ONE HUNDRED NINTH LEGISLATURE - FIRST SESSION - 2025
COMMITTEE STATEMENT
LB428
Hearing Date: Tuesday February 04, 2025
Committee On: Education
Introducer: Murman
One Liner: Change provisions relating to school policies on the involvement of parents, guardians, and
educational decisionmakers in schools
Roll Call Vote - Final Committee Action:
Advanced to General File with amendment(s)
Vote Results:
Aye: 6 Senators Conrad, Hughes, Lonowski, Meyer, Murman, Sanders
Nay:
Absent: 1 Senator Juarez
Present Not Voting:1 Senator Hunt
Testimony:
Proponents: Representing:
Senator Dave Murman Opening Presenter
Sue Greenwald Nebraska Education Coalition
Opponents: Representing:
Neutral: Representing:
* ADA Accommodation Written Testimony
Summary of purpose and/or changes:
LB 428 introduces changes to section 79-532, which outlines requirements for surveys administered to students.
Section 1 mandates that schools notify parents, guardians, and educational decision-makers at least 30 days in
advance before conducting any nonanonymous survey that asks for sensitive information, such as sexual, mental
health, medical, religious, or political details. The notification must include key details about the survey's content,
purpose, and privacy protections, and parents have the right to request a copy of the survey, review it in person, or
exempt their child from participation. Additionally, the bill ensures that personally identifiable information collected
from students remains confidential, unless required by law, and prohibits surveys from asking sexual questions to
students in kindergarten through sixth grade.
Explanation of amendments:
AM 196 strikes "thirty" days and replaces it with "fifteen" days on page 3, line 1 of the bill.
Committee Statement: LB428
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Dave Murman, Chairperson
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