NSCS Trustees approve rural law recruitment program

The beginning steps for a proposed program called RLOP were approved at the Nebraska State College System’s Board of Trustees meeting Friday.
The Rural Law Opportunities Program will follow the pre-existing Rural Health Opportunities Program (RHOP).
This program will be for a selected number of Chadron State College and Wayne State College students. It will give provisional admittance to those students into the University of Nebraska—Lincoln College of Law.
The program will recruit students from rural counties in Nebraska and the students would be “highly encouraged” to stay in rural Nebraska after graduating.
The Board approved the use of $6,205,766 from the Deferred Maintenance Bonds 2016 funds to be used for the CSC Stadium Renovation/Replacement project.
There was also a policy change to allow international students to be considered for the non-resident tuition after completing one semester in the State College System.
CSC already had a similar policy in place, but this change will make it available for all the state colleges—Chadron State, Peru State, and Wayne State.
The Board’s next meeting is scheduled for Nov. 10-11.