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: May 22, 2026

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

2026

Regular Session

Special Session

Amended Report

ITEM 2

NAME OF LOBBYIST AND PRINCIPAL

LOBBYIST

Lobbyist Name

Kissel Kohout ES Associates, LLC

Phone

(402) 476-1188

Address

301 S. 13th Street, Suite 400

City

Lincoln

State

Zip

68508

PRINCIPAL

Principal Name

Ralston Public School District

Office Phone

(402) 331-4700

Office Address (Street, Box, or Route)

8545 Park Drive

City

Ralston

State

Zip

68127

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
LB49	Provide for a model ban and bar policy for school districts	Oppose
LB149	Eliminate the prohibition on suspending a student in prekindergarten through second grade	Support
LB173	Appropriate funds for aid to community colleges and state intent	Support
LB282	Provide for reimbursement for teachers for school supplies	Support
LB300	Change provisions relating to the Superintendent Pay Transparency Act and provide a limit for superintendent and educational service unit administrator compensation	Oppose
LB384	Require the county assessor and one voting member of the governing bodies of participating political subdivisions to attend joint public hearings under the Property Tax Request Act	Oppose
LB411	Change provisions relating to the Nebraska Teacher Recruitment and Retention Act	Support
LB424	Limit increases in property tax bills	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
LB468	Change provisions relating to inheritance taxes, change certain fee and tax provisions, and eliminate a sales tax exemption relating to data centers	Oppose
LB517	Provide requirements for the state school security director regarding protective door assemblies and other school entry systems	Oppose
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
LB596	Change requirements for legal publications and notices required by law, provisions of the Open Meetings Act, county inventories, warrants, and discharge records, storage requirements for certain records, petitions to change names, marriage license and record fees, reports of abandoned property, and the Nebraska Hall of Fame and eliminate a penalty for certain public officials and provisions relating to the registration of farm, ranch, or home names	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
LB652	Terminate the Board of Educational Lands and Funds	Oppose
LB653	Change provisions relating to acceptance of students under the enrollment option program and discipline of students under the Student Discipline Act	Oppose
LB670	Require schools to adopt a safety plan and provide and change requirements related to training for staff of child care and schools	Support
LB689	Redefine terms under the School Employees Retirement Act and the Class V School Employees Retirement Act	Support
LB692	Change provisions relating to property tax request authority under the School District Property Tax Limitation Act	Oppose
LB714	Change provisions relating to motor vehicle taxes and fees	Oppose
LB745	Change provisions relating to the requirements for a diploma of high school equivalency	Support
LB765	Change provisions relating to elections for school district bonds and bonds issued by a joint entity that includes a Nebraska school district or educational service unit	Oppose
LB824	Change provisions relating to termination of employment under the School Employees Retirement Act and the Class V School Employees Retirement Act	Support
LB841	Change provisions relating to special education services, parental consent, and hearings	Oppose
LB924	Change powers of learning community councils and authorized uses of learning community levies	Oppose
LB937	Adopt the Prior Learning Act and the K-12 Education Cybersecurity Act and change provisions relating to student transfers, school absences, option enrollment, extracurricular activities, reports, school employment, the improvement grant program, monitoring or providing instruction, deadlines, the Nebraska Teacher Apprenticeship Program, the Nebraska Teacher Recruitment and Retention Act, and the College Pathway Program Act	Support
LB966	Adopt the Hunger-Free Schools Act and provide for an appropriation	Support
LB970	Require the Department of Health and Human Services to submit a state plan amendment to include a program of early literacy promotion and intervention in well-child visits under the early and periodic screening, diagnosis, and treatment services program	Support
LB1050	Provide requirements for dyslexia screening and limit advancement to grade four under the Nebraska Reading Improvement Act	Oppose
LB1097	Adopt the State and Political Subdivisions Sexual Abuse Liability Act	Oppose
LB1182	Provide for a base salary for certified teachers and state intent relating to changes to the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act and a new form of block grant funding	Oppose
LR16CA	Constitutional amendment to require the Legislature to reimburse political subdivisions	Support
LR18CA	Constitutional amendment to require the Legislature to reimburse political subdivisions	Support
LR28CA	Constitutional amendment to eliminate provisions creating the Board of Educational Lands and Funds	Oppose
LR292CA	Constitutional amendment to provide a new method of valuing real property for property tax purposes, provide a limit on property tax increases, provide certain exceptions, provide requirements for declared emergencies, provide for emergency bond levies, and eliminate conflicting constitutional provisions	Oppose

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

KisselES

Lobbyist Name

May 22, 2026

Date