Missouri House of Representatives
95th General Assembly, 1st Regular Session (2009)
Bills Indexed by Subject
EDUCATION, HIGHER
HB 117 --- Sponsor: Storch, Rachel --- CoSponsor: LeVota, Paul
Establishes the Twenty-first Century Scholars Program HB 136 --- Sponsor: Hughes, Leonard --- CoSponsor: Curls, Shalonn
Establishes the Minority Business Enterprise and Women's Business Enterprise Oversight Review Committee to assist these business enterprises in bidding on state contracts HB 146 --- Sponsor: Hughes, Leonard
Authorizes the expungement of certain criminal records including convictions for any nonviolent crime, misdemeanor, or nonviolent drug violation HB 307 --- Sponsor: Cunningham, Mike
Allows a parent to request and the court to order that up to 10% of court-ordered child support payments be set aside in a savings or educational account HB 331 --- Sponsor: Faith, Sally A. --- CoSponsor: Nasheed, Jamilah
Establishes the GED+ Program to ensure that students achieve a certificate of general educational development (GED) and continue to a post-secondary education or to a high-wage job HB 332 --- Sponsor: Cunningham, Mike
Allows members of the reserves of any branch of the United States armed forces to be eligible for a National Guard educational assistance grant HB 390 --- Sponsor: Nolte, Jerry --- CoSponsor: Dethrow, Mike
Changes the laws regarding unauthorized aliens and construction safety programs HB 427 --- Sponsor: Largent, Scott --- CoSponsor: Day, David
Changes the laws regarding members of the military, veterans, and their families HB 478 --- Sponsor: Jones, Kenny --- CoSponsor: Sater, David
Changes the laws regarding the Missouri State Employees' Retirement System to allow for a medical insurance and retirement incentive for certain employees who are eligible for state-sponsored benefits HB 483 --- Sponsor: Smith, Joe --- CoSponsor: Meadows, Tim
Establishes the Missouri National Guard and Missouri Reservists Family Education Grant HB 490 --- Sponsor: Schad, Rodney --- CoSponsor: Wallace, Maynard
Allows all public vocational and technical schools to participate in the A+ Schools Program without stipulations HB 498 --- Sponsor: Davis, Cynthia L. --- CoSponsor: Emery, Edgar G. H.
Establishes the Full-time Mother Scholarship Bonus Program to provide an education scholarship for tuition and books for any mother who has chosen to stay home to raise a child 15 years of age or younger HB 515 --- Sponsor: Kingery, Gayle --- CoSponsor: Dixon, Bob
Requires that at least one but no more than two persons be appointed to the University of Missouri Board of Curators from each Congressional district HB 627 --- Sponsor: Schaaf, Robert
Allows combat veterans serving prior to September 11, 2001, to be eligible for the scholarship program established in the Missouri Returning Heroes' Education Act HB 631 --- Sponsor: Jones, Timothy W. --- CoSponsor: Nance, Bob
Changes the laws regarding the Missouri Teaching Fellows Program and registered professional school nurses HB 635 --- Sponsor: Holsman, Jason R. --- CoSponsor: Oxford, Jeanette Mott
Expands the State Children's Health Insurance Program to offer insurance coverage to all children residing in this state regardless of income HB 645 --- Sponsor: Munzlinger, Brian --- CoSponsor: Ruzicka, Don
Removes the provision prohibiting a person with a valid concealed carry endorsement or permit from carrying a concealed firearm into any higher education institution HB 666 --- Sponsor: Witte, Terry L. --- CoSponsor: Day, David
Requires a military dependent who is residing in Missouri and whose parent is on permanent duty in the state to be eligible for in-state tuition if continuously enrolled in a higher education institution HB 686 --- Sponsor: Bringer, Rachel
Establishes a tuition and fee waiver program for certain incoming Missouri resident freshman who have been in foster care or residential care HB 692 --- Sponsor: Pratt, Bryan --- CoSponsor: Jones, Timothy W.
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 738 --- Sponsor: Schaaf, Robert
Allows eligibility for the scholarship program established in the Missouri Returning Heroes' Education Act to veterans who meet the university's requirements for Missouri residency HB 763 --- Sponsor: Grill, Jason --- CoSponsor: Hodges, Steve
Establishes the Missouri Diploma and Transcript Act which creates the crime of unlawful use of a diploma or transcript HB 792 --- Sponsor: Kingery, Gayle --- CoSponsor: Molendorp, Chris
Changes the laws regarding the Access Missouri Program HB 829 --- Sponsor: Nolte, Jerry --- CoSponsor: Nance, Bob
Allows joint venture financing of certain educational facilities HB 869 --- Sponsor: Skaggs, Trent
Specifies that it is unlawful for credit card issuers to recruit potential student cardholders or customers on a college campus with certain exceptions HB 873 --- Sponsor: Schaaf, Robert
Requires students who have completed their secondary education through homeschooling to receive the same consideration for financial aid purposes as students who were not homeschooled HB 892 --- Sponsor: Schoemehl, Sue --- CoSponsor: Kingery, Gayle
Authorizes an income tax deduction for certain public college tuition costs HB 903 --- Sponsor: Kingery, Gayle --- CoSponsor: Schoemehl, Sue
Establishes the Missouri Promise Program as a successor to the A+ Schools Program and expands the number of students eligible for scholarships HB 936 --- Sponsor: Wildberger, Edward --- CoSponsor: Walsh, Regina
Changes the laws regarding the criminal justice system and establishes Christy's Law regarding a drug test for victims of sexual offenses HB 989 --- Sponsor: Talboy, Mike --- CoSponsor: Hughes, Leonard
Requires all tenured or full-time professors at any public higher higher education institution to be Missouri residents and to present proof of residency to the employing institution HB 1007 --- Sponsor: Yates, Brian David
Allows the University of Missouri Board of Curators to use up to 2% annually of the market value of its endowment to support internal endowment administration and development functions HB 1031 --- Sponsor: Emery, Edgar G. H. --- CoSponsor: Ruestman, Marilyn
Allows students at two-year or four-year colleges or universities to seek tuition reimbursement for college remedial courses under certain circumstances HB 1051 --- Sponsor: Thomson, Mike
Establishes the Higher Education Energy Savings Project at Northwest Missouri State University to encourage and fund reduced energy use on the campus HB 1085 --- Sponsor: Flanigan, Tom
Allows for a special license plate designated "PITTSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY" HB 1157 --- Sponsor: Lampe, Sara
Revises the membership of the Missouri Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and establishes new duties for the commission HB 1174 --- Sponsor: Schlottach, Charles --- CoSponsor: Hobbs, Steve
Requires the Board of Curators of the University of Missouri to retain the Beef Research and Teaching Farm at its Columbia campus HCR 44 --- Sponsor: Munzlinger, Brian --- CoSponsor: Dethrow, Mike
Urges Congress to recognize the importance of land grant agricultural research by continuing or increasing the current federal funding
SB 29 --- Sponsor: Stouffer, Bill
Requires all diesel fuel sold at retail in Missouri after a certain date to be a biodiesel-blended fuel
SB 107 --- Sponsor: Green, Timothy P.
Creates an income tax deduction for higher education expenses
SB 213 --- Sponsor: Scott, Delbert
Removes the minimum time for holding investments in the Missouri higher education savings program
SB 331 --- Sponsor: Justus, Jolie L.
Provides that certain aliens will receive in-state tuition at college and universities that meet certain requirements
SB 390 --- Sponsor: Schaefer, Kurt
Changes amounts of financial assistance awards for the Access Missouri Financial Assistance Program
SB 486 --- Sponsor: Green, Timothy P.
Grants employees of any public body the right to form and join labor organizations
SB 493 --- Sponsor: Mayer, Robert
Modifies requirements for public career-technical schools to participate in the A+ Schools Program
SB 499 --- Sponsor: Cunningham, Jane
Requires public higher education institutions to annually report on steps taken to ensure intellectual diversity
SB 504 --- Sponsor: Cunningham, Jane
Requires students at public higher education institutions to pay the full cost of tuition if they take the same course more than twice
SB 558 --- Sponsor: Mayer, Robert
Modifies provisions relating to higher education scholarships
SB 572 --- Sponsor: Dempsey, Tom
Establishes the Science and Innovation Reinvestment Act

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Last Updated November 17, 2009 at 9:31 am