NE LB306

Students enrolled in private, denominational, or parochial schools may participate in extracurricular activities at public school districts other than their resident district if that district either does not offer the activity or is not the closest school offering it, with participating students required to enroll in five credit hours at the public school for activities regulated by athletics associations.

Nebraska State Colleges Board of Trustees gains authority to enter into long-term leases, lease-purchase agreements, and financing contracts for student housing and activity facilities using non-state-tax funds, with new student housing projects requiring Coordinating Commission approval.

Capital construction project threshold for Coordinating Commission review increases from $2 million to $5 million for projects using tax funds designated by the Legislature.

Department of Administrative Services must create a publicly accessible database of school district financial information including revenues, expenditures, and balance sheets from audit reports, with historical data back to 2005, implemented by January 1, 2026.

Public and private colleges and universities must report biannually to the Coordinating Commission all funding received from foreign adversarial sources (as defined by 15 C.F.R. 791.4), including contracts, gifts, grants, and donations, with reports posted publicly; individual tuition payments are exempt from reporting.