{"data":{"id":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-85-1431","jurisdiction":"us-ne","citation":"Neb. Rev. Stat. § 85-1431","heading":"Terms, defined.","body":"For purposes of sections 85-1430 to 85-1435:\n(1) Administrator means any employee of a Nebraska public postsecondary institution whose primary duties include executive, managerial, or supervisory responsibilities, including presidents, chancellors, vice presidents, provosts, deans, associate or assistant deans, and other comparable positions;\n(2) Adjunct faculty means instructional personnel employed on a part-time, temporary, or course-by-course basis, regardless of title, and who are not employed on a full-time continuing contract;\n(3) Commission means the Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education;\n(4) Employment classification means the category of employment under which an employee is engaged by a postsecondary institution, including:\n(a) Full-time or part-time status;\n(b) Permanent, probationary, temporary, or contract status;\n(c) Tenured, tenure-track, nontenure-track, or nontenured status, when applicable; and\n(d) Any other classification used by the institution to distinguish categories of employment for compensation, workload, or benefit purposes;\n(5) Instructional faculty means employees whose primary responsibilities include teaching, research, or public service, including professors, associate professors, assistant professors, instructors, lecturers, and comparable academic titles, whether tenured or nontenured;\n(6) Nebraska public postsecondary institution has the same meaning as in section 85-2403;\n(7) Rank or position within each employee group means the title, level, or designation assigned by a postsecondary institution to differentiate employees within an employee group based on responsibility, experience, academic standing, or administrative authority, including:\n(a) For instructional faculty, academic rank such as professor, associate professor, assistant professor, instructor, lecturer, or comparable titles; and\n(b) For adjunct faculty, instructional designation or course-based title used by the institution; and\n(8) Salary and benefits data means compensation information including wages, salaries, and employer-paid benefits.","path":["Chapter 85 - STATE UNIVERSITY, STATE COLLEGES, AND POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION"],"source_url":"https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=85-1431","current_through":"Laws 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T21:01:11Z","sha256":"fa547e18d3a68844d6b4edb59eed516c95db9aa9fed22ba3f30c28c42f1c6958","source_id":"us-ne","stale":false,"prev":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-85-1430","next":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-85-1432"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}