EDUCATION, ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY

Missouri House of Representatives
94th General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session (2008)
Bills Indexed by Subject
EDUCATION, ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY

: Allows individual school districts to exempt high school students transferring into the state from the requirement to pass certain government and constitution course and test requirements

: Requires annual background checks on some school employees, adds certain offenses to the list for which a teacher certification may be revoked, and removes the statute of limitations for certain sex crimes

: Declares a parent's right to make all health care and education decisions for their minor children and allows for reimbursement of property taxes for those who home school or attend a private school

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

: Imposes a $15 surcharge for motor vehicle moving traffic violations and creates the School Bus Safety Assistance Fund to assist schools in equipping buses with safety belts

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

: Allows school boards to commission certified law enforcement officers to enforce laws relating to crimes committed on school premises, at school activities, and on school buses

: Requires health screenings for public school students in the second and eighth grades

: Adds to the list of individuals who are prohibited from residing within 1,000 feet of certain schools or child care facilities any person guilty of out-of-state, federal, or military sexual offenses

: Gives immunity from civil or criminal liability to persons reporting suspected child abuse to the proper authorities

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

: Establishes the Teacher Bill of Rights Act which prohibits teacher associations from using payroll deductions for disbursement to a committee without written consent

: 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

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

: Requires publishers of instructional materials to provide electronic copies of the material to schools for specialized use

: Requires the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to establish criteria for the admission or rejection by adjoining accredited schools of nonresident students from unaccredited districts

: Changes the laws regarding members of the military and their families

: Establishes the Missouri Preschool Plus Grant Program to serve up to 10,000 students with high quality early childhood education services for four years

: Increases the appropriation amount for small school grants and allows certain schools to receive a flat amount per student

: Changes the laws regarding various public employee retirement systems

: Authorizes school districts to enter into design-build contracts for construction projects costing more than $15,000

: Changes the laws regarding school employee liability, safety practices, and reporting acts of violence

: Requires twins or other multiple-birth siblings to be placed in the same classroom if the parent or legal guardian makes a timely request

: Allows joint venture financing of certain educational facilities

: Exempts motor fuel used to operate school buses transporting students for educational purposes from the motor fuel tax

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

: Lowers the age for beginning school from seven to six years and requires full-day kindergarten at all public schools

: Changes the laws regarding bullying in schools

: Specifies that the appeal of a ruling on student eligibility for extracurricular activities by certain schools may bypass the administrative hearing process in certain instances

: Renames the State Schools for Severely Handicapped Children to the Missouri Schools for the Severely Disabled

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

: Allows the State Board of Education to award a teaching certificate for banking and personal finance to certain individuals

: Allows a school district receiving a student from an unaccredited district to request the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to withhold any delinquent tuition from the sending district

: Requires the designation of an agent for a binding signature on a placement settlement and makes the five-business-day notice applicable to all special education due process hearings

: Requires the designation of an agent for a binding signature on a placement settlement and makes the five-business-day notice applicable to all special education due process hearings

: Requires all school districts to have physical education programs

: Requires the teacher in each public school classroom to open the day with a brief period of silence with the participation of all the pupils

: Requires school districts to adopt policies for the testing of student athletes for the unlawful use of a controlled substance, including but not limited to anabolic steroids

: Requires the State Board of Education to establish a rule to mandate parental participation in three teacher conferences each year regarding their child's performance

: Establishes lower permissible and desirable class sizes for urban school districts including Kansas City

: Requires school districts to establish a "green" cleaning policy to promote environmentally sensitive cleaning products which meet guidelines of the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

: Establishes lower permissible and desirable class sizes for school districts in St. Louis City and St. Louis County

: Changes the laws regarding elementary and secondary education

: Requires certain growth in gaming proceeds to be transferred to an education fund, requires gambling boat licensees to pay an additional education allowance, and removes the maximum loss limit

: Requires school districts to offer a driver's education course to students 15 years of age or older and allows certain students who complete the course to apply for a license at 17 years of age

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

: Establishes the Professional Relationships Between Teachers and School Districts Act

: Changes the laws regarding members of the military and their families

: Prohibits certain sexual offenders from being on school property or attending school activities without the consent of the principal or head administrator

: Prohibits the issuance of a driver's license or termporary permit to any person 15 to 18 years of age if a school submits information that the student is not in compliance with the eligibility standards

: Changes the election procedures for school board members of the Kansas City School District

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

: Prohibits school districts from scheduling a day or a half-day off within five days of Veterans Day unless the school district also schedules Veterans Day as a day off

: Creates the School Safety and School Violence Prevention Fund

: Specifies that any new charter school in the St. Louis Public School District can only be sponsored by the district or the State Board of Education

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

: Changes the laws regarding schools in St. Louis under the Special Administrative Board and their academic accountability

: Establishes the Missouri Books From Birth Program to encourage preschool children to read

: Allows school districts to provide teacher salaries that include hiring incentives or salary schedule modifications under certain conditions

: Phases out over a six-year period the state sales and use tax on the purchase of food and replaces the revenue with a sales tax on the purchase of beer, wine, and liquor

: Clarifies that a school district may participate in the A+ Schools Program regardless of its accreditation status by the State Board of Education if the district meets all other requirements

: Requires the Governor to annually issue a proclamation designating the second week of September as Parent and Family Involvement in Education Week

: Makes criminal background checks for teachers and other school personnel valid for one year, even if they move from one district to another or there is a change in the type of teacher certification

: Adds the gifted education pupil count to the calculation of weighted average attendance for the school foundation formula

: Adds the gifted education pupil count to the calculation of weighted average daily attendance for the school foundation formula by counting each gifted student as an extra student

: Adds the costs of gifted education programs back into the school foundation formula as categorical funding

: Requires immunizations for certain school children for the human papillomavirus at the option of the child's parent or guardian

: Authorizes an exemption from motor fuel tax on fuel used for school buses to be deposited into a fund for the school district to purchase or lease buses equipped with lap-shoulder safety belts

: Establishes the Show-Me Green Tax Holiday Act which authorizes a state sales and use tax exemption on the purchase of certain energy efficient products each year and a sales tax holiday each June

: Changes the laws regarding the Missouri Teaching Fellows Program

: Requires students at public institutions of higher education to pay the full costs of instruction when they take the same course more than twice

: Changes the laws regarding educational personnel

: Changes the laws regarding the identification, assessment, and education of children with autism spectrum disorder

: Changes the laws regarding the procedures for terminating a teacher and applies these procedures to all school districts uniformly by repealing specific provisions for the St. Louis school system

: Requires cyberbullying to be included in a school district's antibullying policy

: Establishes the Professional Educators' Standards and Practices Act and changes the laws regarding teacher certification

: Requires the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to develop teaching standards for all public schools

: Creates the Persistence to Graduation Fund to distribute grants to certain school districts for dropout prevention strategies

: Requires all school districts to have physical education programs

: Changes the laws regarding the identification, assessment, and education of children with autism spectrum disorder

: Requires any entity that provides construction services on the property of a public or private school or university or any state- owned building to have an approved drug and alcohol testing program

: Imposes term limits on certain school board members when the school district becomes provisionally accredited or unaccredited

: Establishes the Missouri 4 For More Program to allow parents and guardians to receive paid leave to work with their children in their school and authorizes a tax credit for the person's employer

: Authorizes the board of directors of certain special purpose districts to appoint and employ as many district police officers as the board deems necessary

: Requires the certification of school food service directors and menu planners in public and private schools which receive funding through the federal school lunch program

: Changes the laws regarding elementary and secondary education

: Establishes the Children's Education Freedom Act which authorizes a 50% tax credit for taxpayers who donate to a scholarship-granting organization under certain circumstances

: Provides outreach services, educational training for child care professionals, and subsidies for early childhood programs

: Entitles certain public school districts to receive reimbursement from the tax increment financing district's special allocation fund

: Prohibits school buses from sitting with engines idling while loading or unloading children at a school or while waiting for children to load or unload at a school

: Establishes a procedure by which a school district or an initiative petition may place the issue of open enrollment by contract before the voters of the district

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

: Changes the laws regarding educational personnel

: Changes the laws regarding educational personnel

: Requires school districts to include on their accountability report card information regarding their gifted education program and whether the district has maintained the program within the last three years

: Prohibits public school districts from using school funds to purchase alcohol

: Changes the laws regarding St. Louis public schools

: Protects teacher academic freedom to teach scientific evidence regarding biological and chemical evolution

: Establishes the Child Initiative Program and authorizes a tax credit for certain taxpayers who participate in the program

: Requires school districts in St. Louis County to have a school year of at least 180 instructional days

: Establishes the School Improvement District Act

: Requires certain companies to report to school districts all real and tangible personal property owned by the companies and located within the school district boundaries

: Imposes a fine when school officers and employees who are mandated reporters fail to report as required by law and subjects students who make false allegations to disciplinary action

: Authorizes a state income tax deduction for school supplies and books purchased for home schooling a child

: Establishes two renewable teacher preparation scholarships to the existing one-year nonrewable award for certain individuals who commit to teach or currrently work with special education students

: Prohibits individuals from serving on the St. Louis City school board and the govering board of the transitional school district at the same time

: Requires 1% of the School Foundation Formula to be distributed each year for alternative schools and requires schools to offer alternative education programs as a condition of receiving state school aid

: Prohibits schools from scheduling make-up days for inclement weather on federal holidays

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

: Encourages the Governor and the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to secure additional funding for fine arts education in this state

: Recognizes "Walk and Bicycle to School" month, week, and day during October 2008 in Missouri

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

: Proposes a constitutional amendment changing the appointing authority for the Commissioner of Education from the State Board of Education to the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate

: Proposes a constitutional amendment allowing approval of school district bond issues with a simple majority vote on general municipal election days or general elections

SB 719 --- Sponsor: Kennedy, Harry
: Requires publishers of instructional materials to provide electronic copies of such materials for specialized uses

SB 722 --- Sponsor: Coleman, Maida
: Exempts motor fuel used for school buses from the motor fuel tax

SB 726 --- Sponsor: Shields, Charles W.
: Modifies provisions relating to child care

SB 730 --- Sponsor: Griesheimer, John E.
: Establishes a county municipal court in Franklin County and alters the hold harmless provisions of the foundation formula to compensate for the creation of the court

SB 780 --- Sponsor: Smith, Jeff
: Modifies provisions on human sexuality and sexually transmitted disease education courses

SB 799 --- Sponsor: Days, Rita D.
: Enacts provisions on children's mental health

SB 1017 --- Sponsor: Mayer, Robert
: Requires reports to school districts of certain property located within school district boundaries

SB 1052 --- Sponsor: Rupp, Scott T.
: Modifies provisions relating to the allocation and use of gaming revenues

SB 1163 --- Sponsor: Rupp, Scott T.
: Modifies the school bus endorsement criminal background check procedure

SB 1167 --- Sponsor: Stouffer, Bill
: Modifies various provisions of law relating to members of the military and their families

SB 1263 --- Sponsor: Engler, Kevin
: Modifies and creates provisions pertaining to energy efficiency and energy conservation

Missouri House of Representatives
Last Updated May 27, 2008 at 4:57 pm