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-LEGISLATURE OF NEBRASKA
-ONE HUNDRED NINTH LEGISLATURE
-SECOND SESSION
-LEGISLATIVE BILL 1243
+One Hundred Ninth Legislature - Second Session - 2026
+Introducer's Statement of Intent
+LB1243
 
-Introduced by Murman, 38; Clements, 2; Holdcroft, 36; Lippincott, 34.
-Read first time January 21, 2026
+Chairperson: Senator Dave Murman
 Committee: Education
-A BILL FOR AN ACT relating to education; to amend section 79-2,136,1
-Revised Statutes Supplement, 2025; to change provisions relating to2
-part-time enrollment; and to repeal the original section.3
-Be it enacted by the people of the State of Nebraska,4
-LB1243
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-LB1243
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-Section 1. Section 79-2,136, Revised Statutes Supplement, 2025, is1
-amended to read: 2
-79-2,136 (1) Each school board shall allow the part-time enrollment3
-of students, for all courses selected by the students, who are residents4
-of, or admitted to, the school district pursuant to subsection (1), (2),5
-or (11) of section 79-215 and who are also enrolled in a private,6
-denominational, or parochial school or in a school which elects pursuant7
-to section 79-1601 not to meet accreditation or approval requirements and8
-shall establish policies and procedures for such part-time enrollment.9
-Such policies and procedures may include provisions permitting the part-10
-time enrollment of such students who are not residents of, or admitted11
-to, such school districts to the extent permitted pursuant to section12
-79-215 and may require part-time students to follow school policies that13
-apply to other students at any time the part-time student is present on14
-school grounds or at a school-sponsored activity or athletic event. Part-15
-time enrollment shall not entitle a student to transportation or16
-transportation reimbursements pursuant to section 79-611.17
-(2) Each school board shall establish policies and procedures to18
-allow any student who is a resident of, or admitted to, the school19
-district pursuant to subsection (1), (2), or (11) of section 79-215 and20
-who is enrolled in a school which elects pursuant to section 79-1601 not21
-to meet accreditation or approval requirements to participate in any22
-extracurricular activities as defined in section 79-2,126, including, but23
-not limited to, interschool competitions, to the same extent and subject24
-to the same requirements, conditions, and procedures as a student25
-enrolled in a public school governed by such board, except that any26
-school which elects pursuant to section 79-1601 not to meet accreditation27
-or approval requirements shall set the standards for satisfactory28
-academic performance for a student from the school to participate in29
-extracurricular activities pursuant to this subsection and shall provide30
-assurances of compliance with such academic standards.31
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-(3) School board policies and procedures adopted pursuant to1
-subsection (2) of this section : 2
-(a) Shall shall require any student desiring to participate in3
-extracurricular activities regulated by an athletics or activities4
-association to which such school is a member pursuant to such subsection5
-to be enrolled in five credit hours offered by the school district in any6
-semester in order to participate in such extracurricular activities, but7
-may not prohibit a student from enrolling in more than five credit8
-hours; , 9
-(b) Shall not require any student desiring to participate in an10
-extracurricular activity that is not regulated by an athletics or11
-activities association to be enrolled in any minimum number of credit12
-hours offered by the school district in order to participate in such13
-extracurricular activity; 14
-(c) Shall shall not allow any preference in the selection of a15
-student for participation in an extracurricular activity based on such16
-student's status as a full-time student in the school district ; , and 17
-(d) May (c) may require any student participating in extracurricular18
-activities pursuant to such subsection to follow school policies that19
-apply to other students when present on school grounds or at a school-20
-sponsored activity or athletic event. 21
-(4) Participation in extracurricular activities pursuant to22
-subsection (2) of this section shall not entitle a student to23
-transportation, except to and from practices and events to the same24
-extent as public school students participating in such activities, or25
-transportation reimbursement pursuant to section 79-611.26
-(5) (4) Nothing in this section shall be construed to exempt any27
-student from the compulsory attendance provisions of section 79-201 or28
-any statutes relating to habitual truancy. 29
-Sec. 2.  Original section 79-2,136, Revised Statutes Supplement,30
-2025, is repealed. 31
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+The following constitutes the reasons for this bill and the purposes which are sought to be
+accomplished thereby:
+LB 1243 seeks to increase opportunities for homeschool and non-accredited students by
+ensuring they are not required to be enrolled in a minimum number of credits to participate in
+an extracurricular activity not regulated by an athletics or activities association.
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+Principal Introducer:   ________________________________
+Senator Dave Murman
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