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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-211 (2026)

Minimum school term

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The school term shall not be less than (1) one thousand thirty-two instructional hours for elementary grades and (2) one thousand eighty instructional hours for high school grades in any public school district or private, denominational, or parochial school. If any district which receives twenty percent or more of its total receipts for general fund purposes from federal sources fails to actually receive receipts anticipated at the time of the adoption of the school budget from taxes, state funds, federal funds, tuition, or other sources, the school board or board of education of such district may, at any time during the school year, elect to close all or part of its schools.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1979–1984 · leading case: In Re Interest of KS, 346 N.W.2d 417 (Neb. 1984).
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In Re Interest of KS, 346 N.W.2d 417 (Neb. 1984). · cites it 2× “Pursuant to the provisions of Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-211 (Reissue 1981), the parents were given notice of the child’s truancy, and when the child continued to remain away from school, the county attorney caused a petition to be filed in the juvenile court for Custer County,…”
In Interest of Rice, 285 N.W.2d 223 (Neb. 1979). · cites it 4× “In furtherance of its position, it points to section 79-211, R. R. S. 1943, which, after having provided for written warn *737 ing to the person in charge of a child not attending school under section 79-201, R.”
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