79-101 Terms, defined.
79-101. Terms, defined.Forpurposes of Chapter 79:(1) School district means the territory under the jurisdiction of asingle school board authorized by Chapter 79;(2) School means a school under the jurisdiction of a school board authorizedby Chapter 79;(3) Legal voter means a registered voter as defined in section 32-115who is domiciled in a precinct or ward in which he or she is registered tovote and which precinct or ward lies in whole or in part within the boundariesof a school district for which the registered voter chooses to exercise hisor her right to vote at a school district election or at an annual or specialmeeting of a Class I school district;(4) Prekindergarten programs means all early childhood programs providedfor children who have not reached the age of five by the date provided in section 79-214 forkindergarten entrance;(5) Elementary grades means grades kindergarten through eight, inclusive;(6) High school grades means all grades above the eighth grade;(7) School year means (a) for elementary grades other than kindergarten,the time equivalent to at least one thousand thirty-two instructional hoursand (b) for high school grades, the time equivalent to at least one thousandeighty instructional hours;(8) Instructional hour means a period of time, at least sixty minutes,which is actually used for the instruction of students;(9) Teacher means any certified employee who is regularly employed forthe instruction of pupils in the public schools;(10) Administrator means any certified employee such as superintendent,assistant superintendent, principal, assistant principal, school nurse, orother supervisory or administrative personnel who do not have as a primaryduty the instruction of pupils in the public schools;(11) School board means the governing body of any school district. Boardof education has the same meaning as school board;(12) Teach means and includes, but is not limited to, the followingresponsibilities: (a) The organization and management of the classroom orthe physical area in which the learning experiences of pupils take place;(b) the assessment and diagnosis of the individual educational needs of thepupils; (c) the planning, selecting, organizing, prescribing, and directingof the learning experiences of pupils; (d) the planning of teaching strategiesand the selection of available materials and equipment to be used; and (e)the evaluation and reporting of student progress;(13) Permanent school fund means the fund described in section 79-1035.01;(14) Temporary school fund means the fund described in section 79-1035.02;and(15) School lands means the lands described in section 79-1035.03. Educationallands has the same meaning as school lands.The State Board of Education may adopt and promulgate rules and regulationsto define school day and other appropriate units of the school calendar. SourceLaws 1881, c. 78, subdivision I, § 1, p. 331; R.S.1913, § 6700; C.S.1922, § 6238; C.S.1929, § 79-101; R.S.1943, § 79-101; Laws 1949, c. 256, § 1, p. 690; Laws 1971, LB 802, § 1; Laws 1984, LB 994, § 3; Laws 1988, LB 1197, § 1; Laws 1993, LB 348, § 5; R.S.1943, (1994), § 79-101; Laws 1996, LB 900, § 1; Laws 1997, LB 345, § 5; Laws 1999, LB 813, § 5; Laws 2003, LB 67, § 2; Laws 2010, LB1006, § 1.Effective Date: July 15, 2010AnnotationsA legal voter is one who is eligible to vote at an election for school district officers. Harnapp v. Bigelow, 178 Neb. 440, 133 N.W.2d 611 (1965).A school district is a unit of local self-government, democratic in form, possessing no rights or powers beyond those conferred upon it by the terms of the statutes of its creation. Schulz v. Dixon County, 134 Neb. 549, 279 N.W. 179 (1938).Jurisdiction, as applied to taxation, means the power and authority to levy tax upon property within the limits of the school district for school purposes. Chicago, B. & Q. R.R. Co. v. Cass County, 51 Neb. 369, 70 N.W. 955 (1897).