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 moreLegislative oversight, performance audit reporting requirements and redistricting concerns topped the list of Executive Board issues considered by lawmakers this session.
Read moreA 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 moreSenators 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 moreThe Executive Board of the Legislature announced the appointment of senators to the new State-Licensed Care Facilities Oversight Committee April 18.
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The Legislature voted April 11 to create a special legislative committee to look into state-licensed care facilities housing residents diagnosed with mental illness.
Read moreA proposal to study expanding high-speed internet access to rural areas of the state was advanced from general file March 27.
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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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A bill that would limit a special school building fund levy stalled on general file March 22 after a failed cloture motion.
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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.
Read moreThe Legislature would create a special committee to look into state-licensed care facilities under a measure considered by the Executive Board Feb. 21.
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Members of the Transportation and Telecommunications Committee heard testimony Feb. 20 on a bill that could expedite the expansion of broadband internet service in rural Nebraska.
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Each of the state’s 17 educational service units would hire a social worker to aid students with behavioral or mental health problems under a bill heard by the Education Committee Feb. 12.
Read moreThe state would step in to rectify a developmental disability provider payment gap from 2016 under a bill heard Feb. 12 by the Appropriations Committee.
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Farm land located within cities and villages in most counties would qualify for special valuation under a bill heard by the Revenue Committee Jan. 19.
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