{"data":{"id":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-79-8-114","jurisdiction":"us-ne","citation":"Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-8,114","heading":"Grants; eligibility.","body":"(1) A teacher may apply to the department for a grant. The department shall not prioritize a grant based upon the school where the applicant teaches.\n(2) A teacher is eligible to apply for:\n(a) A retention one grant of two thousand five hundred dollars if the teacher has signed a contract to complete such teacher's second complete school year of full-time employment as a teacher at a Nebraska school in school year 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26, or 2026-27;\n(b) A retention two grant of two thousand five hundred dollars if the teacher has signed a contract to complete such teacher's fourth complete school year of full-time employment as a teacher at a Nebraska school in school year 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26, or 2026-27;\n(c) A retention three grant of two thousand five hundred dollars if the teacher has signed a contract to complete such teacher's sixth complete school year of full-time employment as a teacher at a Nebraska school in school year 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26, or 2026-27; and\n(d)(i) A high-need retention grant of five thousand dollars if on or after June 2, 2023, a teacher:\n(A) Obtains an endorsement in special education, mathematics, science, or technology and signs a contract to complete a school year of full-time employment as a teacher to teach in such endorsement area at a Nebraska school in school year 2024-25, 2025-26, or 2026-27; or\n(B) Signs a contract to complete a school year of full-time employment as a teacher at a Nebraska school in school year 2026-27 and teaches at least one dual enrollment course during such school year.\n(ii) A teacher shall only be eligible to receive one high-need retention grant.","path":["Chapter 79 - SCHOOLS"],"source_url":"https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=79-8,114","current_through":"Laws 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T21:01:11Z","sha256":"1272c879ea620b572ee25c78682a9cac825ebd65b44f777d455f45d1f9c70836","source_id":"us-ne","stale":true,"prev":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-79-8-113","next":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-79-8-115"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}