EDUCATION, ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY

Missouri House of Representatives
93rd General Assembly, 1st Regular Session (2005)
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EDUCATION, ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY

: Eliminates the requirement that course materials and instruction on human sexuality and sexually transmitted diseases include discussion of contraception methods

: 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

: Authorizes a real property tax credit for certain educational expenses in St. Charles County

: Changes the laws regarding school facilities and their outside use

: Changes the laws regarding school district transportation and busing services

: Allows school districts to adopt income and sales taxes upon voter approval

: Revises certain calculations in the school funding formula

: Authorizes a motor fuel tax exemption for school districts

: Requires school districts to provide an alternative education program in order to be eligible for state school aid

: Requires accreditation of charter schools

: Requires school districts to run their own summer school to be eligible for summer school add-on in state financial aid

: 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

: Establishes additional tax increment financing guidelines

: Changes the laws regarding the consequences for minors purchasing, possessing, and consuming alcohol

: Prohibits public schools from joining statewide activities associations if the association prohibits tuition-paying students from participating on a school team to which the tuition is paid

: Changes the terms of service for members of the governing council of certain special school districts

: Revises the School Foundation Formula

: Adds a Consumer Price Index inflation adjustment to the state aid amount for hold-harmless school districts

: Repeals obsolete statutes regarding education

: Changes the laws regarding teacher certification

: Expands the crime of distribution of controlled substances near schools to include near child care facilities, long-term care facilities, and the residences of in-home child care providers

: Establishes another recall election procedure for school board members in metropolitan school districts

: 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

: Allows school superintendents to convene hearings within 15 working days of a pupil's request to register in certain instances

: Creates the Classroom Trust Fund

: Establishes a scholarship program for the survivors of veterans killed or injured in action after September 11, 2001

: Requires driver's license applicants under age 18 to show high school enrollment, attendance rate greater than 90%, and minimum GPA of 1.75 or satisfactory progress in an alternative education program

: Provides for loss of tenure and pay for public school teachers that strike

: Repeals the requirement that school districts conduct an annual census of children with disabilities up to age 21 that reside in their school district

: Requires noncertified employees in certain school districts to be appointed and promoted pursuant to local school board rules

: Changes the laws regarding special education to comply with the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)

: Prohibits any entity from preventing a student athlete from competing in or training for any Olympic event

: Establishes inclement weather exceptions for mandatory days of school attendance

: Prohibits public school districts from administering any corporal punishment

: Requires all children enrolling in kindergarten, first grade, or a Head Start program to receive a vision examination

: Changes the laws regarding elementary and secondary education

: Extends the expiration date of the Biodiesel for Schools Program to the 2011-2012 school year

: Authorizes an income tax deduction for the value of time spent tutoring in public schools

: Creates the crime of sexual contact with a student on public school property, a class D felony

: 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

: Revises procedures for lapse of school districts to require formerly unaccredited districts to make progress beyond provisional accreditation

: Creates the crime of trespass on school property, a class C misdemeanor

: 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

: Creates the crimes of distribution and possession of a prescription medication without a valid prescription by a juvenile on public school grounds

: Extends the expiration date of the Biodiesel for Schools Program to the 2011-2012 school year

: Changes the laws regarding out-of-district school tuition

: Designates February 6 as "Ronald Reagan Day" in Missouri

: Renames the St. Louis Students' Bill of Rights to the Metropolitan School District Students' Bill of Rights and establishes procedures for approval at election

: Establishes conditions under which two middle or high school schools may field cooperative sports or activity teams with the approval of the Missouri State High School Activities Association

: Requires closed captioning on all electronic video instructional materials offered for sale to schools in Missouri beginning January 1, 2006

: Allows school districts to convene a committee of their board in order to rule on pupil residency waiver requests

: Exempts work done on a school from the prevailing wage rate requirement if approved by the school board

: Changes the laws regarding titling and registration of motor vehicles and the licensing of drivers

: Requires placement of automated external cardiac defibrillators in high schools

: Allows students taking courses in American Sign Language to receive foreign language academic credit

: Allows school districts to provide salary incentives for certain teachers

: Requires the Department of Revenue to award fee office contracts to school districts or individual organizations through bidding with the revenue going to the school districts in the county of the fee office

: Changes the laws regarding the protection of children

: Allows members of the St. Louis City school board to also hold other city or state offices

: Changes the laws regarding the Career Ladder Program for teachers

: Requires a maximum speed limit of 20 miles per hour in school zones and sets penalities for persons who intentionally, recklessly, or negligently cause personal injury to pedestrians or cyclists

: Changes the laws regarding transportation including school bus drivers, fee offices, credit for trade-ins, salvage vehicles, repossessed titles, drivers' licenses, and memorial highways

: Exempts school districts from the prevailing hourly wage rate requirements

: Establishes the Betty L. Thompson Scholarship Program and authorizes an individual and business tax credit for contributions to certified nonprofit educational charitable organizations

: 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

: Changes the laws regarding immunization of children

: Establishes school zones and minimum fines for speeding in school zones

: Requires health insurers and the Missouri Medicaid Program to provide coverage for services under the First Steps Program

: Requires, beginning with the 2005-2006 school year, that every school bus must be equipped with seat belts

: Changes the laws regarding the state education funding formula

: Allows a school board to employ police officers to maintain order, preserve peace, and make arrests

: Requires drug testing for contractors and their employees working at or near a school

: Prohibits a minor who abuses another child from being within 1,000 feet of the abused child's home, child care facility, or school until the abused child reaches 18 years of age

: Clarifies that any city or political subdivision that has purchased property from a school district for public use can sell or use the property for any purpose after 25 years from the purchase

: Changes the laws regarding early childhood special education

: Establishes the Model School Wellness Program to create pilot programs in school districts encouraging students to avoid tobacco use, balance their diets, and exercise

: 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

: Authorizes a tax credit for employers who hire certain high school students for summer jobs

: Changes the laws regarding charter schools

: Defines bullying in schools and prohibits school employees, volunteers, or students from bullying a student while on school property

: 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

: Changes the laws regarding school funding and the calculation of state aid

: Limits the school superintendent salaries in school districts with boundaries that overlap counties of the third and fourth classification

: Requires the reporting of a school district's operating fund balances and other related information

: Requires the State Board of Education to establish a virtual public school

: Repeals the civil procedures regarding criminal activity forfeiture actions and establishes new procedures for the seizing of property tied to criminal activity

: Makes eligibility for a driver's license for persons between the ages of 15 and 18 contingent on acceptable Missouri Assessment Program scores

: Expands liability protection for school employees and volunteers

: Prohibits "bullying" in schools and requires school districts to adopt policies prohibiting harassment, intimidation, and bullying

: Freezes tuition rates from the time undergraduates enter a Missouri college until they graduate

: Requires school districts to develop written policies on food choices in its schools

: Requires that fines and forfeitures collected in prosecutions involving methamphetamine be allocated to the school districts in the county in which the prosecution was conducted

: Changes the laws regarding school attire

: Changes the laws regarding school district annexation

: Supports policies to ensure a healthy school environment by increasing the physical education requirements in schools.

: Encourages high school course work in personal finance economics.

: Supports policies to ensure a healthy school environment by increasing the physical education requirements in schools.

: Resolves that the General Assembly would be well advised not to proceed to actual implementation of a new school foundation formula until necessary new revenue is identified and committed.

: Proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting the Governor from reducing appropriations for free public schools

: Proposes a constitutional amendment allowing a simple majority approval for school district bond measures

: Proposes a constitutional amendment clarifying that the Governor will not have authority to reduce appropriations for public education

: Proposes a constitutional amendment to raise the allowable level of bonded indebtedness for school districts

: Proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting the Governor from reducing appropriations for elementary, secondary, and higher education

: Proposes a constitutional amendment directing one-half of the conservation sales tax revenue to the Public School Fund

: Amends the offense of distributing a controlled substance near schools to include long-term and child care facilities

: Creates a tax credit for teachers' related out-of-pocket expenses

: Modifies provisions regarding early childhood special education

: Increases the gambling boad admission fees

: Removes the line 1(b) calculation in the school foundation formaula

: Establishes the Classroom Trust Fund

: Prohibits A+ reimbursements from being issued to any four-year institution of higher learning

: Allows certain private vocational, technical schools and certain proprietary schools to receive A+ reimbursements

: Certain school districts shall be reimbursed fully for costs associated with offering certain special educational services

: Allows school districts to convene a committee of their board in order to rule on pupil residency waiver requests

: Alters provisions regarding teacher tenure

: Formulates a procedure for recalling school board members

: Allows school districts to convene a committee of their board in order to rule on pupil residency waiver requests

: Establishes the Classroom Trust Fund

: Alters provisions regarding teacher termination hearings

: Exempts school bus fuel from state sales tax

: Permits certain school districts a waiver from DESE allowing the district to choose its own accreditation standards

: Allows the Department of Health to investigate complaints of air quality in public schools

: Establishes the "Founding Documents Protection Act"

: Imposes a surcharge on certain felony court proceedings to fund certain school-related programs

: Prohibits public school athletic teams from participating in athletic tournements held in municipalites tolerant of marijuana usage

: Disallows any provider of abortion services from providing sex education to public school students

: Each child enrolled in kindergarten or first grade to receive comprehensive vision examinations

: Allows the hiring of a retired teacher to work between 550 and 800 hours without losing their retirement benefits

: Creates a tax deduction for elementary and secondary school expenses

: Criminalizes distribution and possession of certain prescription medications on school property

: Alters the definition of "teacher" in the teacher tenure act

: 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

: Transitions the state away from a tax-rate driven education funding formula to a student-needs based education funding formula

: Alters the metropolitan school district's procedures with regard to employees subject to removal

: Alters provisions regarding the superintendent and teachers of the St. Louis public school system

: Removes school principals from certain sections of the Metropolitan school district's teacher tenure statute

: Changes the election date for certain St. Louis school board members

: Changes the election date for certain St. Louis school board members

: Imposes a surcharge on certain felony court proceedings to fund certain school-related programs

: Adopts an air quality program for schools, lays out the procedures, and includes reporting provisions

: Students may receive foreign language credit in public education institutions for sign language classes.

: Relating to charter schools

: An Act relating to state aid for public schools

: An Act relating to state aid for certain at-risk students

: An Act relating to effective involvement by parents and families in support of their children's education

: Alters policies regarding public school special education services

: Requires drug testing for contractors and employees working at or nearby a school.

: Provides for family cost participation in the Part C early intervention system

: Specifies that the summer school add-on shall only apply when the summer school program is run directly by the district.

: This constitutional amendment would allow a school district to provide transportation for private school pupils.

: Education.

: Alters the membership of the State Board of Education.

: This constitutional amendment grants the power to determine public school funding exclusively to the General Assembly and Governor, not the judiciary.

: Joint Resolution relating to bonded indebtedness of school districts

Missouri House of Representatives
Last Updated August 25, 2005 at 1:25 pm