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LB953                                                                    LB953
                                                                    2024
                               LEGISLATURE OF NEBRASKA
                          ONE HUNDRED EIGHTH LEGISLATURE
                                   SECOND SESSION
                       LEGISLATIVE BILL 953
        Introduced by Kauth, 31; Lippincott, 34.
        Read first time January 04, 2024
        Committee: Education
   A BILL FOR AN ACT relating to teachers; to provide tuition waivers for
       student teachers as prescribed.
   Be it enacted by the people of the State of Nebraska,
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LB953                                                                                            LB953
                                                                                            2024
         Section 1.     (1) Beginning in school year 2025-26 through school year
    2030-31, a student teacher shall be entitled to a waiver of one hundred
   percent of the resident tuition charges of the University of Nebraska or
   a Nebraska state college for the semester the student teacher is student
   teaching in a Nebraska elementary, middle, or high school if the student
   teacher:
          (a) Is enrolled at the University of Nebraska or a Nebraska state
    college;
         (b) Is taking classes and pursuing a degree that relates to a career
    in teaching; and
          (c) Maintains satisfactory academic performance at the University of
    Nebraska or the Nebraska state college.
          (2)(a) Beginning in school year 2025-26 through school year 2031-32,
    for the semester in      which   a student who meets the requirements of
    subsection (1) of this section is student teaching, the University of
    Nebraska or the Nebraska state college shall waive one hundred percent of
   the student teacher's tuition remaining due after subtracting awarded
   federal financial aid grants and state scholarships and grants for such
   semester.
          (b) The University of Nebraska or the Nebraska state college shall
    annually submit a report to the Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary
    Education, on forms and in a manner specified by the commission, relating
    to the number of     individuals receiving the waivers described in
   subsection    (2)(a)      of this section and any other information the
    commission may require. Such report shall not contain any personally
    identifiable information of a student receiving a waiver.
         (3) It is the intent of the Legislature to appropriate up to three
   million dollars from the General Fund to carry out this section.
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