Certificate 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.
Read MoreLawmakers gave first-round approval March 14 to a bill meant to address a shortage of qualified early childhood education teachers in rural Nebraska.
Read MoreA bill that would provide grant funding for integrated education and workforce training programs was discussed by the Business and Labor Committee Feb. 26.
Read MoreEach 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 Education Committee heard testimony Jan. 30 on a bill that would direct more state funding toward special education programs and support services.
Read MoreA bill that would provide grant funding to community colleges developing education and training programs for adult learners failed to advance from general file Jan. 22.
Read MoreCertain health care professionals would be required to participate in continuing education about prescribing opiates under a bill considered by the Health and Human Services Committee Jan. 18.
Read MoreThe Education Committee considered bills this session dealing with school funding, reading proficiency, charter schools, physical restraint of students and policies to accommodate pregnant and parenting students.
Read MoreAn education omnibus bill that restricts a levy limit exemption for teachers’ voluntary termination agreements received final approval from the Legislature May 16.
Read MoreSenators gave first-round approval March 31 to a bill that would, as amended, offer financial protection to students of for-profit schools, require trained lifeguards at swimming pools used by schools and place voluntary termination agreements under school district levy limits.
Read MoreThe Education Committee heard testimony March 20 on two bills intended to ensure that Nebraskans graduate high school with basic civic knowledge and skills.
Read MoreThe Appropriations Committee heard testimony March 7 on a bill that would provide additional funds for the Expanded Learning Opportunity (ELO) Grant Program Act.
Read MoreThe Legislature’s Education Committee considered bills this session that alter the state’s school aid formula, eliminate the Omaha learning community’s common levy and require high school students to take a college admission test.
Read MoreParents whose children attend qualifying early childhood education programs would be eligible for a tax credit under a bill heard
Read MoreThe state would use money from its general fund to reimburse schools for most of their special education costs under
Read MoreThe Education Committee heard testimony Jan. 19 on a proposed task force that would recommend measures to increase the supply
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