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The Board adopted the consent agenda without discussion. The roll call recorded members voting in favor with one absence; the consent agenda was adopted.

On budget matters, the Board moved and approved a 2025–26 deficit budget request for submission to the appropriate state officials. The motion — to authorize the commissioner to submit the 2025–26 deficit budget request — passed on a roll call with members recorded in favor (one member absent at the vote).

The Board approved a contract for a program quality anchor for Results Matter and Step Up to Quality. That motion passed on roll call with members recorded in favor (one member absent).

The Board also approved a contract for the early childhood integrated data systems (ECIDS). That motion passed 6–1 on roll call; Board member Lisa Schoenhoff cast the lone recorded no vote. NDE staff said the ECIDS would consolidate data already collected by multiple agencies and that data-sharing agreements and legal reviews would be developed.

The Board approved subject-area examinations and passing scores for temporary certificates on a roll call; the motion was adopted.

Where the transcript does not attach a named mover or seconder to a motion, the recorded minutes list only that a motion and second were made and provide the roll-call tallies. The Board’s recorded roll-call votes and committee reports are part of the meeting record and the agenda packet available online; written public comments submitted for the meeting are also attached to the electronic agenda.

The meeting closed with committee reports on strategic planning, committee bylaw revisions, and regulatory items including proposed changes to Rule 13 and Rule 51. The Board’s next scheduled meeting is in December in Lincoln.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","October 2025 State Board of Education Meeting","oneSentenceSummary","The Nebraska State Board of Education adopted the consent agenda and approved multiple motions including a 2025–26 deficit budget request, a contract for a program quality anchor, an ECIDS contract, and temporary certificate exam pass-score updates at its Oct. 3 meeting in Fremont.","taxTitle","Board of Education, Elected Officials, Organizations, Executive, Nebraska","taxId",28189,"location","Nebraska","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6427417,"Students and theater educators press State Board to create theater endorsement or major",810,234000,1044000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5894248-5767b885656da509a9f7a77dd0c50a46&start=234&end=1044","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5894248-5767b885656da509a9f7a77dd0c50a46/thumbnail_234000.jpg","/articles/6427417/Nebraska/Students-and-theater-educators-press-State-Board-to-create-theater-endorsement-or-major","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6427417-d1be5e4a6bc65d6191b5534223f406c5/orig.mp4?Expires=1770450689&Signature=AAlbZQXDi3ykzLt37mCG5eC59m6JyB9da~auZCByoIo1JT6dhOp~92ZWJmmf1dJFmKEZRiU9YHDTbm1SWdzYi0bSWjUx1VptVbpEB-qX9lXlE5RjJzBA~dw-Dmo5uSZx970nJl6j8ihSwJIEeJEGs841jbMh6yT9-vt12zhrm3GO6Gkiwgvc9ZyCe-bk5eal2IeAgVkBbdYWYa3u2lnna8SJKGpdugu8jMmnbK-Xrz6kwNseZxvFKYGHNbmb8OYzdU9zjH-MS5Qub-5rW8EaV80Zn6zGQOlTz18b8Oxfn4cFsmonmVwJ~NKpgFMegd1vKThE~1465Bw2iW32181vGA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Members of the public urged the Nebraska State Board of Education on Oct. 3 in Fremont to create a subject endorsement or full degree in theater education so more teachers are trained and retained in the state.

Dan Hayes, director of theater at Midland University, told the board he has “been working on, re examining theater education, and the certification here in Nebraska for more than a year,” and brought students to show “their passion about teaching theater.”

The comments that followed framed the request as both a workforce and equity issue for smaller, rural districts. Midland University freshman Avery Hogue said the endorsement’s requirements are uncertain and “this endorsement has not been set in stone, so that leaves a level of insecurity in me and my peers for the credits we are currently working towards.” Hogue urged the board to “give us new opportunities” and to make teachers more qualified to teach theater in schools of all sizes.

Other students described pathways they want to pursue. Jenna Poole, a senior English education major at Midland, told the board some students need an endorsement while others need a full theater education degree: “Please keep in mind that both the endorsement and the full degree would be very valuable for many future educators out there.” Graduate assistant Elliot (no last name given) said he cannot get the training he needs in Nebraska and warned that students are leaving the state “to states like Iowa, Missouri…Kansas, Colorado” because Nebraska lacks a theater education degree.

Alexis Tavla, a nontraditional Midland student, argued that offering both an endorsement and a major would make Midland “a destination school for students across the nation who are passionate future theater educators.” Rusty Ruth, director of theater at Wayne State College, said surveys of his former and current students showed about “90% of those students have indicated that’s the path they would have wanted to take” — meaning a full subject endorsement.

Speakers emphasized practical details the board could consider: students asked for a 30-credit endorsement option, noted that some Midland students are transfer or out-of-state (Midland figures cited in public comment: about 11% transfer and 47% out-of-state), and said districts from Class A to D need qualified teachers able to teach theater history, communication and culture.

The remarks were made during the Board’s public comment period; no formal proposal was on the agenda and the Board did not take immediate action during the meeting. Written public comments were attached to the meeting agenda for Board and public review.

Board members and staff later continued with committee reports and agenda business.","Multiple Midland University students and theater directors urged the State Board of Education to establish a 30-credit theater endorsement or a full theater education major to keep future theater teachers in Nebraska and strengthen arts offerings in smaller districts.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6427403,"State Board approves early childhood data system contract after members raise data-sharing questions",488,1851000,2339000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5894248-5767b885656da509a9f7a77dd0c50a46&start=1851&end=2339","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5894248-5767b885656da509a9f7a77dd0c50a46/thumbnail_1851000.jpg","/articles/6427403/Nebraska/State-Board-approves-early-childhood-data-system-contract-after-members-raise-data-sharing-questions","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6427403-ef7b674bb7b101c2ead306b34d73d69b/orig.mp4?Expires=1770450689&Signature=P7jJAe0V1S3pbToTyBAp9qnTqKbQ-ucs17-uTTip65vd5C6bsN67Re-ZakfsVBCvCXkF0C9zCa1sIi7Cmc943YOZ9qoyJ~xs~L9HuOOH4jxWGlBCJqvgi~SoOgZTEWGN8G72fSRWB1j4JgiFHEHUk4lEjoG-8g3k5tx~c4Exm5jgkcRNGvHzjZ-yBql~oVfFmaV1jlXfPKN4zozS0xGwEGR0zstnGLVaHMvHTCVSkQSEWccoavI9-VQtOQmZ-gPZLRm4pN-c5mGz2o8wqSgLIDUTKfU9-QmMyVIRvi~1mcWSkBZzwqGIjumU9B6FtVGTVyczuwRnCQckqPz7G9KZ~A__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Nebraska State Board of Education authorized the commissioner on Oct. 3 to contract for services to build an early childhood integrated data system (ECIDS), a project the department says will link data already collected across agencies to improve early childhood program evaluation.

Board member Lisa Schoenhoff pressed staff for specifics on what the system would include and how data would be shared. Schoenhoff said she reviewed material on LR205 and other states’ ECIDS implementations and raised “red flags” about the scope of data collection and interagency sharing, asking whether the system would collect new data or consolidate existing records.

Lane Carr, administrator for the Office of Policy at the Nebraska Department of Education, told the board the ECIDS would not collect new data but would bring together information already gathered by multiple agencies, including the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) for licensed child-care centers, care subsidies and parts of Medicaid; state-run pre-K; Head Start; and IDEA Part C special education records. Carr said the system is intended to improve “efficiency and effectiveness of early childhood programs” and to provide policymakers with evidence on program outcomes.

Carr also said NDE and DHHS plan to use data-sharing agreements reviewed by both agencies’ legal teams and to apply security safeguards similar to those used for K–12 data. He said conversations with DHHS and legislators about LR205 were expected in the fall and that the department anticipated additional committee discussion.

The motion — “to authorize the commissioner to contract for services for the early childhood integrated data systems” — passed on a roll call showing six votes in favor and one against (board member Lisa Schoenhoff). The board’s recorded discussion shows Schoenhoff’s concerns focused on what data fields would be included, who would be able to access consolidated records, and whether any new personally identifying data would be added.

Board minutes attached to the agenda state the contract will be implemented by the Nebraska Department of Education in partnership with DHHS; staff said further action will include drafting data-sharing agreements and clarifying reporting and safeguards. The board did not specify contract dollar amounts or a contractor in its public minutes at this meeting.

The ECIDS vote followed committee reports and other business; the board’s written public comments are available with the electronic meeting materials.","The Nebraska State Board of Education authorized the commissioner to contract for an early childhood integrated data system (ECIDS), after staff said the system would combine existing data and that data-sharing agreements and safeguards would be developed; the motion passed 6–1.","actionData","errors"]

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