Missouri House of Representatives
94th General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session (2008)
Bills Indexed by Subject
HIGHER EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF
HB 1307
--- Sponsor:
Day, David
--- CoSponsor:
Jones, Timothy W.
- Requires higher education institutions which receive state funds to
limit the amount charged for tuition to certain combat veterans
HB 1315
--- Sponsor:
Cunningham, Jane
--- CoSponsor:
Scharnhorst, Dwight
- Establishes the Emily Brooker Higher Education Sunshine Act which
defines intellectual diversity for reporting purposes at public
higher education institutions
HB 1322
--- Sponsor:
Thomson, Mike
- Specifies requirements for membership on the Northwest Missouri State
University Board of Regents
HB 1352
--- Sponsor:
Page, Sam
- Requires public institutions of higher education to check the sexual
offender registry prior to making student housing assignments and
prohibits housing to anyone required to register as a sexual offender
HB 1362
--- Sponsor:
Cunningham, Mike
- Establishes a scholarship program for the survivors of veterans
killed or injured in action after September 11, 2001
HB 1368
--- Sponsor:
Thomson, Mike
- Clarifies requirements for membership on the Northwest Missouri State
University Board of Regents
HB 1479
--- Sponsor:
Cunningham, Jane
- Requires the governing boards of public colleges and universities,
community college districts, and school districts to take a roll-call
vote on school policy matters
HB 1518
--- Sponsor:
Pearce, David
--- CoSponsor:
Witte, Terry L.
- Changes the laws regarding members of the military and their families
HB 1604
--- Sponsor:
Bringer, Rachel
- Establishes a tuition and fee waiver program for certain incoming
Missouri resident college freshmen who have been in foster or
residential care
HB 1693
--- Sponsor:
Zweifel, Clint
--- CoSponsor:
LeVota, Paul
- Establishes the Missouri Education Promise Program
HB 1697
--- Sponsor:
Zweifel, Clint
--- CoSponsor:
LeVota, Paul
- Specifies that all bond proceeds, fees, and other revenues of the
Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority can only be used for lowering
rates, forgiving loans, issuing scholarships, and administration
HB 1698
--- Sponsor:
Zweifel, Clint
--- CoSponsor:
Scavuzzo, Luke
- Changes the laws regarding the Bright Flight Scholarship Program
including revising the size of awards and imposing minimum grade
point requirements
HB 1762
--- Sponsor:
Storch, Rachel
--- CoSponsor:
Oxford, Jeanette Mott
- Establishes the Twenty-First Century Scholars Program
HB 1775
--- Sponsor:
Thomson, Mike
--- CoSponsor:
Pearce, David
- Authorizes state college and university police officers to enforce
traffic regulations on college or university property
HB 1869
--- Sponsor:
Wilson, Kevin
--- CoSponsor:
Ruestman, Marilyn
- Requires the Missouri Revisor of Statutes to change all references
of the term "junior college" to "community college" in the
Revised Statutes of Missouri
HB 1912
--- Sponsor:
Pratt, Bryan
--- CoSponsor:
Schlottach, Charles
- Specifies that if Missouri loses a Congressional district following
the 2010 redistricting, the ninth member of the University of Missouri
Board of Curators will be a student curator with voting rights
HB 2048
--- Sponsor:
Zimmerman, Jake
--- CoSponsor:
Schoemehl, Sue
- Establishes the Textbook Transparency Act
HB 2296
--- Sponsor:
Robb, Ed
--- CoSponsor:
Thomson, Mike
- Lowers the grade point average required for a college student to
be eligible for renewed assistance from the Access Missouri
Financial Assistance Program from a 2.5 to a 2.0
HB 2358
--- Sponsor:
Yates, Brian David
- Changes the aptitude testing score requirements to be eligible for the
Higher Education Academic Scholarship Program, known as
Bright Flight
HB 2515
--- Sponsor:
Thomson, Mike
- Authorizes Northwest Missouri State University to enter into
design-build contracts for student residence construction projects
costing more than $100,000
HJR 78
--- Sponsor:
Baker, Judy
--- CoSponsor:
Lampe, Sara
- Proposes a constitutional amendment authorizing the sale of bonds to
plan, design, construct, renovate, and maintain state college and
university buildings
- SB 830
--- Sponsor:
Coleman, Maida
- Limits the tuition that may be charged by a higher education
institution to certain combat veterans
- SB 965
--- Sponsor:
Crowell, Jason
- Requires completion of American history and literature classes in
order to graduate from a public higher education institution
- SB 1036
--- Sponsor:
Coleman, Maida
- Creates an educational grant for children and spouses of veterans who
are killed in combat
Missouri House of Representatives
Last Updated May 27, 2008 at 4:57 pm