Display of national motto in schools proposed
Nebraska schools would be required to display the national motto in each school building under a bill considered by the Education Committee Jan. 22.
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Education
Session Review: Education
The Education Committee advanced bills this session that would require special instruction for students with dyslexia, allow an exemption from a prekindergarten teacher certification requirement and create a fund to pay for social workers to connect students to behavioral and mental health care services.
Read moreSocial worker for each ESU vetoed
A proposal to place a social worker in each of the state’s 17 educational service units to aid students with behavioral and mental health problems was vetoed by Gov. Pete Ricketts April 23.
Read moreSocial worker approved for each ESU
Senators approved a proposal April 18 to place a social worker in each of the state’s 17 educational service units to aid students with behavioral and mental health problems.
Read moreEducation cleanup bill passed with reading intervention programs
Senators approved a bill April 11 that makes several technical changes to state education law. As amended, it includes provisions of a bill intended to ensure that Nebraska students are able to read at or above grade level by third grade.
Read moreSpecial instruction for dyslexic students approved
Nebraska schools are required to provide special reading instruction for students with dyslexia beginning this fall under a bill passed by lawmakers April 11.
Read moreCertificate exemption for early childhood education teachers created
A bill meant to address a shortage of qualified early childhood education teachers in rural Nebraska received final approval by the Legislature April 11.
Read moreUpdate to Americanism statute stalls
The Legislature debated a bill April 9 intended to ensure civic competence among Nebraska students.
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Senators at impasse on proposal to fund school aid, property tax relief with sales tax increase
Lawmakers debated a proposal April 6 to provide a minimum amount of state aid to each public school district. A pending amendment would replace the bill and raise the state sales tax rate in order to fund additional school aid and property tax credits.
Read moreSpecial instruction for dyslexic students clears first round
A bill that would require Nebraska schools to provide special reading instruction for students with dyslexia beginning this fall advanced from general file March 27.
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Social worker for each ESU advanced
Senators advanced a proposal March 26 to place a social worker in each of the state’s 17 educational service units to aid students with behavioral and mental health problems.
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School building fund levy restriction stalls
A bill that would limit a special school building fund levy stalled on general file March 22 after a failed cloture motion.
Read moreEducation cleanup bill advanced with reading intervention programs
Senators advanced a bill March 21 that would make several technical changes to state education law. It was amended to include provisions of a bill intended to ensure that Nebraska students are able to read at or above grade level by third grade.
Read moreCertificate exemption for early childhood education teachers advanced
Lawmakers gave first-round approval March 14 to a bill meant to address a shortage of qualified early childhood education teachers in rural Nebraska.
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Social worker for each ESU debated
Senators debated a proposal March 12 to place a social worker in each of the state’s 17 educational service units to aid students with behavioral and mental health problems.
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