§ 20-126 — Statement of policy

It is the policy of this state to encourage and enable persons with disabilities to participate fully in the social and economic life of the state and to engage in remunerative employment.

Legislative History

Source: Laws 1971, LB 496, § 1; R.S.Supp.,1971, § 43-633; Laws 1980, LB 932, § 1; Laws 1997, LB 254, § 2; Laws 2019, LB248, § 1; Laws 2021, LB540, § 3. Annotations: This section setting forth a general policy to employ the blind and visually handicapped does not require the employment of firemen with visual defects where the disability would prevent the performance of the work involved. McCrea v. Cunningham, 202 Neb. 638, 277 N.W.2d 52 (1979).