§ 85-1539 — Nebraska Community College Student Performance and Occupational Education Grant Committee; created; duties; applications for aid or grants

(1) There is hereby created the Nebraska Community
College Student Performance and Occupational Education Grant Committee. The
committee shall consist of (a) a representative of the
Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education who shall serve as chairperson of the committee, (b) a representative of the Department of Economic
Development, (c) a representative of the
Department of Labor, (d) a representative of the
State Department of Education, (e) a representative affiliated
with one of the two community college areas with the two smallest full-time
equivalent student enrollment totals for the most recent fiscal year, (f) a representative affiliated with one of
the two community college areas with the two largest full-time equivalent
student enrollment totals for the most recent fiscal year, and (g) a representative affiliated with one of
the two community college areas not included in the categories provided in
subdivisions (1)(e) and (f) of
this section. Each member shall be appointed by the agency or community college
areas being represented. The representatives appointed pursuant to subdivisions (1)(e) through (g) of
this section shall serve terms of two years and shall be succeeded by a representative
affiliated with the community college areas not represented for the preceding
term.
(2) The
committee shall develop guidelines for and annually determine the allocation
of aid or grants to the community colleges for (a) applied
technology and occupational faculty training, instructional equipment upgrades,
employee assessment, preemployment training, employment training, and dislocated
worker programs benefiting the State of Nebraska or (b) programs or activities
to enhance (i) student performance in the areas of degree, certificate, or
diploma completion, retention, or foundations education as defined in section 85-932.01 or (ii) the collection, reporting, analysis, and utilization of
student data. The total amount allocated for a fiscal year shall
not exceed the amounts appropriated from the Nebraska
Community College Student Performance and Occupational Education Grant Fund and
such other funds as may be appropriated by the Legislature for purposes of this section for such fiscal
year. The commission shall certify the allocation determined by the committee
on or before September 10 of the fiscal year for which such allocation is
being certified and shall report such allocation to the Department of Administrative
Services. The commission shall distribute
the allocated funds to the selected community college board or
boards in a single payment between the fifth and twentieth day of October
of each
year.
(3) Applications
for aid or grants pursuant to this section may be submitted by a community
college area independently or in collaboration with other community college
areas.

Legislative History

Source: Laws 1989, LB 305, § 2; R.S.Supp.,1992, § 79-2663; Laws 1993, LB 239, § 61; Laws 2012, LB946, § 22; Laws 2013, LB211, § 4.