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