LB 143 Legislature · 109th Legislature (2025-2026)

Change provisions relating to student enrollment

LB 143 amends Nebraska's student enrollment law to extend military family enrollment protections to students with disabilities or special education needs. It requires school districts to apply their existing preliminary enrollment policies for military families - including no-charge enrollment upon arrival - to students with individualized education programs (IEPs), individualized family service plans (IFSPs), or those receiving special education services under federal law. This ensures military-connected students who require special education accommodations have equal enrollment access during relocations. The change directly affects military families with children who have disabilities or special education needs, streamlining their school enrollment process without altering other residency rules.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
Legislature Passage
Apr 2025
Legislature Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
Apr 2025
Introduced Jan 13, 2025 Signed Apr 8, 2025
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Introduced Enrollment and Review ER19 · 1 edit
MINOR
This bill amendment adds the word 'that' to a requirement in the original bill text, clarifying that preliminary enrollment provisions must apply to specific student groups. The change is a minor grammatical correction that improves clarity without altering the substantive policy.
TECHNICAL

Added the word 'that' on page 1, line 4 to clarify that preliminary or advanced enrollment provisions must apply to students with individualized family service plans, individualized education programs, or special education needs.

Floor votes · Legislature Apr 3, 2025

How they voted

470
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 49
Apr 3, 2025
N Nonpartisan49
47 Yea 2
95% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
18
Key actions
5
Committee
2
Apr 8, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor on April 7, 2025
executive
Apr 3, 2025
Legislature · Passed
President/Speaker signed
legislature
Apr 3, 2025
Legislature · Passed
Passed on Final Reading 47-0-2
legislature
Mar 11, 2025
Legislature · Passed
Enrollment and Review ER19 adopted
legislature
Feb 7, 2025
Legislature · Passed
Placed on General File
legislature
Jan 15, 2025
Committee
Referred to Education Committee
legislature
Jan 13, 2025
Introduced
Date of introduction
legislature
1 primary · 3 co-sponsors

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