85-1702 Legislative findings. - Nebraska Statutes

85-1702. Legislative findings.The Legislature finds and declares that:(1) For the benefit of the people of the State of Nebraska, the increase of their commerce, welfare, and prosperity, and the improvement of their health and living conditions, it is essential that this and future generations of youth be given the greatest opportunity to learn and to fully develop their intellectual and mental capacities and skills;(2) To achieve these ends it is of the utmost importance that private institutions of higher education within the state be provided with appropriate additional means of assisting such youth in achieving the required levels of learning and development of their intellectual and mental capacities and skills;(3) It is the purpose of the Nebraska Educational Finance Authority Act to provide a measure of assistance and an alternative method of enabling private institutions of higher education in the state to finance the acquisition, construction, and renovation of needed educational facilities and structures and to refund, refinance, or reimburse outstanding indebtedness incurred by them or advances made by them, including advances from an endowment or any other similar fund, for the construction, acquisition, or renovation of needed educational facilities and structures, whether or not constructed, acquired, or renovated prior to August 30, 1981;(4) The financing and refinancing of educational facilities, through means other than the appropriation of public funds to private institutions of higher education, as described in the act, is a valid public purpose;(5) The availability of improved access to health profession schools will benefit the people of the State of Nebraska and improve their health, welfare, and living conditions;(6) The establishment of a health education loan program, with the proceeds of bonds to be used for the purchase or making of loans to students or certain former students of health profession schools, will improve the access to such schools and assist such persons in meeting the expenses incurred in availing themselves of health education opportunities; and(7) The establishment of a program to assist private institutions of higher education to provide loans to their full-time students pursuing an academic degree will improve access to higher education and contribute to the health, welfare, and living conditions in Nebraska. SourceLaws 1981, LB 321, § 1; Laws 1983, LB 159, § 1; Laws 1993, LB 465, § 1; R.S.1943, (1994), § 79-2901; Laws 1995, LB 5, § 1.