Any school board of a Class IV or Class V school district or certificated employee thereof may require that hearings held pursuant to sections 79-824 to 79-839 and such other hearings as designated by the school board be conducted by a hearing officer as specified in sections 79-841 and 79-842 . If a hearing is held before such a hearing officer, the requirements of section 79-831 that final action must be taken by the school board on or before May 15 of each year and that a hearing must be held within thirty days of the date of the request for a hearing shall not apply.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-840
Class IV or Class V school district; hearing officer; use authorized
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case 7 Neb. Ct. App. 206 - Schaffert v. Lancaster County School District No. 0001 (1998)
Most recently applied in Robinson v. Morrill Cty. Sch. Dist. 63 (April 2018)
Laws 1993, LB 177, § 4; R.S.1943, (1994), § 79-12,121.01; Laws 1996, LB 900, § 470.
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