92 Neb. Admin. Code, ch. 82, § 004

Current through September 17, 2024

Section 92-82-004 - Assistance to Institutions

004.01 Legislative Intent

Section 79-2304(1) R.R.S. states that it is the intent of the Legislature to appropriate seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($750,000.00) from the General Fund for fiscal years 2013-2014 and 2014-2015, and any amount determined by the Legislature for any fiscal year thereafter, to the State Department of Education. Such funds shall be used by the Department to provide assistance to institutions that offer high school equivalency programs.

004.02 Provision of Assistance

Assistance shall be provided based on participation in an institution's high school equivalency instructional and testing programs as follows:

004.02A Each such institution shall receive one assistance payment for each participant who enrolled in its high school equivalency program in the most recently completed fiscal year.

004.02B Each such institution shall receive one assistance payment for each enrolled participant who took an initial examination for a diploma of high school equivalency in the most recently completed fiscal year; and

004.02C Each such institution shall receive one assistance payment for each participant not enrolled in the institution's high school equivalency program who took the examination for a diploma of high school equivalency in the most recently completed fiscal year.

004.02D An institution shall receive no additional assistance for any participant who failed his or her initial examination for a diploma of high school equivalency and requires additional training and testing.

004.03 Calculation of Payments

The number of participants and the number of participants not enrolled in an institution's high school equivalency program, to be determined using student data from AIMS and testing data from GED® Testing Service, will be used by the Department to set the dollar amount available for each institution's assistance payments annually. This amount will be calculated as a pro-rata share of the available amount of the annual appropriation based on the number of assistance payments an institution is eligible for.

For each year in which funds are available under this Act, the Department will notify eligible institutions in writing, by date to be determined annually by the Department, of the amount of any assistance payments available from the Department. A grant award document will be issued to the institution within 60 days of such written notification.

92 Neb. Admin. Code, ch. 82, § 004