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: May 11, 2026

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

2026

Regular Session

Special Session

Amended Report

ITEM 2

NAME OF LOBBYIST AND PRINCIPAL

LOBBYIST

Lobbyist Name

Coash, Colby

Phone

(402) 423-4951

Address

1311 Stockwell Street

City

Lincoln

State

Zip

68502

PRINCIPAL

Principal Name

Nebraska Association of School Boards

Office Phone

(402) 423-4951

Office Address (Street, Box, or Route)

1311 Stockwell Street

City

Lincoln

State

Zip

68502

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
LB84	Adopt the School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact	Support
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
LB213	Require the State Board of Education to adopt academic content standards on human embryology under the science education standards	Oppose
LB296	Require the State Department of Education to create a centralized education records system and employ registrars relating to students under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court and change provisions relating to graduation requirements and the State Department of Education Improvement Grant Fund	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
LB304	Eliminate a sunset date for the federal Child Care Subsidy program and state intent regarding funding	Support
LB389	Eliminate the levy authority of educational service units and provide state funding to educational service units	Oppose
LB426	Authorize an American flag education program and change provisions relating to the distribution of lottery funds used for education	Neutral
LB440	Adopt the Education Leave and Support Act	Oppose
LB463	Require school districts to develop a cardiac emergency response plan under the School Safety and Security Reporting System Act and provide for grants for such plans from the Medicaid Managed Care Excess Profit Fund	Oppose
LB504	Adopt the Age-Appropriate Online Design Code Act	Support
LB507	Change provisions relating to school transportation expenses for children with disabilities	Oppose
LB521	Change and eliminate provisions relating to the Election Act and elections in cities of the metropolitan class and in cities of the primary class	Support
LB550	Require school districts to adopt a policy that excuses students to attend a course for religious instruction	Oppose
LB596	Change requirements for legal publications and notices required by law, provisions of the Open Meetings Act, county inventories, warrants, and discharge records, storage requirements for certain records, petitions to change names, marriage license and record fees, reports of abandoned property, and the Nebraska Hall of Fame and eliminate a penalty for certain public officials and provisions relating to the registration of farm, ranch, or home names	Support
LB599	Require the State Board of Education to adopt a policy relating to cybersecurity	Support
LB645	Change provisions relating to school retirement systems and the Nebraska State Patrol Retirement System	Support
LB652	Terminate the Board of Educational Lands and Funds	Oppose
LB670	Require schools to adopt a safety plan and provide and change requirements related to training for staff of child care and schools	Support
LB682	Update terminology relating to individualized education programs for high school students	Oppose
LB714	Change provisions relating to motor vehicle taxes and fees	Oppose
LB742	Provide requirements relating to the participation of seventh and eighth grade students in high school sports	Neutral
LB765	Change provisions relating to elections for school district bonds and bonds issued by a joint entity that includes a Nebraska school district or educational service unit	Oppose
LB841	Change provisions relating to special education services, parental consent, and hearings	Oppose
LB862	Change intent relating to appropriations under the Nebraska Reading Improvement Act	Support
LB924	Change powers of learning community councils and authorized uses of learning community levies	Support
LB935	Provide for court fees; change provisions relating to incentives for rural legal practice, protection orders, hearsay, sentencing, support order liens, and paternity proceedings; provide for no-contact periods for victims of certain assaults and civil actions for conduct relating to prohibited content or child exploitation devices; and provide for and change offenses involving mobile tracking devices, stalking, unlawful intrusion, operation of unmanned aircraft systems, and swatting	Support
LB940	Prohibit certain color additives in school meals	Neutral
LB960	Provide a requirement to include nonvoting student members on school boards	Oppose
LB966	Adopt the Hunger-Free Schools Act and provide for an appropriation	Support
LB991	Provide for stop-signal-arm camera systems on school buses and authorize the use of such systems for enforcement of certain violations under the Nebraska Rules of the Road	Support
LB1024	Require school districts and the State Board of Education to provide for instruction on the history of communism	Oppose
LB1050	Provide requirements for dyslexia screening and limit advancement to grade four under the Nebraska Reading Improvement Act	Oppose
LB1053	Eliminate the prohibition regarding suspending a student that is in prekindergarten through second grade	Support
LB1054	Appropriate funds to the State Department of Education for grants for cybersecurity products and services	Support
LB1097	Adopt the State and Political Subdivisions Sexual Abuse Liability Act	Oppose
LB1112	Adopt the Statewide Standardized Grading System Act	Oppose
LB1145	Change provisions relating to notice requirements for a meeting of a public body under the Open Meetings Act	Support
LB1182	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	Oppose
LB1207	Require school districts to provide mental health leave for school employees	Oppose
LB1208	Provide a budget requirement under the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act	Oppose
LB1219	Limit the amount of property taxes that may be levied by a political subdivision	Oppose
LB1257	Eliminate certain sales tax exemptions, impose sales and use taxes on certain services, change school district levy limitations, eliminate the School District Property Tax Relief Act, change provisions of the School District Property Tax Limitation Act, and provide additional foundation aid under the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act	Oppose
LR28CA	Constitutional amendment to eliminate provisions creating the Board of Educational Lands and Funds	Oppose
LR292CA	Constitutional amendment to provide a new method of valuing real property for property tax purposes, provide a limit on property tax increases, provide certain exceptions, provide requirements for declared emergencies, provide for emergency bond levies, and eliminate conflicting constitutional provisions	Oppose
LR317CA	Constitutional amendment to limit the annual growth in the amount of property taxes levied by political subdivisions	Oppose
LR422	Urge Congress and the President of the United States to enact legislation to fully fund the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act	Support

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

Colby_Coash

Lobbyist Name

May 11, 2026

Date