Nebraska Statutes 79-818. School board; employment of teachers and administrators; contracts; how executed; prohibitions
A majority of the members of a school board of any school district may enter into a contract of employment with a legally qualified teacher or administrator. Such majority has authority to designate one or more members of the board to sign such contract, which signature shall be binding upon the entire board. A duplicate of such contract shall be filed with the secretary. No member of the board shall enter into or execute on behalf of the district any contract with any teacher or administrator related to him or her or to the majority of the board by blood or marriage notwithstanding section 49-1499.04. The secretary shall notify the State Department of Education, at the time the contract is made, of the length of the proposed term of school and the name of the teacher or administrator. No money belonging to the district shall be paid for teaching to any but legally qualified teachers, and a board shall not pay out money belonging to the school district to any teacher or administrator after such board has received a sworn statement upon behalf of a board that the services of the teacher or administrator in question are under previous contract to that board.
Source
- Laws 1881, c. 78, subdivision IV, § 11, p. 348;
- Laws 1883, c. 72, § 7, p. 291;
- Laws 1901, c. 60, § 1, p. 432;
- R.S.1913, § 6773;
- Laws 1915, c. 117, § 1, p. 267;
- C.S.1922, § 6314;
- C.S.1929, § 79-411;
- Laws 1937, c. 182, § 1, p. 713;
- C.S.Supp.,1941, § 79-411;
- R.S.1943, § 79-411;
- Laws 1949, c. 256, § 349, p. 807;
- Laws 1971, LB 802, § 7;
- R.S.1943, (1994), § 79-1249;
- Laws 1996, LB 900, § 448;
- Laws 1999, LB 272, § 88;
- Laws 2001, LB 242, § 25.
Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 79-818
- Administrator: means any certified employee such as superintendent, assistant superintendent, principal, assistant principal, school nurse, or other supervisory or administrative personnel who do not have as a primary duty the instruction of pupils in the public schools. See Nebraska Statutes 79-101
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- School: means a school under the jurisdiction of a school board authorized by Chapter 79. 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
- Sworn: shall include affirmed in all cases in which an affirmation may be substituted for an oath. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
- Teacher: means any certified employee who is regularly employed for the instruction of pupils in the public schools. See Nebraska Statutes 79-101