UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934



Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) APRIL 24, 2008
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                                  NELNET, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


            NEBRASKA                001-31924              84-0748903
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  (State of other jurisdiction     (Commission           (IRS Employer
       of incorporation)           File Number)       Identification No.)


121 SOUTH 13TH STREET, SUITE 201, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA              68508
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               (Address of principal executive offices)        (ZipCode)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code (402) 458-2303
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ITEM 2.03.     CREATION OF A DIRECT FINANCIAL OBLIGATION OR AN OBLIGATION UNDER
               AN OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENT OF A REGISTRANT

        CHELA Education Funding, Inc., Education Solutions, Inc., EFS Finance
Co., EMT Corp., MELMAC, LLC, NHELP-I, Inc., NHELP-III, Inc., Nelnet Education
Loan Funding, Inc., Nelnet Student Loan Corporation-2 and Nelnet Student Loan
Funding, LLC ("Nelnet Funding") are wholly owned subsidiaries of National
Education Loan Network, Inc. National Education Loan Network, Inc. is a wholly
owned subsidiary of Nelnet, Inc.

        On April 15, 2008, Nelnet Student Loan Trust 2008-3 (the "Trust"), of
which Nelnet Funding is the Depositor, and Zions First National Bank, in its
capacity as Indenture Trustee and as Eligible Lender Trustee, executed and
delivered an Indenture of Trust dated as of April 15, 2008, pursuant to which
the Trust issued $1,450,611,000 of Student Loan Asset-Backed Notes (the
"Notes").

        On the closing date, the Trust used approximately $954,540,227 to
purchase student loans originated under the Federal Family Education Loan
Program from Nelnet Funding and deposited $440,000,000 in the Prefunding Account
of the Acquisition Fund. Nelnet Funding purchased the student loans the Trust
acquired from CHELA Education Funding, Inc., Education Solutions, Inc., EFS
Finance Co., EMT Corp., MELMAC, LLC, NHELP-I, Inc., NHELP-III, Inc., National
Education Loan Network, Inc., Nelnet Education Loan Funding, Inc., Nelnet
Student Loan Corporation-2, and Union Bank and Trust Company.

        A description of the transaction and the documents executed in
connection with the transaction are included in the Trust's Form 8-K (Reg. No.
333-144431-03) filed on April 30, 2008.



                                   SIGNATURES



        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Dated:  April 30, 2008
                                          NELNET, INC.


                                          By: /s/ Terry J. Heimes
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                                          Name:  Terry J. Heimes
                                          Title: Chief Financial Officer and
                                                 Treasurer