Father Flanagan's Boys Home v. Department of Social Services

The issue presented in these consolidated appeals is whether the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (the Department), formerly known as the Department of Social Services, is obligated to compensate a nonpublic school system for providing educational services to wards of the state and wards of the courts (state wards) placed in such schools. In actions filed in the district court for Lancaster County, Father Flanagan’s Boys Home (FFBH) alleged that the Department failed to pay the cost of educating state wards placed in schools which FFBH owns and operates. In both cases, FFBH…