Source: http://uniweb.legislature.ne.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=79-318
Timestamp: 2013-12-10 00:54:07
Document Index: 497751033

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 8', '§ 1', '§ 1', '§ 2', '§ 2', '§ 1', '§ 5', '§ 8', '§ 1', '§ 37', '§ 1', '§ 27', '§ 2', '§ 6', '§ 36', '§ 11', '§ 1', '§ 141', '§ 34', '§ 3', '§ 79', '§ 146', '§ 6', '§ 18', '§ 5', '§ 8', '§ 148', '§ 32']

of Education; powers; duties.The State Board
(1) Appoint and fix the compensation of the Commissioner
(2) Remove the commissioner from office at any time for conviction
of any crime involving moral turpitude or felonious act, for inefficiency,
or for willful and continuous disregard of his or her duties as commissioner
or of the directives of the board;
(3) Upon recommendation of the commissioner, appoint and
fix the compensation of a deputy commissioner and all professional employees
(4) Organize the State Department of Education into such
divisions, branches, or sections as may be necessary or desirable to perform
all its proper functions and to render maximum service to the board and to
the state school system;
(5) Provide, through the commissioner and his or her professional
staff, enlightened professional leadership, guidance, and supervision of the
state school system, including educational service units. In order that the
commissioner and his or her staff may carry out their duties, the board shall,
through the commissioner: (a) Provide supervisory and consultation services
to the schools of the state; (b) issue materials helpful in the development,
maintenance, and improvement of educational facilities and programs; (c) establish
rules and regulations which govern standards and procedures for the approval
and legal operation of all schools in the state and for the accreditation
of all schools requesting state accreditation. All public, private, denominational,
or parochial schools shall either comply with the accreditation or approval
requirements prescribed in this section and section 79-703 or, for those schools
which elect not to meet accreditation or approval requirements, the requirements
prescribed in subsections (2) through (6) of section 79-1601. Standards and
procedures for approval and accreditation shall be based upon the program
of studies, guidance services, the number and preparation of teachers in relation
to the curriculum and enrollment, instructional materials and equipment, science
facilities and equipment, library facilities and materials, and health and
safety factors in buildings and grounds. Rules and regulations which govern
standards and procedures for private, denominational, and parochial schools
which elect, pursuant to the procedures prescribed in subsections (2) through
(6) of section 79-1601, not to meet state accreditation or approval requirements
shall be as described in such section; (d) institute a statewide system of
testing to determine the degree of achievement and accomplishment of all the
students within the state's school systems if it determines such testing would
be advisable; (e) prescribe a uniform system of records and accounting for
keeping adequate educational and financial records, for gathering and reporting
necessary educational data, and for evaluating educational progress; (f) cause
to be published laws, rules, and regulations governing the schools and the
school lands and funds with explanatory notes for the guidance of those charged
with the administration of the schools of the state; (g) approve teacher education
programs conducted in Nebraska postsecondary educational institutions designed
for the purpose of certificating teachers and administrators; (h) approve
certificated-employee evaluation policies and procedures developed by school
districts and educational service units; and (i) approve general plans and
adopt educational policies, standards, rules, and regulations for carrying
out the board's responsibilities and those assigned to the State Department
of Education by the Legislature;
(6) Adopt and promulgate rules and regulations for the guidance,
supervision, accreditation, and coordination of educational service units.
Such rules and regulations for accreditation shall include, but not be limited
to, (a) a requirement that programs and services offered to school districts
by each educational service unit shall be evaluated on a regular basis, but
not less than every seven years, to assure that educational service units
remain responsive to school district needs and (b) guidelines for the use
and management of funds generated from the property tax levy and from other
sources of revenue as may be available to the educational service units, to
assure that public funds are used to accomplish the purposes and goals assigned
to the educational service units by section 79-1204. The State Board of Education
shall establish procedures to encourage the coordination of activities among
educational service units and to encourage effective and efficient educational
service delivery on a statewide basis;
(7) Prepare and distribute
reports designed to acquaint school district officers, teachers, and patrons
of the schools with the conditions and needs of the schools;
(8) Provide for consultation
with professional educators and lay leaders for the purpose of securing advice
deemed necessary in the formulation of policies and in the effectual discharge
of its duties;
(9) Make studies, investigations,
and reports and assemble information as necessary for the formulation of policies,
for making plans, for evaluating the state school program, and for making
essential and adequate reports;
(10) Submit to the Governor
and the Legislature a budget necessary to finance the state school program
under its jurisdiction, including the internal operation and maintenance of
(11) Interpret its own policies,
standards, rules, and regulations and, upon reasonable request, hear complaints
and disputes arising therefrom;
(12) With the advice of the
Department of Motor Vehicles, adopt and promulgate rules and regulations containing
reasonable standards, not inconsistent with existing statutes, governing:
(a) The general design, equipment, color, operation, and maintenance of any
vehicle with a manufacturer's rated seating capacity of eleven or more passengers
used for the transportation of public, private, denominational, or parochial
school students; and (b) the equipment, operation, and maintenance of any
vehicle with a capacity of ten or less passengers used for the transportation
of public, private, denominational, or parochial school students, when such
vehicles are owned, operated, or owned and operated by any public, private,
denominational, or parochial school or privately owned or operated under contract
with any such school in this state, except for vehicles owned by individuals
operating a school which elects pursuant to section 79-1601 not to meet accreditation
or approval requirements. Similar rules and regulations shall be adopted and
promulgated for operators of such vehicles as provided in section 79-607;
(13) Accept, on behalf of
the Nebraska Center for the Education of Children who are Blind or Visually
Impaired, devises of real property or donations or bequests of other property,
or both, if in its judgment any such devise, donation, or bequest is for the
best interest of the center or the students receiving services from the center,
or both, and irrigate or otherwise improve any such real estate when in the
board's judgment it would be advisable to do so;
(14) Accept, in order to administer
the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children, any
devise, donation, or bequest received by the State Department of Education
pursuant to section 79-2206; and
(15) Upon acceptance of any
devise, donation, or bequest as provided in this section, administer and carry
out such devise, donation, or bequest in accordance with the terms and conditions
thereof. If not prohibited by the terms and conditions of any such devise,
donation, or bequest, the board may sell, convey, exchange, or lease property
so devised, donated, or bequeathed upon such terms and conditions as it deems
best and remit all money derived from any such sale or lease to the State
Treasurer for credit to the State Department of Education Trust Fund.
None of the duties prescribed in this section shall prevent
the board from exercising such other duties as in its judgment may be necessary
for the proper and legal exercise of its obligations.
Laws 1953, c. 320, § 8, p. 1056; Laws 1955, c. 306, § 1, p. 947; Laws 1959, c. 383, § 1, p. 1328; Laws 1967, c. 528, § 2, p. 1753; Laws 1969, c. 707, § 2, p. 2712; Laws 1969, c. 708, § 1, p. 2716; Laws 1971, LB 292, § 5; Laws 1974, LB 863, § 8; Laws 1977, LB 205, § 1; Laws 1979, LB 322, § 37; Laws 1981, LB 316, § 1; Laws 1981, LB 545, § 27; Laws 1984, LB 928, § 2; Laws 1984, LB 994, § 6; Laws 1986, LB 1177, § 36; Laws 1987, LB 688, § 11; Laws 1989, LB 15, § 1; Laws 1989, LB 285, § 141; Laws 1990, LB 980, § 34; Laws 1994, LB 858, § 3; R.S.1943, (1994), § 79-328; Laws 1996, LB 900, § 146; Laws 1999, LB 813, § 6; Laws 2009, LB549, § 18; Laws 2010, LB1071, § 5; Laws 2011, LB575, § 8; Laws 2012, LB782, § 148; Laws 2013, LB222, § 32.Effective Date: May 8, 2013
Gifts, devises, and bequests, loans to needy students, see section 79-2,106.Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children, see section 79-2201.Private, denominational, or parochial schools, election not to meet approval or accreditation requirements, see section 79-1601.