Education
Location: Room 1525
Time: 1:30 PM
LB623 – Vargas – Adopt the Remote Instruction Act
LB558 – Vargas – Adopt the Alternative Certification for Quality Teachers Act
LB389 – Sanders – Require the issuance of teaching certificates and permits to military spouses
Due to COVID-19, the Legislature has expanded procedures for public input on legislation. For details, go to https://nebraskalegislature.gov/committees/public-input.php
Date: Tuesday February 02, 2021
Location: Room 1525
Time: 9:30 AM
LB132 | DeBoer | Create the School Financing Review Commission |
LB3 | Briese | Change notice requirements for school district budget hearings and require access to school district data |
LB529 | Walz | Change provisions for the distribution of lottery funds used for education, transfer powers and duties, create new acts and funds, and change education provisions |
Due to COVID-19, the Legislature has expanded procedures for public input on legislation. For details, go to https://nebraskalegislature.gov/committees/public-input.php
Date: Tuesday February 02, 2021
Location: Room 1525
Time: 1:30 PM
LB607 | Hilgers | Correct references to a federally defined term relating to education |
LB117 | Cavanaugh, M. | Adopt the Hunger-Free Schools Act |
LB528 | Walz | Provide, change, and eliminate provisions relating to education |
Due to COVID-19, the Legislature has expanded procedures for public input on legislation. For details, go to https://nebraskalegislature.gov/committees/public-input.php
Date: Monday February 01, 2021
Location: Room 1525
Time: 1:30 PM
Appointment | O’Holleran, Molly S. – Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education | |
LB60 | Kolterman | Change provisions related to community college levies |
LB587 | McDonnell | Adopt the Career Mentoring Grant Act |
LB641 | Day | Change provisions regarding school district salaries during an epidemic |
Due to COVID-19, the Legislature has expanded procedures for public input on legislation. For details, go to https://nebraskalegislature.gov/committees/public-input.php
Date: Monday February 01, 2021
Location: Room 1525
Time: 9:30 AM
LB327 | Slama | Require a personal finance or financial literacy credit for high school graduation | ||||||
LB452 | McKinney | Adopt the Financial Literacy Act | ||||||
LB675 | Linehan | Adopt the Education Lobbyist Pay Transparency Act |
Due to COVID-19, the Legislature has expanded procedures for public input on legislation. For details, go to https://nebraskalegislature.gov/committees/public-input.php
Due to COVID-19, the Legislature has expanded procedures for public input on legislation. For details, go to https://nebraskalegislature.gov/committees/public-input.php
Education
Location: Room 1525
Time: 8:30 AM
Appointment | Terrell, Marjean C. – Board of Trustees of the Nebraska State Colleges |
Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services
Launch Nebraska (Tools, actions, opportunities, and resources to support the complex planning and preparation needed by Nebraska school systems as they work to restart schools and support students as they transition back to school buildings)
U.S. Department of Education
COVID-19 (“Coronavirus”) Information and Resources for Schools and School Personnel
U.S. Department of Education Federal Student Aid announcements
Federal CARES Act
Federal CARES Act Higher Education Summary (from the American Council on Education)
CARES Act: Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (U.S. Department of Education allocation and application information)
Allocations for Section 18004(a)(1) of the CARES Act to Nebraska Institutions (Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund – Student Aid and Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund – Institutional Portion)
Allocations for Section 18004(a)(2) of the CARES Act to Nebraska Institutions (Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund-Minority Serving Institutions and Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund-Strengthening Institutions Program)
Allocations for Section 18004(a)(3) of the CARES Act to Nebraska Institutions (Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund-FIPSE) Revisions are being made at the federal level in the formula allocation table and methodology for this program.
Allocation Total by Nebraska Institution for Sections 18004(a)(1),18004(a)(2), and 18004(a)(3)
CARES Act: Governor’s Emergency Education Relief Fund (Nebraska allocation: $16,357,685)
Nebraska Public Institutions
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
University of Nebraska Medical Center
University of Nebraska Kearney
Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture
Metropolitan Community College
Western Nebraska Community College
Independent Colleges and Universities
Bryan College of Health Sciences
CDC Coronavirus updates: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nCoV/index.html
Nebraska Department of Health & Human Services Coronavirus updates: http://dhhs.ne.gov/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx
Nebraska Department of Education Coronavirus resources: https://www.education.ne.gov/publichealth/resources/
Lincoln County Health Department contact information:
NOTE: After each county name is the county seat.
LB1156 |
Vargas |
Provide for a statewide school panic button program |
LB967 |
DeBoer |
Change provisions regarding bullying prevention and education |