{"data":{"id":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-79-315","jurisdiction":"us-ne","citation":"Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-315","heading":"State Board of Education; members; officers; Commissioner of Education; appointment; term; removal; seal; powers.","body":"The State Board of Education shall elect from its own membership a president and a vice president and otherwise organize itself for the conduct of business. It shall then consider the appointment of and contracting for a Commissioner of Education whose appointment may be for a period of three years. During such term the commissioner may be removed from office for the causes set forth in subdivision (2) of section 79-318. The commissioner shall be the secretary of the board. The board shall reorganize itself each two years at its first meeting in the next calendar year following a general election. The board shall constitute a body corporate to be known as the State Board of Education, and as such it shall adopt and make use of a common seal and may receive, hold, and use money and real and personal property for the benefit of the school system of the state.","path":["Chapter 79 - SCHOOLS"],"source_url":"https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=79-315","current_through":"Laws 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T21:01:11Z","sha256":"9c1a99e48f0860b81136e29932155a29158f5ab8fe0d671185cb85de1e1452c1","source_id":"us-ne","stale":false,"prev":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-79-314","next":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-79-316"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}