EDUCATION, ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY

Missouri House of Representatives
94th General Assembly, 1st Regular Session (2007)
Bills Indexed by Subject
EDUCATION, ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY

: Changes the terms of service for members of the governing council of the St. Louis Special School District

: Prohibits public schools from joining certain statewide activities associations

: Requires governing boards at public colleges and universities, community college districts, and school districts to take roll-call votes on school policy matters

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

: 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

: Exempts work done on a school in a noncharter county from the prevailing hourly wage requirement if approved by the school board

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

: Prohibits any classroom instruction in public schools on days of a general, municipal, or special election

: Authorizes a real property tax credit for certain educational expenses

: Requires state agencies, public schools and colleges, and political subdivisions to use the traditional names of holidays

: Exempts high school students transferring into the state from the requirement to pass certain government and constitution courses if they document that they completed the requirement in another state

: Designates the third week in September as "Parent and Family Involvement in Education Week"

: Establishes additional tax increment financing guidelines

: 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

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

: Exempts fuel sold to school districts from the motor fuel tax when the bus is driven to transport students for educational purposes

: Requires the captioning of electronic video instructional materials

: 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

: Creates the Teacher Choice Compensation Package which will make salary stipends available to teachers who qualify based on measurable superior performance

: Broadens the reporting of acts of school violence

: Establishes the Missouri Senior Cadets Program

: 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

: Expands the five-business-day notice requirement for special education due process hearings to expedited due process hearings

: 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

: Changes the laws regarding fire department employee residency requirements

: Changes the laws regarding sexual offenders

: Prohibits the Hazelwood School District from holding high school graduation on the same day as any athletic event sponsored by the Missouri State High School Activities Association

: Eliminates all sunset provisions relating to early intervention services, known as the First Steps Program

: Changes the laws regarding teacher certification in finance and establishes guidelines regarding the evaluation of student credentials when transferring into a school district

: 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

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

: Establishes the Twenty-first Century Scholars Program

: Authorizes an income tax deduction for Social Security and nonprivate retirement benefits received by the elderly, subject to income limits, and for qualified health insurance premiums

: Eliminates all sunset provisions relating to early intervention services, known as the First Steps Program

: Requires school districts to develop policies to incorporate social and emotional development into their educational programs

: Exempts motor fuel used in school buses from motor fuel tax when driven to transport students for educational purposes

: Changes the laws regarding school safety and liability

: Establishes the Commissioner's Advisory Council on Teacher Quality within the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

: Requires school districts to identify gifted students and allows the establishment of gifted programs

: Establishes the Milton Friedman "Put Parents in Charge" Education Program and authorizes an individual and business tax credit for contributions to certified educational charitable organizations

: 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

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

: Permits candidates in nonpartisan elections to take office when the number of positions are equal to the number of candidates because a candidate or several candidates have withdrawn from the election

: Prohibits state and local entities from discriminating between licensed professional counselors

: Increases the length of a driver's license suspension for failing to stop for a school bus

: Allows school districts to establish a four-day school week upon a majority vote of the school board

: Requires the Governor to take control over a school district that is declared unaccredited by the State Board of Education

: Requires every school district to offer a driver's education course available to students 15 years of age or older and prohibits cell phone use by temporary permit or intermediate license holders

: Requires the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to create an additional procedure for teacher certification and mentoring standards for beginning teachers and principals

: Eliminates all sunset provisions relating to early intervention services, known as the First Steps Program

: Requires the Department of Revenue to award fee office contracts with a priority given to school districts and charitable organizations over individuals in a competitive bid process

: Allows certain school districts in declared federal disaster areas after the January 2007 ice storms to not make up lost time and allows other schools to make up only a certain number of the missed days

: Requires the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to create mentoring stardards for beginning teachers and principals

: Allows public school students to choose to attend a public school district other than the school district of his or her residence

: 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 the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to recalculate the state school aid for the Riverview Gardens School District to correct an error

: Requires a driver's license applicant under 18 years of age to show documentation that he or she is enrolled in school, has at least a 90% attendance rate, and a minimum grade point average of at least 1.75

: Changes the laws regarding sexual education instruction in public schools and establishes public awareness and services for alternatives to abortion programs

: Requires public school students enrolled in kindergarten or first grade to receive a comprehensive vision examination

: Requires school nurses to be paid on the same pay scale as teachers with equivalent work history and working hours in their district

: 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

: Requires the certification of school food service directors in public and private schools receiving federal school lunch program funding

: Increases the penalty for littering by requiring at least 40 hours of community service and a $600 restitution payment

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

: Authorizes a sales tax exemption on materials purchased for highway projects; a motor fuel tax exemption for transporting students; and a motor fuel tax exemption for public mass transportation services

: Establishes the Superintendent Targeted Achievement Record (STAR) Program and requires the total compensation package of school administrators to be reported and made available to the public

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

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

: Adds the inoculation for human papilloma virus to the list of required immunizations for school attendance

: Allows public school students to choose to attend a public school district other than the school district of his or her residence

: Establishes the Betty L. Thompson Scholarship Program

: Changes the laws regarding school emergency procedures

: Requires a child's family support team to consider the educational needs of the child placed in a licensed residential care facility

: Revises the laws regarding the minimum school days, school scheduling, and inclement weather

: Establishes the School Intervention and Reform Grants Program to award grants to unaccredited or provisionally accredited districts from contributions for which the taxpayer receives a tax credit

: Allows students at two-year or four-year colleges or universities to seek tuition reimbursement for college remedial courses under certain circumstances

: Restricts the vibration levels for blasting in areas in Jackson County where residential properties, schools, or churches are located

: 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

: Changes the laws regarding the school funding formula relating to the performance levy

: Prohibits registered sexual offenders from being on the property of certain schools or attending certain school functions without the consent of the principal or head administrator for the school

: 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

: Requires every school district to offer a driver's education course available to students 15 years of age or older and prohibits cell phone use by temporary permit or intermediate license holders

: Changes the laws regarding early intervention services for children

: Establishes the Missouri Preschool Plus Grant Program as a pilot program to serve up to 5,000 students in early childhood education

: Requires school districts to establish special programs or services for students who are identified as academically gifted

: Authorizes an income tax credit for donations to public school foundations

: Requires the consent of a parent before his or her child is allowed to participate in a school club or organization

: Repeals the provision of law authorizing the creation of a transitional school district in the City of St. Louis School District

: Changes the proration factor for calculating the portion of state school aid

: Changes the laws regarding the availability and dispersal of contraception information

: Requires health screenings for public school students in certain grades

: Requires any entity providing construction services on school property to have a drug and alcohol testing program

: Requires school board members and school superintendents to file financial interest statements with the Missouri Ethics Commission

: Allows principals of provisionally accredited or unaccredited school districts to refuse a teacher's request to transfer to another school

: Authorizes community improvement districts that are political subdivisions to sponsor and operate a polytechnic institute for science and technology within the authorizing city or county

: Changes the laws regarding sexual education instruction in public schools and establishes public awareness and services for alternatives to abortion programs

: Allows charter schools to operate in additional school districts and expands the number of potential sponsors

: Lowers the compulsory school attendance age from seven to six and requires a full-day kindergarten program at all public schools

: Changes the laws regarding bullying in schools

: Prohibits third class cities from imposing storm water usage fees on churches, public schools, nonprofit organizations, or political subdivisions

: Establishes the Child Internet Protection Act which requires school districts to file Internet use policies with the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

: Authorizes an income tax credit for contributions to nonprofit special needs education support organizations

: Allows and strongly encourages the Missouri Medicaid Program, prisons, and schools that serve as Medicaid providers to use telehealth services where appropriate

: 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

: Requires publishers of instructional materials to provide electronic copies to schools for specialized uses

: Establishes the Missouri Commission on Prevention and Management of Obesity

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

: Requires the State Board of Education to establish a Coordinated Health Program Board to develop a program on the prevention of student obesity, cardiovascular disease, and type II diabetes

: Allows the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to make deductions from a school's state school aid apportionment for certain prisoners and transfer the funds to the Department of Corrections

: Changes the laws regarding fire department employee residency requirements

: Changes the laws regarding fire department employee residency requirements

: Adds participation in a strike to the list of reasons for which a tenured teacher may be dismissed

: Requires any entity providing construction services on school property to have a drug and alcohol testing program

: Changes the laws regarding fire department employee residency requirements

: Changes the laws regarding fire department employee residency requirements

: Establishes the School District Alternative Funding Act which allows school districts to adopt income and sales taxes upon voter approval

: 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

: Allows equal education opportunity contracts for some students who attend schools with specified qualifications to attend a private school

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

: Increases the appropriation amount for small school grants

: Changes the laws regarding fire department employee residency requirements

: Revises the method for calculating the state adequacy target in the school foundation formula

: Requires each school district to offer a driver's education course and authorizes a $15 surcharge on each moving violation to be used for grants to schools for driver education courses

: Establishes lower permissible and desirable class sizes than currently exist in administrative rules for urban school districts

: Establishes curriculum requirements for physical education classes for students in sixth through twelfth grade

: Establishes requirements for physical education classes for students in kindergarten through fifth grade

: Requires an education renewal commission to be appointed when a school district with more than 10,000 students becomes unaccredited

: Requires certificated teachers to submit documentation to the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education every five years showing adequate scores on certain assessments

: Prohibits public school teachers from lobbying the General Assembly during their class periods unless they pay the substitute teacher's salary

: Revises the conditions under which districts may suspend or terminate teacher and administrator contracts in districts that are provisionally accredited or unaccredited

: Changes the laws regarding the transitional school district

: Requires the completion of an on-line learning experience for graduation from high school

: Modifies the school foundation formula by removing the dollar value modifier, implementing a four-year phase-in, and lowering the performance levy

: Changes the laws regarding fire department employee residency requirements

: Changes the laws regarding charter schools

: 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

: Renames the St. Louis Students' Bill of Rights to the Metropolitan School District Students' Bill of Rights and removes the voter-approval requirement

: Changes the laws regarding fire department employee residency requirements

: Allows school districts to offer open enrollment by contract if approved by voters

: Requires every school district to have a parental accountability officer to monitor school attendance and discipline of students

: Establishes the Metropolitan School District Improvement Act regarding public schools in the City of St. Louis

: Establishes the St. Louis Neighborhood Schools Improvement Act which specifies the guidelines for establishing and administering a successor school district for the City of St. Louis School District

: Requires certain school board candidates to declare their candidacy or be nominated for a designated seat on the board rather than running for any open seat

: Encourages school districts to participate in the Baldrige Continuous Quality Improvement Program

: Prohibits artificial trans fats from being used in any food sold in public school food facilities including food sold in vending machines

: Requests a review of the special needs student assessment provisions of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act to better serve the special needs student population

: Establishes the Joint Committee on Access to Nontraditional Career and Technical Education

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

: Supports efforts to begin investing in children now because an investment in children and early childhood programs is an investment in Missouri's future

: Endorses the "Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children's Bill of Rights".

: Encourages the current St. Louis Public Schools Board of Education and any members-elect to ensure a smooth transition of authority

: Requests the Missouri Congressional delegation to oppose No Child Left Behind in 2007

: Requests the Missouri Congressional delegation to oppose No Child Left Behind in 2007

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

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

: Recognizes October 3, 2007, as "Science Day" in Missouri

SB 6 --- Sponsor: Loudon, John
: Establishes the "Safe Schools Fund" and allows local school districts to utilize such moneys for a variety of safety-related expenses

SB 16 --- Sponsor: Scott, Delbert
: Provides that each child enrolled in kindergarten or first grade is to receive a comprehensive vision examination

SB 24 --- Sponsor: Stouffer, Bill
: Modifies various provisions relating to the regulation of motor vehicles

SB 36 --- Sponsor: Days, Rita D.
: Removes special education statute from the sunset provision of the First Steps Program

SB 64 --- Sponsor: Goodman, Jack
: Authorizes school districts to set school opening date up to a certain date prior to Labor Day and provides for exemption to make-up days requirement based on inclement weather

SB 83 --- Sponsor: Griesheimer, John E.
: Establishes a county municipal court in Franklin County and alters the foundation formula to compensate Franklin County School Districts for any loss of revenue from the establisment of the new mu

SB 111 --- Sponsor: Rupp, Scott T.
: Eliminates the Missouri Advisory Council of Certification for Educators and replaces it with a Commissioner's Advisory Council on Teacher Quality

SB 112 --- Sponsor: Rupp, Scott T.
: Removes the reference to sunset of the statute that provides authority for special education of the ages 3 to 21 population

SB 131 --- Sponsor: Rupp, Scott T.
: Renders the Missouri sunset provision not applicable to the early intervention program for infants and toddlers with disabilities (First Steps Program)

SB 132 --- 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

SB 133 --- Sponsor: Rupp, Scott T.
: Alters provisions regarding expedited due process hearings

SB 135 --- Sponsor: Nodler, Gary
: Allows the Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority to provide primary school loans

SB 136 --- Sponsor: Nodler, Gary
: Eliminates the Missouri Advisory Council of Certification for Educators and replaces it with a Commissioner's Advisory Council on Teacher Quality

SB 137 --- Sponsor: Bray, Joan
: Allows the hiring of a retired teacher to work up to full-time without losing their retirement benefits

SB 140 --- 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

SB 141 --- Sponsor: Nodler, Gary
: Removes the reference to sunset of the statute that provides authority for special education of the ages 3 to 21 population

SB 142 --- Sponsor: Nodler, Gary
: Renders the Missouri Sunset Act not applicable with regard to the early intervention program for infants and toddlers with disabilities (First Steps Program)

SB 143 --- Sponsor: Nodler, Gary
: Allows the state Board of Education to invest in government securities offered at a discount or at less than par value

SB 147 --- Sponsor: Nodler, Gary
: Alters provisions regarding expedited due process hearings

SB 148 --- Sponsor: Nodler, Gary
: 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

SB 149 --- Sponsor: Nodler, Gary
: Alters provisions regarding higher education scholarships

SB 160 --- Sponsor: Rupp, Scott T.
: Alters provisions regarding higher education scholarships

SB 161 --- Sponsor: Shields, Charles W.
: Creates a quality rating system for child care facilities

SB 176 --- Sponsor: Green, Timothy P.
: Modifies the Missouri tax increment financing law

SB 189 --- Sponsor: Green, Timothy P.
: Requires the superintendent of each public school district to ensure that all students, prior to promotion from grade nine to grade ten, attend a tour of a proximate state correctional center

SB 191 --- Sponsor: Days, Rita D.
: Enacts provisions on children's mental health

SB 203 --- Sponsor: Lager, Brad
: Adds an additional $500 annual payment to teachers under the Career Ladder Program

SB 221 --- Sponsor: Callahan, Victor E.
: Establishes a procedure whereby certain territory of the Kansas City School District may be annexed to the Independence School District

SB 236 --- Sponsor: Shields, Charles W.
: Requires the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to develop standards for high-quality mentoring for beginning teachers and principals

SB 243 --- Sponsor: Mayer, Robert
: Increases the compulsory school attendance age for all children in Missouri to seventeen years of age

SB 399 --- Sponsor: Crowell, Jason
: Modifies the liability protections for school employees and volunteers

SB 421 --- Sponsor: Coleman, Maida
: Exempts motor fuel used for school buses from the motor fuel tax

SB 422 --- Sponsor: Coleman, Maida
: Creates an income tax check-off for contributions to the After-School Retreat Reading and Assessment Grant Program

SB 432 --- Sponsor: Scott, Delbert
: Modifies provisions relating to abortion

SB 435 --- Sponsor: Rupp, Scott T.
: Requires captioning of electronic video instructional material

SB 443 --- Sponsor: Smith, Jeff
: Creates the "Teach for Missouri Act"

SB 448 --- Sponsor: Coleman, Maida
: Establishes recall elections for school board members

SB 456 --- Sponsor: Coleman, Maida
: Grants additional payment to school districts in certain situations

SB 480 --- Sponsor: Ridgeway, Luann
: Requires the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to develop mentoring standards for beginning teachers and principals and creates an alternative mechanism for teacher certification

SB 515 --- Sponsor: Justus, Jolie L.
: Creates requirements for educational needs of children placed in residential care facilities

SB 522 --- Sponsor: Green, Timothy P.
: Requires the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to recalculate the state school aid for the Riverview Gardens School District to correct an error

SB 539 --- Sponsor: Justus, Jolie L.
: Modifies requirements for anti-bullying policies of local school districts

SB 540 --- Sponsor: Kennedy, Harry
: Allows the Mehlville School District to impose up to a one percent sales tax to provide revenue for the operation of the school district

SB 551 --- Sponsor: Coleman, Maida
: Repeals the statute authorizing the creation of the transitional school district in the city of St. Louis

SB 561 --- Sponsor: Engler, Kevin
: Alters provisions regarding teacher termination hearings

SB 564 --- Sponsor: Smith, Jeff
: Modifies which entities may sponsor a charter school

SB 566 --- Sponsor: Kennedy, Harry
: Requires publishers of instructional materials to provide electronic copies of such materials for specialized uses

SB 617 --- Sponsor: Rupp, Scott T.
: Prohibits the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education from promulgating rules as to certain services under Part B of IDEA

SB 625 --- Sponsor: Coleman, Maida
: Modifies the definition of "weighted average daily attendance" in calculating state aid

SB 645 --- Sponsor: Wilson, Yvonne S.
: Modifies the length of the school term for the 2006-2007 school year

SB 646 --- Sponsor: Wilson, Yvonne S.
: Modifies the definition of "bullying" in a public school's "anti-bullying" policy to include cyberbullying

SB 652 --- Sponsor: Coleman, Maida
: Modifies provisions regarding elementary and secondary education

SB 692 --- Sponsor: Ridgeway, Luann
: Authorizes additional school districts to create charter schools and modifies entities that may sponsor a charter school

SB 698 --- Sponsor: Ridgeway, Luann
: Establishes the Betty L. Thompson Scholarship Program

SCR 1 --- Sponsor: Bray, Joan
: Encourages support and education regarding reproductive health

SCR 20 --- Sponsor: Crowell, Jason
: Recognizes October 3rd of each year as Science Day

SCR 21 --- Sponsor: Shoemyer, Wes
: Establishes a Joint Interim Committee on Access to Nontraditional Career and Technical Education

SJR 8 --- Sponsor: Ridgeway, Luann
: Elevates the allowable level of bonded indebtedness for school districts from 15 percent to 20 percent

SJR 12 --- Sponsor: Crowell, Jason
: Alters the composition of the state Board of Education

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