Bills Assigned to Committee
ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

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HB29 --- Sponsor: Cunningham, Jane
Changes the terms of service for members of the governing council of the St. Louis Special School District
HB29 -- (LR# 0412L.01I)
Referred: Rules Pursuant to Rule 25(21)(f) (H)
HB30 --- Sponsor: Cunningham, Jane
Prohibits public schools from joining certain statewide activities associations
HB30 -- (LR# 0413L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB33 --- Sponsor: Cunningham, Jane
Requires governing boards at public colleges and universities, community college districts, and school districts to take roll-call votes on school policy matters
HB33 -- (LR# 0411L.01I)
Voted Do Pass (H)
HB35 --- Sponsor: Cunningham, Jane
Requires school districts to allow parents the opportunity to withhold permission for a child to join school-sponsored clubs or participate in extracurricular activities
HB35 -- (LR# 0414L.01I)
HCS Voted Do Pass (H)
HB38 --- Sponsor: 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 home school
SCS SB 594 -- (LR# 2411L.02C)
HCS Voted Do Pass (H)
HB64 --- Sponsor: Davis, Cynthia --- CoSponsor: Yates, Brian
Prohibits any classroom instruction in public schools on days of a general, municipal, or special election
HB64 -- (LR# 0446L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB86 --- Sponsor: Kraus, Will --- CoSponsor: Muschany, Scott
Designates the third week in September as "Parent and Family Involvement in Education Week"
HB86 -- (LR# 0572L.01I)
Voted Do Pass - Consent (H)
HB109 --- Sponsor: Bringer, Rachel L. --- CoSponsor: Quinn, Paul
Allows Monroe City R-II School District which crosses county boundaries to use the county that yields the highest dollar value modifier under the school foundation formula
HB109 -- (LR# 0253L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB147 --- Sponsor: Salva, Ray --- CoSponsor: Wildberger, Edward
Exempts fuel sold to school districts from the motor fuel tax when the bus is driven to transport students for educational purposes
HB147 -- (LR# 0363L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB196 --- Sponsor: Dusenberg, Gary --- CoSponsor: Day, David
Allows school boards to commission certified law enforcement officers to stop, detain, and arrest persons for local violations and certain crimes committed on school premises, at school activities, or on buses
HB196 -- (LR# 0760L.01I)
House Committee: ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB214 --- Sponsor: Cunningham, Jane
Creates the Teacher Choice Compensation Package which will make salary stipends available to teachers who qualify based on measurable superior performance
HB214 -- (LR# 0713L.01I)
HCS Voted Do Pass (H)
HB228 --- Sponsor: Thomson, Mike --- CoSponsor: Onder, Robert F.
Broadens the reporting of acts of school violence
HB228 -- (LR# 1048L.02I)
House Committee: ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB259 --- Sponsor: Hubbard, Rodney R. --- CoSponsor: El-Amin, Talibdin
Establishes the Missouri 4 For More Program in the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to allow parents paid leave from work to help their children in their school
HB259 -- (LR# 0748L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB264 --- Sponsor: Cunningham, Jane
Allows the State Board of Education greater flexibility in investing funds deposited in the State Public School Fund
HB264 -- (LR# 0641L.01T)
Approved by Governor (G)
Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
HB265 --- Sponsor: Cunningham, Jane
Expands the five-business-day notice requirement for special education due process hearings to expedited due process hearings
HB265 -- (LR# 0639L.01P)
Senate Committee: SENATE GOVERNMENTAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND FISCAL OVERSIGHT
Reported Do Pass (S)
HB267 --- Sponsor: Jones, Kenneth --- CoSponsor: Cunningham, Jane
Gives the local board of education authority to identify a designee to bind the school district in a settlement agreement reached during the resolution session regarding a special education placement
HB267 -- (LR# 0640L.01P)
Placed on Informal Calendar (S)
SSA 1 FOR SA 1, SA 2, SA 3, SA 4 ADOPTED/SA 5
PENDING
HB418 --- Sponsor: Cunningham, Jane
Removes the early childhood special education enabling authority from a list of sections related to the First Steps Program scheduled for sunset by August 28, 2007
HB418 -- (LR# 0638L.01I)
House Committee: ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB425 --- Sponsor: Pearce, David --- CoSponsor: Bivins, Walt
Allows school districts to provide transportation under certain circumstances for resident students who do not attend the district's public schools
HB425 -- (LR# 0787L.01I)
Rules - Reported Do Pass (H)
HB468 --- Sponsor: Wallace, Maynard --- CoSponsor: Day, David
Exempts motor fuel used in school buses from motor fuel tax when driven to transport students for educational purposes
HB468 -- (LR# 0950L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB469 --- Sponsor: Wallace, Maynard --- CoSponsor: Wilson, Kevin
Changes the laws regarding school safety and liability
HB469 -- (LR# 0861L.01I)
Placed on Informal Calendar (S)
HB531 --- Sponsor: Smith, Jason --- CoSponsor: Day, David
Raises by $500 the state-funded portion of the teacher payment in the Career Ladder Program and exempts the additional money from local matching requirements
HB531 -- (LR# 1394L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB562 --- Sponsor: Yates, Brian
Allows an instructional coach, who is employed for professional development purposes, to participate in the Missouri Career Development and Teacher Excellence Plan, known as Career Ladder
HB562 -- (LR# 1697L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB580 --- Sponsor: Kingery, Gayle --- CoSponsor: Lampe, Sara
Allows school districts to establish a four-day school week upon a majority vote of the school board
HB580 -- (LR# 1549L.01I)
House Committee: ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB594 --- Sponsor: Wildberger, Edward --- CoSponsor: Schaaf, Robert
Requires the Governor to take control over a school district that is declared unaccredited by the State Board of Education
HB594 -- (LR# 0942L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB730 --- Sponsor: Nolte, Jerry --- CoSponsor: Dixon, Bob
Exempts school districts from the requirement to make up days of school missed or canceled due to inclement weather occurring on or after January 12, 2007
HB730 -- (LR# 1805L.01I)
House Committee: ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB755 --- Sponsor: Aull, Joe
Requires the certification of school food service directors in public and private schools receiving federal school lunch program funding
HB755 -- (LR# 1500L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB787 --- Sponsor: Oxford, Jeanette Mott --- CoSponsor: Lampe, Sara
Establishes lower permissible and desirable class sizes than currently exist in administrative rules for St. Louis School District and districts in St. Louis County
HB787 -- (LR# 1389L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB798 --- Sponsor: Darrough, Bruce --- CoSponsor: Corcoran, Michael George
Allows each public school district to determine whether a dress code for pupils is appropriate
HB798 -- (LR# 1663L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB824 --- Sponsor: Muschany, Scott --- CoSponsor: Cunningham, Jane
Changes the laws regarding school emergency procedures
HB824 -- (LR# 1930L.01I)
Voted Do Pass (H)
HB839 --- Sponsor: Wallace, Maynard --- CoSponsor: Richard, Ron
Revises the laws regarding the minimum school days, school scheduling, and inclement weather
HB839 -- (LR# 1967L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB898 --- Sponsor: Bringer, Rachel L.
Makes the criminal background check and fingerprinting for teachers valid for one year even if they move to another district or change their type of certification
HB898 -- (LR# 2009L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB907 --- Sponsor: Aull, Joe
Changes the laws regarding the school funding formula relating to the performance levy
HB907 -- (LR# 1377L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB940 --- Sponsor: Robb, Edward --- CoSponsor: Baker, Brian
Establishes the Teach for Missouri Act which allows for certain teachers who teach in provisionally or unaccredited school districts to receive a stipend to be applied to their student loans
HB940 -- (LR# 2245L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB951 --- Sponsor: Faith, Sally --- CoSponsor: Schoemehl, Sue
Changes the laws regarding early intervention services for children
HB951 -- (LR# 2370L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB970 --- Sponsor: Dixon, Bob --- CoSponsor: El-Amin, Talibdin
Authorizes an income tax credit for donations to public school foundations
HB970 -- (LR# 1995L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB971 --- Sponsor: Pollock, Darrell --- CoSponsor: Wright, Billy Pat
Requires the consent of a parent before his or her child is allowed to participate in a school club or organization
HB971 -- (LR# 2315L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB1015 --- Sponsor: Aull, Joe --- CoSponsor: Shively, Tom
Changes the proration factor for calculating the portion of state school aid
HB1015 -- (LR# 1501L.02I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB1037 --- Sponsor: Dusenberg, Gary --- CoSponsor: Schaaf, Robert
Requires health screenings for public school students in certain grades
HB1037 -- (LR# 2219L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB1046 --- Sponsor: Cunningham, Jane
Requires school board members and school superintendents to file financial interest statements with the Missouri Ethics Commission
HB1046 -- (LR# 1010L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB1047 --- Sponsor: Cunningham, Jane
Allows principals of provisionally accredited or unaccredited school districts to refuse a teacher's request to transfer to another school
HB1047 -- (LR# 1993L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB1048 --- Sponsor: Cunningham, Jane
Establishes the Teacher Bill of Rights Act which prohibits teacher associations from using payroll deductions for political campaign purposes without written consent of the teacher
HB1048 -- (LR# 2056L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB1082 --- Sponsor: Lampe, Sara --- CoSponsor: Daus, Michael
Changes the laws regarding bullying in schools
HB1082 -- (LR# 2265L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB1101 --- Sponsor: Harris, Jeff --- CoSponsor: LeVota, Paul
Establishes the Child Internet Protection Act which requires school districts to file Internet use policies with the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
HB1101 -- (LR# 2232L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB1124 --- Sponsor: Aull, Joe
Requires school districts to make up the first four days of school missed due to inclement weather for the 2006-2007 school year and one- half of the days for districts who missed from five to 12 days
HB1124 -- (LR# 2637L.02I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB1131 --- Sponsor: Jones, Timothy W. --- CoSponsor: Pratt, Bryan
Requires publishers of instructional materials to provide electronic copies to schools for specialized uses
HB1131 -- (LR# 2614L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB1140 --- Sponsor: Bland, Craig C. --- CoSponsor: Hubbard, Rodney R.
Requires school districts to provide an alternative education program in order to be eligible for state school aid
HB1140 -- (LR# 2402L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB1161 --- Sponsor: Cunningham, Jane
Adds participation in a strike to the list of reasons for which a tenured teacher may be dismissed
HB1161 -- (LR# 1670L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB1186 --- Sponsor: Dixon, Bob
Requires school attendance until a child reaches 17 years of age and establishes a task force to assist school districts in the transition to the new requirement
HB1186 -- (LR# 2730L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB1196 --- Sponsor: Cooper, Nathan
Allows equal education opportunity contracts for some students who attend schools with specified qualifications to attend a private school
HB1196 -- (LR# 2702L.02I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB1197 --- Sponsor: St. Onge, Neal C.
Prohibits any entity from preventing a student athlete from competing in or training for any Olympic event
HB1197 -- (LR# 2736L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB1198 --- Sponsor: Wallace, Maynard --- CoSponsor: Ruzicka, Don
Increases the appropriation amount for small school grants
HB1198 -- (LR# 2626L.02I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB1205 --- Sponsor: Page, Sam --- CoSponsor: Flook, Timothy
Authorizes an exemption from motor fuel tax on fuel used for school buses
HB1205 -- (LR# 2757L.01I)
HCS Voted Do Pass (H)
HB1206 --- Sponsor: Aull, Joe
Revises the method for calculating the state adequacy target in the school foundation formula
HB1206 -- (LR# 2758L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB1211 --- Sponsor: Holsman, Jason R.
Establishes lower permissible and desirable class sizes than currently exist in administrative rules for urban school districts
HB1211 -- (LR# 2535L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB1214 --- Sponsor: Baker, Judy --- CoSponsor: Meiners, Kate
Establishes curriculum requirements for physical education classes for students in sixth through twelfth grade
HB1214 -- (LR# 2692L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB1215 --- Sponsor: Baker, Judy --- CoSponsor: Meiners, Kate
Establishes requirements for physical education classes for students in kindergarten through fifth grade
HB1215 -- (LR# 0356L.02I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB1219 --- Sponsor: Schad, Rodney --- CoSponsor: Cunningham, Jane
Requires an education renewal commission to be appointed when a school district with more than 10,000 students becomes unaccredited
HB1219 -- (LR# 2189L.02I)
House Committee: ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB1220 --- Sponsor: Cunningham, Jane --- CoSponsor: Nieves, Brian D.
Requires certificated teachers to submit documentation to the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education every five years showing adequate scores on certain assessments
HB1220 -- (LR# 2556L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB1222 --- Sponsor: Cunningham, Jane --- CoSponsor: Hunter, Steve
Prohibits public school teachers from lobbying the General Assembly during their class periods unless they pay the substitute teacher's salary
HB1222 -- (LR# 2076L.02I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB1223 --- Sponsor: Cunningham, Jane --- CoSponsor: Nieves, Brian D.
Revises the conditions under which districts may suspend or terminate teacher and administrator contracts in districts that are provisionally accredited or unaccredited
HB1223 -- (LR# 2558L.02I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB1224 --- Sponsor: Cunningham, Jane --- CoSponsor: Nieves, Brian D.
Changes the laws regarding the transitional school district
HB1224 -- (LR# 2389L.02I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB1226 --- Sponsor: Cunningham, Jane
Requires the completion of an on-line learning experience for graduation from high school
HB1226 -- (LR# 2700L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB1228 --- Sponsor: Wallace, Maynard
Modifies the school foundation formula by removing the dollar value modifier, implementing a four-year phase-in, and lowering the performance levy
HB1228 -- (LR# 2732L.02I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB1232 --- Sponsor: Cunningham, Jane --- CoSponsor: Hunter, Steve
Allows the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, at the discretion of the State Board of Education, to have authority over public school extracurricular competitive activities
HB1232 -- (LR# 1559L.01I)
House Committee: ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB1239 --- Sponsor: Schoeller, Shane --- CoSponsor: Scharnhorst, Dwight
Allows school districts to offer open enrollment by contract if approved by voters
HB1239 -- (LR# 2144L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB1266 --- Sponsor: Wood, Dennis --- CoSponsor: Wallace, Maynard
Requires every school district to have a parental accountability officer to monitor school attendance and discipline of students
HB1266 -- (LR# 2790L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB1277 --- Sponsor: Pearce, David --- CoSponsor: Cooper, Shannon
Removes the proxy voting exception in the Opening Meetings Law and the expiration date for the closed records requirements for certain emergency guidelines, security systems, and structural plans
HB1277 -- (LR# 2461L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB1294 --- Sponsor: Yates, Brian
Prohibits artificial trans fats from being used in any food sold in public school food facilities including food sold in vending machines
HB1294 -- (LR# 2333L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HCR41 --- Sponsor: Baker, Judy --- CoSponsor: Spreng, Michael
Recommends that elementary, secondary, and postsecondary instructor training and development programs contain instruction on mental health and social and emotional learning competencies
HCR41 -- (LR# 2334L.02I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HCR49 --- Sponsor: Portwood, Dr. Charles R.
Encourages the current St. Louis Public Schools Board of Education and any members-elect to ensure a smooth transition of authority
HCR49 -- (LR# 2761L.02I)
Rules - Reported Do Pass (H)
HJR17 --- Sponsor: Schoemehl, Sue
Proposes a constitutional amendment allowing simple majority approval for school district bond issues
HJR17 -- (LR# 1478L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HJR32 --- Sponsor: Cunningham, Jane --- CoSponsor: Davis, Cynthia
Proposes a constitutional amendment specifiying that certain sections of the Missouri Constitution cannot be more restrictive than the First Amendment of the United States Constitution
HJR32 -- (LR# 2174L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HR456 --- Sponsor: Walton, Juanita Head --- CoSponsor: Nasheed, Jamilah
Recognizes February 7, 2007, as "National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day" in Missouri
HR456 -- (LR# 2095L.02I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
SB132 --- Sponsor: Rupp, Scott T.
Allows the state Board of Education to invest in government securities offered at a discount or at less than par value
SB132 -- (LR# 0590S.01P)
Referred: Rules Pursuant to Rule 25(21)(f) (H)
SB140 --- Sponsor: Rupp, Scott T.
Provides local boards of education the authority to identify a designee to bind the school district in a settlement agreement reached during the resolution session of a special education due proc
SB140 -- (LR# 0587S.01P)
Rules - Reported Do Pass (H)
SJR8 --- Sponsor: Ridgeway, Luann
Elevates the allowable level of bonded indebtedness for school districts from 15 percent to 20 percent
SJR8 -- (LR# 0819S.01P)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
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