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2017 Nebraska Revised Statutes
Chapter 85 - STATE UNIVERSITY, STATE COLLEGES, AND POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION
85-2009 Community College Gap Assistance Program Fund; created; use; investment.

Universal Citation: NE Code § 85-2009 (2017)
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85-2009. Community College Gap Assistance Program Fund; created; use; investment.

(1) The Community College Gap Assistance Program Fund is created. The fund shall be under the direction of the committee and shall be administered by the Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education. The fund shall consist of money received pursuant to section 9-812, any other money received by the state in the form of grants or gifts from nonfederal sources, such other amounts as may be transferred or otherwise accrue to the fund, and any investment income earned on the fund. The fund shall be used to provide aid or grants to the community colleges pursuant to the Community College Gap Assistance Program Act. Any money in the fund available for investment shall be invested by the state investment officer pursuant to the Nebraska Capital Expansion Act and the Nebraska State Funds Investment Act.

(2) The total of community college gap assistance awarded from the Community College Gap Assistance Program Fund during any fiscal year shall not exceed one million five hundred thousand dollars.

(3) Money in the fund may also be used by the committee:

(a) To establish application and funding procedures; and

(b) To assist community colleges in defraying the costs of direct staff support services, including, but not limited to, marketing, outreach, applications, interviews, and assessments as follows: (i) Up to twenty percent of any amount allocated for such purposes to the two smallest community colleges; (ii) up to ten percent of any such amount to the two largest community colleges; and (iii) up to fifteen percent of any such amount to the remaining two community colleges. For purposes of this subsection, community college size shall be determined based on the most recent three-year rolling average full-time equivalent enrollment.

Source

  • Laws 2015, LB519, ยง 35.

Cross References

  • Nebraska Capital Expansion Act, see section 72-1269.
  • Nebraska State Funds Investment Act, see section 72-1260.

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