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 moreSenators passed measures this session to provide additional oversight of the state correctional system, ensure fair treatment for minors engaged in the court system and address the state’s opioid epidemic.
Read moreThe Legislature passed a bill April 18 that protects the custodial rights of people with disabilities.
Read moreVictims of sex trafficking can have their convictions set aside and their court records sealed under a bill passed by the Legislature April 11.
Read moreThe state Department of Correctional Services will be required to develop an accelerated release plan for inmates under a bill passed by the Legislature April 11.
Read moreNebraska schools are required to provide special reading instruction for students with dyslexia beginning this fall under a bill passed by lawmakers April 11.
Read moreThe Legislature advanced a bill from select file April 10 that would protect the custodial rights of people with disabilities.
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Driverless cars could be traveling on city streets under a bill discussed by lawmakers April 4 and 5.
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Two different icons would represent Nebraska at the U.S. Capitol under a bill advanced by the Legislature April 3.
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The state Department of Correctional Services would be required to develop an accelerated release plan for inmates under a bill advanced by the Legislature March 29.
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Lawmakers reached a compromise on Title X provisions in the state’s mainline budget March 28, amending and advancing the bill to final reading.
Read moreA 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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Lawmakers made a second attempt March 23 to end debate and advance a bill to make adjustments to the state’s mainline budget.
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Certain adjudicated youth would be temporarily barred from possessing firearms under a bill advanced from general file by the Legislature March 22.
Read moreVictims of sex trafficking could have their convictions set aside and their court records sealed under a bill advanced by lawmakers March 21.
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