Measures to create a school safety reporting system, establish a statewide farm-to-school program and require schools to create health plans for students with seizure disorders were among the proposals advanced by the Education Committee this session.
Read moreLawmakers gave final approval May 20 to a bill intended to improve the personal finance skills of Nebraska students.
Read moreA Nebraska farm-to-school program will provide locally grown and minimally processed food to elementary and secondary school students under a proposal passed by lawmakers May 20.
Read moreLawmakers passed a bill May 20 that makes several technical changes to education law and extends current allocations of lottery funds to education-related programs.
Read moreThe state will install high-quality air filters in certain classrooms to study their effect on student test scores and behavior under a bill passed May 20.
Read moreCertain uniformed service members will receive priority college admission under a bill passed by lawmakers May 19.
Read moreLawmakers passed a bill May 19 that requires each public, private, denominational and parochial school in Nebraska to create individualized health plans for students with seizure disorders.
Read moreLawmakers approved a statewide school safety reporting program May 19.
Read moreNebraska public schools will provide transition services to each student with a developmental disability two years sooner under a bill passed by lawmakers May 19.
Read moreA bill containing several technical changes to education law advanced to the final round of debate May 18 after lawmakers amended it to extend the current allocations of lottery funds to education-related programs.
Read moreA bill that would allocate state lottery funds to behavioral awareness and intervention training stalled on the second round of debate May 18 after a failed cloture motion.
Read moreA bill that would install high-quality air filters in Nebraska classrooms to study their effect on student test scores and behavior was amended and advanced to the final round of debate May 11.
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A commission would conduct an in-depth review of Nebraska public elementary and secondary school financing under a bill advanced from general file May 6.
Read moreNebraska will track and report individual student discipline data under a proposal given final approval April 29.
Read moreLawmakers gave first-round approval April 28 to a bill intended to improve the personal finance skills of Nebraska students.
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