ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPT. OF

Missouri House of Representatives
94th General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session (2008)
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ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPT. OF

: 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

: Waives the renewal fee for a school bus endorsement for an individual who is 70 years of age or older

: 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

: 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

: Adds certain two-year public and private vocational or technical schools to the A+ Schools Program and establishes the Community College Associate Degree Transfer Incentive Scholarship Program

: 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

: 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

: Requires any employer convicted of hiring illegal aliens to repay double the value of any state-administered or subsidized tax credit, tax abatement, or loan

: 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

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

: 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 the State Board of Education to issue teaching certificates to individuals who complete certification with the American Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence

: Requires the State Board of Education to issue teaching certificates to individuals who complete certification with the American Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence

: 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

: Prohibits any additional nonprofit educational associations or organizations from becoming members of the Public School Retirement System or the Public Education Employee Retirement System

: Allows the Public School Retirement System of Missouri and the Public Education Employee Retirement System to protect and indemnify any trustee or employee under certain conditions

: 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 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

: Changes the laws regarding various public employee retirement systems

: Establishes the Professional Relationships Between Teachers and School Districts Act

: Changes the laws regarding various public employee retirement systems

: 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

: 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

: 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 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

: 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

: Establishes the Child Predation Prevention Act of 2008 regarding the sexual exploitation of a child and model curriculum for educating children regarding Internet safety

: 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

: 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

: 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

: 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

: 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

: 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

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

SB 1117 --- Sponsor: Smith, Jeff
: Creates the "Show Me Green" sales tax holiday

SB 1239 --- Sponsor: Dempsey, Tom
: Makes eligibility for a driver's license for persons under 18 contingent upon documentation that the applicant has complied with school district standards

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