2014 Nebraska Revised Statutes
Chapter 79 - SCHOOLS
79-1011 - Support grants for consolidation; qualification; requirements; payment.

79-1011. Support grants for consolidation; qualification; requirements; payment.

(1) To support school districts which consolidate, support grants shall be paid to reorganized Class III school districts resulting from consolidations which meet the requirements of this section. This section shall only apply to consolidations with an effective date after April 3, 2014.

(2) To qualify for support grants under this section, the consolidation must be approved for support grants by the State Committee for the Reorganization of School Districts. Consolidating school districts shall file an application with the state committee on or before June 15, 2014, or within thirty days following the issuance of the boundary change order pursuant to subsection (1) of section 79-479, whichever is later. The state committee shall approve or disapprove support grants within thirty days after receipt of the application.

(3) For support grants to be approved by the state committee, a reorganization study, including efficiency, demographic, curriculum, facility, financial, and community components, must be completed prior to the reorganization. If a study containing such elements has been completed and the study indicates that the reorganization will most likely result in more efficiency in the delivery of educational services or greater educational opportunities, the state committee may approve support grants.

(4) The amount of the support grant for each qualifying consolidation shall equal one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars multiplied by the number of school districts that are consolidating into the new reorganized Class III school district.

(5) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, support grants shall be calculated as of August 2 immediately preceding the first full school fiscal year the consolidation will be in effect and shall be paid directly to the reorganized Class III district from the School District Reorganization Fund. The payments shall be made in ten as nearly as possible equal payments on the last business day of each month, beginning in September and ending the following June. If the total amount of support grants for that school fiscal year exceeds the amount in the School District Reorganization Fund, the support grants shall be reduced proportionately so that the total amount of support grants equals the amount of funds so appropriated. For support grants approved for school fiscal year 2014-15, an amount equal to any reduction in such support grants for such school fiscal year shall be paid from the amount available in the School District Reorganization Fund for school fiscal year 2015-16 prior to the payment of any support grants approved for school fiscal year 2015-16 and shall not be reduced unless the total for support grants approved for school fiscal year 2014-15 exceeds the total amount available in the School District Reorganization Fund for the combination of school fiscal years 2014-15 and 2015-16. The support grants shall not be included in local system formula resources as calculated under section 79-1018.01.

Source

Laws 2004, LB 1091, § 9;
Laws 2009, LB545, § 12;
Laws 2014, LB967, § 15.
Effective Date: April 3, 2014