FIRST REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO. 727

94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES PORTWOOD (Sponsor), THRELKELD, SILVEY, NORR, KRATKY, SCHARNHORST AND DOUGHERTY (Co-sponsors).

                  Read 1st time February 1, 2007 and copies ordered printed.

D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk

0068L.01I

AN ACT

To amend chapter 168, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to school nurse salary.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:

            Section A. Chapter 168, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 168.173, to read as follows:

            168.173. 1. Beginning in school year 2008-2009, school nurses shall be paid on the same pay scale as teachers working in the same school district, with nurses and teachers having equivalent work history and working hours receiving the same salary.

            2. As used in this section, the term "salary" shall be defined as the salary figure which appears on the school nurse's contract and as determined by the local school district's basic salary schedule and does not include supplements for extra duties.

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