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Frequently Asked Questions

Statutory Authority and Applicability What is Nebraska FAFSA Graduation Requirement or Universal FAFSA? Nebraska law requires all public high school students to complete and submit a FAFSA (or actively opt-out) as a graduation requirement starting with the graduating class of 2025.  This type of requirement is also referred to as...
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NEWS RELEASE

SUMMER FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM GRANT RELEASED

The Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) provides healthy meals to children, age 18 and younger, free of charge as children need good food all year long, even when they're not in school. Right now The Nebraska Department of Education (NDE) Nutrition Services is seeking potential sponsors to operate the SFSP...
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NDE’s ESSER III Application and Statewide Investments

NDE’s Five Investment Priorities After extensive feedback from stakeholders and reviewing preliminary data from the 2020-21 school year, the NDE developed the following five priority areas for statewide investments. Access to Comprehensive Mental Health Services Reimagined Family and Community Engagement High-Quality Professional Learning and Bolstering the Teacher Pipeline Focus on...
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Grants Management Fiscal Monitoring

The objective of a fiscal monitoring review is to determine whether a subrecipient of federal grant funds is complying with applicable federal statutes, regulations, and with grant requirements; including the uniform administrative requirements and cost principles for federal awards given in 2 C.F.R. § 200. The reviews focus on the...
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Special Education Finance

IDEA Application Process If you are new to the Grant Management System (GMS) and the IDEA Application Process, the video IDEA Application Process is a short tutorial on accessing the GMS system and the steps to apply for the IDEA Grant. Even if you are not new to the process...
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Office of Civil Rights (OCR) Review

OCR Compliance Manual Civil Rights Compliance Manual  Interviews Civil Rights Onsite Review Interviews List  - to be completed and ready for NDE Staff the day of the review Sample Interview Questions - Feel free to share these with your staff Administrator Interview Questions Counselor Interview Questions Educators Interview Questions ELL...
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Supporting Educator Effectiveness through Development (S.E.E.D.)

Supporting Educator Effectiveness through Development (S.E.E.D.) is a comprehensive approach to ensuring access to quality educators for all students, especially the most disadvantaged, and strengthening and maintaining teacher and principal effectiveness throughout the state. S.E.E.D. serves as the foundation for the paradigm shift from top-down compliance to a system of...
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Perkins Grant Monitoring

The following documents have been prepared to assist the staff of the Nebraska Department of Education in monitoring approved projects of the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act (Perkins V). The monitoring process has the following purposes: Determine compliance with the assurances listed in the local...
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Physical Education for Individuals with Disabilities

Physical Education for Individuals with Disabilities: A Guide for Best Practices The purposes of this document are to provide adapted physical education teachers, physical education teachers, special education teachers, administrators, and parents the following: Adapted Physical Education best practice information that includes: Compliance with federal and state laws and regulations....
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State Board of Education Position Statements

Position Statements are aligned and reside with the Board's legislative and regulatory priorities. Position Statements are advisory in nature to let the public and educators know where the Board stands on a topic, concern, or educational issue. Position Statements may be used to share the vision or beliefs of the Board,...
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Nebraska Results Driven Accountability (RDA)

The Nebraska Results Driven Accountability page includes documents, links, and/or information to assist users in understanding the goals and activities related to the shift from compliance to outcomes for students with disabilities.  Part B Results Driven Accountability Achieving Results for Children with Disabilities: NeMTSS Nebraska Logic Model Nebraska Theory of...
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Frequently Asked Questions

Office of Coordinated School and District Support What is the S.E.E.D. Instructional System? In April 2020, the Nebraska State Board of Education (SBOE) made a commitment to a common language of effectiveness for all Nebraska school teachers and leaders by approving revisions to the Nebraska Teacher and Principal Performance Standards...
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Data Security

Data security is how data are collected stored and transferred through a district's infrastructure. Infrastructure includes district-owned servers and devices, including mobile devices. All district-controlled applications, networks and cloud-based storage should also be included. Traditionally, firewalls served as the divide between internal and external security threats but now this is...
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Data Governance

Data governance is essential to the successful planning, implementation, and use of an ECIDS because it establishes clear roles, responsibilities, and processes for how the work will be done. Integrating data from multiple sources requires collaborative and ongoing decision-making about how data will be defined, matched, stored, updated, reported, and...
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Audits (School District)

Annual Financial Report (School District) Audits In order to improve the comparability of school districts audits, we have developed a fund template to be used as the “Statement of Cash Receipts, Disbursements, and Fund Balance.” A sample of the requested format is linked below and should be used for each...
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