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NE Code § 79-1212 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 79 - Schools|79-1212 - Reorganized units; board members.

79-1212.  Reorganized units; board members.Members of boards of educational service units existing prior to approval of any plan of reorganization shall serve as board members of educational service units which are reorganized pursuant to sections 79-1206 to 79-1211 until the expiration of their original terms. Such persons shall be members of the board of the reorganized educational service unit in which they reside. Within thirty days after approval of any plan of reorganization by the State Board of Education, the president of the board of each educational service unit being reorganized shall call a meeting of board members of such educational service unit. At such meeting, members of each such board shall appoint one member from each election district to be created pursuant to the plan of reorganization not having representation on such board to serve until the next general election. The board shall take all necessary action to prepare for operation of the reorganized educational service unit following approval of any plan of reorganization by the State Board of Education. Expenses incurred by such board prior to such times shall be prorated between the counties comprising the educational service unit on the basis of the assessed valuation of such counties.Source   Laws 1969, c. 746, § 3, p. 2810;   Laws 1987, LB 688, § 18;   R.S.1943, (1994), § 79-2203.02;   Laws 1996, LB 900, § 929;   Laws 1998, Spec. Sess., LB 1, § 51;  Laws 2007, LB603, § 13;  Laws 2009, LB549, § 46.
NE Code § 79-1213 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 79 - Schools|79-1213 - Reorganized units; warrants; purpose; interest.

79-1213.  Reorganized units; warrants; purpose; interest.The board of any reorganized educational service unit pursuant to sections 79-1206 to 79-1211 is authorized to issue warrants in an amount necessary for the following purposes: (1) To pay its expenses for a one-year period beginning one year after approval of any plan of reorganization by the State Board of Education; and (2) to finance the programs and services of the reorganized educational service unit beginning one year after the approval of any plan of reorganization by the State Board of Education until the distribution of the proceeds of its first tax levy less the amount of cash on hand and to be received during such period. Whenever any board of a reorganized educational service unit issues warrants, such board shall make a tax levy at the next tax-levying period sufficient to pay the same and the interest thereon. Such warrants shall bear interest at the rate of not more than six percent per annum and shall be recorded by the treasurer of the board and redeemed as provided in Chapter 77, article 22, and amendments thereto.Source   Laws 1969, c. 746, § 4, p. 2811;   Laws 1987, LB 688, § 19;   R.S.1943, (1994), § 79-2203.03;   Laws 1996, LB 900, § 930;   Laws 1998, Spec. Sess., LB 1, § 52.
NE Code § 79-1217.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 79 - Schools|79-1217.01 - Educational service unit board; establish election districts.

79-1217.01.  Educational service unit board; establish election districts.By December 31, 2007, and after each decennial census pursuant to section 32-553, each educational service unit board, except boards of educational service units with only one member school district, shall divide the territory of the educational service unit into at least five and up to twelve numbered districts for the purpose of electing members to the board in compliance with section 32-553. Such districts shall be compact and contiguous and substantially equal in population. The newly established election districts shall apply beginning with the nomination and election of educational service unit board members in 2008.Source Laws 2007, LB603, § 15.
NE Code § 79-1218 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 79 - Schools|79-1218 - Board; meetings; organization; duties.

79-1218.  Board; meetings; organization; duties.The board of each educational service unit shall meet and organize by naming one of its members as president, one as vice president, and one as secretary. The board shall employ a treasurer who shall be paid a salary to be fixed by the board.The board of the educational service unit shall determine the participation of the educational service unit in providing supplementary educational services. If the board of the educational service unit does not provide supplementary educational services, it shall meet during each succeeding January to determine the participation in providing supplementary educational services for that calendar year. Meetings may be held by means of virtual conferencing in accordance with subsection (2) of section 84-1411.Source   Laws 1965, c. 504, § 4, p. 1610;   Laws 1969, c. 748, § 1, p. 2822;   Laws 1969, c. 746, § 5, p. 2811;   Laws 1987, LB 688, § 20;   R.S.1943, (1994), § 79-2204;   Laws 1996, LB 900, § 935;  Laws 2009, LB361, § 1;  Laws 2021, LB83, § 8.   Effective Date: April 22, 2021
NE Code § 79-1219 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 79 - Schools|79-1219 - Board; administrator; appointment; compensation; duties.

79-1219.  Board; administrator; appointment; compensation; duties.Each board of an educational service unit deciding to provide supplementary services shall appoint and fix the compensation and duties of an administrator, who shall be a person experienced in public school administration and who shall hold at least a standard administrative certificate. With the advice of the administrator, the board shall also employ and fix the compensation and duties of such professional and clerical assistants as shall be necessary. No board member of an educational service unit shall be employed by the educational service unit board on which he or she is a board member.Source   Laws 1965, c. 504, § 5, p. 1610;   Laws 1987, LB 688, § 22;   R.S.1943, (1994), § 79-2205;   Laws 1996, LB 900, § 936.
NE Code § 79-1220 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 79 - Schools|79-1220 - Board; offices; location.

79-1220.  Board; offices; location.(1) The board shall determine the location within the educational service unit of its principal office and may, if necessary for the performance of its duties under the Educational Service Units Act, establish one or more other offices at such locations as it shall determine within the educational service unit. The board may acquire office space by purchase out of funds appropriated to it for educational purposes or may rent or lease such space as may be necessary. The board shall also acquire the personal property necessary for the performance of its duties.(2) When due to boundary changes provided for in sections 79-1206 to 79-1211 the principal office of an educational service unit is no longer located within the boundaries of the educational service unit, then the affected educational service unit may maintain its principal office outside the boundaries of the unit.Source   Laws 1965, c. 504, § 6, p. 1611;   Laws 1987, LB 688, § 23;   R.S.1943, (1994), § 79-2206;   Laws 1996, LB 900, § 937.
NE Code § 79-1221 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 79 - Schools|79-1221 - Treasurer; custodian of funds; duties; bond or insurance; conditions.

79-1221.  Treasurer; custodian of funds; duties; bond or insurance; conditions.The treasurer shall be the custodian of all funds of the board of the educational service unit. He or she shall attend meetings of the board, shall prepare and submit in writing a monthly report of the state of its finances, and shall pay out money of the board only upon a warrant signed by the president, or in his or her absence by the vice president, and countersigned by the secretary. The treasurer shall give bond or evidence of equivalent insurance coverage, payable to the board, in such sum as the board shall determine conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties as treasurer of the board and for the safekeeping and proper disbursement of all funds of the board collected or received by him or her. Such bond shall be signed by a corporate surety company or insurance company authorized to do business within this state. Such bond or insurance coverage may be enlarged at any time the board deems such enlargement necessary or advisable. The cost of such bond or insurance coverage shall be paid out of funds of the board.Source   Laws 1965, c. 504, § 7, p. 1611;   Laws 1969, c. 748, § 2, p. 2822;   R.S.1943, (1994), § 79-2207;   Laws 1996, LB 900, § 938;  Laws 2006, LB 860, § 1.
NE Code § 79-1222 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 79 - Schools|79-1222 - Educational service unit; services; to whom provided; contracting for health services.

79-1222.  Educational service unit; services; to whom provided; contracting for health services.When requested in writing by local school boards or boards of education, the board of each educational service unit may, at its discretion and within the limitations imposed by sections 79-1224 and 79-1225, (1) provide supplementary services to (a) the requesting school systems within its geographical area, (b) requesting school systems not within its geographical area to the extent allowed under the Educational Service Units Act, and (c) any other educational service unit, (2) plan and coordinate educational services within its geographical area whenever such services are offered on a cooperating basis between local school districts, and (3) contract for educational services with the board of any other educational service unit, any school district, any other educational agency, or any appropriate state or federal officer or agency, except that within that area of the service unit in which there exists an organized, full-time, approved city-county, multicounty, or regional health department with health services available, the educational service unit, if health services are provided, shall first seek to contract for school health services with such department for an amount of compensation agreeable to both such unit and board. The board of each educational service unit may charge for a portion or all of the costs of the additional services authorized by this section. If an educational service unit on December 25, 1969, has a health service facility, this section does not prevent the continued use by the unit of such facility. The educational service unit may contract with such health department to provide school health services for that area of the educational service unit not served by such city-county, multicounty, or regional health department.Source   Laws 1965, c. 504, § 8, p. 1611;   Laws 1969, c. 749, § 1, p. 2823;   Laws 1969, c. 750, § 1, p. 2825;   Laws 1972, LB 928, § 1;   Laws 1979, LB 57, § 2;   Laws 1987, LB 688, § 24;   Laws 1994, LB 1310, § 15;   R.S.1943, (1994), § 79-2208;   Laws 1996, LB 900, § 939;   Laws 1997, LB 347, § 48.
NE Code § 79-1223 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 79 - Schools|79-1223 - Educational service units; real estate; personal property; services; purchase; lease; bids.

79-1223.  Educational service units; real estate; personal property; services; purchase; lease; bids.In order to carry out the purposes provided in section 79-1204, educational service units may purchase, lease, or lease-purchase real estate, equipment, supplies, services, and personal property for their own use. Educational service units may, either individually or collectively, purchase, lease, lease-purchase, or act as purchase agent for administrative and instructional supplies, instructional equipment, instructional services, and personal property for resale only to educational entities. When an educational service unit advertises for bids for administrative or instructional supplies, instructional equipment, instructional services, and personal property, acceptance of any bid submitted to the educational service unit shall obligate the educational service unit to award the contract in accordance with the plans and specifications and in the quantities set forth in the bid documents.Source   Laws 1971, LB 734, § 1;   Laws 1979, LB 57, § 1;   Laws 1987, LB 688, § 13;   R.S.1943, (1994), § 79-2201.01;   Laws 1996, LB 900, § 940;  Laws 2006, LB 1208, § 9;  Laws 2007, LB603, § 21.
NE Code § 79-1224 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 79 - Schools|79-1224 - Governing board; state, county, or federal funds; use; tax; levy; matching of funds.

79-1224.  Governing board; state, county, or federal funds; use; tax; levy; matching of funds.The board of each educational service unit may receive, for the purpose for which made available, any school district, county, state, or federal funds made available to it, or funds or property received from any other source, and may use tax revenue from the levy of the educational service unit for operational expenses and for the purpose of matching any funds that may be made available to it on a matching basis by any state or federal agency. The board of each educational service unit may utilize such personnel or services that may lawfully be offered by any state or federal agency or governmental unit.Source   Laws 1965, c. 504, § 9, p. 1612;   Laws 1972, LB 928, § 2;   R.S.1943, (1994), § 79-2209;   Laws 1996, LB 900, § 941.
NE Code § 79-1225 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 79 - Schools|79-1225 - Governing board; tax; levy; limitation; exception; proceeds; when remitted.

79-1225.  Governing board; tax; levy; limitation; exception; proceeds; when remitted.(1) After the adoption of its budget statement, the board for each educational service unit, except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, may levy a tax in the amount which it requires under its adopted budget statement to be received from taxation. The levy shall be subject to the limits established by section 77-3442. The amount of such levy shall be certified by the secretary of the educational service unit board to the county board of equalization of each county in which any part of the geographical area of the educational service unit is located on or before September 30 of each year. Such tax shall be levied and assessed in the same manner as other property taxes and entered on the books of the county treasurer. The proceeds of such tax, as collected, shall be remitted to the treasurer of the board on or before the fifteenth day of each month or more frequently as provided in section 77-1759.(2) For fiscal year 2013-14 and each fiscal year thereafter, only an educational service unit which has four or more member school districts or an educational service unit composed of a single Class IV or Class V school district may levy a tax on the taxable value of the taxable property within the geographic boundaries of the educational service unit.Source   Laws 1965, c. 504, § 10, p. 1612;   Laws 1969, c. 145, § 47, p. 700;   Laws 1969, c. 746, § 7, p. 2813;   Laws 1977, LB 391, § 2;   Laws 1979, LB 178, § 2;   Laws 1979, LB 187, § 248;   Laws 1980, LB 599, § 15;   Laws 1992, LB 1063, § 201;   Laws 1992, Second Spec. Sess., LB 1, § 172;   Laws 1993, LB 348, § 50;   Laws 1993, LB 452, § 3;   Laws 1993, LB 734, § 53;   Laws 1995, LB 452, § 34;   R.S.Supp.,1995, § 79-2210;   Laws 1996, LB 900, § 942;   Laws 1996, LB 1114, § 67;  Laws 1999, LB 141, § 14;  Laws 1999, LB 287, § 3;  Laws 1999, LB 386, § 4;  Laws 2008, LB1154, § 14;  Laws 2012, LB446, § 2;  Laws 2021, LB644, § 26.   Operative Date: January 1, 2022  Annotations Tax is authorized by this section to be levied for educational service units by the board, and is constitutional. Frye v. Haas, 182 Neb. 73, 152 N.W.2d 121 (1967).
NE Code § 79-1226 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 79 - Schools|79-1226 - Governing board; budget; prepare; contents.

79-1226.  Governing board; budget; prepare; contents.The board of each educational service unit, prior to the levying of any tax as provided by law, shall prepare a budget for the operation and maintenance of the educational service unit for the ensuing year. This budget shall itemize the contemplated expenditures and the expected revenue from taxation received by the educational service unit, from available federal, state, and county sources, from contractual revenue from school districts, and from all other agencies and sources.Source   Laws 1969, c. 700, § 1, p. 2699;   Laws 1972, LB 928, § 3;   R.S.1943, (1994), § 79-2210.01;   Laws 1996, LB 900, § 943.  Cross References  Budget requirements, see section 13-517.
NE Code § 79-1227 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 79 - Schools|79-1227 - Budget; publication required.

79-1227.  Budget; publication required.A summary of the prepared yearly budget of an educational service unit shall be published one time in a legal newspaper published in or of general circulation in each county in the unit at least five days before a meeting at which such budget shall be considered for adoption by the board. Such publication shall also specify the date, time, and place of the public hearing at which the budget will be considered and any tax levy made.Source   Laws 1969, c. 700, § 2, p. 2699;   Laws 1990, LB 1090, § 38;   R.S.1943, (1994), § 79-2210.02;   Laws 1996, LB 900, § 944.
NE Code § 79-1228 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 79 - Schools|79-1228 - Board; report of yearly activities; publication and distribution required.

79-1228.  Board; report of yearly activities; publication and distribution required.The board of an educational service unit shall cause to be published by November 1 of each year a brief report of the yearly activities of the board. The report shall include the amount of revenue received and expenditures itemized by categories. This publication shall be for one time in a newspaper of general circulation distributed in each county in the educational service unit. A copy of the report shall be distributed to each member school district by November 1 of each year.Source   Laws 1969, c. 700, § 3, p. 2699;   Laws 1990, LB 1090, § 39;   R.S.1943, (1994), § 79-2210.03;   Laws 1996, LB 900, § 945.
NE Code § 79-1229 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 79 - Schools|79-1229 - Annual financial report; contents; annual audit required; cost.

79-1229.  Annual financial report; contents; annual audit required; cost.(1) On or before January 31 of each year, the administrator of each educational service unit shall submit to the Commissioner of Education a report described as the annual financial report showing (a) the amount of money received from all sources during the year and the amount of money expended by the educational service unit during the year, (b) other information as necessary to fulfill the requirements of section 79-1241.03, and (c) such other information as the commissioner directs.(2) The board of each educational service unit shall cause a complete and comprehensive annual audit to be made of the books, accounts, records, and affairs of the educational service unit. The audits shall be conducted annually, except that the Auditor of Public Accounts may determine an audit of less frequency to be appropriate but not less than once in any three-year period. The board of each educational service unit may contract with the Auditor of Public Accounts or select a licensed public accountant or certified public accountant or firm of such accountants to conduct the audit and shall be responsible for the cost of the audit pursuant to the contract. Such audit shall be conducted in the same manner as audits of county officers. The original copy of the audit shall be filed in the office of the Auditor of Public Accounts.Source   Laws 1969, c. 700, § 4, p. 2699;   Laws 1985, Second Spec. Sess., LB 29, § 4;   Laws 1987, LB 183, § 5;   R.S.1943, (1994), § 79-2210.04;   Laws 1996, LB 900, § 946;  Laws 2008, LB988, § 51.
NE Code § 79-1230 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 79 - Schools|79-1230 - Sections; supplemental to other law.

79-1230.  Sections; supplemental to other law.Sections 79-1202 to 79-1230 shall be supplemental to any other law and shall not affect the reorganization of school districts as provided in the Reorganization of School Districts Act.Source   Laws 1965, c. 504, § 12, p. 1612;   Laws 1991, LB 511, § 66;   Laws 1992, LB 245, § 71;   R.S.1943, (1994), § 79-2212;   Laws 1996, LB 900, § 947.  Cross References  Reorganization of School Districts Act, see section 79-432.
NE Code § 79-1231 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 79 - Schools|79-1231 - Special education; payment; to whom.

79-1231.  Special education; payment; to whom.When special education is provided by an educational service unit for children with disabilities as defined in section 79-1118.01, the payments provided by sections 79-1126 to 79-1144 shall be made to such educational service unit.Source   Laws 1967, c. 517, § 1, p. 1737;   Laws 1986, LB 1177, § 38;   Laws 1987, LB 367, § 72;   R.S.1943, (1994), § 79-2213;   Laws 1996, LB 900, § 948;   Laws 1997, LB 346, § 58.
NE Code § 79-1232 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 79 - Schools|79-1232 - Educational service unit; insurance coverage; authorized.

79-1232.  Educational service unit; insurance coverage; authorized.The board of any educational service unit may permit its members to participate in the educational service unit's hospitalization, medical, surgical, accident, sickness, or term life insurance coverage or any one or more of such coverages. A board member electing to participate in the insurance program of the educational service unit shall pay both the employee and the employer portions of the premium for such coverage.An educational service unit board which opts to permit its members to participate in insurance coverage under this section shall report quarterly at a board meeting the board members who have elected such coverage. Such a report shall be made available in the educational service unit office for review by the public upon request.Source   Laws 1972, LB 1177, § 4;   R.S.1943, (1994), § 79-2214;   Laws 1996, LB 900, § 949;  Laws 2008, LB850, § 3.
NE Code § 79-1233 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 79 - Schools|79-1233 - Access to telecomputing resources; powers and duties.

79-1233.  Access to telecomputing resources; powers and duties.Each educational service unit shall provide access for all school districts within the geographical area served by the unit to telecomputing resources, which shall include the capacity to receive and transmit distance education courses on at least a regional basis beginning on or before August 1, 2007, through the installation of necessary equipment at each educational service unit location or through interlocal agreements with other educational service units and shall provide support for training users to meet their specific telecomputing and distance education needs. School districts may annually elect prior to a date determined by the educational service unit not to connect to such telecomputing resources. Each educational service unit shall also develop, with the State Department of Education, a plan which provides for connecting the telecomputing and distance education equipment of such school districts with the telecomputing and distance education equipment of the unit.Educational service units may enter into agreements pursuant to the Interlocal Cooperation Act and the Joint Public Agency Act to carry out this section. Such agreements may include, but need not be limited to, provisions requiring any school district having telecomputing or distance education equipment connected to the educational service unit's telecomputing or distance education equipment to pay periodic fees necessary to cover the cost of such usage.Source   Laws 1993, LB 348, § 49;   Laws 1993, LB 452, § 2;   Laws 1995, LB 860, § 3;   R.S.Supp.,1995, § 79-2225;   Laws 1996, LB 900, § 950;  Laws 1999, LB 87, § 90;  Laws 1999, LB 141, § 15;  Laws 1999, LB 386, § 5;  Laws 2006, LB 1208, § 10;  Laws 2007, LB603, § 22;  Laws 2010, LB1071, § 27. Cross References   Interlocal Cooperation Act, see section 13-801.  Joint Public Agency Act, see section 13-2501.