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: Jul 16, 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

Mikkelsen, Brian

Phone

(402) 475-7611

Address

605 S. 14th Street, Suite 200

City

Lincoln

State

Zip

68508

PRINCIPAL

Principal Name

Nebraska State Education Association

Office Phone

(402) 475-7611

Office Address (Street, Box, or Route)

605 S. 14th Street

City

Lincoln

State

Zip

68508

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	Identify amendment or procedural matter	Describe bill, resolution, amendment or procedural matter	Position taken
LB14		Adopt the Hunger-Free Schools Act	Support
LB31		Require school policies relating to the use of student surveillance, monitoring, and tracking technology by school districts	Oppose
LB49		Provide for a model ban and bar policy for school districts	Oppose
LB84		Adopt the School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact	Support
LB89		Adopt the Stand With Women Act	Oppose
LB122		Require display of the state and national motto in schools	Neutral
LB131		Include elementary and secondary schools in the Nebraska educational savings plan trust and change tax benefits	Oppose
LB135		Provide, change, and eliminate provisions relating to elections for certain purposes related to bonds and tax levies	Oppose
LB140		Require school policies relating to use of electronic communication devices by students	Support
LB143		Change provisions relating to student enrollment	Support
LB149		Eliminate the prohibition on suspending a student in prekindergarten through second grade	Neutral
LB161		Redefine formula students under the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act	Support
LB173		Appropriate funds for aid to community colleges and state intent	Support
LB189		Adopt the Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Act	Support
LB192		Change and eliminate provisions regarding eligibility for benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and eliminate requirements for an evaluation and a report	Support
LB213		Require the State Board of Education to adopt academic content standards on human embryology under the science education standards	Neutral
LB239		Change requirements relating to developmental disabilities funding priorities and eliminate a sunset date	Support
LB258		Change provisions relating to the minimum wage under the Wage and Hour Act	Oppose
LB282		Provide for reimbursement for teachers for school supplies	Support
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	Support
LB306	AM1587	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
LB307		State intent regarding appropriations for tuition waivers	Support
LB330		Change provisions relating to the sales tax rate and create the Alcohol Addiction Prevention and Treatment Fund	Support
LB353		Allow public school employees to join or terminate membership in a labor organization	Oppose
LB391		Adopt the Give to Enable Scholarship Act and provide for certain income tax adjustments	Neutral
LB397		Eliminate provisions relating to workplace safety committees and a workplace safety program and terminate a fund	Oppose
LB408		Adopt the Special Education Teacher Forgivable Loan Program Act	Support
LB411		Change provisions relating to the Nebraska Teacher Recruitment and Retention Act	Support
LB420		Change provisions relating to the Public Employees Retirement Board	Neutral
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	Oppose
LB429		Provide requirements and restrictions for school boards relating to professional employees’ organizations	Oppose
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	Support
LB440		Adopt the Education Leave and Support Act	Support
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	Support
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	Oppose
LB500		Create the School Financing Review Commission	Support
LB509		Adopt the Opportunity Scholarships Act and provide for income tax credits	Oppose
LB517		Provide requirements for the state school security director regarding protective door assemblies and other school entry systems	Support
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
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
LB549		Allow a school board to employ a chaplain, including in a volunteer capacity, at a school	Oppose
LB550		Require school districts to adopt a policy that excuses students to attend a course for religious instruction	Oppose
LB551		Prohibit tenure at certain postsecondary educational institutions and require a written policy regarding terms and conditions of employment	Oppose
LB552		Prohibit public postsecondary educational institutions from having a diversity, equity, and inclusion office and taking certain actions relating to diversity, equity, and inclusion	Oppose
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	Oppose
LB567		Authorize school policies relating to community engagement	Support
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	Support
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	Support
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	Support
LB599		Require the State Board of Education to adopt a policy relating to cybersecurity	Support
LB624		Appropriate funds to the State Treasurer for education scholarships	Oppose
LB631		State intent relating to funding for the School Emergency Response Mapping Fund	Support
LB633		Change provisions relating to applications rejected under the enrollment option program and create the Nebraska Option Enrollment Tuition Account Program	Oppose
LB645	AM876	Change provisions relating to school retirement systems and the Nebraska State Patrol Retirement System	Support
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	Oppose
LB652		Terminate the Board of Educational Lands and Funds	Oppose
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	Oppose
LB657		Create the offense of assault on a sports official and provide a penalty under the Nebraska Criminal Code	Support
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
LB678		State intent regarding appropriations to the Board of Trustees of the Nebraska State Colleges	Support
LB689		Redefine terms under the School Employees Retirement Act and the Class V School Employees Retirement Act	Oppose
LB691		Require school districts and private, denominational, and parochial schools to display the Ten Commandments in school buildings	Oppose
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	Oppose
LR11CA		Constitutional amendment to prohibit governmental entities from imposing any taxes other than retail consumption taxes and excise taxes	Oppose
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	Oppose
LR28CA		Constitutional amendment to eliminate provisions creating the Board of Educational Lands and Funds	Oppose

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

Brian Mikkelsen

Lobbyist Name

Jul 16, 2025

Date