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NE Code § 85-220 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 85 - State University, State Colleges, and Postsecondary Education|85-220 - Board of Regents; authority to expend money.

85-220.  Board of Regents; authority to expend money.To enable the Board of Regents to carry out the provisions of sections 85-216 to 85-219, it is hereby authorized to expend such amount of money as it deems necessary from any money hereafter appropriated to carry out the spirit and intent of said sections.Source   Laws 1943, c. 5, § 5, p. 61;   R.S.1943, § 85-220.
NE Code § 85-301 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 85 - State University, State Colleges, and Postsecondary Education|85-301 - State colleges; official names; board of trustees; appointment; traveling expenses.

85-301.  State colleges; official names; board of trustees; appointment; traveling expenses.The existing institutions known as the state colleges located at Chadron, Peru, and Wayne shall hereafter be known and designated as Chadron State College, Peru State College, and Wayne State College, respectively. The general government thereof shall be vested, under the direction of the Legislature, in a board of seven members, to be known as the Board of Trustees of the Nebraska State Colleges, six of whom shall be appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Legislature, two each for terms of two, four, and six years and two each biennium thereafter for terms of six years, and the Commissioner of Education shall be a member ex officio. The duties and powers of the board shall be prescribed by law, and the members thereof shall receive no compensation for the performance of their duties but may be reimbursed for expenses incurred therein, except that members of the Board of Trustees of the Nebraska State Colleges shall not be entitled to reimbursement for mileage or other traveling expense as part of such expenses except on the basis provided for in sections 81-1174 to 81-1177.Source   Laws 1881, c. 78, sub. XIII, § 1, p. 372;   R.S.1913, § 7057;   Laws 1921, c. 67, § 1, p. 257;   C.S.1922, § 6692;   C.S.1929, § 85-301;   Laws 1933, c. 96, § 25, p. 402;   Laws 1941, c. 180, § 13, p. 708;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 85-301;   R.S.1943, § 85-301;   Laws 1949, c. 315, § 1, p. 1035;   Laws 1963, c. 542, § 1, p. 1689;   Laws 1969, c. 852, § 2, p. 3200;   Laws 1988, LB 864, § 69;   Laws 1989, LB 247, § 22;  Laws 2020, LB381, § 138.  Annotations Terms of office are established for members of board. State ex rel. Johnson v. Hagemeister, 161 Neb. 475, 73 N.W.2d 625 (1955).
NE Code § 85-302 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 85 - State University, State Colleges, and Postsecondary Education|85-302 - Board of trustees; officers; body corporate; audit.

85-302.  Board of trustees; officers; body corporate; audit.The members of the Board of Trustees of the Nebraska State Colleges shall annually elect a president and vice president from among their own number. The board shall constitute a body corporate to be known as the Board of Trustees of the Nebraska State Colleges, and as such may sue and be sued, and may make and use a common seal and alter the same at its pleasure. The board shall also select a secretary. The State Treasurer shall be treasurer of the board by virtue of his or her office. A complete and comprehensive annual audit shall be made of the books, accounts, funds, records, and affairs of the board and each of the state colleges.Source   Laws 1881, c. 78, sub. XIII, § 2, p. 373;   R.S.1913, § 7058;   C.S.1922, § 6693;   C.S.1929, § 85-302;   Laws 1943, c. 229, § 1, p. 776;   R.S.1943, § 85-302;   Laws 1969, c. 852, § 3, p. 3200;   Laws 1969, c. 845, § 2, p. 3184;   Laws 1973, LB 130, § 1;  Laws 2005, LB 426, § 21.
NE Code § 85-303 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 85 - State University, State Colleges, and Postsecondary Education|85-303 - Board of trustees; secretary; duties; annual report.

85-303.  Board of trustees; secretary; duties; annual report.It shall be the duty of the secretary to keep an exact and detailed account of the doings of the board, and on January 1 of each year he shall transmit to the Governor a report of all expenditures made during the preceding year.Source   Laws 1881, c. 78, sub. XIII, § 3, p. 373;   R.S.1913, § 7059;   C.S.1922, § 6694;   C.S.1929, § 85-303;   R.S.1943, § 85-303;   Laws 1973, LB 130, § 2.  Annotations Secretary of state normal school board is allowed a salary, though it is not provided for in act. State ex rel. Ludden v. Barton, 88 Neb. 576, 130 N.W. 260 (1911).
NE Code § 85-304 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 85 - State University, State Colleges, and Postsecondary Education|85-304 - Board of trustees; powers, enumerated.

85-304.  Board of trustees; powers, enumerated.The board shall have the power:(1) To appoint a president and such other persons as may be required for each school;(2) To fix their compensation and prescribe their duties;(3) To remove all persons appointed, but the affirmative votes of four members of the board shall be necessary to remove a president or an assistant during the time for which such persons were appointed;(4) Through an extension division to provide for holding of classes at various localities throughout the state, avoiding unnecessary duplication of courses offered by other educational institutions in such localities;(5) To acquire real and personal property and dispose of the same whenever any of the state colleges will be benefited thereby, but no grounds upon which any buildings of any of the state colleges are located shall be disposed of without the consent of the Legislature;(6) To pay expenses for recruitment of academic, administrative, professional, and managerial personnel; and(7) To provide benefits for all present and future employees, including group life insurance, group hospital-medical insurance, and group long-term disability income insurance; and(8) Shall have the duty to institute a continuing program of preventive maintenance and a program of deferred maintenance consistent with the provisions of sections 81-173 to 81-190; and(9) Shall have the duty to consult with the Nebraska Arts Council and acquire works of art for the original construction of any public building under its supervision consistent with sections 82-317 to 82-329, 85-106 to 85-106.03, and 85-304 to 85-304.03.Source   Laws 1881, c. 78, sub. XIII, § 4, p. 373;   R.S.1913, § 7060;   C.S.1922, § 6695;   C.S.1929, § 85-304;   Laws 1937, c. 212, § 1, p. 849;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 85-304;   R.S.1943, § 85-304;   Laws 1959, c. 462, § 1, p. 1530;   Laws 1963, c. 542, § 2, p. 1690;   Laws 1969, c. 852, § 4, p. 3201;   Laws 1973, LB 248, § 3;   Laws 1973, LB 423, § 2;   Laws 1977, LB 309, § 21;   Laws 1978, LB 664, § 13.  Annotations  Where teacher was dismissed by letter from president of state normal school, quo warranto was a proper remedy to test whether dismissal was effective. Eason v. Majors, 111 Neb. 288, 196 N.W. 133 (1923). Upon showing that college administrative body acted from honest conviction upon belief facts showed it was for best interests of the school, and there was no showing that act was arbitrary or generated by ill will, fraud, coercion, or other such motives, court will not interfere. Levitt v. Board of Trustees of Nebraska State Colleges, 376 F.Supp. 945 (D. Neb. 1974).
NE Code § 85-304.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 85 - State University, State Colleges, and Postsecondary Education|85-304.01 - Nebraska State Colleges; new capital construction; appropriation; percentage used for works of art; when.

85-304.01.  Nebraska State Colleges; new capital construction; appropriation; percentage used for works of art; when.After January 1, 1979, at least one percent of any appropriation for the original construction of any public building under the supervision of the Board of Trustees of the Nebraska State Colleges shall be spent for the acquisition of works of art. The works of art may be an integral part of the structure, attached to the structure, detached within or outside of the structure, or may be exhibited by the Board of Trustees of the Nebraska State Colleges in other public facilities.Source  Laws 1978, LB 664, § 14.
NE Code § 85-304.02 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 85 - State University, State Colleges, and Postsecondary Education|85-304.02 - Board of Trustees; works of art; duties.

85-304.02.  Board of Trustees; works of art; duties.The Board of Trustees of the Nebraska State Colleges, in consultation with the Nebraska Arts Council, shall determine the amount of money to be made available for the purchases of art for each project under its supervision. The selection of, commissioning of artists for, reviewing of design, execution and placement of, and the acceptance of works of art for each project shall be the responsibility of the Board of Trustees of the Nebraska State Colleges in consultation with the Nebraska Arts Council.Source  Laws 1978, LB 664, § 15.
NE Code § 85-304.03 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 85 - State University, State Colleges, and Postsecondary Education|85-304.03 - Board of Trustees; insure compliance with sections; manner.

85-304.03.  Board of Trustees; insure compliance with sections; manner.The Board of Trustees of the Nebraska State Colleges shall inform the Director of Administrative Services that sections 82-317 to 82-329, 85-106 to 85-106.03, and 85-304 to 85-304.03 have been complied with for projects under its supervision before a warrant may be issued for payment.Source  Laws 1978, LB 664, § 16.
NE Code § 85-305 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 85 - State University, State Colleges, and Postsecondary Education|85-305 - Board of trustees; meetings.

85-305.  Board of trustees; meetings.The board shall hold each year a regular meeting at or near the close of each semester, and such special meetings as may be found necessary.Source   Laws 1881, c. 78, sub. XIII, § 6, p. 374;   R.S.1913, § 7062;   C.S.1922, § 6697;   C.S.1929, § 85-306;   R.S.1943, § 85-305.
NE Code § 85-306 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 85 - State University, State Colleges, and Postsecondary Education|85-306 - State colleges; president; duties.

85-306.  State colleges; president; duties.The president of each school shall be the chief executive officer thereof and shall be responsible to the board for the control and management of the same. All teachers and other subordinates in each state college shall be under the direction of the president thereof, subject to the general regulations of the board.Source   Laws 1881, c. 78, sub. XIII, § 8, p. 374;   R.S.1913, § 7065;   C.S.1922, § 6700;   C.S.1929, § 85-309;   Laws 1937, c. 212, § 2, p. 849;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 85-309;   R.S.1943, § 85-306;   Laws 1969, c. 852, § 5, p. 3201.
NE Code § 85-307 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 85 - State University, State Colleges, and Postsecondary Education|85-307 - State colleges; president; collection of fees.

85-307.  State colleges; president; collection of fees.The president of each state college shall receive and collect the fees for matriculation, board, room and such other fees as may be payable at such school, and shall disburse the same under direction of the board and according to law.Source   Laws 1937, c. 212, § 3, p. 850;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 85-320;   R.S.1943, § 85-307;   Laws 1967, c. 36, § 9, p. 165;   Laws 1969, c. 852, § 6, p. 3201.
NE Code § 85-308 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 85 - State University, State Colleges, and Postsecondary Education|85-308 - State colleges; purpose; courses.

85-308.  State colleges; purpose; courses.The purpose of the state colleges is the training and instruction of persons, both male and female, in the arts of teaching and managing schools, the principles and practice of the various branches of learning taught in our public schools, and the arts and sciences generally. The Board of Trustees of the Nebraska State Colleges shall have power to prescribe, for the state colleges, such courses of instruction as will best fit such persons for teaching and managing the public schools, and their instruction in the arts and sciences generally as provided in sections 85-194, 85-308, 85-606.01, 85-917 to 85-966, and 85-1511.Source   Laws 1881, c. 78, sub. XIII, § 15, p. 376;   R.S.1913, § 7072;   Laws 1921, c. 65, § 1, p. 252;   C.S.1922, § 6707;   C.S.1929, § 85-316;   Laws 1937, c. 212, § 5, p. 850;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 85-316;   R.S.1943, § 85-308;   Laws 1949, c. 315, § 2(1), p. 1035;   Laws 1969, c. 852, § 7, p. 3202;   Laws 1978, LB 756, § 55;   Laws 1996, LB 900, § 1078;  Laws 2017, LB512, § 23.
NE Code § 85-308.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 85 - State University, State Colleges, and Postsecondary Education|85-308.01 - State colleges; degree of bachelor of arts or bachelor of science; confer.

85-308.01.  State colleges; degree of bachelor of arts or bachelor of science; confer.The board shall have power, on the recommendation of the faculty of the respective college, to confer, upon completion of a four-year course in liberal arts prescribed by such board, a degree of bachelor of arts or bachelor of science.Source   Laws 1949, c. 315, § 2(2), p. 1036;   Laws 1965, c. 579, § 1, p. 1870.
NE Code § 85-309 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 85 - State University, State Colleges, and Postsecondary Education|85-309 - Board of Trustees; memorandum of understanding with State Board of Education; policy to share student data.

85-309.  Board of Trustees; memorandum of understanding with State Board of Education; policy to share student data.The Board of Trustees of the Nebraska State Colleges shall enter into a memorandum of understanding on or before September 1, 2010, with the State Board of Education to adopt a policy to share student data. At a minimum, the policy shall ensure that the exchange of information is conducted in conformance with the requirements of the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, 20 U.S.C. 1232g, and all federal regulations and applicable guidelines adopted in accordance with such act, as such act, regulations, and guidelines existed on January 1, 2010.Source Laws 2010, LB1071, § 35.
NE Code § 85-310 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 85 - State University, State Colleges, and Postsecondary Education|85-310 - State colleges; students; admission.

85-310.  State colleges; students; admission.The board shall make such rules and regulations for the admission of students to the state colleges as may seem to be best for the interest of the state colleges and not inconsistent with the purpose for which they have been established.Source   Laws 1881, c. 78, sub. XIII, § 16, p. 376;   Laws 1907, c. 127, § 1, p. 423;   Laws 1911, c. 121, § 1, p. 423;   R.S.1913, § 7073;   C.S.1922, § 6708;   C.S.1929, § 85-317;   Laws 1937, c. 212, § 6, p. 850;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 85-317;   R.S.1943, § 85-310;   Laws 1969, c. 852, § 8, p. 3202.  Annotations Board cannot arbitrarily refuse admission to or continuance in normal school. Jackson v. State ex rel. Majors, 57 Neb. 183, 77 N.W. 662 (1898).
NE Code § 85-311 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 85 - State University, State Colleges, and Postsecondary Education|85-311 - State colleges; matriculation fee; institutional cash fund.

85-311.  State colleges; matriculation fee; institutional cash fund.Students, when entering any state teachers college for the first time, shall pay a matriculation fee of five dollars. The money thus received shall be paid into the hands of the State Treasurer, and shall be held and disbursed as an institutional cash fund for the college wherein the students shall matriculate.Source   Laws 1881, c. 78, sub. XIII, § 13, p. 376;   R.S.1913, § 7070;   C.S.1922, § 6705;   C.S.1929, § 85-314;   R.S.1943, § 85-311;   Laws 1949, c. 315, § 3, p. 1036;   Laws 1959, c. 463, § 1, p. 1531.
NE Code § 85-312 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 85 - State University, State Colleges, and Postsecondary Education|85-312 - State colleges; morals of the pupils; faculty; religious test forbidden.

85-312.  State colleges; morals of the pupils; faculty; religious test forbidden.The board in its regulations, and the president in his supervision and government of the state colleges, shall exercise a watchful guardianship over the morals of the pupils, but no religious or sectarian test shall be applied in the selection of teachers, and none shall be adopted in the state colleges.Source   Laws 1881, c. 78, sub. XIII, § 9, p. 374;   R.S.1913, § 7066;   C.S.1922, § 6701;   C.S.1929, § 85-310;   Laws 1937, c. 212, § 4, p. 850;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 85-310;   R.S.1943, § 85-312;   Laws 1969, c. 852, § 9, p. 3202.
NE Code § 85-314 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 85 - State University, State Colleges, and Postsecondary Education|85-314 - Board of trustees; rules and regulations.

85-314.  Board of trustees; rules and regulations.The board shall adopt all needful rules and regulations for the careful preservation of the buildings, furniture, apparatus, grounds, timber, shrubbery, and other property belonging to the state college.Source   Laws 1881, c. 78, sub. XIII, § 7, p. 374;   R.S.1913, § 7063;   C.S.1922, § 6698;   C.S.1929, § 85-307;   R.S.1943, § 85-314;   Laws 1969, c. 852, § 10, p. 3202.
NE Code § 85-315 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 85 - State University, State Colleges, and Postsecondary Education|85-315 - Board of trustees; utilities service; sale or lease.

85-315.  Board of trustees; utilities service; sale or lease.The board of trustees is hereby empowered and authorized to make such contract of sale or lease of the whole or part of any water, light or heat plant now or hereafter constructed at any state college, and the purchase of water, heat and light, with any city, village or corporation at or near which is located any state college, as shall in the judgment of the board be to the best interest of said state college.Source   Laws 1913, c. 194, § 1, p. 572;   R.S.1913, § 7064;   C.S.1922, § 6699;   C.S.1929, § 85-308;   R.S.1943, § 85-315;   Laws 1969, c. 852, § 11, p. 3202.
NE Code § 85-316 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 85 - State University, State Colleges, and Postsecondary Education|85-316 - State colleges; funds; contingencies; disbursements; travel expense.

85-316.  State colleges; funds; contingencies; disbursements; travel expense.All funds appropriated for the use and benefit of the state colleges together with the income arising from the lease and sale of endowment lands belonging to such colleges shall be under the direction and control of the board of trustees, subject to the provisions contained in this section, except that each college may retain in its possession a sum not to exceed fifty thousand dollars out of which to make settlement and equitable adjustments with students entitled thereto, to make payments for day-to-day operations calling for immediate payment, and to provide for contingencies. The State Treasurer shall pay out of the proper funds all warrants for money to be expended under sections 85-301 to 85-318, such warrants to be drawn by the Director of Administrative Services on certificates by the president of the state college. All requests for payment or reimbursement for mileage or other traveling expense shall be audited and allowed on the basis of the provisions set forth in sections 81-1174 to 81-1177. No expenditure for traveling expenses to other states shall be authorized by the board for any college employee unless approval for such trip is first granted by the president or his or her designee. The request shall be submitted to the president of such state college or his or her designee and approved in writing by him or her.Source   Laws 1881, c. 78, sub. XIII, § 11, p. 375;   R.S.1913, § 7068;   C.S.1922, § 6703;   C.S.1929, § 85-312;   Laws 1933, c. 96, § 26, p. 402;   Laws 1941, c. 180, § 14, p. 709;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 85-312;   R.S.1943, § 85-316;   Laws 1951, c. 347, § 1, p. 1136;   Laws 1957, c. 399, § 1, p. 1366;   Laws 1963, c. 542, § 3, p. 1690;   Laws 1965, c. 580, § 1, p. 1871;   Laws 1969, c. 852, § 12, p. 3203;   Laws 1986, LB 912, § 1;   Laws 1988, LB 864, § 70;   Laws 1989, LB 398, § 1;  Laws 2005, LB 426, § 22.
NE Code § 85-317 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 85 - State University, State Colleges, and Postsecondary Education|85-317 - State colleges; endowment fund; source; investment.

85-317.  State colleges; endowment fund; source; investment.All the lands remaining unsold of the twenty sections appropriated as an endowment fund for the state colleges and all the endowment fund derived from the sale of such lands are hereby confirmed as such endowment, to be forever used for this purpose. All such money derived from federal grants shall be invested in the manner provided by law for the investment of the permanent school fund of the state, in the same kind of securities and by the same officers charged with that duty pursuant to section 72-202 as may from time to time be amended by the Legislature.Source   Laws 1881, c. 78, sub. XIII, § 12, p. 375;   R.S.1913, § 7069;   C.S.1922, § 6704;   C.S.1929, § 85-315;   R.S.1943, § 85-317;   Laws 1947, c. 354, § 1(1), p. 1105;   Laws 1969, c. 852, § 13, p. 3203;   Laws 1983, LB 238, § 3.
NE Code § 85-317.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 85 - State University, State Colleges, and Postsecondary Education|85-317.01 - State colleges; endowments and gifts; acceptance.

85-317.01.  State colleges; endowments and gifts; acceptance.The Board of Trustees of the Nebraska State Colleges is authorized to receive, upon behalf of any of such state colleges and upon such terms and conditions as may be imposed, such gifts and endowments as the board may decide to accept. Such board shall be trustees of any such gifts and endowments.Source   Laws 1947, c. 354, § 1(2), p. 1105;   Laws 1969, c. 852, § 14, p. 3204.
NE Code § 85-318 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 85 - State University, State Colleges, and Postsecondary Education|85-318 - State colleges; dormitory funds; use.

85-318.  State colleges; dormitory funds; use.All money received for the use of rooms in the dormitories of any of the state colleges, shall be expended by the board in repairs of such dormitory and the furniture of the same, whenever such repairs are needed.Source   Laws 1881, c. 78, sub. XIII, § 14, p. 376;   R.S.1913, § 7071;   C.S.1922, § 6706;   C.S.1929, § 85-315;   R.S.1943, § 85-318;   Laws 1969, c. 852, § 15, p. 3204.
NE Code § 85-319 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 85 - State University, State Colleges, and Postsecondary Education|85-319 - Eminent domain; powers of board of trustees; procedure.

85-319.  Eminent domain; powers of board of trustees; procedure.The Board of Trustees of the Nebraska State Colleges is hereby given power and authority to acquire by condemnation lands necessary for state colleges. The procedure to condemn such property shall be exercised in the manner set forth in Chapter 76, article 7.Source   Laws 1953, c. 365, § 1, p. 1144;   Laws 1969, c. 852, § 16, p. 3204.