Hearing Schedule – Sunday January 21, 2024 to Saturday January 27, 2024

View the full week’s schedule here: https://nebraskalegislature.gov/calendar/hearings_range.php?weekly=next

Monday January 22, 2024

Education
Room 1525 – 1:30 PM

SUPPORT: LB1027
Introducer: Clements
Description: Change provisions relating to schools which elect not to meet accreditation and approval requirements

* If you cannot join us in person, please submit online testimony, comments must be submitted by Monday, January 22, 2024 at 8:00 AM! *

Download the Bill Introduction and Submit an Online Comment here:
https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=54947

More Information:

Shared from NCHEA Legislative Alert –
The NCHEA has worked with Senator Robert Clements’ office, District 2, and consulted with HSLDA’s Kevin Boden to generate LB1027. Senator Clements submitted LB1027 into the Nebraska Legislature for consideration this session.

LB1027 would streamline the homeschool statute requirements for parents and the Nebraska Department of Education.
LB1027 would:
1) Remove the existing options for government officials to conduct school visitations and achievement testing of exempt school (homeschool) students,
2) Eliminate the requirement to provide information necessary to prove [via ‘evidence’] that the requirements of 79-1601 will be satisfied and replace this with assurance that the homeschool will do such by signing your intent to do so.
3) Remove the necessity of providing information to demonstrate that individuals monitoring (i.e., teaching) students have “have demonstrated an alternative competency to monitor instruction or supervise students …”. This is appropriate in view of LB705 (2023), which removes basic skills competency testing requirements for the teaching profession in approved or accredited schools.
4) Replaces the existing requirement to annually submit an exemption filing to the Commissioner of education to only when students change, and
5) Removes the requirement for both parents to sign an exemption filing. By requiring only one parent to sign the exemption forms, LB1027 would change the dynamic by placing the burden on the parent not wanting home education, often showing little/no physical or emotion involvement with their child, to responsibly file a petition in court to challenge the homeschool-minded parent. As it is now, there is little/nothing that a joint-custody homeschool-minded parents can do because the law clearly requires two parents.
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Email the Education Committee:

Sen. Dave Murman, Chairperson – dmurman@leg.ne.gov
Sen. Joni Albrecht, Vice Chairperson – jalbrecht@leg.ne.gov
Sen. Danielle Conrad – dconrad@leg.ne.gov
Sen. Lou Ann Linehan llinehan@leg.ne.gov
Sen. Fred Meyer – fmeyer@leg.ne.gov
Sen. Rita Sanders – rsanders@leg.ne.gov
Sen. Lynne Walz – lwalz@leg.ne.gov
Sen. Justin Wayne – jwayne@leg.ne.gov

Tuesday January 23, 2024

Education
Room 1525 – 1:30 PM

SUPPORT: LB1063
Introducer: Halloran
Description: Require approval by the voters of the school district prior to expenditure of special building funds as prescribed

* If you cannot join us in person, please submit online testimony, comments must be submitted by Tuesday, January 23, 2024 at 8:00 AM! *

Download the Bill Introduction and Submit an Online Comment here:
https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=55039

Education
Room 1525 – 1:30 PM

SUPPORT: LB1091
Introducer: Murman
Description: Provide requirements and restrictions for school boards relating to professional employees’ organizations

* If you cannot join us in person, please submit online testimony, comments must be submitted by Tuesday, January 23, 2024 at 8:00 AM! *

Download the Bill Introduction and Submit an Online Comment here:
https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=54709

Email the Education Committee:

Sen. Dave Murman, Chairperson – dmurman@leg.ne.gov
Sen. Joni Albrecht, Vice Chairperson – jalbrecht@leg.ne.gov
Sen. Danielle Conrad – dconrad@leg.ne.gov
Sen. Lou Ann Linehan llinehan@leg.ne.gov
Sen. Fred Meyer – fmeyer@leg.ne.gov
Sen. Rita Sanders – rsanders@leg.ne.gov
Sen. Lynne Walz – lwalz@leg.ne.gov
Sen. Justin Wayne – jwayne@leg.ne.gov

Wednesday January 24, 2024

Thursday January 25, 2024

Natural Resources
Room 1525 – 1:30 PM

SUPPORT: LB826
Introducer: Blood
Description: Provide for combination fishing, fur-harvesting, and hunting permits and stamps and state park entry permits for resident and nonresident veterans and active duty military personnel

* If you cannot join us in person, please submit online testimony, comments must be submitted by Thursday, January 25, 2024 at 8:00 AM! *

Download the Bill Introduction and Submit an Online Comment here:
https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=54905

Email the Natural Resources Committee Members:

Sen. Bruce Bostelman, Chairperson – bbostelman@leg.ne.gov
Sen. Mike Moser, Vice Chairperson – mmoser@leg.ne.gov
Sen. Tom Brandt – tbrandt@leg.ne.gov
Sen. John Cavanaugh – Jcavanaugh@leg.ne.gov
Sen. John Fredrickson – Jfredrickson@leg.ne.gov
Sen. Jana Hughes – jhughes@leg.ne.gov
Sen. Mike Jacobson – mjacobson@leg.ne.gov
Sen. Julie Slama – jslama@leg.ne.gov

Natural Resources
Room 1525 – 1:30 PM

SUPPORT: LB1036
Introducer: Vargas
Description: Provide for issuance of free annual combination fishing, fur-harvesting, and hunting permits, habitat stamps, aquatic habitat stamps, and Nebraska migratory waterfowl stamps to certain veterans and members of the armed forces of the United States

* If you cannot join us in person, please submit online testimony, comments must be submitted by Thursday, January 25, 2024 at 8:00 AM! *

Download the Bill Introduction and Submit an Online Comment here:
https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=55202

You can watch the morning legislative session and afternoon committee hearings at: https://nebraskapublicmedia.org/en/watch/live/

These are live and not recorded for future viewings.

Monday morning agenda is set to begin debate on priority bills.

You can view the full agenda and scheduled bills here: https://nebraskalegislature.gov/calendar/agenda.php?day=2024-01-22

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