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FORM 4UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
VANHORN JAMES

(Last)(First)(Middle)
121 SOUTH 13TH STREET, SUITE 201

(Street)
LINCOLNNE68508

(City)(State)(Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
NELNET INC [NNI]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
XDirector10% Owner
Officer (give title below)Other (specify below)
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
06/26/2009
4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
XForm filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)
6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
CodeVAmount(A) or (D)Price

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)
6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)
8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)
9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)
10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
CodeV(A)(D)Date ExercisableExpiration DateTitleAmount or Number of Shares
Phantom Stock (1) 06/26/2009 A  7,143   (2) (2) Class A Common Stock 7,143 $ 0 18,936 D  
Explanation of Responses:
1. 1 - for - 1
2. The shares of phantom stock were granted pursuant to the issuer's Directors Stock Compensation Plan. They will become payable in shares of Class A Common Stock at the time of termination of the reporting person's service as a member of the issuer's Board of Directors. The shares will be payable in a lump sum at the time of termination of the reporting person's service as a member of the issuer's Board, or in up to five annual installments, commencing at the time of termination of the reporting person's service on the issuer's Board, as elected by the reporting person.
 
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Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney
/s/ Angie R. Miller, Attorney-in-Fact for James VanHorn06/30/2009
** Signature of Reporting PersonDate
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EX-24.

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POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and 
appoints each of William J. Munn, Craig A. Stoner, Andrew Slain and Angie R. 
Miller, or any of them signing singly, and each with full power of substitution, 
the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the undersigned's 
behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a 
Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or 
appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make 
electronic filings with the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the 
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any rule or regulation of the SEC;

(2)execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's 
capacity as an officer and/or director of Nelnet, Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 
4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 
and the rules thereunder;

(3)do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, 
or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file 
such form with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(4)take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the 
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, 
in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being 
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the 
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall 
ccontain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such 
attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and 
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, 
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers 
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or 
could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, 
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such 
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be 
done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein 
granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in 
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, 
nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply 
with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the 
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the 
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, 
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the 
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

All powers of attorney previously executed by the undersigned in 
connection with the filing of Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the 
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company 
required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 are hereby 
revoked and superseded by this Power of Attorney.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to 
be executed as of this 28th day of August, 2008.

/s/ James H. Van Horn
James H. Van Horn



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