Nebraska education

Census household money income is measured before taxes and includes wages and specified cash benefits. Minimum-wage provisions concern earnings; tax credits and in-kind benefits are not themselves increases in this statistic. This connection does not establish causation. Actions after the measurement period cannot explain the earlier observed value.

Retained Nebraska evidence context: Median household income. This record’s connection to the topic does not establish an effect on the measured result.

Section 1. Section 48-1203, Revised Statutes Cumulative Supplement, 2024, is amended to read: 48-1203 (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section and section 48-1203.01, every employer shall pay to each of his or her employees a minimum wage of: (a) Nine dollars per hour through December 31, 2022; (b) Ten dollars and fifty cents per hour on and after January 1, 2023, through December 31, 2023; (c) Twelve dollars per hour on and after January 1, 2024, through December 31, 2024; (d) Thirteen dollars and fifty cents per hour on and after January 1, 2025, through December 31, 2025; and (e) Fifteen dollars per hour on and after January 1, 2026, through December 31, 2026. (2) The minimum wage established in subdivision (1)(e) of this section shall be increased on January 1, 2027, and on January 1 of successive years, by one and three-quarters percent . No later than October 15 of each year, commencing October 15, 2026, the Nebraska Department of Labor shall calculate and publish the minimum wage rate that will take effect the following January 1. (3) For persons compensated by way of gratuities such as waitresses, waiters, hotel bellhops, porters, and shoeshine persons, the employer shall pay wages at the minimum rate of two dollars and thirteen cents per hour, plus all gratuities given to them for services rendered. The sum of wages and gratuities received by each person compensated by way of gratuities shall equal or exceed the applicable minimum wage rate provided in subsection (1) or (2) of this section. In determining whether or not the individual is compensated by way of gratuities, the burden of proof shall be upon the employer. (4) Any employer employing student-learners as part of a bona fide vocational training program shall pay such student-learners' wages at a rate of at least seventy-five percent of the minimum wage rate which would otherwise be applicable under this section. (5)(a) An employer may pay a youth minimum wage of thirteen dollars and fifty cents per hour to an employee who: (i) Is at least fourteen years of age but younger than sixteen years of age; and (ii) Is not an emancipated minor. (b) Beginning on January 1, 2030, and on January 1 of every fifth year thereafter, the youth minimum wage shall increase by one and one-half percent, rounded to the nearest cent. Sec. 2. Section 48-1203.01, Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska, is amended to read: 48-1203.01 (1) An employer may pay a new employee who is at least sixteen years of age but younger than twenty years of age and who is not a seasonal or migrant worker or an emancipated minor a training wage rate as described in subsection (2) of this section for ninety days from the date the new employee was hired. An employer may pay such new employee the training wage rate for an additional ninety-day period while the new employee is participating in on-the-job training which (a) requires technical, personal, or other skills which are necessary for his or her employment and (b) is approved by the Commissioner of Labor. No more than one-fourth of the total hours paid by the employer shall be at the training wage rate. (2) For the purposes of this section, the training wage rate shall be: (a) Thirteen dollars and fifty cents per hour through December 31, 2026; and (b) Beginning on January 1, 2027, and on January 1 of each year thereafter, the training wage rate shall increase by one and one-half percent, rounded to the nearest cent. (3) An employer shall not pay the training wage rate if the hours of any other employee are reduced or if any other employee is laid off and the hours or position to be filled by the new employee is substantially similar to the hours or position of such other employee. An employer shall not dismiss or reduce the hours of any employee with the intention of replacing such employee or his or her hours with a new employee receiving the training wage rate.

The fact measures diploma-or-higher attainment among adults age 25 and older. Programs for younger students concern a possible future component of adult attainment rather than the previously measured population. This connection does not establish causation. Actions after the measurement period cannot explain the earlier observed value.

Retained Nebraska evidence context: Adults with at least a high school diploma. This record’s connection to the topic does not establish an effect on the measured result.

Section 1. Section 79-730, Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska, is amended to read: 79-730 The Commissioner of Education may issue a diploma of high school equivalency conveying all the significance and privilege of a regular high school diploma to any person who is not a high school graduate if: (1) The person is and has been a resident of Nebraska for at least thirty days immediately preceding application or if his or her final period of high school attendance during which credit was earned toward graduation was in a Nebraska high school; (2) On the basis of such person's achievements in approved tests and other criteria deemed pertinent by the Commissioner of Education, there is reasonable certainty that he or she has attained the educational development and abilities of the typical high school graduate; and (3) Such person is unable to secure a diploma from the high school he or she last attended .

The mortality series includes firearm deaths across intents, including suicide and homicide. Storage rules and firearm regulation concern possible components of injury prevention without proving an effect on deaths. This connection does not establish causation. Actions after the measurement period cannot explain the earlier observed value.

Retained Nebraska evidence context: Firearm deaths. This record’s connection to the topic does not establish an effect on the measured result.

2.Conforming the Law Enforcement Officer Safety Act and the Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990Section 922(q)(2)(B) of title 18, United States Code, is amended—(1)by striking or at the end of clause (vi);(2)by striking the period at the end of clause (vii) and inserting ; or; and(3)by adding at the end the following:(viii)by an individual authorized by section 926B or 926C to carry a concealed firearm..

The fact measures average daily population physically present in NDCS facilities, not city or county jail inmates or people supervised in community placements. Work release and reentry concern possible placement pathways without proving a change in the measured population. This connection does not establish causation. Actions after the measurement period cannot explain the earlier observed value.

Retained Nebraska evidence context: Average daily state-correctional population. This record’s connection to the topic does not establish an effect on the measured result.

Sec. 3. For purposes of the Community Work Release and Reentry Centers Act: (1) Advisory board means the Reentry Continuity Advisory Board established in section 17 of this act; (2) Board means the Board of Parole; (3) Committed offender has the same meaning as in section 83-170; (4) Community work release and reentry center or center means a residential home, halfway house, or other facility operated by a private provider pursuant to an agreement in writing either with the division or the department for providing housing and supervision of committed offenders placed in the center by the division for work release and for vocational training, education, programming, or behavioral health or mental health treatment; (5) Department means the Department of Correctional Services; (6) Division means the Division of Parole Supervision; (7) Individualized release plan means a detailed written plan outlining a committed offender's future vocational goals, training, employment, and needed treatment services following the committed offender's release from a community work release and reentry center; (8) Private provider means a partnership, corporation, association, joint venture, organization, or similar entity which is operated on a nonprofit basis and which, under a contract with either the division or the department, has agreed to operate a community work release and reentry center pursuant to the act; (9) Probation administration means the Office of Probation Administration; (10) Reentering person means an individual who is subject to supervision by the division or probation administration, not including juvenile probation, or who was recently in the custody of the department or a county jail and was released with no supervision; (11) Reentry housing means temporary housing for reentering persons, generally in the first year following a period of incarceration; and (12)(a) Reentry housing facility means a facility which is owned or operated by a private organization, whether nonprofit or for-profit, that receives direct payment from the board, division, probation administration, or department to provide reentry housing. (b) Reentry housing facility includes, but is not limited to, a community work release and reentry center. (c) Reentry housing facility does not include a health care facility as defined in section 71-413. Sec. 4. (1) The division may place a parole-eligible committed offender at a community work release and reentry center as provided in the Community Work Release and Reentry Centers Act. (2) Any parole-eligible committed offender placed at a community work release and reentry center pursuant to the act: (a) Shall be under the continuing jurisdiction and authority of the department and board as if the committed offender was selected for release on ordinary parole status as provided for in section 83-192; and (b) May be subsequently released by the board on ordinary parole status as provided for in section 83-192. (3) The department may place a committed offender whose sentence includes a term of post-release supervision and who is within three years of his or her release date at a community work release and reentry center as provided in the act. Any such committed offender placed at a center shall be under the continuing jurisdiction and authority of the department. Sec. 5. (1) The division and the department may exercise all powers and perform all duties necessary and proper for carrying out their responsibilities under the Community Work Release and Reentry Centers Act. (2) The division and the department may use designated funds provided by the Legislature to enter into agreements with private providers for the development and operation of community work release and reentry centers to be established at various locations throughout the state. Any such agreement shall require a private provider to: (a) Establish a contract with public or private employers to provide employment for committed offenders placed at the center; (b) Assist any committed offender placed at the center to obtain and maintain employment in the community; (c) Provide vocational training, education, programming, and treatment for issues related to the criminogenic needs of any committed offender placed at the center; and (d) Otherwise direct and supervise the activities and behavior of any committed offender placed at the center as provided in the act. (3) In an agreement under this section, the division or the department may include contractual requirements that obligate the private provider to offer to any committed offender placed at the center: (a) Specialized educational or vocational training; and (b) Other programming that will address the mental health, behavioral health, or substance abuse treatment needs of such committed offender. (4) An agreement under this section shall require the community work release and reentry center to establish programs, rules, and enforcement systems: (a) Regarding the behavior of committed offenders; (b) To ensure that committed offenders seek and retain continuous employment; (c) For the treatment of committed offenders for substance abuse; (d) To ensure that committed offenders only leave the center for purposes of work or for other specified and approved activities, including, but not limited to, job interviews, medical appointments, treatment, and outings to visit family; (e) To ensure that committed offenders consistently participate in all necessary therapy, programming, treatment, vocational training, and educational classes; and (f) To ensure that committed offenders maintain their scheduled work hours. Sec. 6. The division and the department shall set standards for the appropriate staffing levels of community work release and reentry centers. The division and the department shall require each center to: (1) Be under the supervision and control of a designated center director approved by the division or the department; (2) Be adequately staffed twenty-four hours per day, including on weekends and holidays; and (3) Assign an individual counselor to each committed offender assigned to the center. Sec. 7. (1) The division and the department shall require each community work release and reentry center to establish an individualized release plan for each committed offender assigned to the center. The staff of a center shall assist the division and the department in making reasonable advance preparations for the release of such committed offenders. (2) If a parole-eligible committed offender is released from a center, the offender shall be subject to parole conditions set by the board and under the supervision of a district parole officer assigned by the division pursuant to section 83-1,104. The individualized release plan for a parole-eligible committed offender shall be developed in coordination with the assigned district parole officer. (3) If a committed offender whose sentence includes a term of post-release supervision is released from a center, the offender shall be subject to the conditions of his or her order of post-release supervision and under the supervision of a district probation officer. The individualized release plan for such an offender shall be developed in coordination with the assigned district probation officer. Sec. 8. (1) The division and the department shall set requirements for the maintenance of the individual records of committed offenders assigned to a community work release and reentry center. (2) The division and the department shall require each community work release and reentry center to make periodic reports to the division and the department on the performance of each committed offender assigned to the center.

Section16 extends the existing5percent allocation to the community-college area to storage-resource nameplate-tax receipts. This is education funding context, not a new tuition/attainment rule or verified spending increase.

Retained Nebraska evidence context: energy · reviewed policy context · income-taxes · reviewed policy context · education · reviewed policy context · deficit-debt-interest · reviewed policy context · cpi · reviewed policy context · real-gdp · reviewed policy context. This record’s connection to the topic does not establish an effect on the measured result.

Governor Jim Pillen approved LB1010 on April 14, 2026. Senator Tom Brandt is its recorded primary introducer. The official history posted the approval entry on April 17 but expressly says approval occurred April 14; the enacted heading agrees. LB1010’s changes became effective July 18, as documented by the reviewed codified sections. Approval, effectiveness and implementation are distinct.