2006 Nebraska Revised Statutes - § 79-2109 — Integration task force; members; integration plan; contents; meetings; powers and duties; expenses.

Section 79-2109
Integration task force; members; integration plan; contents; meetings; powers and duties; expenses.

(1) On or before January 1 immediately following the establishment of a learning community, the learning community coordinating council shall appoint an integration task force for the learning community. In order to appoint the members of the task force, the learning community coordinating council shall divide the learning community into four quadrants along a north and south axis and an east and west axis with each axis geographically centered in the learning community. The task force shall consist of twelve members who are not members of any school board and are not employees of any school district as follows:

(a) Two of the members shall be employed in a planning capacity for a city within the boundaries of the learning community;

(b) Two members shall be members of organizations that represent the interests of minority groups in the learning community; and

(c) Two members from each of the four quadrants established as described in this section.

(2) The purpose of the integration task force is to develop an integration plan for the learning community and to recommend such plan to the learning community coordinating council. Such plan shall address the following:

(a) What the learning community hopes to accomplish for students through integration;

(b) How integration should be accomplished in the learning community;

(c) How the learning community will know if the integration is successful; and

(d) What the learning community should do if integration is not successful.

(3) The integration task force shall meet once per month for one year, may hold public hearings, shall be subject to the Open Meetings Act, and shall report to the learning community coordinating council at the council's monthly meetings in March, June, September, and December. The task force shall also submit the integration plan to the Education Committee of the Legislature in December of such year.

(4) Members of the task force shall not receive compensation but shall be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in carrying out their duties as members of the task force. If a vacancy occurs on the task force, the learning community coordinating council shall appoint a person to fill the vacancy who meets the requirements of the member being replaced.

Cross References:

Open Meetings Act, see section 84-1407.

Source:

Laws 2006, LB 1024, § 111.

~Revised Statutes Cumulative Supplement, 2006