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2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 85 - State University, State Colleges, and Postsecondary Education › 85-1,135 - Construction of sections.

85-1,135.
Construction of sections.
Nothing in sections 85-1,131 to 85-1,137 shall be construed to make a person a professional athlete.
Source
Laws 2003, LB 688, § 5.
Note:
For the operative date for this section, see section 85-1,136.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 85 - State University, State Colleges, and Postsecondary Education › 85-1,136 - Sections; when operative.

85-1,136.
Sections; when operative.
Sections 85-1,131 to 85-1,137 shall become operative whenever laws granting a similar stipend or similarly restricting hours of participation are enacted in at least four other states which have teams that compete in the Big Ten Conference or its successor.
Source
Laws 2003, LB 688, § 6;
Laws 2019, LB102, § 2.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 85 - State University, State Colleges, and Postsecondary Education › 85-1,137 - Alternative to stipend; requirement.

85-1,137.
Alternative to stipend; requirement.
As a preferable alternative to the requirement of section 85-1,134, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln may limit the number of hours required to participate in intercollegiate athletics to such number that participation in a sport would not impede the student athlete's ability to carry a regular academic workload which will allow such student athlete to graduate in four years, will allow the student athlete adequate time to participate in the intellectual and cultural activities on campus, and further will allow the student athlete to work an average of at least twelve hours per week during the academic school year.
Source
Laws 2003, LB 688, § 7.
Note:
For the operative date for this section, see section 85-1,136.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 85 - State University, State Colleges, and Postsecondary Education › 85-201 - Research and extension center west of 100th meridian; purpose; management.

85-201.
Research and extension center west of 100th meridian; purpose; management.
For the furtherance and promotion of agricultural, horticultural, and forestry interests of this state, a research and extension center shall be established west of the one hundredth meridian in Nebraska, which center shall be under the control and management of the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska.
Source
Laws 1903, c. 114, § 1, p. 591;
R.S.1913, § 7135;
C.S.1922, § 6785;
C.S.1929, § 85-201;
R.S.1943, § 85-201;
Laws 1991, LB 663, § 74.
Annotations
Experiment stations are a component part of the College of Agriculture of the University of Nebraska. State ex rel. Bushee v. Whitmore, 86 Neb. 399, 125 N.W. 606 (1910), modifying 85 Neb. 566, 123 N.W. 1051 (1909).
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 85 - State University, State Colleges, and Postsecondary Education › 85-202 - Research and extension center west of 100th meridian; object.

85-202.
Research and extension center west of 100th meridian; object.
The object of the research and extension center referred to in section 85-201 shall be to determine the adaptability of the arid and semiarid portions of Nebraska to agriculture, horticulture, and forest-tree growing, such as the producing of grain, grasses, root crops, and fruits of kinds commonly grown in the same latitude in other states, and the most economical methods of producing such crops without irrigation.
Source
Laws 1903, c. 114, § 4, p. 591;
R.S.1913, § 7137;
C.S.1922, § 6787;
C.S.1929, § 85-203;
R.S.1943, § 85-202;
Laws 1991, LB 663, § 75.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 85 - State University, State Colleges, and Postsecondary Education › 85-206 - Research and extension center west of 102nd meridian; purpose; management.

85-206.
Research and extension center west of 102nd meridian; purpose; management.
For the furtherance and promotion of agricultural, horticultural, and forestry interests of this state, a research and extension center shall be established west of the one hundred second meridian in Nebraska, which center shall be under the control and management of the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska.
Source
Laws 1909, c. 144, § 1, p. 502;
R.S.1913, § 7138;
C.S.1922, § 6788;
C.S.1929, § 85-204;
R.S.1943, § 85-206;
Laws 1991, LB 663, § 76.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 85 - State University, State Colleges, and Postsecondary Education › 85-207 - Research and extension center west of 102nd meridian; object.

85-207.
Research and extension center west of 102nd meridian; object.
The object of the research and extension center referred to in section 85-206 shall be to determine the adaptability of the arid and semiarid portions of Nebraska to agriculture, horticulture, and forestry, such as the producing of grain, grasses, root crops, and fruits of kinds commonly grown in the same latitude in other states, and the most economical methods of producing such crops with and without irrigation.
Source
Laws 1909, c. 144, § 4, p. 503;
R.S.1913, § 7140;
C.S.1922, § 6790;
C.S.1929, § 85-206;
R.S.1943, § 85-207;
Laws 1991, LB 663, § 77.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 85 - State University, State Colleges, and Postsecondary Education › 85-208 - Research and extension center west of 102nd meridian; federal cooperation.

85-208.
Research and extension center west of 102nd meridian; federal cooperation.
The Board of Regents is hereby authorized and empowered to take such steps in conjunction with the authorities of the United States as it deems necessary to successfully establish the research and extension center mentioned in section 85-206.
Source
Laws 1909, c. 144, § 2, p. 503;
R.S.1913, § 7139;
C.S.1922, § 6789;
C.S.1929, § 85-205;
R.S.1943, § 85-208;
Laws 1991, LB 663, § 78.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 85 - State University, State Colleges, and Postsecondary Education › 85-213 - Experiment stations; expenditures; powers of Board of Regents.

85-213.
Experiment stations; expenditures; powers of Board of Regents.
To enable the Board of Regents to carry out the provisions of sections 85-201 to 85-215, it is hereby authorized to expend such amounts as it may deem necessary from any money hereafter appropriated for each station, to carry out the spirit and intent of said sections, either by the State of Nebraska or the United States, as the case might be.
Source
Laws 1903, c. 114, § 6, p. 592;
Laws 1909, c. 143, § 6, p. 502;
Laws 1909, c. 144, § 6, p. 503;
R.S.1913, § 7144;
C.S.1922, § 6794;
Laws 1929, c. 15, § 5, p. 96;
C.S.1929, § 85-210;
R.S.1943, § 85-213.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 85 - State University, State Colleges, and Postsecondary Education › 85-214 - Research and extension centers; control; employees; compensation.

85-214.
Research and extension centers; control; employees; compensation.
The Board of Regents shall have control and supervision of the research and extension centers established by sections 85-201 and 85-206 and shall appoint skillful superintendents and such other employees as to it appears necessary to obtain the best results. The board shall fix the salaries and compensation of employees and establish such rules and regulations as it may from time to time deem best.
Source
Laws 1903, c. 114, § 3, p. 591;
Laws 1909, c. 143, § 3, p. 501;
Laws 1909, c. 144, § 3, p. 503;
R.S.1913, § 7145;
C.S.1922, § 6795;
Laws 1929, c. 15, § 2, p. 96;
C.S.1929, § 85-211;
R.S.1943, § 85-214;
Laws 1959, c. 461, § 1, p. 1529;
Laws 1991, LB 663, § 82;
Laws 2011, LB334, § 7.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 85 - State University, State Colleges, and Postsecondary Education › 85-215 - Research and extension centers; income; use.

85-215.
Research and extension centers; income; use.
The proceeds arising from the sale of products of the research and extension centers provided for in sections 85-201 and 85-206 shall be applied to the liquidation of the running expenses of the research and extension centers from which they are sold, and all money so accruing shall be credited as coming from the state and be applied as a part or whole payment of any amount which may be appropriated from the funds of the state for the maintenance of such research and extension centers.
Source
Laws 1903, c. 114, § 5, p. 591;
Laws 1909, c. 143, § 5, p. 502;
Laws 1909, c. 144, § 5, p. 503;
R.S.1913, § 7146;
C.S.1922, § 6796;
Laws 1929, c. 15, § 4, p. 96;
C.S.1929, § 85-212;
R.S.1943, § 85-215;
Laws 1959, c. 461, § 2, p. 1529;
Laws 1991, LB 663, § 83;
Laws 2011, LB334, § 8.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 85 - State University, State Colleges, and Postsecondary Education › 85-216 - Testing centers; Board of Regents; control; distribution.

85-216.
Testing centers; Board of Regents; control; distribution.
For the promotion and furtherance of the agricultural interests in the different areas of this state, experimental testing centers may be established for the purpose of carrying out a crops-and-soil testing program. Such testing centers shall be under the control and management of the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska and shall be distributed throughout the state in order to determine the effect that variation in soils, rainfall, temperature, growing season, altitude and other factors have in the production of crops in all portions of the state.
Source
Laws 1943, c. 5, § 1, p. 60;
R.S.1943, § 85-216.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 85 - State University, State Colleges, and Postsecondary Education › 85-217 - Testing centers; equipment; employees; salaries; regulations.

85-217.
Testing centers; equipment; employees; salaries; regulations.
The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, through the Director of the Agricultural Experimental Station, shall have control and supervision of such testing centers and shall appoint such employees and purchase such equipment as shall appear to it to be necessary to obtain the best results. The board shall fix the salaries and compensation of employees, and establish such rules and regulations as it may, from time to time, deem necessary.
Source
Laws 1943, c. 5, § 2, p. 60;
R.S.1943, § 85-217.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 85 - State University, State Colleges, and Postsecondary Education › 85-218 - Testing centers; general purposes.

85-218.
Testing centers; general purposes.
The object of such experimental testing stations shall be to study and demonstrate, both without and under irrigation, cropping systems suitable to the area, fertilization practices, methods of water distribution, the production of new crops, crop variety tests and such other matters as may be deemed best to develop the agricultural interests of the state.
Source
Laws 1943, c. 5, § 3, p. 60;
R.S.1943, § 85-218.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 85 - State University, State Colleges, and Postsecondary Education › 85-219 - Testing centers; year-to-year leases from farm owners; area; crops to be planted; renewal lease.

85-219.
Testing centers; year-to-year leases from farm owners; area; crops to be planted; renewal lease.
The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska is authorized to enter into agreements with the owners of farms in this state for the leasing of testing centers. The farms chosen shall each be typical of the area selected as a location for such a testing center. The total area of each of such testing centers shall not be more than is adequate and necessary to best carry out the interest and purpose of sections 85-216 to 85-220. Upon such testing centers there shall be planted, cultivated and harvested, under the supervision and direction of the Department of Agronomy of the University of Nebraska, such crops as will, through experimentation, develop and demonstrate the best crops to be grown in such area and the best farm practices for use in connection therewith. Such agreements for the leasing of testing centers may provide for the performance of such work by the farm owner, in connection therewith, as may be deemed essential. They shall be entered into upon a year-to-year basis and contain a provision for renewal at the option of the Board of Regents.
Source
Laws 1943, c. 5, § 4, p. 60;
R.S.1943, § 85-219.
2023 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.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 85 - State University, State Colleges, and Postsecondary Education › 85-301 - State colleges; official names; board of trustees; appointment; expenses.

85-301.
State colleges; official names; board of trustees; appointment; 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 actual expenses incurred therein.
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;
Laws 2022, LB887, § 1.
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).
2023 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 who shall keep an exact and detailed account of the activities of the board. The State Treasurer shall be treasurer of the board by virtue of the 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;
Laws 2022, LB887, § 2.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 85 - State University, State Colleges, and Postsecondary Education › 85-304 - Board of trustees; powers and duties, enumerated.

85-304.
Board of trustees; powers and duties, enumerated.
(1) The Board of Trustees of the Nebraska State Colleges shall have the power:
(a) To appoint a president and such other persons as may be required for each state college;
(b) To fix their compensation and prescribe their duties;
(c) 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;
(d) 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;
(e) 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;
(f) To pay expenses for recruitment of academic, administrative, professional, and managerial personnel; and
(g) To provide benefits for all present and future employees, including group life insurance, group hospital-medical insurance, and group long-term disability income insurance.
(2) The board shall have the duty:
(a) To institute a continuing program of preventive maintenance and a program of deferred maintenance consistent with the provisions of the Deferred Building Renewal Act; and
(b) 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 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;
Laws 2022, LB887, § 3.
Cross References
Deferred Building Renewal Act, see section 81-190.
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).
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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 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;
Laws 2022, LB887, § 4.
2023 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 of Trustees of the Nebraska State Colleges shall hold regular meetings 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;
Laws 2022, LB887, § 5.
2023 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 state college shall be the chief executive officer thereof and shall be responsible to the Board of Trustees of the Nebraska State Colleges for the control and management of the same. All faculty and other employees of 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;
Laws 2022, LB887, § 6.
2023 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 fees for board and room and such other fees as may be payable to such state college and shall disburse the same under direction of the Board of Trustees of the Nebraska State Colleges 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;
Laws 2022, LB887, § 7.
2023 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 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 85-308 and 85-917 to 85-966.
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;
Laws 2022, LB887, § 8.
2023 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 of Trustees of the Nebraska State Colleges shall have power 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;
Laws 2022, LB887, § 9.
2023 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.
2023 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).
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 85 - State University, State Colleges, and Postsecondary Education › 85-320 - State colleges; retirement plan; establishment; terms; investment of funds.

85-320.
State colleges; retirement plan; establishment; terms; investment of funds.
The Board of Trustees of the Nebraska State Colleges shall have power, in its discretion, to provide retirement benefits for present and future employees of the board, subject to the following: (1) The cost of such retirement benefits shall be funded in accordance with sound actuarial principles with the necessary contributions for both past service and future service being treated in the budgets in the same way as any other operating expense, (2) the state contribution under such retirement plan shall be (a) the amount established by the board before any agreement for reduction of salary or wage earnings, and (b) pursuant to an agreement for reduction of salary or wage earnings, the amount of the reduction of salary or wage earnings, (3) each employee's contribution shall be the amount established by the board and shall not be required to exceed the state's contribution under subdivision (2)(a) of this section, except that in lieu of making such contribution, each such employee may enter into an agreement for reduction of salary or wages for the purchase by the board of annuity contracts for such employee, under the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, but the amount of the reduction of salary or wages allowable under this subdivision may not include credit for service prior to January 1, 1973, (4) continued contributions to the system shall be made until the date of retirement as provided in section 85-606, and (5) the retirement benefits of any employee for service prior to the effective date of any retirement plan established under the provisions of this section shall be those provided under the retirement plan then in force which benefits shall not be abridged. The investment for such a retirement plan shall be made by the state investment officer, but the state investment officer shall not change the type of investment for such retirement plan without the approval of the Board of Trustees of the Nebraska State Colleges.
Source
Laws 1963, c. 539, § 1, p. 1685;
Laws 1967, c. 621, § 2, p. 2084;
Laws 1969, c. 852, § 17, p. 3204;
Laws 1969, c. 849, § 4, p. 3194;
Laws 1969, c. 584, § 130, p. 2430;
Laws 1973, LB 423, § 3;
Laws 1980, LB 817, § 3;
Laws 1981, LB 463, § 3;
Laws 1995, LB 574, § 90.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 85 - State University, State Colleges, and Postsecondary Education › 85-322 - State College Buildings Renovation and Land Acquisition Fund; created; authorized uses.

85-322.
State College Buildings Renovation and Land Acquisition Fund; created; authorized uses.
(1) There is hereby created a State College Buildings Renovation and Land Acquisition Fund. All money accruing to this fund is hereby appropriated to the Board of Trustees of the Nebraska State Colleges and shall be used exclusively for those projects of repair, remodeling, and renovation of buildings belonging to the state colleges and for those land acquisition projects of the state colleges pursuant to this section as long as no such repair, remodeling, or renovation project specified in subsection (2) of this section provides for construction of an addition to any building, unless required by any federal law or law of this state relating to building safety or relating to building access for handicapped persons. No expenditure may be made from such fund without prior approval by a resolution of the Board of Trustees of the Nebraska State Colleges.
(2) The Board of Trustees of the Nebraska State Colleges is authorized to make expenditures from the State College Buildings Renovation and Land Acquisition Fund for the following projects and associated expenses: (a) Repair, remodel, and renovate the east wing of the West Center Main Building at Kearney State College, one million one hundred three thousand one hundred four dollars; (b) repair, remodel, and renovate the Fine Arts Building at Chadron State College, nine hundred ninety thousand dollars; (c) acquire certain real property for public use by Kearney State College, three hundred seventy thousand dollars; and (d) administrative and financing costs associated with any contract which the board of trustees may enter into pursuant to this section to implement any of the projects listed in subdivisions (a) through (c) of this subsection, not to exceed eighteen thousand dollars.
(3) In addition to those building repair, remodeling, or renovation projects and land acquisition projects specifically listed in this section, the Board of Trustees of the Nebraska State Colleges is further authorized to make expenditures from the State College Buildings Renovation and Land Acquisition Fund, which shall include any investment income received from the investment of such fund, for other building repair, remodeling, or renovation project or land acquisition project which shall be specifically approved by the Legislature.
Source
Laws 1983, LB 410, § 6;
Laws 1991, LB 693, § 1.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 85 - State University, State Colleges, and Postsecondary Education › 85-323 - Building renovation and land acquisition projects; board of trustees; powers.

85-323.
Building renovation and land acquisition projects; board of trustees; powers.
(1) In order to accomplish any projects authorized by section 85-322, the Board of Trustees of the Nebraska State Colleges may enter into contracts with any person, firm, or corporation providing for the implementation of any such project of the state colleges and providing for the long-term payment of the cost of such project from the State College Buildings Renovation and Land Acquisition Fund. In no case shall any such contract for the projects specified in subsection (2) of section 85-322 run for a period longer than ten years or exceed two million four hundred eighty-one thousand one hundred four dollars. The board of trustees shall not pledge the credit of the State of Nebraska for the payment of any sum owing on account of such contract, except that there may be pledged for the payment of any such contract any appropriations specifically made by the Legislature for such purpose. No contract shall be entered into pursuant to this section without prior approval by a resolution of the board of trustees.
(2) The Board of Trustees of the Nebraska State Colleges may also convey or lease and lease back all or any part of the projects authorized by section 85-322 and the land on which such projects are situated to such person, firm, or corporation as the board of trustees may contract with pursuant to this section to facilitate the long-term payment of the costs of such projects. Any such conveyance or lease shall provide that when the cost of such projects has been paid, together with interest and other costs thereon, such projects and the land on which such projects are located shall become the property of the board of trustees.
Source
Laws 1983, LB 410, § 7;
Laws 1991, LB 693, § 2.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 85 - State University, State Colleges, and Postsecondary Education › 85-324 - State College Facilities Improvement Fund; created; authorized uses.

85-324.
State College Facilities Improvement Fund; created; authorized uses.
There is hereby created the State College Facilities Improvement Fund. All money accruing to the fund is hereby appropriated to the Board of Trustees of the Nebraska State Colleges and shall be used exclusively for those construction projects of the state colleges authorized pursuant to this section. No expenditure may be made from such fund without prior approval by a resolution of the board of trustees.
The board of trustees may make expenditures from the State College Facilities Improvement Fund for the following projects: (1) Renovation of the T.J. Majors Education Building at Peru State College, two million twenty-five thousand dollars; and (2) renovation of, and construction of an addition to, Cushing Coliseum at Kearney State College, eight million five hundred and ninety-eight thousand ninety-eight dollars. The board of trustees may make additional expenditures for the project listed in subdivision (2) of this section in an amount not to exceed two million two hundred and ninety-five thousand dollars from private sources and non-state-aided institutional sources. The cost for each project listed in this section shall be exclusive of sums previously expended for planning and any administrative costs and financing costs associated with any contract which the board of trustees may enter into pursuant to this section and section 85-325 to implement any of the projects listed in this section.
The board of trustees may make expenditures for the purposes stated in this section from investment income balances in the State College Facilities Improvement Fund. The board of trustees may make expenditures from such fund in amounts which, in combination with interest accrued on any construction funds and reserve funds created as part of a long-term contract entered into by the board of trustees pursuant to section 85-325, are sufficient to satisfy the financial obligations incurred in such contracts entered into by the board of trustees. Any balance existing in the State College Facilities Improvement Fund, any reserve funds, or any other funds created as part of a long-term contract entered into by the board of trustees pursuant to section 85-325 shall be transferred to the General Fund either on June 15, 1998, or when all financial obligations incurred in the contracts entered into by the board of trustees pursuant to section 85-325 are discharged, whichever occurs first.
Source
Laws 1987, LB 218, § 5;
Laws 1988, LB 38, § 3.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 85 - State University, State Colleges, and Postsecondary Education › 85-325 - Construction projects; board of trustees; powers.

85-325.
Construction projects; board of trustees; powers.
In order to accomplish any projects authorized by section 85-324, the Board of Trustees of the Nebraska State Colleges may enter into contracts with any person, firm, or corporation providing for the implementation of any such project of the state colleges and providing for the long-term payment of the cost of such project from the State College Facilities Improvement Fund. In no case shall any such contract run for a period longer than eleven years or exceed twelve million six hundred twenty-three thousand ninety-eight dollars exclusive of administrative costs, credit enhancement costs, financing costs, capitalized interest, and reserves dedicated to secure payment of contracts. The board of trustees shall not pledge the credit of the State of Nebraska for the payment of any sum owing on account of such contract, except that there may be pledged for the payment of any such contract any appropriations specifically made by the Legislature for such purpose. No contract shall be entered into pursuant to this section without prior approval by a resolution of the board of trustees. The board of trustees may also convey or lease and lease back all or any part of the projects authorized by section 85-324 and the land on which such projects are situated to such person, firm, or corporation as the board of trustees may contract with pursuant to this section to facilitate the long-term payment of the cost of such projects. Any such conveyance or lease shall provide that when the cost of such projects has been paid, together with interest and other costs thereon, such projects and the land on which such projects are located shall become the property of the board of trustees.
Source
Laws 1987, LB 218, § 6.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 85 - State University, State Colleges, and Postsecondary Education › 85-326 - State College Facility Fund; created; authorized uses.

85-326.
State College Facility Fund; created; authorized uses.
There is hereby created a State College Facility Fund. All money accruing to the fund is hereby appropriated to the Board of Trustees of the Nebraska State Colleges and shall be used exclusively for the construction project authorized in this section. No expenditures may be made from such fund without prior approval by a resolution of the Board of Trustees.
The Board of Trustees is authorized to make expenditures from the State College Facility Fund for the following project and associated expenses: Construction of a classroom and laboratory facility to house the Division of Business at Wayne State College, three million nine hundred twenty-five thousand five hundred twenty dollars. The cost limitation set forth in this section shall be exclusive of sums previously expended from other sources for planning and administrative costs, financing costs, and other costs associated with any contract which the Board of Trustees may enter into pursuant to this section and section 85-327 to implement the project listed in this section. The Board of Trustees shall record and report, on the Nebraska State Accounting System, expenditure of amounts from the State College Facility Fund and expenditure of proceeds arising from any contract entered into pursuant to this section and section 85-327 in such manner and format as prescribed by the Department of Administrative Services.
The Board of Trustees is authorized to make expenditures for the purposes stated in this section from investment income balances in the State College Facility Fund. Any balance existing in the State College Facility Fund or in any reserve funds created as part of a long-term contract entered into by the Board of Trustees pursuant to section 85-327 shall be transferred to the General Fund either on July 15, 1997, or when all financial obligations incurred in the contracts entered into by the Board of Trustees pursuant to section 85-327 are discharged, whichever occurs first. Any balance existing in any reserve funds created as part of a long-term contract entered into by the Board of Trustees pursuant to section 85-327 in excess of such level as may be required by such contract shall be annually transferred to the General Fund on July 15.
Source
Laws 1992, Third Spec. Sess., LB 9, § 5.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 85 - State University, State Colleges, and Postsecondary Education › 85-327 - Wayne State College construction project; board of trustees; powers.

85-327.
Wayne State College construction project; board of trustees; powers.
In order to accomplish the project authorized by section 85-326, the Board of Trustees of the Nebraska State Colleges may enter into contracts with any person, firm, or corporation providing for the long-term payment of the cost of such project from the State College Facility Fund. In no case shall any such contract extend for a period beyond July 15, 1997, or obligate payments beyond those which may be satisfied with funds available pursuant to sections 77-2602 and 85-326. The Board of Trustees shall not pledge the credit of the State of Nebraska for the payment of any sum owing on account of such contract, except that there may be pledged for the payment of any such contract any appropriations specifically made by the Legislature for such purpose. No contract shall be entered into pursuant to this section without prior approval by a resolution of the Board of Trustees. The Board of Trustees may also convey or lease and lease back all or any part of the project authorized by section 85-326 and the land on which such project is situated to such person, firm, or corporation as the Board of Trustees may contract with pursuant to this section to facilitate the long-term payment of the cost of such project. Any such conveyance or lease shall provide that when the cost of such project has been paid, together with interest and other costs thereon, such project and the land on which such project is located shall become the property of the Board of Trustees.
Source
Laws 1992, Third Spec. Sess., LB 9, § 6.