Nebraska Statutes 79-102. School districts; classification
School districts in this state are classified as follows:
Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 79-102
- Elementary grades: means grades kindergarten through eight, inclusive. See Nebraska Statutes 79-101
- High school grades: means all grades above the eighth grade. See Nebraska Statutes 79-101
- School: means a school under the jurisdiction of a school board authorized by Nebraska Statutes 79-101
- School board: means the governing body of any school district. See Nebraska Statutes 79-101
- State: when applied to different states of the United States shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories organized by Congress. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
(1) Class I includes any school district embracing territory having a population of fewer than one thousand five hundred inhabitants that maintains both elementary and high school grades under the direction of a single school board;
(2) Class II includes any school district embracing territory having a population of one thousand five hundred or more but fewer than five thousand inhabitants that maintains both elementary and high school grades under the direction of a single school board;
(3) Class III includes any school district embracing territory having a population of five thousand or more but fewer than two hundred thousand inhabitants that maintains both elementary and high school grades under the direction of a single school board;
(4) Class IV includes any school district embracing territory having a population of two hundred thousand or more inhabitants with a city of the primary class within the territory of the district that maintains both elementary and high school grades under the direction of a single school board; and
(5) Class V includes any school district whose employees participate in a retirement system established pursuant to the Class V School Employees Retirement Act and which embraces territory having a city of the metropolitan class within the territory of the district that maintains both elementary grades and high school grades under the direction of a single school board and any school district with territory in a city of the metropolitan class created pursuant to the Learning Community Reorganization Act and designated as a Class V school district in the reorganization plan.