Nebraska Administrative Code
Topic - EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF
Title 92 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Chapter 8 - SCHOOL FINANCE & BUDGETING/STATE FUNDING OF EDUCATIONAL SERVICE UNITS AND LEARNING COMMUNITIES
Section 92-8-004 - State Aid
Current through March 20, 2024
for the ensuing school fiscal year shall be calculated pursuant to sections 79-1001 to 79-1033 R.R.S. which is known and may be cited as the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act.
004.01 Application for Early Payment of Postponed State Aid
79-1016(8) R.R.S. states: "A school district whose State Aid is to be calculated [for correction of adjusted valuation due to clerical error, or for agricultural land, assessed value changes by reason of land qualified or disqualified for special use valuation pursuant to sections 77-1343 to 77-1348 R.R.S.] and whose State Aid is postponed as a result of failure to calculate State Aid in such manner, may apply to the State Board for lump sum payment of such postponed State Aid. Such application may be for any amount up to one hundred percent of the postponed state aid. The State Board may grant the entire amount applied for or any portion of such amount. The State Board shall notify the Director of Administrative Services of the amount of funds to be paid in a lump sum and the reduced amount of the monthly payments. The Director of Administrative Services shall, at the time of the next State Aid payment pursuant to section 79-1022 R.R.S., draw a warrant for the lump sum amount from appropriated funds and forward such warrant to the district."
004.02 Application for Early Payment of State Aid Due to Financial Hardship
79-1033(2)R.R.S. states, in part: "A district which receives, or has received in the most recently available complete data year or in either of the two fiscal years preceding the most recently available complete data year, federal funds in excess of twenty-five percent of its general fund budget of expenditures may apply for early payment of State Aid paid pursuant to the Act when such federal funds are not received in a timely manner. Such application may be made at any time by a district suffering such financial hardship and may be for any amount up to fifty percent of the remaining amount to which the district is entitled during the current fiscal year. The State Board may grant the entire amount applied for or any portion of such amount if the State Board finds that a financial hardship exists in the district. The State Board shall notify the Director of Administrative Services of the amount of funds to be paid in lump sum and the reduced amount of the monthly payments. The Director of Administrative Services shall, at the time of the next State Aid payment made pursuant to section 79-1022 R.R.S., draw a warrant for the lump sum amount from appropriated funds and forward such warrant to the district. Financial hardship means a situation in which income to a district is exceeded by liabilities to such a degree that if early payment is not received it will be necessary for the district to discontinue vital services or functions."
004.03 Prior Year State Aid Correction
79-1065 R.R.S. states: "The State Department of Education shall adjust payments provided under Chapter 79 to school districts which, after final determination, received funds not equal to the appropriate allocation for the previous school fiscal year such that the district will receive the funds to which it was finally determined to be entitled. If the total adjustment cannot be made from the funds to be provided in the current school fiscal year, the adjustment shall be prorated, with additional adjustments made to payments for future school fiscal years. The Department shall maintain an accurate account and a record of the reasons the adjustments were made and the amount of such adjustments." The Commissioner, or his or her designee(s), shall adjust such payments in accordance with this law.
004.04 Application for Lump-Sum Payment of Prior Year State Aid Correction
Section 79-1065.01 R.R.S. states in part: "If the adjustment under section 79-1065 results in a school district being entitled to the payment of additional funds, the district may apply to the State Department of Education for a lump-sum payment for any amount up to one hundred percent of the adjustment. The Department shall notify the Director of Administrative Services of the amount of funds to be paid in a lump-sum and the reduced amount of the monthly payments pursuant to section 79-1022. The Department shall make such payment in a lump-sum not later than the last business day of September of the year in which the final determination under this section is made, except that when a school district is to receive a monthly payment of less than one thousand dollars, such payment shall be one lump-sum payment on the last business day of December during the ensuing school fiscal year."
004.05 Application for Adjustment to State Aid Payments for Transfers of Property Due to Annexation
79-1065.02 R.R.S. provides that whenever property within the boundaries of a Class II, III, IV, V or VI school district is transferred to another school district due to a change in the school district boundaries in response to annexation of the transferred property by a city or village, school districts from which property is being transferred may apply for an adjustment to the state aid payments for the ensuing year. This procedure is implemented as follows: