---
type: "Bill"
title: "Change the base limitation, local effort rate, and net option funding for school districts and the learning community transition aid calculation"
description: "Change the base limitation, local effort rate, and net option funding for school districts and the learning community transition aid calculation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "105"
identifier: "LB 409"
citation: "Nebraska LB 409 (105)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Groene"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-13"
last_action: "2017-05-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fde9bc01-0241-4a41-bfb9-9444f8598173"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2017"
source_hash: "a89bf95ca3912441d1e76917d39d53b72ac48fdeba6cff8a590c347153700312"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ne"]
---

# Nebraska LB 409 (105) — Change the base limitation, local effort rate, and net option funding for school districts and the learning community transition aid calculation

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/105/PDF/Intro/LB409.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/105/PDF/Final/LB409.pdf)
3. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/105/PDF/Slip/LB409.pdf)

## Votes

- Friesen AM1236 lost — **11–22** (fail) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **38–0** (pass) · legislature
- Kolowski AM1015 lost — **14–24** (fail) · legislature
- Education AM955 adopted — **34–0** (fail) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 44-0-5 — **44–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Groene — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-05-10** Approved by Governor on May 10, 2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-04** Presented to Governor on May 04, 2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-04** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2017-05-04** Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 44-0-5 `passage`
- **2017-05-02** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2017-04-27** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2017-04-27** Baker AM1238 withdrawn
- **2017-04-27** Baker AM1238 filed `filing`
- **2017-04-27** Friesen AM1236 lost
- **2017-04-27** Friesen AM1236 filed `filing`
- **2017-04-27** Friesen AM1163 withdrawn
- **2017-04-27** Kolowski AM1015 lost
- **2017-04-27** Kolowski AM1015 pending
- **2017-04-27** Enrollment and Review ER60 adopted
- **2017-04-24** Friesen AM1163 filed `filing`
- **2017-04-24** Kolowski AM1015 filed `filing`
- **2017-04-21** Enrollment and Review ER60 filed `filing`
- **2017-04-21** Placed on Select File with ER60 `filing`
- **2017-04-19** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2017-04-19** Groene AM474 withdrawn
- **2017-04-19** Education AM955 adopted
- **2017-04-10** Education AM955 filed `filing`
- **2017-04-10** Placed on General File with AM955 `filing`
- **2017-03-03** Groene AM474 filed `filing`
- **2017-02-24** Education priority bill
- **2017-02-16** Notice of hearing for March 06, 2017
- **2017-01-17** Referred to Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-13** Date of introduction `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fde9bc01-0241-4a41-bfb9-9444f8598173`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).