EDUCATION, ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY

Missouri House of Representatives
95th General Assembly, 1st Regular Session (2009)
Bills Indexed by Subject
EDUCATION, ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY

HB 47 --- Sponsor: Davis, Cynthia L. --- CoSponsor: Parkinson, Mark A.

Grants a parent the right to request a reimbursement of a portion of real estate taxes paid based on moneys expended by the parent for private or home schooling of his or her unemancipated minor children HB 72 --- Sponsor: Lampe, Sara --- CoSponsor: Norr, Charlie

Requires school districts to establish special programs or services for students who are identified as academically gifted HB 73 --- Sponsor: Lampe, Sara --- CoSponsor: Pace, Sharon

Requires the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to develop teaching standards for all public schools HB 74 --- Sponsor: Lampe, Sara --- CoSponsor: Norr, Charlie

Adds the gifted education pupil count to the calculation of weighted average daily attendance and removes an adequacy target limit for the school foundation formula HB 75 --- Sponsor: Lampe, Sara --- CoSponsor: Norr, Charlie

Adds the gifted education pupil count to the calculation of weighted average daily attendance and removes an adequacy target limit for the school foundation formula HB 76 --- Sponsor: Lampe, Sara --- CoSponsor: Norr, Charlie

Changes the laws regarding the identification, assessment, and education of children with autism spectrum disorder HB 77 --- Sponsor: Lampe, Sara --- CoSponsor: Pace, Sharon

Lowers the age for beginning school from seven to six years and requires full-day kindergarten at all public schools HB 87 --- Sponsor: Wallace, Maynard --- CoSponsor: Schad, Rodney

Exempts motor fuel used to operate school buses transporting students for educational purposes from the motor fuel tax HB 96 --- Sponsor: Wallace, Maynard --- CoSponsor: Thomson, Mike

Changes the laws regarding school employee liability, safety practices, and reporting acts of violence HB 112 --- Sponsor: Munzlinger, Brian --- CoSponsor: Wallace, Maynard

Exempts motor fuel used to operate school buses transporting students for educational purposes from the motor fuel tax HB 146 --- Sponsor: Hughes, Leonard

Authorizes the expungement of certain criminal records including convictions for any nonviolent crime, misdemeanor, or nonviolent drug violation HB 147 --- Sponsor: Hughes, Leonard

Establishes the School Improvement District Act HB 153 --- Sponsor: Brown, Michael R. --- CoSponsor: Flook, Tim

Authorizes community improvement districts that are political subdivisions to sponsor and operate a polytechnic institute HB 166 --- Sponsor: Dusenberg, Gary --- CoSponsor: Yates, Brian David

Requires health screenings for public school students in the second grade and eighth grade HB 188 --- Sponsor: Flook, Tim --- CoSponsor: Kraus, Will

Prohibits the use of school funds to purchase alcoholic beverages HB 217 --- Sponsor: Hoskins, Theodore

Requires a school district to provide the reason for a student transfer request refusal in writing to the student's parent or guardian HB 222 --- Sponsor: Yates, Brian David --- CoSponsor: Kraus, Will

Changes the election procedures for school board members of the Kansas City School District HB 236 --- Sponsor: Lipke, Scott A. --- CoSponsor: Scharnhorst, Dwight

Establishes Kaitlyn's Law which requires school districts to allow certain students with disabilities to participate in graduation ceremonies after four years of high school attendance HB 242 --- Sponsor: Kingery, Gayle --- CoSponsor: Smith, Jason

Allows school districts to establish a four-day school week upon a majority vote of the school board HB 266 --- Sponsor: Yates, Brian David

Allows charter schools to maintain a $500,000 or more insurance policy issued by a Missouri company on its employees against theft instead of a surety bond based on the school's cash flow HB 289 --- Sponsor: Wallace, Maynard

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 HB 290 --- Sponsor: Wells, Don --- CoSponsor: McGhee, Mike

Requires the board of education of each school district to adopt a policy for the random testing of the district's teachers and other employees for the unlawful use of controlled substances HB 293 --- Sponsor: Nance, Bob --- CoSponsor: Nolte, Jerry

Requires the Department of Social Services to provide all public school districts information on the state's health insurance program for uninsured children to be distributed at school enrollment HB 304 --- Sponsor: Schad, Rodney --- CoSponsor: Schaaf, Robert

Specifies the meaning of "significant difference in the time involved in transporting students" for purposes of elections to change school district boundaries HB 305 --- Sponsor: Schad, Rodney --- CoSponsor: Schaaf, Robert

Allows two or more adjacent school districts to share a superintendent when at least one of the districts' accreditation status is accredited or provisionally accredited HB 308 --- Sponsor: Nasheed, Jamilah --- CoSponsor: McGhee, Mike

Phases out over a six-year period the state sales and use tax on the purchase of food and replaces the revenue with an additional excise tax on wine and liquor HB 311 --- Sponsor: Yates, Brian David --- CoSponsor: Skaggs, Trent

Changes the laws regarding charter schools 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 343 --- Sponsor: El-Amin, Talibdin --- CoSponsor: Munzlinger, Brian

Prohibits the issuance of a driver's license or temporary permit to any person 15 to 18 years of age if a school submits information that the student is not in compliance with the eligibility standards HB 348 --- Sponsor: Parkinson, Mark A. --- CoSponsor: Jones, Timothy W.

Authorizes a state income tax deduction for school supplies and books purchased for home schooling a child HB 356 --- Sponsor: Wallace, Maynard --- CoSponsor: Viebrock, James

Increases the overall appropriation amount for small school grants from $15 million to $20 million with $15 million being distributed to eligible districts in proportion to their average daily attendance HB 373 --- Sponsor: Wallace, Maynard

Creates the General Educational Development (GED) Revolving Fund HB 409 --- Sponsor: Low, Beth --- CoSponsor: Oxford, Jeanette Mott

Prohibits school bus drivers to sit idling the engine of a school bus while loading or unloading children at a school or while waiting for children to load or unload at a school HB 417 --- Sponsor: Scharnhorst, Dwight --- CoSponsor: Nieves, Brian D.

Establishes Bryce's Law which authorizes a tax credit for individuals who donate to a scholarship-granting organization if the donation is not claimed on their federal income tax return HB 479 --- Sponsor: Aull, Joe

Specifies an alternative way of calculating the state adequacy target for school funding HB 480 --- Sponsor: Aull, Joe

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 HB 488 --- Sponsor: Schad, Rodney --- CoSponsor: Scharnhorst, Dwight

Changes the laws regarding the restructuring of an unaccredited school district HB 501 --- Sponsor: Scharnhorst, Dwight --- CoSponsor: Tilley, Steven

Requires the Division of Special Education to develop a program to provide ombudsman services to children and families regarding special education programs and services HB 506 --- Sponsor: Funderburk, Doug --- CoSponsor: Tilley, Steven

Requires the Governor to issue an annual proclamation designating the first week of March as "Math, Engineering, Technology and Science (METS) Week" HB 509 --- Sponsor: Stream, Rick --- CoSponsor: Grisamore, Jeff

Requires all school districts to have physical education programs and establishes standards for school foods, beverages, and meals HB 518 --- Sponsor: Lampe, Sara --- CoSponsor: Norr, Charlie

Changes the laws regarding bullying in schools HB 521 --- Sponsor: Roorda, Jeff

Prohibits a school district from scheduling a day or a half day off of school within five weekdays of Veterans Day unless the district also schedules Veterans Day as a day off HB 523 --- Sponsor: Oxford, Jeanette Mott --- CoSponsor: Walsh, Regina

Establishes lower permissible and desirable class sizes for school districts in St. Louis City and St. Louis County HB 526 --- Sponsor: Grisamore, Jeff --- CoSponsor: Oxford, Jeanette Mott

Requires the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to develop and produce "The Parents' Bill of Rights" for parents of students who have an individualized education plan HB 541 --- Sponsor: Kraus, Will --- CoSponsor: Yates, Brian David

Specifies that any fine collected for a red light violation by an entity utilizing an automated photo red light enforcement system must be given to the local school district where the infraction occurred HB 542 --- Sponsor: Walsh, Regina --- CoSponsor: Hoskins, Theodore

Requires the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to recalculate the state school aid for the Riverview Gardens School District to correct an error HB 547 --- Sponsor: Dixon, Bob --- CoSponsor: Nieves, Brian D.

Authorizes an income tax credit for donations to public school foundations HB 596 --- Sponsor: Molendorp, Chris --- CoSponsor: Largent, Scott

Authorizes school districts to enter into design-build contracts for construction projects costing more than $1 million HB 605 --- Sponsor: Aull, Joe

Lowers the performance levy for state school aid HB 610 --- Sponsor: Oxford, Jeanette Mott --- CoSponsor: Nasheed, Jamilah

Provides outreach services, educational training for child care professionals, and subsidies for early childhood programs HB 626 --- Sponsor: Oxford, Jeanette Mott --- CoSponsor: Walsh, Regina

Establishes class sizes for school districts in St. Louis City and St. Louis County which are lower than the minimum and desirable standards of the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education HB 636 --- Sponsor: Holsman, Jason R. --- CoSponsor: Talboy, Mike

Creates the Persistence to Graduation Fund to distribute grants to certain school districts to reduce the number of high school dropouts HB 637 --- Sponsor: Holsman, Jason R. --- CoSponsor: Low, Beth

Establishes class sizes for school districts in Kansas City which are lower than the minimum and desirable standards established by the Department of Elementary and Secondard Education HB 653 --- Sponsor: Schad, Rodney --- CoSponsor: Wallace, Maynard

Exempts, for school years 2009-2010 through 2011-2012, a school district from a penalty if its current summer school attendance is at least 65% of its current year elementary school average attendance HB 656 --- Sponsor: Cooper, Robert Wayne --- CoSponsor: Sutherland, Mike

Protects teacher academic freedom to teach scientific evidence regarding biological and chemical evolution HB 659 --- Sponsor: Dusenberg, Gary --- CoSponsor: Wallace, Maynard

Changes the laws regarding special administrative boards appointed for lapsed school districts HB 669 --- Sponsor: Schaaf, Robert

Allows the St. Joseph School District, upon a majority vote of its school board, to operate a charter school HB 679 --- Sponsor: Wasson, Jay

Establishes a limited license for a retired dentist to practice dentistry HB 682 --- Sponsor: Swinger, Terry --- CoSponsor: Wallace, Maynard

Allows an exception for the 2008-2009 school year regarding the laws for school make-up days due to inclement weather HB 689 --- Sponsor: Bringer, Rachel

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 HB 693 --- Sponsor: Biermann, Kenny --- CoSponsor: Hummel, Jacob

Allows students participating in the A+ Schools Program to serve as election judges in order to fulfill their community service requirement HB 715 --- Sponsor: Bringer, Rachel

Expands the No-call List to include all calls regardless of content and prohibits using automatic dialing announcing devices in certain situations HB 717 --- Sponsor: Tilley, Steven --- CoSponsor: Holsman, Jason R.

Establishes several incentive programs for attracting and retaining teachers HB 732 --- Sponsor: LeVota, Paul --- CoSponsor: Oxford, Jeanette Mott

Changes the laws regarding the telemarketing No-call List and creates the crime of caller identification spoofing HB 743 --- Sponsor: Gatschenberger, Chuck --- CoSponsor: Tilley, Steven

Requires the Department of Revenue to award fee office contracts in a competitive bid process with right of first refusal given to 501(c)(3) organizations that operate on behalf of a public school district HB 757 --- Sponsor: Grill, Jason --- CoSponsor: Pace, Sharon

Authorizes each local school district to develop and implement a coordinated school health program under guidelines established by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education HB 759 --- Sponsor: Grill, Jason --- CoSponsor: Pace, Sharon

Establishes the Diabetes Prevention and Health Improvement Act of 2009 to develop, implement, and promote a statewide effort to combat type 2 diabetes HB 762 --- Sponsor: Grill, Jason --- CoSponsor: Hodges, Steve

Requires school board members to have lived in the school district for one year prior to serving on the board 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 764 --- Sponsor: Grill, Jason --- CoSponsor: Pace, Sharon

Establishes the Missouri Books From Birth Program to encourage preschool children to read HB 798 --- Sponsor: Scharnhorst, Dwight

Authorizes an income tax deduction for tuition, attendance fees, and school supplies purchased for educating a dependent enrolled in a Missouri elementary or secondary school HB 805 --- Sponsor: Wilson, Kevin --- CoSponsor: Jones, Timothy W.

Establishes the Professional Relationships Between Teachers and School Districts Act which specifies the procedures under which local school boards can meet and negotiate with employee organizations HB 818 --- Sponsor: Aull, Joe

Creates the School Safety and School Violence Prevention Fund HB 827 --- Sponsor: El-Amin, Talibdin

Establishes the Child Initiative Program and authorizes a tax credit for certain taxpayers who participate in the program HB 829 --- Sponsor: Nolte, Jerry --- CoSponsor: Nance, Bob

Allows joint venture financing of certain educational facilities HB 833 --- Sponsor: Parkinson, Mark A.

Requires information from reports made to the state literacy hotline regarding students who have dropped out of school to be made available electronically with personal-identity information withheld HB 870 --- Sponsor: Dixon, Bob --- CoSponsor: Cunningham, Mike

Requires the Division of School Improvement to develop a program to provide a fine arts education consultant at each regional professional development center 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 877 --- Sponsor: Parson, Michael L.

Requires the Department of Health and Senior Services to develop information for distribution in school districts about meningococcal disease and the availability of a vaccine to prevent it HB 900 --- Sponsor: Brown, Steve --- CoSponsor: Allen, Sue

Requires school meals to derive no more than 30% of their calories from fat and to limit saturated fat to less than 10% of the calories as measured over the school day HB 901 --- Sponsor: Brown, Steve --- CoSponsor: Stream, Rick

Establishes minimum nutritional standards for food and beverages sold or provided to students during the school day 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 922 --- Sponsor: Smith, Joe --- CoSponsor: Meadows, Tim

Requires each school district to adopt a policy on allergy prevention and response with priority given to addressing potentially deadly food-borne allergies HB 937 --- Sponsor: Dieckhaus, Scott --- CoSponsor: Wallace, Maynard

Waives the limitations on the transfer of moneys from a school district's incidental fund to its capital projects fund for the 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 school years under certain circumstances HB 944 --- Sponsor: Wallace, Maynard

Allows school districts to be excused for certain requirements when the basic state school aid is not fully funded HB 959 --- Sponsor: Schoeller, Shane --- CoSponsor: Parkinson, Mark A.

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 HB 960 --- Sponsor: Schoeller, Shane --- CoSponsor: Ruestman, Marilyn

Allows public school students to attend a public school district other than the school district of his or her residence under specified conditions HB 980 --- Sponsor: Hodges, Steve --- CoSponsor: Atkins, Bert

Specifies that certain provisions regarding the distribution of a controlled substance were enacted to create a safe zone around certain areas and serve as an enhancement of the punishment HB 993 --- Sponsor: Dusenberg, Gary

Removes the Blue Springs School District from the requirement that nonresident teachers or employees pay nonresident tuition for their children and adds the Lee's Summit School District to this provision HB 999 --- Sponsor: Low, Beth --- CoSponsor: McClanahan, Rebecca

Changes the laws regarding sexual education, sexually transmitted infection therapies, and pregnancy prevention HB 1002 --- Sponsor: Aull, Joe --- CoSponsor: Wallace, Maynard

Changes the laws regarding the Joint Committee on Education's review of the Commissioner of Education's proposed expenditures on statewide areas of critical needs HB 1003 --- Sponsor: Low, Beth --- CoSponsor: Storch, Rachel

Requires grants to be awarded to school districts for assistance in obtaining certification from the United States Green Building Council for new construction or the renovation of their buildings HB 1008 --- Sponsor: Pace, Sharon --- CoSponsor: Wallace, Maynard

Requires each school district to ensure that physical education classes will be required for students in kindergarten to eighth grade HB 1030 --- Sponsor: Stream, Rick --- CoSponsor: Chappelle-Nadal, Maria

Allows local school boards to adopt an alternative procedure for dismissing tenured teachers by using an impartial hearing offficer rather than a hearing before the board HB 1033 --- Sponsor: Gatschenberger, Chuck --- CoSponsor: Wallace, Maynard

Requires public schools to notify the custodial parents or guardians about any unexcused student absence HB 1036 --- Sponsor: Jones, Timothy W. --- CoSponsor: Tilley, Steven

Gives priority consideration to charter schools wanting to purchase or lease any real or personal property owned by the St. Louis City School District for use by the charter school HB 1037 --- Sponsor: Grisamore, Jeff --- CoSponsor: Jones, Timothy W.

Changes the laws regarding accessible electronic text use in elementary and secondary schools HB 1040 --- Sponsor: Tilley, Steven --- CoSponsor: Jones, Timothy W.

Prohibits school boards from placing restrictive covenants in deeds of real property that prohibit its use as a school and nullifies any existing restrictive covenants HB 1041 --- Sponsor: Stevenson, Bryan P. --- CoSponsor: Ruestman, Marilyn

Requires the Commissioner of Education to study, evaluate, and test the progress the state is making toward its education objectives and make the results public by free electronic media HB 1047 --- Sponsor: Grisamore, Jeff

Requires every public school district to annually provide disability history and awareness instruction during the month of October and designates October as "Disability History and Awareness Month" HB 1052 --- Sponsor: Jones, Timothy W. --- CoSponsor: Schoeller, Shane

Allows public school students to attend a public school district other than the school district of his or her residence under specified conditions HB 1069 --- Sponsor: Thomson, Mike --- CoSponsor: Wilson, Kevin

Establishes a procedure for using federal stimulus funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 for repairing elementary and secondary schools HB 1076 --- Sponsor: El-Amin, Talibdin

Authorizes community improvement districts that are political subdivisions to sponsor and operate a polytechnic institute HB 1080 --- Sponsor: Munzlinger, Brian --- CoSponsor: Loehner, Tom

Establishes the Sustainable Agriculture and Local Foods Initiative to increase access to locally grown agricultural food products HB 1086 --- Sponsor: Shively, Tom --- CoSponsor: Scavuzzo, Luke

Allows any school district to adopt a policy that permits a child who turns five years of age for kindergarten or six years of age for first grade between August 1 and October 1 to attend school HB 1093 --- Sponsor: Loehner, Tom

Requires an electrical corporation to pay a surcharge of one-tenth of one cent per kilowatt hour for all nuclear energy produced in this state HB 1094 --- Sponsor: LeVota, Paul

Changes the laws regarding funding for elementary and secondary education HB 1095 --- Sponsor: LeVota, Paul

Establishes the School Intervention and Reform Grants Program to award grants to unaccredited or provisionally accredited districts from contributions for which the taxpayer receives a tax credit HB 1102 --- Sponsor: Wallace, Maynard

Establishes procedures to address the problems of underperforming school districts that are targeted for intervention through the Missouri School Improvement Program HB 1115 --- Sponsor: Schad, Rodney --- CoSponsor: Wallace, Maynard

Removes the penalty a school district must pay on any reduction in its its summer school attendance from the 2005-2006 school year that is in excess of 35% beginning in the 2009-2010 school year HB 1131 --- Sponsor: Holsman, Jason R. --- CoSponsor: Lampe, Sara

Establishes the Missouri Preschool Plus Grant Program HB 1132 --- Sponsor: Holsman, Jason R. --- CoSponsor: Oxford, Jeanette Mott

Prohibits the Missouri Health and Educational Facilities Authority from providing funds to schools for the renovation or construction of buildings unless obtaining "green" certification 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 1162 --- Sponsor: Brown, Michael R.

Establishes the Missouri Commission on Prevention and Management of Obesity HB 1163 --- Sponsor: Brown, Michael R.

Requires the State Board of Education to establish the Coordinated Health Program Board to develop a program on the prevention of student obesity, cardiovascular disease, and type II diabetes HB 1167 --- Sponsor: Gray, Rochelle

Authorizes the board of directors of certain special purpose districts to appoint and employ as many district police officers as the board deems necessary HB 1187 --- Sponsor: Bivins, Walt --- CoSponsor: Schoemehl, Sue

Changes the procedures for calculating the tax levy in the Mehlville School District HB 1195 --- Sponsor: Tracy, Clint --- CoSponsor: Ruestman, Marilyn

Raises the compulsory school attendance age to 18 and specifies that no person will be eligible to receive a general educational development (GED) certificate unless he or she is at least 18 HB 1200 --- Sponsor: Grisamore, Jeff --- CoSponsor: Sater, David

Changes the laws regarding criminal background checks conducted under the Family Care Safety Registry HCR 2 --- Sponsor: Lampe, Sara

Requests the Missouri Congressional delegation to oppose No Child Left Behind legislation HCR 41 --- Sponsor: Ervin, Doug

Resolves that a education curriculum audit be conducted and the state develop a scope-and-sequence of all tested skills HCR 42 --- Sponsor: Nasheed, Jamilah --- CoSponsor: El-Amin, Talibdin

Creates a Joint Interim Committee on Dropout Prevention HCR 47 --- Sponsor: Lampe, Sara --- CoSponsor: Schoemehl, Sue

Requests the Missouri Congressional delegation to oppose the reauthorization of the federal No Child Left Behind Act HJR 6 --- Sponsor: Molendorp, Chris

Proposes a constitutional amendment raising the allowable level of bonded indebtedness for school districts HJR 11 --- Sponsor: McGhee, Mike --- CoSponsor: Thomson, Mike

Proposes a constitutional amendment guaranteeing a citizen's First Amendment right to pray on public property and reaffirming a citizen's right to choose any or no religion HJR 30 --- Sponsor: Aull, Joe --- CoSponsor: Lampe, Sara

Proposes a constitutional amendment raising the allowable level of bonded indebtedness for a school district from 15% to 20% of the value of taxable tangible property in the district HJR 33 --- Sponsor: Schoemehl, Sue

Proposes a constitutional amendment allowing a simple majority approval for school district bond issues at certain elections HR 740 --- Sponsor: El-Amin, Talibdin --- CoSponsor: Tilley, Steven

Urges the St. Louis School District to remove a restriction in the deeds of school buildings for sale

SB 4 --- Sponsor: Shields, Charles W.
: Establishes a quality rating system for child care facilities

SB 26 --- Sponsor: Ridgeway, Luann
: Modifies various provisions relating to crime

SB 85 --- Sponsor: Crowell, Jason
: Creates the Missouri Special Needs Scholarship Tax Credit Program

SB 316 --- Sponsor: Smith, Jeff
: Modifies provisions on education courses regarding sexual predators, human sexuality and sexually transmitted disease

SB 395 --- Sponsor: Ridgeway, Luann
: Makes certain actions made by school board members or employees in conjunction with the Public School Retirement System of Missouri a class C felony

SB 422 --- Sponsor: Pearce, David
: Modifies provisions relating to special education due process hearings

SB 429 --- Sponsor: Smith, Jeff
: Requires the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to designate teacher assessment programs and creates teacher assessment requirements for unaccredited school districts

SB 432 --- Sponsor: Vogel, Carl
: Provides information to parents of students about immunizations against bacterial meningitis

SB 438 --- Sponsor: Callahan, Victor E.
: Modifies provisions relating to elementary and secondary education funding

SB 439 --- Sponsor: Lembke, Jim
: Prohibits school boards from placing restrictive covenants in deeds of real property that prohibit its use as a school and nullifies any existing restrictive covenants

SB 441 --- Sponsor: Schaefer, Kurt
: Modifies provisions relating to teacher termination proceedings

SB 443 --- Sponsor: Days, Rita D.
: Allows the State Board of Education to make modifications to a Special Administrative Board that is governing a lapsed school district

SB 445 --- Sponsor: Rupp, Scott T.
: Prohibits school district employees, volunteers, and independent contractors from placing a student receiving special education services into seclusion

SB 446 --- Sponsor: Rupp, Scott T.
: Modifies the elementary and secondary education funding formula

SB 448 --- Sponsor: Pearce, David
: Authorizes school districts to enter into design-build contracts for projects costing more than $1,000,000

SB 453 --- Sponsor: Mayer, Robert
: Modifies provisions relating to education funding

SB 486 --- Sponsor: Green, Timothy P.
: Grants employees of any public body the right to form and join labor organizations

SB 491 --- Sponsor: Mayer, Robert
: Modifies procedures for the lapse of a school district that has been classified as unaccredited for two successive years

SB 492 --- Sponsor: Mayer, Robert
: Creates the GED Revolving Fund for the payment and expenses related to GED test administration

SB 496 --- Sponsor: Cunningham, Jane
: Allows the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, at the discretion of the State Board of Education, to have authority over extracurricular competitive activities

SB 497 --- Sponsor: Cunningham, Jane
: Allows a school district receiving students from a district that does not maintain an accredited school to request that the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education withhold delinquent tuition paymen

SB 498 --- Sponsor: Cunningham, Jane
: Requires school districts to include in their school accountability report cards whether they have a gifted education program and have had one over the past three years

SB 500 --- Sponsor: Cunningham, Jane
: Requires school districts to allow parents to withhold permission for students to participate in school-sponsored clubs and extracurricular activities

SB 502 --- Sponsor: Cunningham, Jane
: Establishes procedures for the evaluation of student credits when a student transfers to a public school from another educational setting

SB 503 --- Sponsor: Cunningham, Jane
: Allows two or more adjacent school districts to share a superintendent under certain circumstances

SB 505 --- Sponsor: Cunningham, Jane
: Prohibits a superintendent of an unaccredited or provisionally accredited school district from transferring a teacher if the principal of the receiving school refuses

SB 515 --- Sponsor: Cunningham, Jane
: Revises the conditions under which school districts may suspend or terminate teacher and administrator contracts in certain school districts

SB 516 --- Sponsor: Cunningham, Jane
: Modifies provisions relating to education personnel

SB 520 --- Sponsor: Wright-Jones, Robin
: Creates physical education requirements for students in primary grades

SB 521 --- Sponsor: Wright-Jones, Robin
: Creates physical education requirements for sixth through twelfth graders

SB 537 --- Sponsor: Cunningham, Jane
: Creates procedures for open enrollment across school district boundary lines for certain students

SB 558 --- Sponsor: Mayer, Robert
: Modifies provisions relating to higher education scholarships

SB 564 --- Sponsor: Smith, Jeff
: Allows the State Board of Education to revoke the charter of charter schools that have decreasing student assessment scores

SB 576 --- Sponsor: Dempsey, Tom
: Requires that records submitted to the State Literacy Hotline for student drop-outs be made publicly available

SCR 2 --- Sponsor: Crowell, Jason
: Recognizes October 3rd of each year as Science Day

SCR 30 --- Sponsor: Wright-Jones, Robin
: Relating to sex education program in St. Louis Public Schools

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