One Hundred Ninth Legislature - First Session - 2025
Introducer€s Statement of Intent
LB653
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Chairperson: Senator Dave Murman
Committee: Education
Date of Hearing: February 11, 2025
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The following constitutes the reasons for this bill and the purposes which are sought to be
accomplished thereby:
LB 653 seeks to strengthen access to option enrollment for students with Individual
Education Plans (IEPs) by:
Funding upfront the cost of IEP option students who require substantially more funding
than the average per-pupil cost
Requires the percentage of IEP students denied option enrollment to be proportional to
the total percent of option enrollment denials
Requires a district to not deny option enrollment to a student if their sibling is already an
option student within that district
Improves reporting requirements on the Department of Education‚s Option Enrollment
Rejection Report
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Principal Introducer:________________________________
Senator Dave Murman
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