ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPT. OF

Missouri House of Representatives
93rd General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session (2006)
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ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPT. OF

: Removes the dollar value modifier from the school foundation formula and lowers the performance levy

: Prohibits public school districts from administering any corporal punishment

: Changes the laws regarding school attire

: 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

: Changes the laws regarding school safety and efficiency, teacher certification, accredited school districts, and charter schools

: Changes the laws regarding immunizations for children

: Revises the requirements for course materials and instruction in public schools relating to contraception and sexually transmitted diseases

: Expands liability protection for school employees and volunteers

: Revises the adjustment in state aid to public schools based on fluctuations in summer school or gifted program attendance

: Allows the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to determine issuance of a teaching certificate to an applicant with a criminal record instead of the State Board of Education

: Prohibits public schools from joining certain statewide activities associations

: Requires school districts to allow parents the opportunity to withhold permission for a child to join school-sponsored clubs or participate in extracurricular activities

: Changes the laws regarding school safety and efficiency, teacher certification, accredited school districts, and charter schools

: Requires, beginning with Fiscal Year 2007, any growth in the Gaming Proceeds for Education Fund above the level of Fiscal Year 2006 to be transferred to the Classroom Trust Fund

: Establishes the Missouri Science Education Act which requires instruction for science courses in sixth through twelfth grades to comply with its best practices

: Changes the laws regarding the licensing and registration of certain professionals and establishes requirements for eye examinations for children in public schools

: Revises the adjustment in state aid to public schools based on fluctuations in summer school or gifted program attendance

: Requires the State Board of Education to establish a virtual public school by July 1, 2007

: 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

: Requires all noncertificated employees to be appointed and promoted pursuant to local school board rules

: Creates a weighted value for summer school attendance and removes penalties for decreased enrollment in summer school and gifted programs in the school funding formula

: Changes the laws regarding political subdivisions

: Requires placement of automated external cardiac defibrillators in each high school and at school athletic events

: Changes the bidding preference requirements for sheltered workshops from a 5-point to a 25-point bonus when the work generates over $5,000 annually

: Adds instructional coaches to the list of certificated teachers who are eligible to participate in the Missouri Career Development and Teacher Excellence Plan, known as career ladder

: Changes the laws regarding military facilities and personnel

: Allows each public school district to determine whether a dress code for pupils is appropriate

: Establishes the Healthy Drinks for Healthy Children Act of 2006 which limits the types of beverages that may be sold in public elementary, middle, and junior high schools

: Prohibits the state from requiring a substitute or part-time teacher employed within one year of the teacher's retirement to be subject to a background check by a school district

: Establishes the Founding Documents Protection Act and specifies that no teacher or administrator will be prohibited from reading or posting certain documents and verses

: Prohibits school employees, volunteers, or students from bullying a student while on school property, at school functions, or on a school bus

: Requires the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to develop standards for early childhood education

: Allows the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to develop a policy to place additional information such as attendance and class rank on a student's high school diploma

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

: Establishes a quality rating system for child care facilities, early childhood programs, and before and after school care programs

: Imposes a surcharge on moving traffic violations and creates the School Bus Safety Assistance Fund to assist schools in obtaining buses with seat belts

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

: Requires school districts to grant authorization to students for the possession and self-administration of medications for the treatment of asthma and anaphylaxis

: Revises the laws regarding the lapse of a school district to require a formerly unaccredited district to make progress beyond provisional accreditation

: Requires every child attending a public elementary school to receive instruction in a foreign language

: Allows a school board to adopt a four-day school week

: Establishes the Advisory Council for the Education of Gifted Children to provide advice and consultation regarding educational programs and activities for gifted children

: Requires school districts to identify gifted students, establish programs and services for these students, and report to the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education on the extent of the services

: Modifies the proration factor for the school foundation formula

: Requires the State Board of Education to establish a coordinated health program board to prevent student obesity, cardiovascular disease, and type II diabetes

: Establishes the Parents, Tutors, and Volunteers (PTV) Program to encourage adults to volunteer in schools

: Allows Monroe City R-II which crosses county boundaries and meets certain conditions to use the county that yields the highest dollar value modifier under the school funding formula

: Establishes the Missouri Teacher Certification Incentive Program to assist noncertified instructional employees in becoming certified teachers

: Prohibits public schools from opening earlier than the Friday before the last Monday in August

: Requires the total compensation package of school administrators to be reported to the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and posted on the department's Internet web site

: Establishes a procedure for the open enrollment of a student in a public school district other than the school district of his or her residence

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

: Changes the laws regarding school safety and efficiency, teacher certification, accredited school districts, and charter schools

: Creates an alternative way of calculating the state adequacy target for school funding

: Establishes the Urban Flight Scholarship Program for college education students who agree to teach in certain urban or metropolitan school districts

: Establishes the Missouri Senior Cadets Program

: Conditions the receipt of state aid for schools on the establishment of alternative education programs

: Establishes a five-tenths weight for funding programs for gifted students through the state school aid formula

: Establishes lower permissible and desirable class sizes than currently exist in administrative rules for St. Louis School District and districts in St. Louis County

: Changes the laws regarding the school funding formula

: Establishes curriculum requirements for physical education classes

: Makes eligibility for a driver's license for persons between the ages of 15 and 18 contingent upon documentation that the applicant has complied with school district standards for eligibility

: Requires that 1% of appropriations for basic state school aid be distributed by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to establish and maintain alternative education programs

: Changes the laws regarding alternative education

: Allows school districts to provide transportation for resident students who do not attend the district's public schools under certain circumstances

: Recommends that elementary, secondary, and postsecondary instructor training and development programs contain instruction on mental health and social and emotional learning competencies.

: Requires collaboration between certain departments in order to achieve a more efficient and effective educational system

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: Establishes surcharges on certain court proceedings to fund certain school-related educational programs

: Creates a graduated increase in payments to sheltered workshops

: Alters provisions regarding public school funding

: Fully reimburses certain school districts for costs associated with offering certain special education services

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

: Alters provisions with regard to charter schools

: Provides for each child enrolled in kindergarten or first grade to receive a comprehensive vision examination

: Provides for vocational rehabilitation referrals for Medicaid recipients receiving assistance based on disability

: Alters provisions with regard to charter schools

: Requires public high school students to satisfactorily complete four year-long courses in personal finance education

: Alters the school funding formula provision that reduces current-year funding for districts with decreases in summer school attendance

: Repeals the prohibition on including students' attendance records, grades, class rank or other information on high school diplomas

: Requires low-levy school districts to provide written notice to DESE asserting whether or not such district is providing an adequate education

: Establishes a virtual school program

: Establishes the "Urban Flight Scholarship Program"

: Establishes the "Missouri Senior Cadets Program"

: Eliminates the Missouri Advisory Council of Certification for Educators and replaces it with a Commissioners advisory council

: Requires the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to develop standards for high-quality early childhood education

: Adjusts the foundation formula to compensate school districts for any decreases in amounts received from fines

: Establishes a transitional period whereby the weighted average daily attendance distribution method for Prop C funds would be phased-in

: Requires each school district to adopt as a goal the expenditure of at least two-thirds of its current operational expenditures on classroom instruction

: Alters the "special education threshold" for any school district with a higher-than-average student population with elevated blood lead levels

: Establishes a "Business and After-School Partnership Program"

: Provides that teacher training programs shall include instruction in main streaming children with special needs as well as instruction regarding the IEP process

: Exempts from certain administrative penalties school districts that demonstrate their students have to cross highways and arterials under specified conditions

: Creates the "Holocaust Education and Awareness Commission"

: Alters provisions regarding teacher certification

: Alters provisions regarding the Missouri School Improvement Program

: Establishes the "Missouri Science Education Act"

: Enacts multiple provisions regarding illegal aliens

: Alters the composition of the State Board of Education

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Last Updated November 29, 2006 at 9:53 am