2012 Nebraska Revised Statutes
Chapter 81 - STATE ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENTS
81-1210.01 - Interns; job training grants; terms, defined.

81-1210.01. Interns; job training grants; terms, defined.

For purposes of sections 81-1210.01 to 81-1210.03:

(1) Department means the Department of Economic Development;

(2) Distressed area means a municipality, county with a population of fewer than one hundred thousand inhabitants according to the most recent federal decennial census, unincorporated area within a county, or census tract in Nebraska that (a) has an unemployment rate which exceeds the statewide average unemployment rate, (b) has a per capita income below the statewide average per capita income, or (c) had a population decrease between the two most recent federal decennial censuses;

(3) Eligible company has the same meaning as qualified business in subsection (1) of section 77-5715;

(4) Intern means any person who is working in a professional environment for a limited period of time to gain sufficient practical work experience in a professional or technical position to allow for career decisionmaking and to provide the employer valuable skills to accelerate short-term business objectives and who (a) is enrolled full time in a four-year college or university in Nebraska and has achieved junior or senior status by such institution's criteria, (b) is enrolled full time in a two-year college in Nebraska and has successfully completed a minimum of one-half of the total credit hours required for an associate degree, or (c) having residency in Nebraska, is enrolled full time in a four-year college or university in a state other than Nebraska and has achieved junior or senior status by such institution's criteria; and

(5) Internship means any internship that did not exist before June 1, 2011.