HB 2422 -- GED+ Program

Sponsor:  Faith

This bill establishes the GED+ Program within the Department of
Elementary and Secondary Education to ensure that students
achieve a certificate of general educational development (GED)
and proceed to a college or post-secondary vocational or
technical school or to a high-wage job.  The program, which will
be administered by the Commissioner of Education, must
incorporate adult education and literacy program standards that
establish measurable goals and specify the skills, competencies,
and knowledge that students must demonstrate to successfully
complete the program, including rigorous course work and
competency standards in basic academic subjects as provided by
rules of the State Board of Education.  The state board must
develop a partnership plan in cooperation and with the advice of
local business and labor leaders and higher education
representatives.  The plan must be updated each year and will
specify procedures for identifying students who may need
intervention services to remain in the GED classes.
Transitioning and mentoring services to GED recipients who will
enter post-secondary education and the workforce must also be
specified in the plan.

The state board, with the advice and consent of the Coordinating
Board for Higher Education, must establish a tuition
reimbursement procedure for public community colleges or
vocational or technical schools that serve GED+ students who have
been enrolled in an adult literacy program for at least 75 hours
before passing the GED exam, made a good faith effort to secure
available federal student assistance, earned specified scores on
the GED exam, and completed at least 50 hours of volunteer
tutoring in the program.  The commissioner must develop an annual
effectiveness evaluation procedure for the program with the
results provided to the Governor, Speaker of the House of
Representatives, and the President Pro Tem of the Senate.

Missouri House of Representatives
95th General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Last Updated September 14, 2010 at 3:14 pm