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NE Code § 79-11,129 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 79 - Schools|79-11,129 - Rehabilitation services; unlawful acts.

79-11,129.  Rehabilitation services; unlawful acts.It shall be unlawful, except for purposes directly connected with the administration of the vocational rehabilitation program and in accordance with regulations, for any person or persons to solicit, disclose, receive, or make use of or authorize, knowingly permit, participate in, or acquiesce in the use of any list of, names of, or any information concerning persons applying for or receiving vocational rehabilitation, directly or indirectly derived from the records, papers, files, or communications of the state or subdivisions or agencies thereof or acquired in the course of the performance of official duties, except in response to summons, subpoena, or other order of a court.Source   Laws 1955, c. 324, § 9, p. 1005;   R.S.1943, (1994), § 79-1454;   Laws 1996, LB 900, § 911.
NE Code § 79-11,130 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 79 - Schools|79-11,130 - State Board of Education; Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services; agreement; purpose.

79-11,130.  State Board of Education; Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services; agreement; purpose.The State Board of Education is empowered to enter into an agreement on behalf of the State of Nebraska with the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services to carry out the provisions of the federal Social Security Act, as amended, relating to the making of determinations of disability under the provisions of such act.Source   Laws 1955, c. 324, § 11, p. 1006;   Laws 1973, LB 586, § 1;   Laws 1991, LB 2, § 22;   R.S.1943, (1994), § 79-1455;   Laws 1996, LB 900, § 912.
NE Code § 79-11,131 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 79 - Schools|79-11,131 - State Treasurer; custodian of funds; disbursement.

79-11,131.  State Treasurer; custodian of funds; disbursement.The State Treasurer shall act as custodian of the money paid by the federal government to the state to carry out the agreement referred to in section 79-11,130 and shall disburse such money in accordance with the direction of the State Board of Education.Source   Laws 1955, c. 324, § 12, p. 1006;   R.S.1943, (1994), § 79-1456;   Laws 1996, LB 900, § 913.
NE Code § 79-11,132 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 79 - Schools|79-11,132 - Interagency agreement with Department of Health and Human Services; matching of funds required.

79-11,132.  Interagency agreement with Department of Health and Human Services; matching of funds required.The State Department of Education shall enter into an interagency agreement with the Department of Health and Human Services to provide vocational rehabilitation services and supported employment programs to persons with developmental disabilities. The Division of Rehabilitation Services of the State Department of Education shall match all state and local funds provided by the Department of Health and Human Services and developmental disabilities regions to the extent that federal vocational rehabilitation funds are available.Source   Laws 1991, LB 830, § 33;   R.S.1943, (1994), § 79-1457;   Laws 1996, LB 900, § 914;   Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 820.
NE Code § 79-11,133 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 79 - Schools|79-11,133 - Adult Education Program; establishment; purpose.

79-11,133.  Adult Education Program; establishment; purpose.The Adult Education Program is established in the State Department of Education. The program shall assist in the development and strengthening of community education programs in school districts of the state and provide for the education of any person who is sixteen years of age or older, who is not enrolled in high school and is not required to be enrolled in school, who lacks sufficient mastery of basic educational skills to enable him or her to function effectively in society or does not have a certificate of graduation from a high school or equivalent educational experience, and whose lack of mastery of basic skills results in an inability to speak, read, write, or understand the English language constituting a substantial impairment of his or her ability and evidences a need for programs to help eliminate such inability and raise his or her level of education making it less likely that he or she will become dependent on others. The program shall be under the direction of a state supervisor appointed by the department.Source   Laws 1927, c. 82, § 1, p. 248;   C.S.1929, § 79-2301;   R.S.1943, § 79-2301;   Laws 1949, c. 256, § 404, p. 827;   Laws 1990, LB 1090, § 28;   R.S.1943, (1994), § 79-1415;   Laws 1996, LB 900, § 915.
NE Code § 79-11,134 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 79 - Schools|79-11,134 - Adult education; classes; authorized.

79-11,134.  Adult education; classes; authorized.School boards and boards of education may expend money for conducting schools and classes in school buildings, industrial establishments, places of employment, and such other places as may be expedient for the purpose of giving instruction to persons described in section 79-11,133. Such courses of instruction or study may include basic educational skills, English, history, civics, and other subjects tending to promote good citizenship and to increase vocational efficiency.Source   Laws 1927, c. 82, § 2, p. 248;   C.S.1929, § 79-2302;   R.S.1943, § 79-2302;   Laws 1949, c. 256, § 405, p. 827;   Laws 1990, LB 1090, § 29;   R.S.1943, (1994), § 79-1416;   Laws 1996, LB 900, § 916.
NE Code § 79-11,135 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 79 - Schools|79-11,135 - Adult Education Program; expenses; how paid.

79-11,135.  Adult Education Program; expenses; how paid.The Commissioner of Education may disburse, from funds appropriated for the State Department of Education, sufficient money for supervision, instruction, and other necessary expenses in conducting the Adult Education Program.Source   Laws 1927, c. 82, § 4, p. 249;   C.S.1929, § 79-2304;   R.S.1943, § 79-2304;   Laws 1949, c. 256, § 407, p. 828;   Laws 1990, LB 1090, § 30;   R.S.1943, (1994), § 79-1418;   Laws 1996, LB 900, § 917.
NE Code § 79-11,155 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 79 - Schools|79-11,155 - Student achievement coordinator; appointment; qualifications; duties.

79-11,155.  Student achievement coordinator; appointment; qualifications; duties.The Commissioner of Education shall appoint a student achievement coordinator, subject to confirmation by a majority vote of the members of the State Board of Education. The coordinator shall have a background and training in addressing the unique educational needs of low-achieving students, including students in poverty, limited English proficient students, and highly mobile students.The coordinator shall evaluate and coordinate existing resources for effective programs to increase achievement for such students across the state.The coordinator or other department staff designated by the Commissioner of Education shall also consult with learning communities, educational service units, and school districts on the development, implementation, and evaluation of community achievement plans. In addition, the coordinator or other department staff designated by the commissioner shall conduct an initial review of submitted community achievement plans and return the plans with any suggestions or comments prior to the final submission of the plan for approval by the State Board of Education.Source  Laws 2014, LB967, § 21;  Laws 2016, LB1067, § 57;  Laws 2018, LB1081, § 16.
NE Code § 79-11,156 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 79 - Schools|79-11,156 - Student; receive evidence-based structured literacy instruction.

79-11,156.  Student; receive evidence-based structured literacy instruction.(1) Beginning with the 2018-19 school year, unless otherwise provided in an individualized education plan for a student receiving special education services, each student who is identified as exhibiting characteristics of dyslexia shall receive evidence-based structured literacy instruction implemented with fidelity using a multisensory approach as provided in the technical assistance document for dyslexia adopted and promulgated by the State Department of Education pursuant to section 79-11,157.(2) A school district shall not require a student who exhibits characteristics of dyslexia to obtain a medical diagnosis to receive intervention pursuant to this section.Source Laws 2018, LB1052, § 1.
NE Code § 79-11,157 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 79 - Schools|79-11,157 - State Department of Education; duties.

79-11,157.  State Department of Education; duties.The State Department of Education shall develop and distribute a technical assistance document for dyslexia. The technical assistance document shall provide information about the characteristics of dyslexia, associated conditions of dyslexia, indicators of dyslexia, and the screening, progress monitoring, evaluation, instruction, and intervention for dyslexia. The technical assistance document shall also provide guidance for evidence-based structured literacy instruction to be implemented with fidelity using a multisensory approach for students who are identified as exhibiting characteristics of dyslexia. Such document shall be distributed to all teacher education programs, educational service units, and school districts to create statewide awareness among educators. The document shall also be referenced in the rules and regulations of the department regarding approval of teacher education programs, special education, and accreditation of schools.Source Laws 2018, LB1052, § 2.
NE Code § 79-11,158 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 79 - Schools|79-11,158 - Teacher education program; include instruction in dyslexia.

79-11,158.  Teacher education program; include instruction in dyslexia.On and after July 1, 2019, each teacher education program approved by the State Board of Education shall include as a part of their initial program course requirements instruction in dyslexia, including, but not limited to:(1) Knowledge and best practice standards for teaching reading;(2) Characteristics of dyslexia and the science of dyslexia; and(3) Evidence-based structured literacy interventions, classroom accommodations, and assistive technology for individuals with dyslexia.Source Laws 2018, LB1052, § 3.
NE Code § 79-1201 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 79 - Schools|79-1201 - Act, how cited.

79-1201.  Act, how cited.Sections 79-1201 to 79-1249 shall be known and may be cited as the Educational Service Units Act.Source   Laws 1996, LB 900, § 918;   Laws 1998, LB 1110, § 1;  Laws 1999, LB 386, § 2;  Laws 2002, Second Spec. Sess., LB 5, § 2;  Laws 2007, LB603, § 8.
NE Code § 79-1201.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 79 - Schools|79-1201.01 - Terms, defined.

79-1201.01.  Terms, defined.For purposes of the Educational Service Units Act and section 79-1337:(1) Distance education course means a course with at least one student in any of grades kindergarten through twelve who is in a different location than the teacher and taught by a teacher employed by an educational entity utilizing either two-way interactive video or the Internet without two-way interactive video. Distance education course includes a dual-enrollment course with at least one student who is in a different location than the teacher and taught by a teacher employed by an educational entity utilizing either two-way interactive video or the Internet without two-way interactive video;(2) Dual-enrollment course means a course taught to students for credit at both a high school and a postsecondary educational institution;(3) Educational entity means a school district, a private, denominational, or parochial school, an educational service unit, a community college, a state college, the University of Nebraska, or a nonprofit private postsecondary educational institution;(4) Elementary distance education course means a distance education course which is delivered utilizing two-way interactive video to students who are enrolled in any of grades kindergarten through eight;(5) Network Nebraska means the network created pursuant to section 86-5,100;(6) Qualified distance education course means a distance education course which meets any applicable rules and regulations of the State Department of Education, is offered for one semester of high school credit or the equivalent, and for which all of the participating educational entities are required to have access to Network Nebraska;(7) Technical training means training to equip educators with knowledge about the skills and tools necessary to infuse technological resources and software applications into the curriculum to be used in classrooms with and by students and includes, but is not limited to, computer workstation troubleshooting, distance education, educational software, Internet resources, local area network management, multimedia presentation tools, and strategic planning;(8) Technology includes technical training and technology infrastructure;(9) Technology infrastructure means hardware-related items necessary for schools to interact electronically throughout the state, including, but not limited to, physical connections, wiring, servers, routers, switches, domain name service, and operating systems and human resources necessary to maintain infrastructure, including, but not limited to, systems engineers, programmers, webmasters, and help desk staff; and(10) Two-way interactive video distance education course means a distance education course in which a teacher delivers instruction to students in a different location than the teacher using two-way interactive video on at least two different days per week during the course.Source  Laws 1999, LB 386, § 3;  Laws 2007, LB603, § 9;  Laws 2021, LB528, § 42.   Operative Date: May 26, 2021
NE Code § 79-1202 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 79 - Schools|79-1202 - Educational service units; name.

79-1202.  Educational service units; name.The official name of each educational service unit shall be Educational Service Unit No. ... of the State of Nebraska, and the individual number of each unit shall be determined by the State Board of Education. For educational service units existing on January 1, 1998, the number of the unit shall remain the same. For educational service units created by merger, the number of the unit shall be the number of one of the educational service units dissolving into the new educational service unit. For all other newly created educational service units, the number shall be any number not otherwise assigned to an existing educational service unit.Source   Laws 1965, c. 504, § 1, p. 1606;   Laws 1969, c. 746, § 1, p. 2807;   Laws 1984, LB 994, § 19;   Laws 1987, LB 688, § 12;   R.S.1943, (1994), § 79-2201;   Laws 1996, LB 900, § 919;   Laws 1997, LB 806, § 55;   Laws 1998, Spec. Sess., LB 1, § 50;  Laws 2001, LB 797, § 48;  Laws 2008, LB1154, § 12. Annotations This article sustained as constitutional. Frye v. Haas, 182 Neb. 73, 152 N.W.2d 121 (1967).
NE Code § 79-1205 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 79 - Schools|79-1205 - Annual adjustment to boundaries; State Board of Education; duties.

79-1205.  Annual adjustment to boundaries; State Board of Education; duties.On or before August 1 of each year, the State Board of Education shall adjust the boundaries of any educational service unit the boundaries of which do not align with the boundaries of the member school districts on August 1 of such year. Such boundary adjustments shall align the boundaries of the educational service unit with the boundaries of the member school districts as the boundaries of the member school districts existed on August 1 of such year. Such boundary adjustments shall be referred to the appropriate county and educational service unit officials, and such officials shall implement the adjustments and make the necessary changes in the educational service unit maps and tax records.Source  Laws 2007, LB603, § 10;  Laws 2015, LB525, § 25.
NE Code § 79-1206 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 79 - Schools|79-1206 - Reorganization of educational service unit boundaries; legislative intent.

79-1206.  Reorganization of educational service unit boundaries; legislative intent.The Legislature finds that from time to time there is a need to change the boundaries of educational service units in response to changes in student population and in student and school needs as well as changes in the taxable wealth and financial resources of the educational service units. It is the intent of the Legislature to establish an orderly process for locally initiated reorganization of educational service unit boundaries. The purpose of sections 79-1206 to 79-1211 is to establish the statutory framework for such process and to empower the State Board of Education to make changes in educational service unit boundaries based on statutory criteria.Source   Laws 1987, LB 688, § 2;   R.S.1943, (1994), § 79-2202.03;   Laws 1996, LB 900, § 923.
NE Code § 79-1207 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 79 - Schools|79-1207 - Boundary change; initiated by petition.

79-1207.  Boundary change; initiated by petition.On and after January 1, 1989, petitions to the State Board of Education to change educational service unit boundaries may be initiated by a resolution adopted by a majority vote of any educational service unit board or any school board. In addition, such boards shall initiate a petition for reorganization upon the receipt of a petition signed by ten percent of the legal voters of such educational service unit or school district and certified by the county clerk or election commissioner.Source   Laws 1987, LB 688, § 3;   R.S.1943, (1994), § 79-2202.04;   Laws 1996, LB 900, § 924;   Laws 1997, LB 345, § 46.
NE Code § 79-1208 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 79 - Schools|79-1208 - Boundary change; petition; contents.

79-1208.  Boundary change; petition; contents.Petitions to the State Board of Education to change educational service unit boundaries shall include a description of the proposed boundaries and shall be accompanied by a plan of reorganization which shall include (1) a summary of the reasons for the proposed reorganization, (2) a plan for the provision of services to school districts affected by any reorganization plan, (3) when a petition proposes the dissolution of an entire educational service unit or units for attachment to an existing educational service unit or for the merger of two or more educational service units into a new educational service unit, a summary of the terms on which such reorganization is made, including provision for the utilization of existing facilities, equipment, and materials and provision for the disposition of assets and any unbonded indebtedness of affected educational service units, (4) when a petition deals with the attachment of new territory to an existing educational service unit, verification of approval by majority vote of the receiving educational service unit governing board, and (5) a plan for the establishment of new election districts as required under section 79-1217.Source   Laws 1987, LB 688, § 4;   Laws 1990, LB 486, § 2;   R.S.1943, (1994), § 79-2202.05;   Laws 1996, LB 900, § 925;  Laws 2007, LB603, § 11.
NE Code § 79-1209 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 79 - Schools|79-1209 - Boundaries; petition; changes authorized.

79-1209.  Boundaries; petition; changes authorized.A petition to reorganize educational service units may include the following:(1) A transfer of a school district or districts from one established educational service unit to another established educational service unit;(2) A withdrawal from an established educational service unit by two or more school districts to form a new educational service unit;(3) An addition of a school district or districts which are not part of an educational service unit to an established or new educational service unit; and(4) The dissolution of one or more entire educational service units for attachment to existing educational service units or the merger of two or more educational service units into a new educational service unit.Source   Laws 1987, LB 688, § 5;   R.S.1943, (1994), § 79-2202.06;   Laws 1996, LB 900, § 926;   Laws 1997, LB 806, § 58.
NE Code § 79-1210 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 79 - Schools|79-1210 - State Board of Education; grant or deny petition; criteria.

79-1210.  State Board of Education; grant or deny petition; criteria.The State Board of Education shall grant or deny any petition to change educational service unit boundaries based upon the following criteria:(1) The educational needs of students in the affected school districts and the affected educational service units;(2) The economic viability of the proposal as it relates to affected established educational service units or affected proposed educational service units;(3) Any community of interest among affected school districts and affected educational service units;(4) Geographic proximity as such would affect the ability of affected educational service units to deliver service in a cost-effective manner;(5) Compliance with the requirements of the Educational Service Units Act; and(6) In the dissolution of one or more entire educational service units, evidence of consent from each educational service unit board and two-thirds of the school boards or boards of education of member school districts representing a majority of students in each affected educational service unit.For petitions that change educational service unit boundaries by transferring a learning community member district from one educational service unit to another educational service unit with existing territory in such learning community, the requirements of subdivisions (1), (2), (3), and (4) of this section shall be deemed to have been met if the affected educational service units will each have at least two member school districts after such transfer.Source   Laws 1987, LB 688, § 6;   R.S.1943, (1994), § 79-2202.07;   Laws 1996, LB 900, § 927;   Laws 1997, LB 806, § 59;  Laws 2008, LB1154, § 13.
NE Code § 79-1211 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 79 - Schools|79-1211 - Petition; hearing; approval or rejection; effect.

79-1211.  Petition; hearing; approval or rejection; effect.The State Board of Education, within ninety days after the receipt of any petition described in section 79-1208, shall hold a public hearing on the proposed reorganization plan. At the board's option, it may appoint a hearing officer to conduct the public hearing and issue a summary of the evidence presented. The board may also direct the appointed hearing officer to recommend a decision to the board, which recommendation shall not be binding on the board. Within one hundred twenty days after the receipt of such petition, the board shall approve or reject such petition. If the board rejects the petition, it shall clearly state its reasons for such rejection. Approved petitions for reorganization of educational service unit boundaries shall be referred to the appropriate county and educational service unit officials to implement the plan and to make the necessary changes in the educational service unit maps and tax records.Source   Laws 1987, LB 688, § 7;   Laws 1990, LB 486, § 3;   R.S.1943, (1994), § 79-2202.08;   Laws 1996, LB 900, § 928;  Laws 2007, LB603, § 12.