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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