2012 Nebraska Revised Statutes
Chapter 85 - STATE UNIVERSITY, STATE COLLEGES, AND POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION
85-1539 - Nebraska Community College Student Performance and Occupational Education Grant Committee; created; duties.

85-1539. Nebraska Community College Student Performance and Occupational Education Grant Committee; created; duties.

There is hereby created the Nebraska Community College Student Performance and Occupational Education Grant Committee. The committee shall consist of (1) a representative of the Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education, (2) a representative of the Department of Economic Development, (3) a representative of the Department of Labor, (4) a representative of the State Department of Education, (5) a representative affiliated with one of the two community college areas with the two smallest full-time equivalent student enrollment totals for the most recent fiscal year, (6) a representative affiliated with one of the two community college areas with the two largest full-time equivalent student enrollment totals for the most recent fiscal year, and (7) a representative affiliated with one of the two community college areas not included in the categories provided in subdivisions (5) and (6) of this section. Each member shall be appointed by the agency or community college areas being represented. The representatives appointed pursuant to subdivisions (5) through (7) of this section shall serve terms of two years and shall be succeeded by a representative affiliated with the community college areas not represented for the preceding term.

The committee shall develop guidelines for and annually determine the allocation of the Nebraska Community College Student Performance and Occupational Education Grant Fund and any other funds appropriated to Program 99 in Agency 83, Aid to Community Colleges, pursuant to this section and section 85-1540. The total amount allocated for a fiscal year shall not exceed the amounts appropriated from the fund and such other funds as may be appropriated by the Legislature for such fiscal year. The commission shall certify the allocation determined by the committee on or before September 10 of the fiscal year for which such allocation is being certified and shall report such allocation to the Department of Administrative Services. The department shall distribute the total of such appropriated and allocated funds to the selected community college board or boards in a single payment between the fifth and twentieth day of October of the fiscal year for which such allocation is certified.