Nebraska Legislature - Lobbyist Reporting Application

Clerk of the Legislature

Room 2014 State Capitol

PO Box 94604

Lincoln, NE 68509

(402) 471-2608

NEBRASKA LOBBYIST
STATEMENT of ACTIVITY

NADC FORM D

Submission Date: Jul 14, 2025

Each registered lobbyist shall file a Statement of Activity within 45 days after the end of a regular session of the Legislature. The statement must be filed even if the lobbyist engaged in no activity.
Any registered lobbyist who engages in lobbying activity in connection with a special session of the Legislature shall file a Statement of Activity within 45 days after the end of the special session. Late filing fees are $25.00 per day, not to exceed $750.00.
Lobbyists having more than one principal shall file a separate report for each principal.

ITEM 1

NATURE OF FILING (Check appropriate box)

For Calendar Year of

2025

Regular Session

Special Session

Amended Report

ITEM 2

NAME OF LOBBYIST AND PRINCIPAL

LOBBYIST

Lobbyist Name

Edwards Westerhold Moore

Phone

(402) 476-1440

Address

1233 Lincoln Mall, Suite 201

City

Lincoln

State

Zip

68508

PRINCIPAL

Principal Name

Nebraska Rural Community Schools Association

Office Phone

(402) 335-7732

Office Address (Street, Box, or Route)

455 S. 11th Street, Suite B

City

Lincoln

State

Zip

68508

List all the legislation upon which the lobbyist acted on behalf of the principal including bills, resolutions, amendments and procedural matters. Identify by number of bill, resolution, amendment or procedural matter and state the position taken. This statement should include a list of amendments or procedural matters which the lobbyist has acted upon for the principal, even if the lobbyist has not acted upon the bill or resolution from which the amendment or procedural matter arises.

Identify bill or resolution number	Describe bill, resolution, amendment or procedural matter	Position taken
LB31	Require school policies relating to the use of student surveillance, monitoring, and tracking technology by school districts	Oppose
LB89	Adopt the Stand With Women Act	Neutral
LB135	Provide, change, and eliminate provisions relating to elections for certain purposes related to bonds and tax levies	Oppose
LB149	Eliminate the prohibition on suspending a student in prekindergarten through second grade	Support
LB236	Allow claims involving child abuse or sexual assault of a child under the Political Subdivisions Tort Claims Act	Oppose
LB249	Provide for military impact funding and change provisions relating to local formula resources under the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act	Support
LB300	Change provisions relating to the Superintendent Pay Transparency Act and provide a limit for superintendent and educational service unit administrator compensation	Oppose
LB303	Create the School Financing Review Commission and change provisions relating to budget authority under the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act	Support
LB306	Change provisions relating to admission to elementary and secondary schools, the Board of Trustees of the Nebraska State Colleges, the Nebraska Career Scholarship Act, the Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education Act, and the Door to College Scholarship Act and require a database of financial information regarding school districts and reporting regarding funding from foreign adversarial sources	Oppose
LB390	Require each school board to adopt a policy relating to access by a parent, guardian, or educational decisionmaker to certain school library information	Neutral
LB408	Adopt the Special Education Teacher Forgivable Loan Program Act	Support
LB424	Limit increases in property tax bills	Oppose
LB463	Require school districts to develop a cardiac emergency response plan under the School Safety and Security Reporting Act and provide for grants for such plans from the Medicaid Managed Care Excess Profit Fund	Oppose
LB497	Provide for admission of and participation in extracurricular activities by certain students that are not residents of the school district	Oppose
LB500	Create the School Financing Review Commission	Support
LB509	Adopt the Opportunity Scholarships Act and provide for income tax credits	Oppose
LB550	Require school districts to adopt a policy that excuses students to attend a course for religious instruction	Oppose
LB557	Change provisions relating to the enrollment option program, provide funding to students denied option enrollment, and eliminate provisions relating to open enrollment option students and diversity plans	Oppose
LB572	Authorize a school district to exceed its budget authority for stipends paid to a student teacher and change the applicability of the School District Property Tax Limitation Act	Support
LB575	Change provisions relating to the Property Tax Request Act and property tax levy limits	Oppose
LB589	Change provisions relating to reimbursement for special education programs and support services and require school districts to provide special education staff with professional leave	Oppose
LB598	Provide funding to school districts to cover extraordinary increases in limited English proficiency student expenditures, change provisions relating to the elementary site allowance and certification dates under the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act and reimbursement for special education programs and support services, and change eligible uses of the Education Future Fund	Support
LB624	Appropriate funds to the State Treasurer for education scholarships	Oppose
LB633	Change provisions relating to applications rejected under the enrollment option program and create the Nebraska Option Enrollment Tuition Account Program	Oppose
LB652	Terminate the Board of Educational Lands and Funds	Oppose
LB653	Change provisions relating to reimbursement for special education programs, support services, and the enrollment option program, provide reimbursement for certain students under the enrollment option program, and change the authorized uses of the Education Future Fund	Oppose
LB692	Change provisions relating to property tax request authority under the School District Property Tax Limitation Act	Oppose
LB714	Change provisions relating to motor vehicle taxes and fees	Oppose
LR12CA	Constitutional amendment to impose a limit on ad valorem taxes for real property, provide a new method of valuing real property for tax purposes, provide certain exceptions, and eliminate conflicting constitutional provisions	Oppose

I certify that all information presented in this form is accurate to the best of my knowledge.

Edwards Westerhold Moore

Lobbyist Name

Jul 14, 2025

Date