Bills Assigned to Committee
ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
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HB34
--- Sponsor:
Davis, Cynthia
--- CoSponsor:
Cunningham, Jane
- Eliminates the requirement that course materials and instruction on
human sexuality and sexually transmitted diseases include discussion
of contraception methods
- HB34 -- (LR# 0072L.01I)
- House Committee: ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
- Public Hearing held (H)
HB35
--- Sponsor:
Davis, Cynthia
--- CoSponsor:
Emery, Edgar G. H.
- Requires that all biology textbooks sold to the public schools of the
State of Missouri have one or more chapters containing a critical
analysis of origins
- HB35 -- (LR# 0180L.03I)
- House Committee: ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
- Public Hearing held (H)
HB39
--- Sponsor:
Jackson, Jack
- Changes the laws regarding school facilities and their outside use
- HB39 -- (LR# 0096L.01I)
- Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
HB51
--- Sponsor:
Johnson, Rick
- Changes the laws regarding school district transportation and busing
services
- HB51 -- (LR# 0427L.01I)
- Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
HB73
--- Sponsor:
Bland, Craig C.
- Requires school districts to provide an alternative education
program in order to be eligible for state school aid
- HB73 -- (LR# 0355L.01I)
- Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
HB79
--- Sponsor:
Bland, Craig C.
- Requires accreditation of charter schools
- HB79 -- (LR# 0345L.01I)
- Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
HB81
--- Sponsor:
Bland, Craig C.
- Requires the State Board of Education to establish a coordinated
health program board to prevent student obesity, cardiovascular
disease, and type II diabetes
- HB81 -- (LR# 0346L.01I)
- Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
HB87
--- Sponsor:
Wallace, Maynard
- Requires school districts to run their own summer school to be
eligible for summer school add-on in state financial aid
- HB87 -- (LR# 0134L.01I)
- House Committee: ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
- Hearing continued (H)
HB90
--- Sponsor:
Denison, Charles
- Permits large school districts that have attained full accreditation
for a five-year period to obtain waivers to choose their own
standards for qualification in the Missouri School Improvement Program
- HB90 -- (LR# 0598L.01I)
- Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
HB106
--- Sponsor:
Cunningham, Jane
- Changes the terms of service for members of the governing council of
certain special school districts
- HB106 -- (LR# 0145L.01I)
- House Committee: ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
- Public Hearing held (H)
HB136
--- Sponsor:
Jackson, Jack
- Repeals obsolete statutes regarding education
- HB136 -- (LR# 0141L.01I)
- Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
HB145
--- Sponsor:
Cunningham, Jane
- Changes the laws regarding teacher certification
- HB145 -- (LR# 0147L.02I)
- House Committee: ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
- Public Hearing held (H)
HB153
--- Sponsor:
Wallace, Maynard
- Allows school districts meeting certain requirements to make a
one-time transfer of funds from the teacher and incidental funds to
the capital projects fund
- HB153 -- (LR# 0518L.01I)
- House Committee: ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
- Executive Session held (H)
- HCS VOTED DO PASS
HB172
--- Sponsor:
Yates, Brian David
--- CoSponsor:
Kraus, Will
- Allows school superintendents to convene hearings within 15 working
days of a pupil's request to register in certain instances
- HB172 -- (LR# 0605L.01I)
- House Committee: ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
- Public Hearing held (H)
HB173
--- Sponsor:
Yates, Brian David
--- CoSponsor:
Kraus, Will
- Creates the Classroom Trust Fund
- HB173 -- (LR# 0606L.01I)
- Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
HB251
--- Sponsor:
Cunningham, Jane
- Provides for loss of tenure and pay for public school teachers that
strike
- HB251 -- (LR# 0695L.01I)
- Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
HB258
--- Sponsor:
Cunningham, Jane
- Repeals the requirement that school districts conduct an annual census
of children with disabilities up to age 21 that reside in their school
district
- HB258 -- (LR# 0764L.02T)
- Approved by Governor (G)
- Delivered to Secretary of State
HB274
--- Sponsor:
George, Thomas E.
--- CoSponsor:
Walsh, Regina
- Requires noncertified employees in certain school districts to be
appointed and promoted pursuant to local school board rules
- HB274 -- (LR# 0930L.01I)
- Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
HB276
--- Sponsor:
Cunningham, Jane
- Changes the laws regarding special education to comply with the
federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
- HB276 -- (LR# 0765L.01I)
- Approved by Governor (G)
- Delivered to Secretary of State
HB282
--- Sponsor:
Whorton, James
--- CoSponsor:
Guest, Jim
- Establishes inclement weather exceptions for mandatory days of school
attendance
- HB282 -- (LR# 1113L.01I)
- Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
HB289
--- Sponsor:
Fraser, Barbara
--- CoSponsor:
Oxford, Jeanette Mott
- Prohibits public school districts from administering any corporal
punishment
- HB289 -- (LR# 0871L.01I)
- Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
HB297
--- Sponsor:
Pearce, David
- Changes the laws regarding elementary and secondary education
- HB297 -- (LR# 0895L.01I)
- Approved by Governor (G)
- Delivered to Secretary of State
HB319
--- Sponsor:
Muschany, Scott
--- CoSponsor:
Cunningham, Jane
- Establishes procedures for the evaluation of credits for students
transferring into an accredited public school district from an
unaccredited public or nonpublic school or a home school
- HB319 -- (LR# 0148L.04I)
- Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
HB320
--- Sponsor:
Muschany, Scott
--- CoSponsor:
Cunningham, Jane
- Revises procedures for lapse of school districts to require formerly
unaccredited districts to make progress beyond provisional
accreditation
- HB320 -- (LR# 0146L.02P)
- Placed on Informal Calendar (S)
- SCS, SS/SCS PENDING
HB328
--- Sponsor:
Baker, Brian
--- CoSponsor:
Wilson, Kevin
- Prohibits public institutions that receive state funds from adopting
a discrimination policy that exceeds current federal protections
against discrimination
- HB328 -- (LR# 0819L.01I)
- Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
HB329
--- Sponsor:
Baker, Brian
--- CoSponsor:
Dusenberg, Gary
- Allows parents or legal guardians of 16 to 18-year-old children to
choose to have the compulsory school attendance and work certificate
laws apply to their children
- HB329 -- (LR# 0824L.01I)
- House Committee: ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
- Executive Session held (H)
- VOTED DO PASS
HB378
--- Sponsor:
Cooper, Shannon
- Changes the laws regarding out-of-district school tuition
- HB378 -- (LR# 0612L.01I)
- Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
HB472
--- Sponsor:
Sander, Therese
--- CoSponsor:
Phillips, Susan C.
- Requires closed captioning on all electronic video instructional
materials offered for sale to schools in Missouri beginning
January 1, 2006
- HB472 -- (LR# 1333L.01I)
- House Committee: ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
- Public Hearing held (H)
HB473
--- Sponsor:
Yates, Brian David
- Allows school districts to convene a committee of their board in
order to rule on pupil residency waiver requests
- HB473 -- (LR# 1353L.01P)
- Taken up for third reading (S)
- MOTION TO THIRD READ WAS WITHDRAWN
HB514
--- Sponsor:
Pratt, Bryan
- Requires placement of automated external cardiac defibrillators
in high schools
- HB514 -- (LR# 1219L.03I)
- House Committee: ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
- Executive Session held (H)
- VOTED DO PASS
HB539
--- Sponsor:
Icet, Allen
--- CoSponsor:
Cunningham, Jane
- Allows school districts to provide salary incentives for certain
teachers
- HB539 -- (LR# 0149L.03P)
- Placed on Informal Calendar (S)
- SCS, SA 1 PENDING
HB579
--- Sponsor:
Johnson, Connie "LaJoyce"
- Allows members of the St. Louis City school board to also hold other
city or state offices
- HB579 -- (LR# 1422L.01I)
- Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
HB584
--- Sponsor:
Lager, Brad
- Changes the laws regarding the Career Ladder Program for teachers
- HB584 -- (LR# 1385L.03I)
- Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
HB591
--- Sponsor:
Schlottach, Charles
--- CoSponsor:
Cooper, Robert Wayne
- Changes the laws regarding transportation including school bus
drivers, fee offices, credit for trade-ins, salvage vehicles,
repossessed titles, drivers' licenses, and memorial highways
- HCS HB 591, 210, 377, 760 & 777 -- (LR# 1610L.11C)
- Laid over (H)
- HA 1 TO HA 1,AND HA 1, HCS PENDING
HB679
--- Sponsor:
Kraus, Will
--- CoSponsor:
Yates, Brian David
- Requires the State Board of Education and local school boards to
adopt a policy that encourages effective involvement by parents
in support of the education of their children
- HB679 -- (LR# 1667L.01I)
- House Committee: RULES (PURSUANT TO RULE 25(26)(F)
- Reported do pass (H)
- NO TIME LIMIT FOR DEBATE
HB781
--- Sponsor:
Pratt, Bryan
- Allows a school board to employ police officers to maintain order,
preserve peace, and make arrests
- HB781 -- (LR# 0064L.01I)
- Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
HB800
--- Sponsor:
Lampe, Sara
--- CoSponsor:
Chappelle-Nadal, Maria
- Changes the laws regarding early childhood special education
- HB800 -- (LR# 1967L.01I)
- Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
HB823
--- Sponsor:
Tilley, Steven
--- CoSponsor:
Jetton, Rod
- Establishes the Model School Wellness Program to create pilot
programs in school districts encouraging students to avoid tobacco
use, balance their diets, and exercise
- HB823 -- (LR# 2048L.02I)
- House Committee: ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
- Executive Session held (H)
HB825
--- Sponsor:
Chinn, Kathy
--- CoSponsor:
Black, Lanie
- Establishes the Founding Documents Protection Act which allows
school boards to permit teachers to read excerpts from certain
documents related to history, patriotism, and civil rights
- HB825 -- (LR# 2026L.01I)
- Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
HB831
--- Sponsor:
Brooks, Sharon Sanders
- Changes the laws regarding charter schools
- HB831 -- (LR# 1608L.01I)
- House Committee: RULES (PURSUANT TO RULE 25(26)(F)
- Reported do pass (H)
- NO TIME LIMIT FOR DEBATE
HB842
--- Sponsor:
Brooks, Sharon Sanders
- Changes the laws regarding charter schools
- HCS HB 842 & 831 -- (LR# 2135L.03C)
- House Committee: RULES (PURSUANT TO RULE 25(26)(F)
- Reported do pass (H)
- NO TIME LIMIT FOR DEBATE
HB843
--- Sponsor:
Lampe, Sara
--- CoSponsor:
Fraser, Barbara
- Defines bullying in schools and prohibits school employees,
volunteers, or students from bullying a student while on school
property
- HB843 -- (LR# 1425L.02I)
- Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
HB873
--- Sponsor:
Corcoran, Michael George
--- CoSponsor:
Darrough, Bruce
- Allows certain school districts to provide transportation to students
who live less than one mile from school and be reimbursed by the
state if unsafe traffic situations can be demonstrated
- HB873 -- (LR# 1765L.01I)
- Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
HB909
--- Sponsor:
Young, Terry
- Limits the school superintendent salaries in school districts
with boundaries that overlap counties of the third and fourth
classification
- HB909 -- (LR# 2186L.02I)
- House Committee: ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
- Public Hearing held (H)
HB913
--- Sponsor:
Aull, Joe
--- CoSponsor:
Lampe, Sara
- Requires the reporting of a school district's operating fund balances
and other related information
- HB913 -- (LR# 2173L.01I)
- Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
HB919
--- Sponsor:
Baker, Brian
- Requires the State Board of Education to establish a virtual public
school
- HB919 -- (LR# 2208L.01I)
- Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
HB922
--- Sponsor:
Quinn, John
--- CoSponsor:
Wallace, Maynard
- Makes eligibility for a driver's license for persons between the ages
of 15 and 18 contingent on acceptable Missouri Assessment Program
scores
- HB922 -- (LR# 0282L.01I)
- Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
HB937
--- Sponsor:
Kraus, Will
--- CoSponsor:
Chappelle-Nadal, Maria
- Prohibits "bullying" in schools and requires school districts to
adopt policies prohibiting harassment, intimidation, and bullying
- HB937 -- (LR# 1474L.01I)
- Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
HB942
--- Sponsor:
Baker, Judy
--- CoSponsor:
Walton, Juanita Head
- Requires school districts to develop written policies on food choices
in its schools
- HB942 -- (LR# 2183L.01I)
- Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
HB946
--- Sponsor:
Cunningham, Jane
- Changes the laws regarding school attire
- HB946 -- (LR# 0151L.02I)
- House Committee: ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
- Public Hearing held (H)
HCR21
--- Sponsor:
Bearden, Carl
--- CoSponsor:
Schlottach, Charles
- Supports policies to ensure a healthy school environment by
increasing the physical education requirements in schools.
- HCR21 -- (LR# 1603L.02I)
- Withdrawn (H)
HCR24
--- Sponsor:
Bowman, John L.
--- CoSponsor:
Robb, Edward
- Encourages high school course work in personal finance
economics.
- HCR24 -- (LR# 1720L.01I)
- Adopted (S)
- YEAS: 33
- NAYS: 0
HCR25
--- Sponsor:
Schlottach, Charles
--- CoSponsor:
Bearden, Carl
- Supports policies to ensure a healthy school environment by
increasing the physical education requirements in schools.
- HCR25 -- (LR# 1936L.01I)
- House Committee: RULES (PURSUANT TO RULE 25(26)(F)
- Reported do pass (H)
- NO TIME LIMIT
HJR5
--- Sponsor:
Cooper, Nathan
- Proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting the Governor from
reducing appropriations for free public schools
- HJR5 -- (LR# 0597L.01I)
- Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
HJR9
--- Sponsor:
Schoemehl, Sue
--- CoSponsor:
Jolly, Cathy
- Proposes a constitutional amendment allowing a simple majority
approval for school district bond measures
- HJR9 -- (LR# 1029L.01I)
- Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
HJR19
--- Sponsor:
Brown, Jason
- Proposes a constitutional amendment clarifying that the Governor
will not have authority to reduce appropriations for public education
- HJR19 -- (LR# 0573L.01I)
- Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
HJR20
--- Sponsor:
Baker, Brian
- Proposes a constitutional amendment to raise the allowable level of
bonded indebtedness for school districts
- HJR20 -- (LR# 1675L.01I)
- Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
HJR24
--- Sponsor:
Skaggs, Trent
--- CoSponsor:
Corcoran, Michael George
- Proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting the Governor from
reducing appropriations for elementary, secondary, and higher
education
- HJR24 -- (LR# 2102L.01I)
- Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
SB42
--- Sponsor:
Days, Rita D.
- Modifies provisions regarding early childhood special education
- SB42 -- (LR# 0400S.01I)
- House Committee: RULES (PURSUANT TO RULE 25(26)(F)
- Reported do pass (H)
- NO TIME LIMIT FOR DEBATE
SB103
--- Sponsor:
Bartle, Matt
- Allows school districts to convene a committee of their board in
order to rule on pupil residency waiver requests
- SB103 -- (LR# 0117S.01I)
- Approved by Governor (G)
- Delivered to Secretary of State
SB161
--- Sponsor:
Gross, Charles
- Establishes the "Founding Documents Protection Act"
- SB161 -- (LR# 0662S.03I)
- House Committee: RULES (PURSUANT TO RULE 25(26)(F)
- Reported do pass (H)
- NO TIME LIMIT FOR DEBATE
SB266
--- Sponsor:
Gibbons, Michael R.
- Alters the definition of "teacher" in the teacher tenure act
- SB266 -- (LR# 0810S.02I)
- Approved by Governor (G)
- Delivered to Secretary of State
SB285
--- Sponsor:
Clemens, Dan
- Certain school districts may resume participation in the career ladder
program at the same matching level for which the district qualified
during its last year of participation
- SB285 -- (LR# 1394S.01I)
- House Committee: ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
- Executive Session held (H)
- VOTED DO PASS
SB298
--- Sponsor:
Coleman, Maida J.
- Alters provisions regarding the superintendent and teachers of the
St. Louis public school system
- SB298 -- (LR# 0813S.01T)
- Approved by Governor (G)
- Delivered to Secretary of State
SB299
--- Sponsor:
Coleman, Maida J.
- Removes school principals from certain sections of the Metropolitan
school district's teacher tenure statute
- SB299 -- (LR# 0814S.01T)
- Approved by Governor (G)
- Delivered to Secretary of State
SB302
--- Sponsor:
Coleman, Maida J.
- Changes the election date for certain St. Louis school board members
- SB302 -- (LR# 1142S.01I)
- Approved by Governor (G)
- Delivered to Secretary of State
SB306
--- Sponsor:
Purgason, Chuck
- Raises the amount school board members may accept for performing
services for (or selling property to) their district
- SB306 -- (LR# 1486S.01T)
- Approved by Governor (G)
- Delivered to Secretary of State
SB480
--- Sponsor:
Shields, Charles W.
- An Act relating to effective involvement by parents and families in
support of their children's education
- SB480 -- (LR# 1654S.01T)
- Approved by Governor (G)
- Delivered to Secretary of State
SB481
--- Sponsor:
Shields, Charles W.
- Alters policies regarding public school special education services
- SB481 -- (LR# 1801S.01I)
- House Committee: ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
- Public Hearing held (H)

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