79-1035. School funds; apportionment by Commissioner of Education; basis.
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(1)The State Treasurer shall, on or before January 25 of each year, make a complete exhibit of all money belonging to the permanent school fund and the temporary school fund as returned to him or her from the several counties, together with the amount derived from other sources, and deliver such exhibit duly certified to the Commissioner of Education and the chairperson of the Education Committee of the Legislature.
(2)On or before February 25 following receipt of the exhibit from the State Treasurer pursuant to subsection
(1)of this section, the Commissioner of Education shall make the apportionment of the temporary school fund to each school district as follows: From the whole amount, there shall be paid to those districts in which there are school or saline lands, which lands are used for a public purpose, an amount in lieu of tax money that would be raised if such lands were taxable, to be fixed in the manner prescribed in section 79-1036 ; and the remainder shall be apportioned to the districts according to the pro rata enumeration of children who are five through eighteen years of age in each district last returned from the school district. The calculation of apportionment for each school fiscal year shall include any corrections to the prior school fiscal year's apportionment.
(3)The Commissioner of Education shall certify the amount of the apportionment of the temporary school fund as provided in subsection
(2)of this section to the Director of Administrative Services. The Director of Administrative Services shall issue payments to the various districts for the respective amounts so certified by the Commissioner of Education.
Method and manner of apportionment for benefit of common schools is provided. State ex rel. Ebke v. Board of Educational Lands & Funds, 159 Neb. 79, 65 N.W.2d 392 (1954).