Bills Assigned to Committee
ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
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HB1212
--- 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
HB1212 -- (LR# 3398L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB1215
--- Sponsor:
Dusenberg, Gary
Requires a health screening for public school students in the second
and eighth grades
HB1215 -- (LR# 3417L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB1274
--- Sponsor:
Dixon, Bob
--- CoSponsor:
Cunningham, Mike
Requires the Division of School Improvement to develop and
coordinate a program to provide a fine arts education consultant
at each regional professional development center
HB1274 -- (LR# 3257L.01I)
HCS Voted Do Pass (H)
HB1277
--- Sponsor:
Wells, Don
--- CoSponsor:
Denison, Charles
Repeals a school district's authority to set policies allowing the use
of tobacco products in certain school areas and prohibits smoking and
the use of tobacco products on all school property and school buses
HB1277 -- (LR# 3047L.02I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB1295
--- Sponsor:
Lampe, Sara
--- CoSponsor:
Roorda, Jeff
Requires school districts to establish special programs or services
for students who are identified as academically gifted
HB1295 -- (LR# 3691L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB1296
--- Sponsor:
Lampe, Sara
--- CoSponsor:
Roorda, Jeff
Changes the laws regarding the identification, assessment, and
education of children with autism spectrum disorder
HB1296 -- (LR# 3692L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB1297
--- Sponsor:
Lampe, Sara
--- CoSponsor:
Roorda, Jeff
Lowers the age when a child must start attending school from seven to
six years of age and requires, beginning in the 2010 school year,
all public schools to have a full-day kindergarten program
HB1297 -- (LR# 3693L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB1428
--- Sponsor:
Biermann, Kenny
--- CoSponsor:
Fallert, Joe
Allows certain students participating in the A+ Schools Program to
serve as election judges in order to fulfill their community service
requirement
HB1428 -- (LR# 3752L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB1450
--- Sponsor:
Allen, Sue
--- CoSponsor:
Lampe, Sara
Changes the laws regarding the First Steps Program and the study
by the greater St. Louis area point of entry on the effect of
child-find activities in the area
HB1450 -- (LR# 3437L.02I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB1458
--- Sponsor:
Thomson, Mike
--- CoSponsor:
Roorda, Jeff
Exempts motor fuel used to operate school buses transporting students
for educational purposes from the motor fuel tax
HB1458 -- (LR# 3982L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB1459
--- Sponsor:
Thomson, Mike
--- CoSponsor:
Nance, Bob
Revises the appropriations for small schools by specifying that the
calculation is to be based on their regular-term average daily
attendance rather than the full year's average daily attendance
HB1459 -- (LR# 3896L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB1463
--- Sponsor:
Hodges, Steve
Requires every public school district to screen its students for
Sensory Processing Disorder before the end of first grade and again
before the end of third grade
HB1463 -- (LR# 3150L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB1469
--- Sponsor:
Wallace, Maynard
--- CoSponsor:
Funderburk, Doug
Exempts motor fuel used to operate school buses transporting students
for educational purposes from the motor fuel tax and requires a
uniform and simplified motor fuel tax exemption claim process
HB1469 -- (LR# 3137L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB1510
--- Sponsor:
Flook, Timothy
--- CoSponsor:
Nolte, Jerry
Allows public schools to offer ballroom dance courses which will be
treated as a qualified fine arts and a physical education activity for
academic credit
HB1510 -- (LR# 3975L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB1543
--- Sponsor:
Wallace, Maynard
--- CoSponsor:
Fisher, Barney Joe
Changes the laws regarding school employee liability, safety
practices, reporting acts of violence, and school funding
HB1543 -- (LR# 3136L.01I)
Approved by Governor (G)
Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
- THIS BILL BECOMES EFFECTIVE AUGUST 28, 2010,
- EXCEPT FOR SECTION 163.410 WHICH HAS A JULY 1,
- 2010 EFFECTIVE DATE
HB1552
--- Sponsor:
Schoeller, Shane
--- CoSponsor:
Zerr, Anne
Allows public school students to attend a public school district
other than the school district of his or her residence under
specified conditions
HB1552 -- (LR# 4006L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB1553
--- Sponsor:
Schoeller, Shane
--- CoSponsor:
Emery, Edgar G. H.
Establishes procedures by which a school district or an initiative
petition may place the issue of open enrollment by contract before
the voters of the school district
HB1553 -- (LR# 4005L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB1563
--- Sponsor:
Kingery, Gayle
--- CoSponsor:
Wilson, Kevin
Exempts certain hearings or proceedings concerning the rights of
students to participate in extracurricular activities from the
administrative hearing process
HB1563 -- (LR# 4046L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB1628
--- Sponsor:
Nasheed, Jamilah
--- CoSponsor:
Roorda, Jeff
Establishes the Metropolitan District Dropout Prevention Program
to provide grants to the St. Louis Public School District
HB1628 -- (LR# 3970L.01I)
House Committee: ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB1629
--- Sponsor:
Nasheed, Jamilah
--- CoSponsor:
Roorda, Jeff
Establishes the Governor's Dropout Advisory Commission
HB1629 -- (LR# 3971L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB1651
--- Sponsor:
Cooper, Robert Wayne
--- CoSponsor:
Funderburk, Doug
Protects teacher academic freedom to teach scientific evidence
regarding biological and chemical evolution
HB1651 -- (LR# 3681L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB1732
--- Sponsor:
Brown, Michael R.
--- CoSponsor:
Gray, Rochelle
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
HB1732 -- (LR# 3799L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB1789
--- Sponsor:
Thomson, Mike
--- CoSponsor:
Wallace, Maynard
Increases the total appropriation for small school grants, bases
attendance on the regular school term, and allows for a proportionally
declining amount for schools with 351 to 400 students
HB1789 -- (LR# 4244L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB1797
--- Sponsor:
Aull, Joe
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
HB1797 -- (LR# 4669L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB1801
--- Sponsor:
Gatschenberger, Chuck
--- CoSponsor:
Wallace, Maynard
Requires public schools to notify the custodial parent or guardian of
any unexcused absence by the student and requires the suspension of
his or her driver's license for excessive absences
HB1801 -- (LR# 4028L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB1803
--- Sponsor:
Gatschenberger, Chuck
--- CoSponsor:
Jones, Timothy W.
Requires school districts to adopt policies for the random testing of
school employees and testing of potential employees for the
unlawful use of controlled substances
HB1803 -- (LR# 3843L.01I)
House Committee: ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB1821
--- Sponsor:
Holsman, Jason R.
--- CoSponsor:
Oxford, Jeanette Mott
Establishes smaller class sizes for school districts in Kansas City
than the established minimum and desirable standards of the
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
HB1821 -- (LR# 4460L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB1831
--- Sponsor:
Jones, Kenneth
Allows a school district, after 10 years, to sell as surplus any real
property that has been donated to it if the donor refuses the
district's offer to return it
HB1831 -- (LR# 4658L.01I)
Vetoed by Governor (G)
Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
HB1865
--- Sponsor:
Meiners, Kate
--- CoSponsor:
Walsh, Regina
Requires school boards and directors of youth sports programs to work
with the Missouri State High School Activities Association to develop
guidelines regarding head injuries
HB1865 -- (LR# 4227L.03I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB1875
--- Sponsor:
Oxford, Jeanette Mott
--- CoSponsor:
Gray, Rochelle
Provides outreach services, educational training for child care
professionals, and subsidies for early childhood programs
HB1875 -- (LR# 3490L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB1879
--- Sponsor:
Grisamore, Jeff
--- CoSponsor:
Stream, Rick
Designates October as "Disability History and Awareness Month" in all
public schools and requires each school board to annually provide
instruction on the topic during the month
HB1879 -- (LR# 3199L.02I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB1880
--- Sponsor:
Grisamore, Jeff
--- CoSponsor:
Jones, Timothy W.
Changes the laws regarding accessible electronic text material use in
elementary and secondary schools
HB1880 -- (LR# 3813L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB1905
--- 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
HB1905 -- (LR# 4430L.01I)
Rules - Reported Do Pass (H)
HB1911
--- Sponsor:
Schad, Rodney
--- CoSponsor:
Wallace, Maynard
Changes the laws regarding the responsibility of obtaining
background checks on school bus drivers
HB1911 -- (LR# 4629L.01I)
Rules - Reported Do Pass (H)
HB1922
--- Sponsor:
Low, Beth
--- CoSponsor:
Gray, Rochelle
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
HB1922 -- (LR# 3676L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB1967
--- Sponsor:
Oxford, Jeanette Mott
--- CoSponsor:
Carter, Chris
Establishes smaller class sizes for school districts in St. Louis
City and St. Louis County than the minimum and desirable
standards of the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
HB1967 -- (LR# 3512L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB2036
--- Sponsor:
Lampe, Sara
--- CoSponsor:
Newman, Stacey
Changes the laws regarding bullying in schools
HB2036 -- (LR# 4614L.02I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB2052
--- Sponsor:
Wallace, Maynard
--- CoSponsor:
Cox, Stanley
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
HB2052 -- (LR# 4914L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB2053
--- Sponsor:
Wallace, Maynard
--- CoSponsor:
Fisher, Barney Joe
Changes the laws regarding the school budgeting and planning
process
HB2053 -- (LR# 3138L.02I)
Rules - Reported Do Pass (H)
HB2067
--- Sponsor:
Morris, James
--- CoSponsor:
Pace, Sharon
Requires each public school district, charter school, private school,
and parochial school to report the number and age of each student
enrolled and the number of students in each grade
HB2067 -- (LR# 4538L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB2158
--- Sponsor:
Nolte, Jerry
Allows public schools to offer courses in ballroom dance which will be
treated as a qualified fine arts and a physical education activity
for academic credit
HB2158 -- (LR# 5075L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB2166
--- Sponsor:
Wallace, Maynard
--- CoSponsor:
Munzlinger, Brian
Revises the definition of "dollar-value modifier" for school funding
formula purposes
HB2166 -- (LR# 4854L.01I)
House Committee: ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB2192
--- Sponsor:
Viebrock, Jim
Requires an employment contract for a vocational agriculture
teacher to be for a 12-month period to ensure continuing coverage of
all duties relating to the subject when school is not in session
HB2192 -- (LR# 5129L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB2200
--- Sponsor:
Dieckhaus, Scott
--- CoSponsor:
Tilley, Steven
Changes the laws regarding charter schools
HB2200 -- (LR# 5005L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB2214
--- Sponsor:
Nasheed, Jamilah
--- CoSponsor:
Gray, Rochelle
Establishes the Every Child Can Learn Act which requires all St. Louis
public schools to use a response-to-intervention tiered approach to
reading instruction for certain students who are struggling readers
HB2214 -- (LR# 4977L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB2245
--- Sponsor:
Bivins, Walt
--- CoSponsor:
Wallace, Maynard
Changes the laws regarding school funding
HB2245 -- (LR# 5153L.01P)
Senate Committee: SENATE EDUCATION
Public Hearing Held (S)
HB2258
--- Sponsor:
Bivins, Walt
--- CoSponsor:
Schoemehl, Sue
Removes the requirement that certain political subdivisions must
revise tax rates when there is a tax rate reduction after certain tax
revenue calculations and allows them to revise the rates
HB2258 -- (LR# 3756L.02I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB2276
--- Sponsor:
Ruestman, Marilyn
--- CoSponsor:
Munzlinger, Brian
Establishes the School Construction Act which exempts the construction
and maintenance work done for certain school districts from the
prevailing wage rate requirement upon the school board's approval
HB2276 -- (LR# 5315L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB2277
--- Sponsor:
Wallace, Maynard
--- CoSponsor:
Wilson, Kevin
Specifies that summer school attendance will not be included in the
calculation of average daily attendance for state school aid
HB2277 -- (LR# 5002L.04I)
HCS Voted Do Pass (H)
HB2303
--- Sponsor:
Schad, Rodney
--- CoSponsor:
Wallace, Maynard
Creates the Race to the Top Fund which will consist of educational
moneys awarded to the state from the federal Race to the Top Program
under the American Recovery and Reimbursement Act of 2009
HB2303 -- (LR# 5333L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB2311
--- Sponsor:
Allen, Sue
--- CoSponsor:
Bivins, Walt
Specifies that the General Assembly finds that combined heat and
power benefits Missouri and requires the Missouri Public Service
Commission to regulate these systems
HB2311 -- (LR# 5321L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB2333
--- Sponsor:
Holsman, Jason R.
Requires a student wanting to drop out of high school to
attend a dropout prevention seminar
HB2333 -- (LR# 3277L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB2335
--- Sponsor:
Holsman, Jason R.
Requires any school district designated as unaccredited or
provisionally accredited to meet certain attendance requirements
HB2335 -- (LR# 5139L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB2346
--- Sponsor:
Schad, Rodney
Requires the Joint Committee on Education to conduct a study on
voluntary prekindergarten in Missouri
HB2346 -- (LR# 5392L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB2379
--- Sponsor:
Carter, Chris
--- CoSponsor:
Biermann, Kenny
Establishes the Missouri 4 For More Program in the Department of
Elementary and Secondary Education to allow parents paid leave from
work to help their children in their school
HB2379 -- (LR# 5384L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB2430
--- 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
HB2430 -- (LR# 5477L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB2460
--- Sponsor:
Dieckhaus, Scott
--- CoSponsor:
Koenig, Andrew
Authorizes an income tax deduction of up to $250 for the amount of
payments made on a student loan to a lending institution for the
taxpayer's education expenses at a Missouri college or university
HB2460 -- (LR# 5463L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB2461
--- Sponsor:
Dieckhaus, Scott
--- CoSponsor:
Koenig, Andrew
Requires school districts to establish requirements for student
academic progression
HB2461 -- (LR# 4344L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB2462
--- Sponsor:
Dieckhaus, Scott
--- CoSponsor:
Emery, Edgar G. H.
Creates procedures for open enrollment of public school students
across school district boundary lines
HB2462 -- (LR# 5464L.03I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB2463
--- Sponsor:
Dieckhaus, Scott
--- CoSponsor:
Nieves, Brian D.
Changes the laws regarding teacher contracts and establishes the
Teacher Continuing Contract Act
HB2463 -- (LR# 5441L.03I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB2464
--- Sponsor:
Dieckhaus, Scott
--- CoSponsor:
Schoeller, Shane
Establishes the Teacher Continuing Contract Act and changes the
laws regarding charter schools, open school enrollment, and student
academic progression
HB2464 -- (LR# 5496L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HCR13
--- Sponsor:
Ervin, Doug
Resolves that an education curriculum audit be conducted and the state
develop a scope-and-sequence of all tested skills
HCR13 -- (LR# 4052L.01I)
House Committee: ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HCR51
--- Sponsor:
Lampe, Sara
--- CoSponsor:
Harris, Belinda
Requests the Missouri Congressional delegation to oppose the
reauthorization of the federal No Child Left Behind Act
HCR51 -- (LR# 3700L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HCR76
--- Sponsor:
Parkinson, Mark A.
--- CoSponsor:
Wells, Don
Encourages every school district in Missouri to promote and include
trap shooting as a high school sport
HCR76 -- (LR# 5225L.02I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HCR81
--- Sponsor:
Davis, Cynthia
--- CoSponsor:
Gatschenberger, Chuck
Advises the Commissioner of Education and State Board of Education to
review the policy implications of Missouri's application for "Race to
the Top" federal funds
HCR81 -- (LR# 5510L.02I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HJR61
--- Sponsor:
Thomson, Mike
--- CoSponsor:
Lair, Mike
Proposes a constitutional amendment raising the allowable level of
bonded indebtedness for school districts
HJR61 -- (LR# 3981L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HJR65
--- Sponsor:
Molendorp, Chris
--- CoSponsor:
Dusenberg, Gary
Proposes a constitutional amendment raising the allowable level of
bonded indebtedness for school districts
HJR65 -- (LR# 4033L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HJR66
--- Sponsor:
Schoemehl, Sue
Proposes a constitutional amendment allowing a simple majority
approval for school district bond issues at certain elections
HJR66 -- (LR# 3443L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HJR84
--- Sponsor:
Aull, Joe
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
HJR84 -- (LR# 4667L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HJR97
--- Sponsor:
Dieckhaus, Scott
--- CoSponsor:
Funderburk, Doug
Proposes a constitutional amendment to change the composition and
term of office of the members of the State Board of Education
HJR97 -- (LR# 5168L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
SB734
--- Sponsor:
Pearce, David
Creates alternate ways to earn physical education credit and requires
regional professional development centers to provide fine arts
education assistance
SB734 -- (LR# 3791S.01I)
Referred: Rules - Pursuant to Rule 25(32)(f) (H)
SB768
--- Sponsor:
Bartle, Matt
Modifies provisions relating to school districts charging tuition for
non-resident children of district teachers and employees
SB768 -- (LR# 3134S.03P)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
SB815
--- Sponsor:
Bartle, Matt
Allows school districts to adopt a year-round educational program,
implement multiple start dates for kindergarten students, and
expands the Teacher Choice Compensation Package statewide
SB815 -- (LR# 3644S.01I)
Reported to the Senate with... (S)
- HCS AS AMENDED
SB943
--- Sponsor:
Shields, Charles W.
Requires the Joint Committee on Education to study state funding for
elementary and secondary education
SB943 -- (LR# 5090S.01I)
House Committee: FISCAL REVIEW
Reported Do Pass (H)

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