{"data":{"id":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-28-316.01","jurisdiction":"us-ne","citation":"Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-316.01","heading":"Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-316.01","body":"(1) For purposes of this section:\n\n(a) Sexual contact has the same meaning as in section 28-318 ;\n\n(b) Sexual penetration has the same meaning as in section 28-318 ;\n\n(c) School means a public, private, denominational, or parochial school approved or accredited by the State Department of Education;\n\n(d) School contract worker means a person nineteen years of age or older who, as part of such person's employment, is assigned to work at a school and works in proximity to students of such school, but who is not employed by such school;\n\n(e) School employee means a person nineteen years of age or older who is employed by a school;\n\n(f) School worker means a school contract worker or a school employee; and\n\n(g) Student means a person at least sixteen but not more than nineteen years of age enrolled in or attending a school, or who was such a person enrolled in or who attended school within ninety days of any violation of this section.\n\n(2) A person commits the offense of sexual abuse by a school worker if a school worker subjects a student in the school to which such worker is assigned for work to sexual penetration or sexual contact, or engages in a pattern or scheme of conduct to subject a student in the school to which such worker is assigned for work to sexual penetration or sexual contact. It is not a defense to a charge under this section that the student consented to such sexual penetration or sexual contact.\n\n(3) Any school worker who engages in sexual penetration with a student is guilty of sexual abuse by a school worker in the first degree. Sexual abuse by a school worker in the first degree is a Class IIA felony.\n\n(4) Any school worker who engages in sexual contact with a student is guilty of sexual abuse by a school worker in the second degree. Sexual abuse by a school worker in the second degree is a Class IIIA felony.\n\n(5) Any school worker who engages in a pattern or scheme of conduct with the intent to subject a student to sexual penetration or sexual contact is guilty of sexual abuse by a school worker in the third degree. Sexual abuse by a school worker in the third degree is a Class IV felony.","path":["NE Code","Chapter 28"],"source_url":"https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=28-316.01","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:21Z","sha256":"17055acfe6e07f4f56fc2ddff04e7d23e3cd86b281188579a0ab20dfc6abddef","source_id":"us-ne","stale":false,"prev":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-28-316","next":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-28-317"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}