{"data":{"id":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-85-917","jurisdiction":"us-ne","citation":"Neb. Rev. Stat. § 85-917","heading":"Legislative intent.","body":"The Legislature hereby declares that it is the intent and purpose of sections 85-194, 85-308, 85-606.01, 85-917 to 85-966, and 85-1511 to provide statements of role and mission for the state's systems and institutions of postsecondary education which will:\n(1) Provide for a coordinated state system of postsecondary education;\n(2) Provide for the maintenance and development of quality postsecondary educational programs and services for all citizens in all regions of the state;\n(3) Insure student and community access to comprehensive educational programs;\n(4) Limit unnecessary program and facility duplication through a coordinated planning and review process;\n(5) Encourage statewide long-term academic and fiscal planning for postsecondary education in the state;\n(6) Establish a legislative review process to insure that (a) role and mission statements are updated as necessary and (b) postsecondary institutions are complying with role and mission assignments and are serving a valuable purpose to the state within their current role and mission assignments; and\n(7) Provide a mechanism for (a) implementing an extensive change in the scope, role, and mission of a campus, (b) closing a campus, (c) merging campuses, and (d) changing a campus to serve a completely different public purpose.","path":["Chapter 85 - STATE UNIVERSITY, STATE COLLEGES, AND POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION"],"source_url":"https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=85-917","current_through":"Laws 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T21:01:11Z","sha256":"b88050a0d13949d86f9e09cd57573232723b9928c06a726f1c12ae0c5bf48630","source_id":"us-ne","stale":false,"prev":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-85-916.02","next":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-85-918"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}