First Responder Recruitment and Retention Act
Neb. Rev. Stat. ยงยง 85-2609 to 85-2625
LB 608 (Operative dates of September 3, 2025, and July 1, 2027)
Operative date September 3, 2025
Definitions for qualifying child and qualifying degree are added to the Act.
Beginning September 3, 2025, LB 608 expanded the Act to include eligible disabled persons who were law enforcement officers or professional firefighters under the Act and their qualifying children for tuition waivers. An eligible disabled person is defined as an individual who is disabled as a result of injury or illness that resulted from or is connected to employment as a first responder and is no longer able to work as a first responder.
Also beginning September 3, 2025, if a law enforcement officer's or professional firefighter's death in the line of duty occurs after submission of a tuition waiver application, the qualifying child will not be disqualified from receiving the waiver tuition if all the other conditions are met.
Correctional officers and youth detention officers added starting July 1, 2027. LB 608 expanded the First Responder Recruitment and Retention Act (Act) to include correctional officers, youth detention officers, eligible disabled persons under the Act and their qualifying children for tuition waivers to attend the University of Nebraska. An eligible disabled person is defined as an individual who is disabled as a result of injury or illness that resulted from or is connected to employment as a first responder and is no longer able to work as a first responder.
Also beginning July 1, 2027, if a correctional or youth detention officer's death in the line of duty occurs after submission of a tuition waiver application, the qualifying child will not be disqualified from receiving the waiver tuition if all the other conditions are met.
The First Responder Certificate of Verification & Authorization for Release of Information document is now available for submission using the
If you do not plan to submit the Form FRVA in the future, complete Form FRVA-N
