Nebraska Statutes 79-102. School districts; classification
School districts in this state are classified as follows:
Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 79-102
- Elementary grades: means grades kindergarten through eight, inclusive. See Nebraska Statutes 79-101
- High school grades: means all grades above the eighth grade. See Nebraska Statutes 79-101
- School: means a school under the jurisdiction of a school board authorized by Chapter 79. See Nebraska Statutes 79-101
- School board: means the governing body of any school district. See Nebraska Statutes 79-101
- State: when applied to different states of the United States shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories organized by Congress. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
(1) Class III includes any school district embracing territory having a population of less than one hundred fifty thousand inhabitants that maintains both elementary and high school grades under the direction of a single school board;
(2) Class IV includes any school district embracing territory having a population of one hundred thousand or more inhabitants with a city of the primary class within the territory of the district that maintains both elementary and high school grades under the direction of a single school board; and
(3) Class V includes any school district whose employees participate in a retirement system established pursuant to the Class V School Employees Retirement Act and which embraces territory having a city of the metropolitan class within the territory of the district that maintains both elementary grades and high school grades under the direction of a single school board and any school district with territory in a city of the metropolitan class created pursuant to the Learning Community Reorganization Act and designated as a Class V school district in the reorganization plan.
Source
- Laws 1949, c. 256, § 2, p. 691;
- Laws 1959, c. 379, § 1, p. 1320;
- Laws 1981, LB 16, § 1;
- R.S.1943, (1994), § 79-102;
- Laws 1996, LB 900, § 2;
- Laws 1997, LB 345, § 6;
- Laws 1998, LB 629, § 1;
- Laws 2003, LB 394, § 1;
- Laws 2005, LB 126, § 8;
- Laws 2006, LB 1024, § 15;
- Referendum 2006, No. 422;
- Laws 2018, LB377, § 10.