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)   July 27, 2005            
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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) 458-2370               
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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

        Nelnet Student Loan Funding, LLC ("Nelnet Funding"), Nelnet Education
Loan Funding, Inc., NHELP-III, Inc., and EMT Corp. are wholly owned subsidiaries
of National Education Loan Network, Inc. National Education Loan Network, Inc.
is a wholly owned subsidiary of Nelnet, Inc.

        On July 27, 2005, Nelnet Student Loan Trust 2005-3 (the "Trust"), of
which Nelnet Funding is the Sponsor, 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 July 1, 2005, pursuant to which the
Trust issued $1,343,400,000 of Student Loan Asset-Backed Notes (the "Notes").

        The Trust used proceeds from the sale of the Notes to purchase student
loans originated under the Federal Family Education Loan Program from Nelnet
Funding. A portion of the student loans the Trust acquired were purchased from
Nelnet Education Loan Funding, Inc., NHELP-III, Inc., and EMT Corp. by Nelnet
Funding.

        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.
333-118566-03) filed on August 1, 2005.

                                   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:  August 1, 2005
                                               NELNET, INC.


                                               By: /s/ Terry J. Heimes

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                                                Name:  Terry J. Heimes
                                                Title: Chief Financial Officer