HB 682 -- SCHOOL MAKE-UP DAYS DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER

SPONSOR:  Swinger

COMMITTEE ACTION:  Voted "do pass by consent" by the Committee on
Elementary and Secondary Education by a vote of 14 to 0.

Currently, schools are required to make up the first six days of
school lost due to inclement weather and half of the additional
days lost in excess of the first six.  This bill allows an
exception for the 2008-2009 school year by requiring schools to
make up half of the remaining lost days up to a total of 10 full
make-up days.

The bill contains an emergency clause.

FISCAL NOTE:  No impact on state funds in FY 2010, FY 2011, and
FY 2012.

PROPONENTS:  Supporters say that the January 26 ice storm hit
southeastern Missouri so hard that several schools have missed
two weeks or more.  For a school that was out for more than 14
days, a point of diminishing returns could be reached because
students tend to lose focus by late May.

Testifying for the bill were Representative Swinger; Department
of Elementary and Secondary Education; Missouri National
Education Association; and Penney Rector, School Administrators
Coalition.

OPPONENTS:  There was no opposition voiced to the committee.

Missouri House of Representatives
95th General Assembly, 1st Regular Session
Last Updated November 17, 2009 at 9:25 am