HB 45 -- COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION

SPONSOR:  Farnen

COMMITTEE ACTION:  Voted "do pass by consent" by the Committee
on Education-Elementary and Secondary by a vote of 23 to 0.

Current law requires the Commissioner of Education to be a
resident of the state for at least one year prior to
appointment.  This bill deletes the one year residency
requirement and requires instead that the commissioner be a
state resident upon assumption of the duties of commissioner.

FISCAL NOTE:  No impact on state funds.

PROPONENTS:  Supporters say that the bill is good public
policy.  The strict letter of the current law would preclude the
search for an out-of-state candidate or else require that an
out-of-state candidate be hired on an "acting" basis for a year
until the residency requirement could be met.

Testifying for the bill was Representative Farnen.

OPPONENTS:  There was no opposition voiced to the committee.

Becky DeNeve, Senior Legislative Analyst

Missouri House of Representatives
Last Updated November 26, 2001 at 11:42 am