PREPARED BY: Suzanne Houlden
LB 335 DATE PREPARED: January 23, 2025
PHONE: 402-471-0057
Revision: 00
FISCAL NOTE
LEGISLATIVE FISCAL ANALYST ESTIMATE
ESTIMATE OF FISCAL IMPACT – STATE AGENCIES (See narrative for political subdivision estimates)
FY 2025-26 FY 2026-27
EXPENDITURES REVENUE EXPENDITURES REVENUE
GENERAL FUNDS
CASH FUNDS
FEDERAL FUNDS
OTHER FUNDS
TOTAL FUNDS See below See below
Any Fiscal Notes received from state agencies and political subdivisions are attached f ollowing the Legislative Fiscal Analyst Estimate.
LB 335 seeks to amend the In the Line of Duty Dependent Education Act to expand a definition. A stepchil d of an officer killed in the
line of duty, or of a firefighter killed in the line of duty, would be included in the definition of “ child”. These dependents would be eligible
for tuition waivers from state colleges, universities, and community colleges, after Federal financial aid grants are applied.
The In the Line of Duty Dependent Education Act origin ated as a result of LB 206 (2009). That fiscal note explained:
“Any related impact would be dependent upon (1) the number of eligible individuals, (2) the number of such individuals that might elect
to attend Nebraska public postsecondary institutions, (3) the level of tuition and fee charges at the respective institutions that would e
subject to waiver under the bill, and (4) the extent to which an eligible student may receive other forms of student financial aid that
would serve to reduce the balance of tuition and fees required to be waived by the public institution attended by the student. It is
anticipated that relatively few individuals would be eligible for waiver of tuition and fees under LB 206 at any point in time. As such, the
impact upon any given public postsecondary institution’s cash fund revenue for any given fiscal year is estimated to be nominal.”
The addition of stepchildren to the definition of dependents eligible for tuition waivers under the above Act is also expected to be
nominal. No funding for these waivers have been appropriated to date.