HB 584 -- Career Ladder for Teachers Sponsor: Lager When a school district participates in the Career Ladder Program, it must match state funds on a sliding scale based on the assessed valuation per eligible pupil. This bill permits any district that opted out of the program between July 1, 2001, and July 1, 2005, to rejoin by July 1, 2006, at the same matching level it qualified for when it last participated in the program.Copyright (c) Missouri House of Representatives