199	Change the statute of limitations for personal injury actions, include administrative proceedings within the Nonrecourse Civil Litigation Act, require disclosures by consumers under such act, and provide for discipline against civil litigation funding companies	Neutral
LB200	Provide for exemptions under the Personal Property Tax Relief Act	Neutral
LB209	Change provisions relating to homestead exemptions for certain veterans and a property tax exemption for certain facilities	Neutral
LB211	Change provisions relating to the calculation of property tax request authority under the Property Tax Growth Limitation Act	Neutral
LB213	Require the State Board of Education to adopt academic content standards on human embryology under the science education standards	Neutral
LB236	Allow claims involving child abuse or sexual assault of a child under the Political Subdivisions Tort Claims Act	Neutral
LB241	Provide immunity from liability for cybersecurity events	Neutral
LB242	Change the Property Tax Growth Limitation Act and the School District Property Tax Relief Act and change provisions relating to budget limitations, municipal occupation taxes, and property tax statements	Neutral
LB249	Provide for military impact funding and change provisions relating to local formula resources under the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act	Neutral
LB260	Provide, change, and eliminate provisions relating to appropriations	Neutral
LB261	Appropriate funds for the expenses of Nebraska State Government for the biennium ending June 30, 2027, and appropriate Federal Funds allocated to the State of Nebraska pursuant to the federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021	Support
LB264	Provide, change, and eliminate transfers from the Cash Reserve Fund and various other funds and change, terminate, and eliminate various statutory programs	Neutral
LB268	Require the Department of Health and Human Services to implement a provider rate increase for developmental disability services	Neutral
LB282	Provide for reimbursement for teachers for school supplies	Neutral
LB295	Change provisions relating to the County Employees Retirement Act, the Judges Retirement Act, the Nebraska State Patrol Retirement Act, the School Employees Retirement Act, the State Employees Retirement Act, the Spousal Pension Rights Act, and the Public Employees Retirement Board	Neutral
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	Support
LB300	Change provisions relating to the Superintendent Pay Transparency Act and provide a limit for superintendent and educational service unit administrator compensation	Oppose
LB303	Create the School Financing Review Commission and change provisions relating to budget authority under the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act	Neutral
LB306	Change provisions relating to admission to elementary and secondary schools, the Board of Trustees of the Nebraska State Colleges, the Nebraska Career Scholarship Act, the Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education Act, and the Door to College Scholarship Act and require a database of financial information regarding school districts and reporting regarding funding from foreign adversarial sources	Neutral
LB329	Change provisions relating to sexual abuse by a school employee	Support
LB331	Adopt the Nebraska EPIC Option Consumption Tax Act and terminate tax provisions	Oppose
LB332	Provide for assistant funeral directors, change scope of practice and regulatory provisions regarding funeral directing and embalming, hearing instrument specialists, and audiologists, change membership provisions for the Board of Pharmacy, change provisions regarding delegated dispensing permits and prescription refills, provide medicaid coverage for psychology services, and establish the Rural Health Opportunity Program	Neutral
LB335	Redefine child under the In the Line of Duty Dependent Education Act	Neutral
LB341	Adopt the Nebraska Statutory Thresholds for Settlements Involving Minors Act	Neutral
LB352	Change provisions relating to reports on student achievement and discipline required under the Quality Education Accountability Act	Neutral
LB353	Allow public school employees to join or terminate membership in a labor organization	Neutral
LB361	Change provisions of the Nebraska Fair Employment Practice Act to provide for jury trials and prohibit discrimination for exercise of rights under the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Act	Neutral
LB383	Adopt the Parental Rights in Social Media Act, rename the Child Pornography Prevention Act, and prohibit conduct involving computer-generated child pornography	Neutral
LB384	Require a majority of the elected members of the governing bodies of participating political subdivisions to attend joint public hearings under the Property Tax Request Act	Neutral
LB389	Eliminate the levy authority of educational service units and provide state funding to educational service units	Oppose
LB390	Require each school board to adopt a policy relating to access by a parent, guardian, or educational decisionmaker to certain school library information	Neutral
LB391	Adopt the Give to Enable Scholarship Act and provide for certain income tax adjustments	Neutral
LB399	Change provisions relating to property tax rates and qualifications for certain distributions under the Mutual Finance Assistance Act	Neutral
LB408	Adopt the Special Education Teacher Forgivable Loan Program Act	Support
LB411	Change provisions relating to the Nebraska Teacher Recruitment and Retention Act	Neutral
LB415	Change provisions of the Nebraska Healthy Families and Workplaces Act and the Conveyance Safety Act and provide for offset of debt owed due to the overpayment of unemployment benefits under the Employment Security Law against gambling winnings under the Gambling Winnings Setoff for Outstanding Debt Act and against future benefits under the Employment Security Law	Neutral
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	Neutral
LB420	Change provisions relating to the Public Employees Retirement Board	Neutral
LB424	Limit increases in property tax bills	Neutral
LB426	Authorize an American flag education program and change provisions relating to the distribution of lottery funds used for education	Support
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	Neutral
LB428	Change provisions relating to school policies on the involvement of parents, guardians, and educational decisionmakers in schools	Neutral
LB429	Provide requirements and restrictions for school boards relating to professional employees’ organizations	Neutral
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	Neutral
LB439	Adopt the Property Tax Circuit Breaker Act	Neutral
LB440	Adopt the Education Leave and Support Act	Neutral
LB442	Establish a state child care subsidy program	Neutral
LB457	Require anaphylaxis policies for school districts and licensed child care facilities and provide a limit on the amount an insured is required to pay by an insurance policy or benefit plan for epinephrine injectors	Neutral
LB463	Require school districts to develop a cardiac emergency response plan under the School Safety and Security Reporting Act and provide for grants for such plans from the Medicaid Managed Care Excess Profit Fund	Neutral
LB481	Adopt the Foster Care Child Scholarships Act	Neutral
LB484	Redefine agricultural land and horticultural land for property tax assessment	Neutral
LB492	Change juvenile court jurisdiction relating to habitual truancy and provisions relating to compulsory school attendance	Neutral
LB494	Change provisions relating to the School District Property Tax Relief Act and transfers of General Fund net receipts to the Cash Reserve Fund and the School District Property Tax Relief Credit Fund	Neutral
LB497	Provide for admission of and participation in extracurricular activities by certain students that are not residents of the school district	Neutral
LB498	Change provisions relating to foundation aid and certification dates under the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act	Neutral
LB500	Create the School Financing Review Commission	Support
LB507	Change provisions relating to school transportation expenses for children with disabilities	Neutral
LB509	Adopt the Opportunity Scholarships Act and provide for income tax credits	Neutral
LB517	Provide requirements for the state school security director regarding protective door assemblies and other school entry systems	Neutral
LB523	Adopt the Student Teacher Compensation Act	Support
LB524	Authorize paraeducator grants under the Nebraska Teacher Recruitment and Retention Act and change eligible uses of the Education Future Fund	Support
LB528	Change and eliminate provisions relating to grants from the State Department of Education Improvement Grant Fund	Neutral
LB532	Require employers to use E-Verify, prohibit knowingly hiring an unauthorized alien, and provide for discipline against employers' licenses	Neutral
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	Neutral
LB545	Provide immunity from liability for distribution of donated menstrual products	Neutral
LB549	Allow a school board to employ a chaplain, including in a volunteer capacity, at a school	Neutral
LB550	Require school districts to adopt a policy that excuses students to attend a course for religious instruction	Neutral
LB557	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	Neutral
LB564	Change provisions relating to fund transfers to the School District Property Tax Relief Credit Fund and the amount of tax relief granted under the School District Property Tax Relief Act	Neutral
LB567	Authorize school policies relating to community engagement	Neutral
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	Neutral
LB575	Change provisions relating to the Property Tax Request Act and property tax levy limits	Neutral
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	Neutral
LB596	Change requirements for legal publications and notices required by law	Neutral
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	Neutral
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	Neutral
LB599	Require the State Board of Education to adopt a policy relating to cybersecurity	Support
LB602	Adopt the Data Elimination and Limiting Extensive Tracking and Exchange Act	Neutral
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	Neutral
LB624	Appropriate funds to the State Treasurer for education scholarships	Neutral
LB625	Provide for the establishment of a database of financial information from all school districts in the state	Neutral
LB628	Adopt the Recreational Trail Easement Property Tax Exemption Act and change provisions relating to the filing of statements of recorded easements and property tax exemptions	Neutral
LB631	State intent relating to funding for the School Emergency Response Mapping Fund	Neutral
LB633	Change provisions relating to applications rejected under the enrollment option program and create the Nebraska Option Enrollment Tuition Account Program	Neutral
LB634	Adopt the Legislative Sunset Review Act and eliminate the Legislature's Planning Committee	Neutral
LB645	Change provisions relating to school retirement systems and the Nebraska State Patrol Retirement System	Oppose
LB647	Adopt the Recreational Trail Easement Property Tax Exemption Act and the Adoption Tax Credit Act and change provisions relating to budget limitations, property tax request authority, municipal occupation taxes, real property assessments, the Property Tax Request Act, income tax credits, taxation of business entities, the School District Property Tax Relief Act, and the Nebraska educational savings plan trust	Neutral
LB652	Terminate the Board of Educational Lands and Funds	Neutral
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	Neutral
LB657	Create the offense of assault on a sports official and provide a penalty under the Nebraska Criminal Code	Neutral
LB664	Change the Administrative Procedure Act to require agencies to allow for public comment and submissions on proposed rules and regulations and change permissible venue for civil actions challenging rules and regulations	Neutral
LB670	Require schools to adopt a safety plan and provide and change requirements related to training for staff of child care and schools	Support
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	Neutral
LB675	Provide requirements for the purchase, lease, sale, or exchange of school lands located within the boundaries of an Indian reservation	Neutral
LB680	Change provisions relating to educational service units	Neutral
LB681	Change provisions relating to the definition of graduate degree program	Neutral
LB682	Update terminology relating to individualized education programs for high school students	Neutral
LB683	Change provisions relating to duties of county assessors regarding notification of real property assessments and eliminate and change provisions of the Property Tax Request Act	Neutral
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	Neutral
LB689	Redefine terms under the School Employees Retirement Act and the Class V School Employees Retirement Act	Neutral
LB691	Require school districts and private, denominational, and parochial schools to display the Ten Commandments in school buildings	Neutral
LB692	Change provisions relating to property tax request authority under the School District Property Tax Limitation Act	Neutral
LB711	Change provisions relating to the new school adjustment under the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act	Neutral
LB713	Change provisions of the School Employees Retirement Act	Neutral
LB714	Change provisions relating to motor vehicle taxes and fees	Neutral
LR10CA	Constitutional amendment to require the state to impose a consumption tax or an excise tax on all new goods and services and to provide a tax exemption for grocery items	Neutral
LR11CA	Constitutional amendment to prohibit governmental entities from imposing any taxes other than retail consumption taxes and excise taxes	Neutral
LR12CA	Constitutional amendment to impose a limit on ad valorem taxes for real property, provide a new method of valuing real property for tax purposes, provide certain exceptions, and eliminate conflicting constitutional provisions	Neutral
LR16CA	Constitutional amendment to require the Legislature to reimburse political subdivisions	Neutral
LR18CA	Constitutional amendment to require the Legislature to reimburse political subdivisions	Neutral
LR28CA	Constitutional amendment to eliminate provisions creating the Board of Educational Lands and Funds	Neutral

I certify that all information presented in this form is accurate to the best of my knowledge.

Larianne Polk

Lobbyist Name

Jun 9, 2025

Date