2006 Nebraska Revised Statutes - § 79-215 — Students; admission; tuition; persons exempt; department; duties.

Section 79-215
Students; admission; tuition; persons exempt; department; duties.
Section 79-215

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a student is a resident of the school district where he or she resides or any school district where at least one of his or her parents reside and shall be admitted to any such school district upon request without charge.

(2) A school board shall admit any homeless student that requests admission without charge.

(3) A school board may allow a student whose residency in the district ceases during a school year to continue attending school in such district for the remainder of that school year.

(4) A school board may admit nonresident students to the school district pursuant to a contract with the district where the student is a resident and shall collect tuition pursuant to the contract.

(5) A school board may admit nonresident students to the school district pursuant to the enrollment option program as authorized by sections 79-232 to 79-246, and such admission shall be without charge.

(6) A school board may admit a student who is a resident of another state to the school district and collect tuition in advance at a rate determined by the school board.

(7) When a student as a ward of the state or as a ward of any court (a) has been placed in a school district other than the district in which he or she resided at the time he or she became a ward and such ward does not reside in a foster family home licensed or approved by the Department of Health and Human Services or a foster home maintained or used pursuant to section 83-108.04 or (b) has been placed in any institution which maintains a special education program which has been approved by the State Department of Education and such institution is not owned or operated by the district in which he or she resided at the time he or she became a ward, the cost of his or her education and the required transportation costs associated with the student's education shall be paid by the state, but not in advance, to the receiving school district or approved institution under rules and regulations prescribed by the Department of Health and Human Services and the student shall remain a resident of the district in which he or she resided at the time he or she became a ward. Any student who is a ward of the state or a ward of any court who resides in a foster family home licensed or approved by the Department of Health and Human Services or a foster home maintained or used pursuant to section 83-108.04 shall be deemed a resident of the district in which the foster family home or foster home is located.

(8) When a student is not a ward of the state or a ward of any court and is residing in a residential setting located in Nebraska for reasons other than to receive an education and the residential setting is operated by a service provider which is certified or licensed by the Department of Health and Human Services or is enrolled in the medical assistance program established pursuant to the Medical Assistance Act and Title XIX or XXI of the federal Social Security Act, as amended, the student shall remain a resident of the district in which he or she resided immediately prior to residing in such residential setting. Upon request by a parent or legal guardian, the resident school district shall contract with the district in which such residential setting is located for the provision of all educational services, including all special education services. If the parent or legal guardian has requested that the resident school district contract with the district in which such residential setting is located, the district in which such residential setting is located shall contract with the resident district and provide all educational services, including all special education services, to the student. If the two districts cannot agree on the amount of the contract, the State Department of Education shall determine the amount to be paid by the resident district to the district in which such residential setting is located based on the needs of the student, approved special education rates, the department's general experience with special education budgets, and the cost per student in the district in which such residential setting is located. Once the contract has been entered into, all legal responsibility for special education and related services shall be transferred to the school district in which the residential setting is located. The resident district for a student who is not a ward of the state or a ward of any court does not change when the student moves from one residential setting to another.

(9) In the case of any individual eighteen years of age or younger who is a ward of the state or any court and who is placed in a county detention home established under section 43-2,110, the cost of his or her education shall be paid by the state, regardless of the district in which he or she resided at the time he or she became a ward, to the agency or institution which: (a) Is selected by the county board with jurisdiction over such detention home; (b) has agreed or contracted with such county board to provide educational services; and (c) has been approved by the State Department of Education pursuant to rules and regulations prescribed by the State Board of Education.

(10) No tuition shall be charged for students who may be by law allowed to attend the school without charge.

(11) On a form prescribed by the State Department of Education, an adult with legal or actual charge or control of a student shall provide the name of the student, the name of the adult with legal or actual charge or control of the student, the address where the student is residing, and the telephone number and address where the adult may generally be reached during the school day. If the student is homeless or if the adult does not have a telephone number and address where he or she may generally be reached during the school day, those parts of the form may be left blank and a box may be marked acknowledging that these are the reasons these parts of the form were left blank. The adult with legal or actual charge or control of the student shall also sign the form.

(12) The department shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to carry out the department's responsibilities under this section.

Cross References:

Medical Assistance Act, see section 68-901.

Source:

Laws 1881, c. 78, subdivision V, § 4, p. 352

Laws 1883, c. 72, § 11, p. 293

Laws 1901, c. 63, § 10, p. 440

R.S.1913, § 6784

Laws 1921, c. 64, § 1, p. 250

C.S.1922, § 6325

Laws 1927, c. 88, § 1, p. 257

C.S.1929, § 79-504

R.S.1943, § 79-504

Laws 1947, c. 273, § 1, p. 877

Laws 1949, c. 256, § 84, p. 720

Laws 1972, LB 1219, § 1

Laws 1974, LB 43, § 1

Laws 1979, LB 128, § 1

Laws 1980, LB 770, § 1

Laws 1980, LB 839, § 1

Laws 1982, LB 642, § 1

Laws 1984, LB 286, § 1

Laws 1984, LB 768, § 1

Laws 1985, LB 592, § 1

Laws 1985, LB 725, § 1

Laws 1991, LB 511, § 29

Laws 1992, LB 245, § 34

Laws 1992, Third Spec. Sess., LB 3, § 1

Laws 1994, LB 858, § 5

R.S.1943, (1994), § 79-445

Laws 1996, LB 900, § 19

Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 814

Laws 1997, LB 307, § 212

Laws 2000, LB 1243, § 2

Laws 2001, LB 797, § 5

Laws 2002, LB 1105, § 503

Laws 2006, LB 1248, § 87.

~ Revised Statutes Cumulative Supplement, 2006