Hearings for Education Committee

The order of the bills listed may not be the order in which they are heard that day in committee.

Business and Labor / Education
Date: Friday October 23, 2026
Location: Room 1023
Time: 1:00 PM
Document
Introducer
Description
Document: LR433
Introducer: Dover
Description: Interim study to examine the necessity of a robust and well-integrated education and workforce system to support long-term economic growth that enables learners to move efficiently from education and training to employment in high-demand and high-wage occupations across the state
Note: Invited testimony only
Education
Date: Wednesday April 01, 2026
Location: Room 1525
Time: 12:00 PM
Document
Introducer
Description
Document: LR422
Introducer: Rountree
Description: Urge Congress and the President of the United States to enact legislation to fully fund the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
Education
Date: Friday February 27, 2026
Location: Room 1524
Time: 1:30 PM
Document
Introducer
Description
Document: LB1216
Introducer: McKinney
Description: Provide for educational services for prisoners
Education
Date: Tuesday February 24, 2026
Location: Room 1525
Time: 1:30 PM
Document
Introducer
Description
Document: Appointment
Introducer:
Description: Abegglen, Jon - Board of Educational Lands and Funds
Document: LB1262
Introducer: Andersen
Description: Adopt the Foreign Adversaries Out of Postsecondary Education Act
Document: LB1051
Introducer: Education Committee
Description: Change a definition relating to the University of Nebraska
Document: LB1052
Introducer: Education Committee
Description: Change terminology relating to the Student Discipline Act
Education
Date: Tuesday February 17, 2026
Location: Room 1525
Time: 1:30 PM
Document
Introducer
Description
Document: LB960
Introducer: McKinney
Description: Provide a requirement to include nonvoting student members on school boards
Document: LB966
Introducer: Cavanaugh, M.
Description: Adopt the Hunger-Free Schools Act and provide for an appropriation
Document: LB1034
Introducer: Dungan
Description: Prohibit school staff from allowing federal immigration enforcement officers to access schools without a judicial warrant
Document: LB1207
Introducer: Juarez
Description: Require school districts to provide mental health leave for school employees
Document: LB1247
Introducer: Dover
Description: Require postsecondary institution participation in the Nebraska Statewide Workforce and Education Reporting System for the Nebraska Career Scholarship Act
Education
Date: Tuesday February 10, 2026
Location: Room 1525
Time: 1:30 PM
Document
Introducer
Description
Document: Appointment
Introducer:
Description: Fields, Joshua - Technical Advisory Committee for Statewide Assessment
Document: Appointment
Introducer:
Description: Buckendahl, Chad W - Technical Advisory Committee for Statewide Assessment
Document: Appointment
Introducer:
Description: Von Behren, Paul J - Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education
Document: Appointment
Introducer:
Description: Wilson, William - Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education
Document: LB855
Introducer: McKinney
Description: Adopt the Youth Early Intervention and Support Act
Document: LB1201
Introducer: Guereca
Description: Provide for a grant program related to classroom libraries and engagement materials
Education
Date: Monday February 09, 2026
Location: Room 1525
Time: 1:30 PM
Document
Introducer
Description
Document: LB1112
Introducer: McKinney
Description: Adopt the Statewide Standardized Grading System Act
Document: LB1184
Introducer: Fredrickson
Description: Adopt the Nebraska Tribal College Investment Act
Document: LB1086
Introducer: Dover
Description: Change eligibility requirements for community college gap assistance
Document: LB1039
Introducer: Dungan
Description: Prohibit school resource officers and security guards from using corporal punishment
Document: LB1182
Introducer: Lippincott
Description: Provide for a base salary for certified teachers and state intent relating to changes to the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act and a new form of block grant funding
Document: LB1029
Introducer: Conrad
Description: Redefine terms relating to reportable funding from a foreign adversarial source for colleges and universities
Education
Date: Tuesday February 03, 2026
Location: Room 1525
Time: 1:30 PM
Document
Introducer
Description
Document: LB1196
Introducer: Storer
Description: Prohibit the use of state or local funds for low-earning outcome postsecondary education programs
Document: LB1164
Introducer: Lonowski
Description: Adopt the Prior Learning Act
Document: LB1208
Introducer: Juarez
Description: Provide a budget requirement under the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act
Document: LB1224
Introducer: Hunt
Description: Prohibit children from transferring to an exempt school during certain child abuse or neglect investigations and prohibit persons convicted of certain crimes from monitoring or providing instruction at such schools
Document: LB1241
Introducer: Murman
Description: Provide requirements relating to applications for employment at a school
Education
Date: Monday February 02, 2026
Location: Room 1525
Time: 1:30 PM
Document
Introducer
Description
Document: LB1038
Introducer: Hughes
Description: Change provisions relating to school funding and property taxes
Document: LB742
Introducer: McKinney
Description: Provide requirements relating to the participation of seventh and eighth grade students in high school sports
Document: LB1046
Introducer: McKinney
Description: Require school policies relating to name, image, and likeness rights for high school students
Document: LB1243
Introducer: Murman
Description: Change school board policies and procedures relating to part-time enrollment
Document: LB1146
Introducer: Conrad
Description: Change provisions relating to reports by a school district relating to absences of a child from school
Education
Date: Tuesday January 27, 2026
Location: Room 1525
Time: 1:30 PM
Document
Introducer
Description
Document: LB1050
Introducer: Murman
Description: Provide requirements for dyslexia screening and limit advancement to grade four under the Nebraska Reading Improvement Act
Document: LB1053
Introducer: Education Committee
Description: Eliminate the prohibition regarding suspending a student that is in prekindergarten through second grade
Document: LB893
Introducer: Storm
Description: Provide for an interpersonal relations training course as an alternative to the human relations training requirement for substitute teachers
Document: LB1022
Introducer: Murman
Description: Eliminate the human relations training requirement for obtaining a Nebraska substitute teacher's certificate
Document: LB1024
Introducer: Murman
Description: Require school districts and the State Board of Education to provide for instruction on the history of communism
Education
Date: Monday January 26, 2026
Location: Room 1525
Time: 1:30 PM
Document
Introducer
Description
Document: LB833
Introducer: Kauth
Description: Change provisions relating to instructional priorities and degree programs at state colleges
Document: LB956
Introducer: Cavanaugh, J.
Description: Provide for the collection of postsecondary institution compensation data
Document: LB870
Introducer: Andersen
Description: Change residence requirements relating to tuition and fees at state postsecondary educational institutions
Note: This will be a combined hearing with LB1061
Document: LB1061
Introducer: Murman
Description: Change residence requirements relating to tuition and fees at state postsecondary educational institutions
Note: This will be a combined hearing with 870
Document: LB745
Introducer: Juarez
Description: Change provisions relating to the requirements for a diploma of high school equivalency
Education
Date: Tuesday January 20, 2026
Location: Room 1525
Time: 1:30 PM
Document
Introducer
Description
Document: LB924
Introducer: Andersen
Description: Change powers of learning community councils and authorized uses of learning community levies
Document: LB748
Introducer: Sorrentino
Description: Change provisions relating to the Nebraska educational savings plan trust and allow for the use of trust funds for recognized postsecondary credential programs
Document: LB841
Introducer: Rountree
Description: Change provisions relating to special education services, parental consent, and hearings
Document: LB937
Introducer: Education Committee
Description: Adopt the Prior Learning Act and the K-12 Education Cybersecurity Act and change provisions relating to student transfers, school absences, option enrollment, extracurricular activities, reports, school employment, the improvement grant program, monitoring or providing instruction, deadlines, the Nebraska Teacher Apprenticeship Program, the Nebraska Teacher Recruitment and Retention Act, and the College Pathway Program Act
Document: LB940
Introducer: Murman
Description: Prohibit certain color additives in school meals