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LEGISLATURE OF NEBRASKA
ONE HUNDRED EIGHTH LEGISLATURE
SECOND SESSION
LEGISLATIVE BILL 985
Introduced by Linehan, 39.
Read first time January 05, 2024
Committee: Education
1 A BILL FOR AN ACT relating to the Nebraska Teacher Recruitment and
2 Retention Act; to amend section 79-8,114, Revised Statutes
3 Supplement, 2023; to change provisions relating to grant
4 eligibility; to repeal the original section; and to declare an
5 emergency.
6 Be it enacted by the people of the State of Nebraska,
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1 Section 1. Section 79-8,114, Revised Statutes Supplement, 2023, is
2 amended to read:
3 79-8,114 (1) A teacher may apply to the department for a grant. The
4 department shall not prioritize a grant based upon the school where the
5 applicant teaches.
6 (2) A teacher is eligible to apply for:
7 (a) A retention one grant of two thousand five hundred dollars if
8 the teacher has signed a contract to complete such teacher's second
9 complete school year of full-time employment as a teacher at a Nebraska
10 school in school year 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26, or 2026-27;
11 (b) A retention two grant of two thousand five hundred dollars if
12 the teacher has signed a contract to complete such teacher's fourth
13 complete school year of full-time employment as a teacher at a Nebraska
14 school in school year 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26, or 2026-27;
15 (c) A retention three grant of two thousand five hundred dollars if
16 the teacher has signed a contract to complete such teacher's sixth
17 complete school year of full-time employment as a teacher at a Nebraska
18 school in school year 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26, or 2026-27; and
19 (d)(i) A high-need retention grant of five thousand dollars if on or
20 after June 2, 2023, a teacher:
21 (A) Obtains an endorsement in special education, mathematics,
22 science, technology, or dual credit; and
23 (B)(I) For an application submitted prior to the effective date of
24 this act, signs (B) Signs a contract to complete a school year of full-
25 time employment as a teacher at a Nebraska school in school year 2024-25,
26 2025-26, or 2026-27; or .
27 (II) For an application submitted on or after the effective date of
28 this act, signs a contract to complete a school year of full-time
29 employment as a teacher to teach in such endorsement area at a Nebraska
30 school in school year 2024-25, 2025-26, or 2026-27.
31 (ii) A teacher shall only be eligible to receive one high-need
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1 retention grant.
2 Sec. 2. Original section 79-8,114, Revised Statutes Supplement,
3 2023, is repealed.
4 Sec. 3. Since an emergency exists, this act takes effect when
5 passed and approved according to law.
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