Bill > LB71

This bill makes several changes related to early childhood education, parental involvement in and access to learning materials in schools, and the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act. The key provisions include: - Expanding the definition of "educational decisionmaker" to include parents, guardians, and court-ordered decisionmakers and strengthening requirements for public schools to involve them in educational practices. - Requiring each public school district to develop and adopt a policy on parental/guardian rights to access testing information, curriculum, and excuse their child from certain instruction or activities. - Redefining terms and changing provisions under the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act. - Restating legislative intent and changing provisions relating to early childhood education, including requiring access to such programs for children the school year prior to and the school year they are required to attend kindergarten. - Providing a process for parents/guardians to request their child repeat a grade under certain circumstances like academic needs, illness, or excessive absenteeism.