MADISON, Neb. (AP) — A former Norfolk student teacher accused of changing a student’s grade in exchange for explicit photos of her has been sentenced to six months in jail.

24-year-old Sean Neal, of Wayne, was sentenced Thursday in Madison County Court. Neal had pleaded no contest in June to attempted contributing to the delinquency of a minor, a misdemeanor.

Prosecutors say Neal had raised the grade the same day the 14-year-old Norfolk High School freshman sent the photos. She reported the incident to school officials within a day or two.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Trump administration has provided a disaster declaration for 18 Nebraska counties.

The declaration announced Tuesday allows federal assistance for storm damage, June 12-17.

The counties are Banner, Box Butte, Butler, Cass, Cuming, Dodge, Douglas, Fillmore, Gage, Jefferson, Morrill, Polk, Sarpy, Saunders, Sheridan, Sioux, Thurston and Wayne.

The counties will be eligible for public assistance for emergency work and repair and replacement of disaster-damaged facilities.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The parents of a student sexually assaulted by an Omaha math teacher have sued the district and some administrators, saying school officials did nothing to stop the teacher.

The federal lawsuit filed last week says the officials didn’t act on reports and suspicions that Brian Robeson was grooming and sexually assaulting a 13-year-old student on and off grounds at Alfonza W. Davis Middle School.

The district and the officials and their lawyers have declined to comment or didn’t return calls.

Robeson pleaded guilty to sexual assault and in October last year was sentenced to 40 years in prison.

The girl’s parents seek undetermined damages for emotional distress, the girl’s ongoing mental health struggles and medical treatment for her physical and emotional injuries.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A federal judge in Lincoln has sentenced mother and son business owners to prison and has fined them millions, calling the synthetic marijuana they sold poison.

Allen Peithman was sentenced Tuesday to nearly 10 years in prison, and Sharon Elder was sentenced to more than five years. The millions in fines levied are in addition to a $1.2 million monetary judgment entered against the two.

The sentencing stems from a 2015 federal indictment saying Lincoln head shops Dirt Cheap and Island Smokes were responsible for distributing drugs, paraphernalia and financial crimes. The indictment was on the heels of more than 100 local residents being treated in the hospital after smoking a drug often called K2, potpourri or synthetic marijuana.

Defense attorney Korey Reiman says he plans to appeal the decision.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A federal judge has allowed a former Nebraska school superintendent to withdraw his guilty plea to the theft of $314,000 from a federal program.

The change came in Lincoln’s federal court on Wednesday, when former Santee Community Schools superintendent Paul Sellon was set to be sentenced.

At a hearing last month, the judge expressed concerns about a portion of the plea agreement where the government agreed not to file charges against Sellon’s wife, Sue Ann, if he pleaded guilty.

He was accused of stealing the funds between 2010 and 2013.

Prosecutors say Sellon contracted with Mastery Learning and Achievement, paying $683,000 in funds from an annual school improvement grant. Authorities say Sellon told the company it needed to pay him some of the grant money it received for its service as a pre-condition to being hired in Santee.