Nebraska Education Commissioner Brian Maher announces the Westside district in Omaha as the third district to participate in a statewide pilot program for apprenticing paras who want to become teachers in March 2024. (Aaron Sanderford/Nebraska Examiner)
LINCOLN — A new state law could lead to greater efficiency in setting rules, regulations and safety standards for some of Nebraska’s smallest school districts.
Nebraska Education Commissioner Brian Maher reclassified or shifted roughly 80% of the state’s 245 school districts to new, smaller levels at the beginning of the year.
State Sen. Dave Murman of Glenvil, the sponsor of Legislative Bill 1329 from 2024, said his legislation could lead to more efficiency in creating laws or regulations that include the districts with fewer than 5,000 total residents.