Missouri House of Representatives
95th General Assembly, 1st Regular Session (2009)
Bills Indexed by Subject
ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPT. OF
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 88 --- Sponsor: Brown, Michael R. --- CoSponsor: Nance, Bob
Authorizes a tax credit for employers who hire certain high school students for summer jobs HB 96 --- Sponsor: Wallace, Maynard --- CoSponsor: Thomson, Mike
Changes the laws regarding school employee liability, safety practices, and reporting acts of violence HB 147 --- Sponsor: Hughes, Leonard
Establishes the School Improvement District Act HB 185 --- Sponsor: Flook, Tim --- CoSponsor: Scharnhorst, Dwight
Imposes a $15 surcharge for motor vehicle moving traffic violations and creates the School Bus Safety Assistance Fund to assist schools in equipping buses with safety belts 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 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 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 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 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 340 --- Sponsor: Cunningham, Mike
Designates December 25 of each year to be known as Christmas and requires state agencies, public schools and colleges, and political subdivisions to use the traditional names of holidays 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 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 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 490 --- Sponsor: Schad, Rodney --- CoSponsor: Wallace, Maynard
Allows all public vocational and technical schools to participate in the A+ Schools Program without stipulations 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 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 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 605 --- Sponsor: Aull, Joe
Lowers the performance levy for state school aid 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 659 --- Sponsor: Dusenberg, Gary --- CoSponsor: Wallace, Maynard
Changes the laws regarding special administrative boards appointed for lapsed school districts 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 719 --- Sponsor: Flook, Tim --- CoSponsor: Ruestman, Marilyn
Changes the laws regarding meetings of the State Board of Education 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 764 --- Sponsor: Grill, Jason --- CoSponsor: Pace, Sharon
Establishes the Missouri Books From Birth Program to encourage preschool children to read HB 818 --- Sponsor: Aull, Joe
Creates the School Safety and School Violence Prevention Fund 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 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 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 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 1131 --- Sponsor: Holsman, Jason R. --- CoSponsor: Lampe, Sara
Establishes the Missouri Preschool Plus Grant Program 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 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 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
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 430 --- Sponsor: Smith, Jeff
Creates and modifies provisions pertaining to environmentally sustainable practices
SB 438 --- Sponsor: Callahan, Victor E.
Modifies provisions relating to elementary and secondary education funding
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 453 --- Sponsor: Mayer, Robert
Modifies provisions relating to education funding
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 492 --- Sponsor: Mayer, Robert
Creates the GED Revolving Fund for the payment and expenses related to GED test administration
SB 493 --- Sponsor: Mayer, Robert
Modifies requirements for public career-technical schools to participate in the A+ Schools Program
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 503 --- Sponsor: Cunningham, Jane
Allows two or more adjacent school districts to share a superintendent under certain circumstances
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

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