97th General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Bills Indexed by Subject
EDUCATION, ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY


BillSponsor Bill StringDate/Last Action
 Bill Information
HB1052Barnes, Jay HB 10522/10/2014 HCS Voted Do Pass (H)
  4536H.01I - Requires the Department of Social Services to develop incentive programs to encourage health care facilities to co-locate on the property of certain public elementary and secondary schools
HB1061Otto, Bill HB 10611/16/2014 Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
  4504L.01I - Changes the laws regarding the attendance of a pupil from an unaccredited school district
HB1062Grisamore, Jeff HCS#2 HB 10624/17/2014 Rules - Reported Do Pass (H)
  4494H.05C - Changes the laws regarding services for individuals with disabilities
HB1066Grisamore, Jeff HB 10661/14/2014 Public Hearing Scheduled, Bill not Heard (H)
  4554H.01I - Establishes educational savings accounts as an option for the education of a child with a specified disability
HB1084McCaherty, John HB 10842/5/2014 Public Hearing Scheduled, Bill not Heard (H)
  4041L.01I - Allows the Commissioner of Education to assign a pupil to another school district if there is a special hardship or detrimental condition
HB1088Lauer, Jeanie HB 10884/3/2014 Rules - Reported Do Pass (H)
  4417L.01I - Adds making a terrorist threat to the list of offenses that school administrators must report
HB1108Rowland, Lyle HB 11084/16/2014 HCS Voted Do Pass (H)
  4218L.03I - Allows a school district to use a calendar based on hours of attendance, rather than hours and days of attendance, if the minimum number of hours is at least 1,080 hours of actual pupil attendance
HB1109Rowland, Lyle HB 11092/12/2014 Public Hearing Completed (H)
  4201H.01I - Requires a school board member who has been charged with a specified sexual offense involving a minor to be suspended from attending board meetings until the charge has been adjudicated
HB1111Rowland, Lyle HB 11114/24/2014 Rules - Reported Do Pass (H)
  4219L.01I - Excuses a school district from specified financial requirements in fiscal years in which the school is underfunded
HB1114Zerr, Anne HB 11141/9/2014 Referred: Health Care Policy
  4253L.01I - Changes the laws regarding the use of automated external defibrillators
HB1128Lant, Bill HB 11282/12/2014 Public Hearing Completed (H)
  4596H.01I - Changes the laws regarding school district employees contracting with school districts for goods and services
HB1139Cookson, Steve HCS HB 11394/3/2014 Referred: Rules
  4044L.06C - Changes the laws regarding mandatory school hours
HB1157Lair, Mike HB 11575/5/2014 Second read and referred: Senate Education
  4590L.01P - Requires the State Board of Education within the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to adopt a rule regarding student data accessibility
HB1158Lair, Mike HB 11582/12/2014 Public Hearing Completed (H)
  4589L.01I - Prohibits the State Board of Education and the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education from mandating curriculum, textbooks, or other materials used in public schools
HB1162Sommer, Chrissy HB 11622/5/2014 Public Hearing Completed (H)
  4465L.01I - Requires specified school-approved sports or activities to be recognized for academic credit for physical education
HB1165Kelley, Mike HB 11651/28/2014 Voted Do Pass (H)
  4052L.01I - Adds specified graphing calculators to the list of items that are exempt from sales tax during the annual sales tax holiday for school supplies
HB1170Butler, Michael HB 11702/19/2014 Public Hearing Completed (H)
  4789L.01I - Establishes the Missouri Parent/Teacher Involvement Act
HB1176Butler, Michael HB 11764/29/2014 Public Hearing Completed (H)
  4785L.02I - Authorizes an income tax credit for a contribution to a qualified public school foundation
HB1189Wood, David HCS HB 11897/8/2014 Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
  4774L.02T - Requires the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to adopt a high school graduation policy that allows certain agriculture or career and technical education courses to satisfy certain subject-specific graduation requirements
HB1226Hinson, Dave HCS HB 12265/1/2014 Rules - Reported Do Pass (H)
  5054H.02C - Specifies that the levy rate for certain bond issues be set at the rate needed to meet the bond issue obligation and may be adjusted solely to meet such obligation
HB1227Hinson, Dave HB 12271/16/2014 Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
  4980L.02I - Changes the laws regarding unaccredited school districts
HB1228Gatschenberger, Chuck HB 12281/16/2014 Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
  4918L.01I - Requires school board members to complete orientation and training prior to taking office and imposes an additional eight-hour annual continuing education training requirement
HB1246Hinson, Dave HB 12461/16/2014 Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
  5179L.01I - Changes the laws regarding elementary and secondary education
HB1247Wood, David HCS HB 12474/24/2014 Rules - Reported Do Pass (H)
  5075L.04C - Requires the Department of Higher Education to develop a procedure for dual credit course tuition and fee reimbursement for students who qualify for the A+ Program
HB1248Wood, David HB 12481/16/2014 Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
  4051L.01I - Establishes tenure rules for certificated staff hired on or after July 1, 2015
HB1249Wood, David HB 12491/16/2014 Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
  5061L.01I - Prohibits school officials and employees from giving preference to themselves or family members for certain business transactions unless procedures are followed for public notice and competitive bidding
HB1250Wood, David HCS HB 12505/7/2014 Public Hearing Held (S)
  4943L.03P - Establishes guidelines for statewide student assessments
HB1261Pfautsch, Donna HCS HB 12619/10/2014 Reported to the Senate
  4876H.03T - Changes the laws regarding audits for transportation development districts
HB1279English, Keith HB 12791/16/2014 Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
  4230L.01I - Expands the A+ Schools Program to graduates of any high school that meets the program requirements
HB1281English, Keith HB 12814/10/2014 Rules - Reported Do Pass (H)
  4184H.01I - Allows a school district to authorize its schools to observe a moment of silence in individual classrooms
HB1285English, Keith HCS HB 12854/10/2014 Rules - Reported Do Pass - not Consent (H)
  4702H.02C - Requires every public school to conduct educational programs and activities regarding Veterans Day and allows a district to include it as a school holiday
HB1294McNeil, Margo HB 12941/16/2014 Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
  4240L.01I - Allows for school transfers within school districts when certain requirements are met and establishes a School Improvement Grant Program
HB1303Haahr, Elijah HCS HB 13037/2/2014 Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
  5143H.02T - Establishes the Missouri Student Religious Liberties Act
HB1308Thomson, Mike HCS HB 13085/7/2014 Executive Session Held (S)
  4464L.03P - Expands the Higher Education Academic Scholarship Program to include forgivable loans
HB1331Barnes, Jay HB 13311/22/2014 Referred: Downsizing State Government
  4873L.01I - Specifies that it is unlawful for any person to divulge educational records with personally-identifiable information of any elementary or secondary student to any other person or entity with specified exceptions
HB1347Haahr, Elijah HB 13474/28/2014 Rules - Reported Do Pass (H)
  5144H.01I - Allows home school students to participate in Missouri State High School Activities Association activities for the public school district in which they reside
HB1357Barnes, Jay HB 13571/28/2014 Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
  5062L.01I - Requires each school district to ensure that every student develops a personal plan of study prior to the end of the student's sixth grade year
HB1369Guernsey, Casey HB 13693/12/2014 Voted Do Pass (H)
  4082H.01I - Specifies the venue for prosecutions for the offense of making a terrorist threat against a school
HB1418Parkinson, Mark HB 14184/30/2014 Voted Do Pass (H)
  4169H.02I - Dissolves the board of education of any school district that has lost its accreditation and specifies that new board members shall be elected within 45 days of the loss of accreditation
HB1419Parkinson, Mark HB 14191/22/2014 Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
  5175H.02I - Requires the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to withhold state funds from an unaccredited school district in order to pay student tuition directly to receiving schools
HB1420Parkinson, Mark HB 14201/22/2014 Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
  4799H.02I - Establishes a procedure for selecting the school districts to which an unaccredited district will provide transportation of students who choose to transfer out of the district
HB1425Montecillo, Genise HCS HB 14254/24/2014 Rules - Reported Do Pass (H)
  5269L.02C - Requires the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to develop a process that awards additional performance points on the School Improvement Program to a school district that provides full-day kindergarden to specified students
HB1439 CCS#2 SS SCS HCS HB 14395/16/2014 Taken Up
  5129H.15S - Establishes the Second Amendment Preservation Act and changes the laws regarding firearms
HB1452Montecillo, Genise HB 14521/29/2014 Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
  4808L.01I - Requires the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to develop a process that rewards districts that provide full-day kindergarten to specified students and modifies kindergarten requirements for Kansas City and St. Louis public schools
HB1459Lauer, Jeanie HCS HB 14597/7/2014 Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
  5167H.02T - Establishes the Innovation Campus Tax Credit Act
HB1462Roorda, Jeff HB 14621/29/2014 Referred: Workforce Development and Workplace Safety
  4850H.01I - Removes the exception and specifies that police, deputy sheriffs, State Highway patrolmen, and teachers have the right to form and join a labor organization and to collectively bargain
HB1472Brattin, Rick HB 14724/3/2014 Referred: Rules
  5303L.01I - Requires schools teaching the theory of evolution by natural selection to have a policy on parental notification and a mechanism for opting out of the instruction
HB1474Brattin, Rick HB 14744/3/2014 Rules - Reported Do Pass (H)
  4939H.01I - Authorizes any school district to designate a teacher or administrator as a school protection officer who may carry concealed firearms after he or she has met specified minimum training requirements
HB1490Bahr, Kurt CCS#2 SS SCS HB 14907/14/2014 Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
  4476L.16T - Changes the laws regarding academic performance and learning standards in elementary and secondary education
HB1509McNeil, Margo HB 15091/29/2014 Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
  4935L.01I - Establishes the High Performance Energy Efficient Schools Transparency Act that requires each school district to earn and maintain an Energy Star efficiency rating on each of the district's buildings
HB1519Gardner, Kimberly HB 15191/29/2014 Referred: Ways and Means
  5195L.01I - Increases the tax on cigarettes by one and one-half cents per pack to provide funding for early childhood education
HB1529Newman, Stacey HB 15292/18/2014 Motion to Do Pass Failed (H)
  5019L.01I - Changes the laws regarding sex education in schools and establishes the Compassionate Assistance for Rape Emergencies Act, the Birth Control Protection Act, and a women's health services program
HB1534Spencer, Bryan HB 15342/3/2014 Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
  4750L.01I - Changes the laws regarding teacher tenure and compensation
HB1536Spencer, Bryan HCS HB 15364/3/2014 Referred: Rules
  4418L.03C - Establishes the Student Accountability Act that requires a student score proficient or higher on a state assessment in order to receive a high school academic diploma
HB1537Spencer, Bryan HB 15372/3/2014 Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
  4877L.02I - Requires schools and the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to have explicit parental consent in order to collect any personally identifiable student data
HB1539Kelley, Mike SCS HB 15395/14/2014 Placed on Informal Calendar
  5330S.02C - Changes the laws regarding public safety
HB1549Montecillo, Genise HB 15494/16/2014 Public Hearing Completed (H)
  5495L.01I - Establishes term limits for State Board of Education members
HB1551Fitzpatrick, Scott HB 15511/29/2014 Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
  4221L.01I - Establishes the Equal Access to Interscholastic Activities Act
HB1558Flanigan, Tom HB 15581/29/2014 Referred: Budget
  5520L.01I - Allows the Carthage School District to transfer money between funds to build safety-related capital projects during the 2014-2015 school year
HB1571Sommer, Chrissy HB 15712/5/2014 Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
  5419L.04I - Changes the laws regarding the school funding formula by adding an additional weight for each gifted student to the calculation of the school district's weighted average daily attendance
HB1579Barnes, Jay HB 15792/5/2014 Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
  4079L.01I - Establishes the Equal Opportunity Scholarship Program and changes the laws regarding elementary and secondary education
HB1584LaFaver, Jeremy HB 15842/5/2014 Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
  4922L.01I - Establishes an exception to school transfer provisions for certain schools that have been classified as unaccredited
HB1587Koenig, Andrew HB 15872/5/2014 Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
  5248L.01I - Requires the State Board of Education and other public school entities to encourage students to explore scientific questions and to assist teaching of scientific theories of biological or chemical evolution
HB1595Sommer, Chrissy HB 15952/5/2014 Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
  5346L.01I - Requires continuing education training for school board members, with additional training required for members serving districts with provisional accreditation
HB1599McNeil, Margo HB 15992/13/2014 Public Hearing Completed (H)
  4938L.02I - Requires the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to establish a grant program for unaccredited and provisionally accredited districts that commit to extended school time
HB1614Burlison, Eric SCS HCS HB 16147/8/2014 Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
  4603S.04T - Adds dyslexia to the list of conditions that are considered qualifying needs for the purposes of Bryce's Law
HB1619Curtis, Courtney Allen HB 16194/30/2014 HCS Voted Do Pass (H)
  5348L.01I - Specifies that the aggregate amount of tuition charged by a receiving school district during a school year must not exceed $10,000 per pupil when a student transfers from an unaccredited district
HB1639Funderburk, Doug HCS HB 16394/17/2014 Rules - Reported Do Pass (H)
  5561H.03C - Allows a teacher who obtains certification on the basis of the American Board for Certification of Teaching Excellence to be granted a Missouri elementary teaching certificate
HB1650Fraker, Lyndall HB 16504/2/2014 Public Hearing Completed (H)
  4404L.01I - Waives high school equivalency examination fees for applicants 50 years of age or older
HB1657Swan, Kathryn HB 16572/5/2014 Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
  5442L.02I - Changes the laws regarding teacher compensation
HB1689Swan, Kathryn SCS HCS HB 16897/8/2014 Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
  4967S.05T - Changes the laws regarding elementary and secondary education
HB1691Barnes, Jay HB 16912/11/2014 Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
  5476L.01I - Changes the laws regarding the reporting of abuse of a student and repeals a school district's authority to investigate an allegation made against an employee that arises from spanking or use of force
HB1701Ellington, Brandon HB 17012/11/2014 Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
  4518L.02I - Requires the establishment of a process by which a student in an unaccredited district who is enrolled in a public school that is not A+ designated can receive reimbursement under the A+ Schools Program
HB1705Curtis, Courtney Allen HB 17052/18/2014 Public Hearing Completed (H)
  4285L.01I - Allows students at two-year or four-year colleges or universities to seek tuition reimbursement for college remedial courses under certain circumstances
HB1706Curtis, Courtney Allen HB 17062/11/2014 Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
  4220L.01I - Requires a student to successfully complete four units of credit in both mathematics and science to receive a high school diploma
HB1708Bahr, Kurt HB 17082/12/2014 Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
  5820H.01I - Prohibits the State Board of Education, the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, and school districts from implementing the Common Core State Standards
HB1714McManus, Kevin HB 17142/12/2014 Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
  5754L.01I - Allows school districts and charter schools to receive state aid for children ages three to five who are eligible for free and reduced lunch and are participating in a district-operated pre-kindergarten program
HB1731Swan, Kathryn HB 17312/12/2014 Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
  5050L.01I - Establishes the Parent and Community School Information Act that requires a simplified letter-grade report card for each public school building and each charter school
HB1732Swan, Kathryn HB 17324/16/2014 Public Hearing Completed (H)
  5441L.01I - Requires school districts to develop a system for identifying students who are at risk of not being ready for college-level work or entry-level career positions
HB1746Walton Gray, Rochelle HB 17462/12/2014 Referred: Special Standing Committee on Urban Issues
  4684L.01I - Establishes the Council for Community Education within the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
HB1762Walton Gray, Rochelle HB 17622/12/2014 Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
  4650L.01I - Allows any public school to offer dating abuse information in its health curriculum in grades seven through twelve
HB1763Walton Gray, Rochelle HB 17634/8/2014 Voted Do Pass (H)
  4681L.01I - Establishes a community schools grant program in St. Louis City, St. Louis County, Jackson County, and Kansas City
HB1767Bahr, Kurt HB 17672/18/2014 Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
  5525L.01I - Requires school districts to develop or revise policies on early high school graduation
HB1769Curtman, Paul HCS HB 17694/14/2014 Rules - Motion to Do Pass Failed (H)
  5174H.06C - Changes the laws regarding the sale of general obligation bonds
HB1780Swan, Kathryn HB 17804/16/2014 HCS Voted Do Pass (H)
  5828L.02I - Adds virtual courses to the postsecondary courses that can be offered to high school students participating in dual enrollment classes
HB1783Morgan, Judy HB 17832/18/2014 Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
  4266H.01I - Requires children in the City of St. Louis and Kansas City school districts to enroll in a school by the age of five
HB1786Kelly, Chris HB 17862/18/2014 Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
  5296L.01I - Changes the laws regarding the reporting of sexual abuse in schools
HB1818Dohrman, Dean HB 18184/7/2014 Public Hearing Completed (H)
  5597L.02I - Requires the election of members of the State Board of Education to be based on residence in state congressional districts
HB1819Roorda, Jeff HB 18192/18/2014 Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
  5933H.01I - Changes the laws regarding school bus inspections and the regulation of school buses owned by private companies
HB1820Morgan, Judy HB 18202/18/2014 Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
  4815L.01I - Changes the laws regarding bullying in schools
HB1823Berry, T.J. HCS HB 18234/24/2014 Rules - Reported Do Pass (H)
  5983L.03C - Allows students to enroll in another school district or charter school for purposes of attending virtual courses or programs
HB1843Cookson, Steve HB 18434/10/2014 Referred: Rules
  5458L.01I - Raises the minimum teacher salary for the 2015-2016 school year, subject to appropriation
HB1847Sommer, Chrissy HB 18472/25/2014 Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
  5594L.01I - Requires school boards in unaccredited and provisionally accredited districts to enter into a contract with the State Board of Education to commit to certain interventions
HB1856Kelley, Mike HB 18562/25/2014 Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
  6012L.01I - Requires the State Board of Education to classify the public schools as either unaccredited, provisionally accredited, accredited, or accredited with distinction
HB1868Stream, Rick HB 18683/5/2014 Public Hearing Completed (H)
  5429L.01I - Changes the laws regarding elementary and secondary education
HB1869Stream, Rick HB 18693/12/2014 Executive Session Scheduled - Bill Not Heard
  5534L.02I - Changes the laws regarding charter schools
HB1873Guernsey, Casey HCS HB 18734/10/2014 Rules - Reported Do Pass (H)
  5517H.07C - Establishes the Missouri Student Data Protection Act
HB1895Englund, Vicki HCS HB 18955/1/2014 Rules - Reported Do Pass (H)
  6079L.03C - Requires that an A+ School Program eligible student who has completed a virtual class must be accorded an attendance rate of at least 95% for the purposes of calculating and distributing state school funding
HB1901Torpey, Noel HB 19014/14/2014 Public Hearing Scheduled, Bill not Heard (H)
  5234H.02I - Changes the laws regarding health care coverage
HB1904Smith, Clem HB 19044/1/2014 HCS Voted Do Pass (H)
  4958L.01I - Changes the laws regarding school course materials and instruction relating to human sexuality and sexually transmitted diseases
HB1905Bahr, Kurt HB 19052/26/2014 Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
  6044L.01I - Prohibits the payment of professional membership dues of any school administrator or superintendent from the incidental fund or teachers fund of a school district and places limits on superintendent salaries
HB1907Smith, Clem HB 19074/30/2014 Voted Do Pass (H)
  6009L.01I - Limits the rate of tuition that a receiving school district can charge when receiving students from unaccredited districts
HB1911Montecillo, Genise HB 19115/16/2014 Referred: Children, Families, and Persons with Disabilities
  6126H.01I - Requires course materials relating to sexual education to contain information regarding sexual predators, online predators, and the consequences of inappropriate text messaging
HB1919Guernsey, Casey HB 19194/30/2014 HCS Voted Do Pass (H)
  5615H.02I - Changes the laws regarding high school equivalency examinations
HB1920Bahr, Kurt HB 19203/4/2014 Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
  4701L.01I - Phases out hold-harmless school aid payments
HB1922Walton Gray, Rochelle HB 19223/4/2014 Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
  5973L.02I - Allows public schools to incorporate water and swim safety into existing physical education curriculum for students in grades three through twelve
HB1943Webber, Stephen HB 19433/13/2014 Public Hearing Completed (H)
  6115L.02I - Changes the prohibition on restricting the celebration of federal holidays to allow for the imposition and enforcement of reasonable regulations to protect the public's health and safety
HB1949Thomson, Mike HCS HB 19494/10/2014 Rules - Reported Do Pass (H)
  4474L.02C - Establishes guidelines for teacher training institutions and the Missouri Advisory Board for Educator Preparation
HB1957Schupp, Jill HB 19575/16/2014 Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
  4040L.01I - Allows school districts and charter schools to receive state aid for children ages three to five who are eligible for free and reduced lunch and are participating in a district-operated pre-kindergarten program
HB1958Schupp, Jill HB 19585/16/2014 Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
  4039L.01I - Allows school districts to receive state aid for children ages three to five participating in a district-operated pre-kindergarten program
HB2026May, Karla HB 20264/30/2014 Voted Do Pass (H)
  6190L.01I - Establishes the Family Education Leave Act
HB2033Solon, Sheila HB 20334/23/2014 Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
  5952L.01I - Establishes the Education Protection Act
HB2037Lauer, Jeanie HB 20374/9/2014 Public Hearing Completed (H)
  6135L.01I - Changes the laws regarding school accreditation
HB2042Rowden, Caleb HB 20423/12/2014 Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
  5781L.01I - Requires computer programming coursework offered by a public school to be treated as a mathematics course for which a student may earn academic credit
HB2064Berry, T.J. HB 20644/16/2014 Public Hearing Completed (H)
  6278H.01I - Requires electrical corporations to make solar rebates available to specified retail customers
HB2073Koenig, Andrew HB 20734/23/2014 Referred: Ways and Means
  6325H.01I - Changes the laws regarding income taxation
HB2088Hummel, Jacob HB 20884/15/2014 Public Hearing Completed (H)
  5968H.02I - Establishes the Farm-to-School Act to connect Missouri schools and farmers in order to provide locally grown food to schools
HB2089Hummel, Jacob HB 20895/16/2014 Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
  6198L.01I - Requires a student to receive instruction in Braille reading and writing when an assessment demonstrates the need for the instruction
HB2091Jones, Caleb HB 20915/16/2014 Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
  5672H.02I - Prohibits the implementation of the common core educational standards in Missouri and changes the laws regarding school accreditation
HB2113Bahr, Kurt HB 21134/23/2014 Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
  6366L.01I - Prohibits the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education from requiring the administration of any statewide assessment by electronic means for specfied school years
HB2123Wright, John HB 21235/16/2014 Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
  5548L.01I - Allows the parent of a student with an individualized education plan that includes clinical nursing services to continue with the current service provider when the school district changes providers if the cost is the same or less
HB2134Neely, Jim HB 21343/26/2014 Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
  6381H.01I - Repeals the authority of a school district board to retain counsel and requires the Attorney General to furnish whatever legal services are necessary to exercise its powers upon the request of the board
HB2156Berry, T.J. HB 21564/8/2014 Voted Do Pass (H)
  6407L.01I - Requires the Department of Higher Education to develop a program to offer information technology certification through technical course work
HB2165Curtis, Courtney Allen HB 21655/16/2014 Referred: Higher Education
  6428L.01I - Requires the Coordinating Board for Higher Education to conduct a study to consider a three-year bachelors degree program in selected public higher education institutions
HB2167Curtis, Courtney Allen HB 21675/16/2014 Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
  6427L.01I - Requires school districts and charter schools to identify students needing remedial coursework and implement a virtual school program to assist the identified students
HB2170Curtis, Courtney Allen HB 21705/16/2014 Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
  6434L.01I - Establishes the 8 in 6 Program within the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
HB2181Korman, Bart HB 21814/1/2014 Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
  6160L.03I - Requires the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to adequately fund education for any student whose care is undertaken by the state
HB2187Flanigan, Tom HB 21875/16/2014 Referred: Downsizing State Government
  4467L.01I - Requires the publication of the salary information of a school administrator in the state manual, commonly called the bluebook, and on the Missouri Accountability Portal
HB2194McNeil, Margo HB 21945/16/2014 Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
  6086L.01I - Changes the laws regarding school accreditation and the student transfer program for unaccredited schools and establishes interventions for underperforming school districts and schools
HB2199Wright, John HB 21995/16/2014 Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
  6464H.01I - Allows the Health and Educational Facilities Authority to provide technical and advisory assistance to school districts regarding best practices for the issuance of indebtedness
HB2211Curtis, Courtney Allen HB 22115/16/2014 Referred: Urban Issues
  6449L.01I - Establishes a state Community Education Council and requires a community action council to be established in each school district located in St. Louis City and St. Louis County
HB2217Mitten, Gina HB 22175/16/2014 Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
  5768L.01I - Establishes an accreditation system that includes individual school building accreditation and a transfer process for students in districts with both accredited and unaccredited school buildings
HB2223Peters, Joshua HB 22235/16/2014 Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
  6495L.01I - Requires the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to establish a comprehensive school-based mental health program for students dealing with trauma and violence
HB2229Cookson, Steve HB 22295/16/2014 Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
  6453L.01I - Requires the school board of an unaccredited or provisionally accredited district to consider whether to continue to offer school-supported sports
HB2232Allen, Sue HB 22324/8/2014 Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
  6484L.01I - Changes the laws regarding bullying in schools and establishes specific components that a district must include in its antibullying policy
HB2233Allen, Sue HB 22334/8/2014 Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
  6485L.01I - Changes the laws regarding bullying in schools and establishes specific components that a district must include in its antibullying policy
HB2242Kelley, Mike HB 22425/16/2014 Referred: General Laws
  6500H.02I - Specifies that public school students must not be subject to penalties or discipline for simulating a weapon while playing if it does not cause bodily harm, disrupt learning, or constitute a serious threat
HB2257LaFaver, Jeremy HB 22574/15/2014 Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
  6476L.01I - Changes the laws regarding virtual schools
HB2259Mitten, Gina HB 22595/16/2014 Referred: Elections
  6525L.01I - Disqualifies a candidate for public office if he or she has any delinquent fees owed to the Missouri Ethics Commission
HB2264Sommer, Chrissy HB 22645/16/2014 Referred: General Laws
  6469H.01I - Changes the requirements for a concealed carry endorsement and adds a concealed firearms exemption
HB2265Sommer, Chrissy HB 22655/16/2014 Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
  6080L.01I - Changes the laws regarding unaccredited or provisionally accredited school districts
HB2286Burlison, Eric HB 22865/16/2014 Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
  6545L.01I - Makes a technical correction to the description of Greene County in the provisions regarding school district elections
HB2295May, Karla HB 22955/16/2014 Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
  6546L.01I - Reaccredits all school districts effective August 28, 2014, and requires the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to establish a task force to create a new system to evaluate school district performance
HB2298Ross, Robert HB 22985/16/2014 Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
  6498L.01I - Allows school districts to develop policies on student recognition for participation in the Constitution Project of the Missouri Supreme Court
HB2299Curtis, Courtney Allen HB 22995/16/2014 Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
  6549H.01I - Requires any county that contains an unaccredited school district to devote 10% of its annual revenue to a grant program to deliver services to the school district
HCR19Gannon, Elaine HCR 195/13/2014 Referred: Senate Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions, and Ethics
  5653L.01P - Recognizes March 2014 as "Missouri Whole Child Month"
HJR42Neth, Myron HJR 422/5/2014 Public Hearing Completed (H)
  4495L.01I - Proposes a constitutional amendment authorizing an increase in the amount a school district can become indebted
HJR56Richardson, Todd HCS HJR 565/15/2014 Referred: Senate Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight
  4458H.02P - Proposes a constitutional amendment specifying that parents have a fundamental right to exercise exclusive control over the care, custody, education, and upbringing of their minor children
HJR66Spencer, Bryan HJR 664/7/2014 Public Hearing Completed (H)
  4113L.01I - Proposes a constitutional amendment requiring members of the State Board of Education to be elected from each congressional district
HJR73Jones, Caleb HJR 732/5/2014 Referred: Budget
  5145H.01I - Proposes a constitutional amendment authorizing the General Assembly to issue bonds to fund higher education improvements, State Capitol repairs, state park maintenance, and mental health facility improvements
HJR74Dohrman, Dean HJR 744/7/2014 Public Hearing Completed (H)
  5366H.02I - Proposes a constitutional amendment requiring members of the State Board of Education to be elected by the voters instead of being appointed by the Governor
HJR87Lauer, Jeanie HJR 874/9/2014 Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
  6398H.02I - Proposes a constitutional amendment regarding when and the amount that a school district in a first classification charter county can become indebted
HJR91Korman, Bart HJR 914/9/2014 Referred: Ways and Means
  4831H.01I - Proposes a constitutional amendment increasing the state sales tax by .25% for K-12 education with the additional revenue distributed based on the weighted average daily attendance in a district
HR1525Curtis, Courtney Allen HR 15255/16/2014 Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
  6467L.02I - Establishes a House Interim Committee on Educational Technology Improvement
SB485Rupp, Scott SB 4851/8/2014 Read First Time (S)
  4615S.01I - Modifies provisions relating to student transfers, school accreditation, and charter schools
SB493Stream, Rick CCS HCS SCS SBs 493, 485, 495, 516, 534, 545, 595, 616, & 6249/10/2014 Reported to the House (H)
  4627S.13T - Modifies provisions relating to elementary and secondary education
SB495Schmitt, Eric SB 4951/8/2014 Read First Time (S)
  4243S.04I - Modifies provisions relating to student transfers, school accreditation, and charter schools
SB517Chappelle-Nadal, Maria SB 5171/8/2014 Read First Time (S)
  4327S.01I - Provides that charter school sponsors are responsible for all expenditures associated with the closure of a charter school they sponsor
SB521Emery, Ed SB 5211/8/2014 Read First Time (S)
  4119S.02I - Modifies provisions relating to elementary and secondary education
SB522Emery, Ed SB 5221/8/2014 Read First Time (S)
  4355S.01I - Allows students to enroll in another school district or charter school for purposes of attending virtual courses or programs
SB523Bahr, Kurt SB 5239/11/2014 Passed over Veto (G)
  4075S.01T - Prohibits school districts from requiring a student to use an identification device that uses radio frequency identification technology to transmit certain information
SB532Hubbard, Penny SS SCS SB 5325/30/2014 Delivered to Governor
  4160S.03T - Modifies provisions relating to educational and medical consent provided by relative caregivers
SB534Sifton, Scott SB 5341/8/2014 Read First Time (S)
  4609S.01I - Modifies provisions relating to student transfers, school accreditation, and charter schools
SB535Sifton, Scott SB 5351/8/2014 Read First Time (S)
  4588S.01I - Requires the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to designate accredited school districts to which an unaccredited district must provide transportation for transfer students
SB539Keaveny, Joseph SB 5391/8/2014 Read First Time (S)
  4498S.01I - Allows school districts and charter schools to receive state aid for children ages three to five participating in the district's or charter school's pre-kindergarten program
SB545Lamping, John SB 5451/8/2014 Read First Time (S)
  4621S.01I - Modifies provisions relating to student transfers, school accreditation, and charter schools
SB547Chappelle-Nadal, Maria SB 5471/8/2014 Read First Time (S)
  4339S.01I - Requires any school board that sponsors a charter school to use an estimate of the district's current year weighted average daily attendance
SB554Cunningham, Mike SB 5541/8/2014 Read First Time (S)
  4363S.01I - Requires state agencies, public schools and colleges, and political subdivisions to use the traditional names of holidays
SB560Sifton, Scott SB 5601/8/2014 Read First Time (S)
  4292S.02I - Changes the requirements for school antibullying policies
SB562Chappelle-Nadal, Maria SB 5621/8/2014 Read First Time (S)
  4332S.01I - Allows school districts and charter schools to establish and implement an age-appropriate curriculum to educate students about domestic violence and teen dating violence prevention
SB566Sifton, Scott SB 5664/3/2014 Reported Do Pass (S)
  4294S.01I - Restricts the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education from including certain data from neglected children and delinquent children in the aggregate data of a school district
SB595Walsh, Gina SB 59512/3/2013 Prefiled in the Senate (S)
  4697S.01I - Modifies provisions relating to student transfers, school accreditation, and charter schools
SB603Holsman, Jason SB 60312/3/2013 Prefiled in the Senate (S)
  4617S.01I - Allows school districts to designate school protection officers who may carry and use pepper spray in schools after undergoing training
SB613Funderburk, Doug SCS SB 6132/17/2014 Perfected (S)
  4538S.04R - Modifies provisions relating to firearms
SB616Nasheed, Jamilah SB 61612/6/2013 Prefiled in the Senate (S)
  4463S.02I - Creates the Every Child Can Learn Act to require turnaround options for certain underperforming schools, create personalized learning plans for certain students, address student promotion, and require letter grades for public schools
SB624LeVota, Paul SB 62412/10/2013 Prefiled in the Senate (S)
  4101S.02I - Modifies provisions relating to school accreditation and student transfers
SB626LeVota, Paul SB 62612/11/2013 Prefiled in the Senate (S)
  4887S.01I - Allows local school boards to adopt a year-round educational program
SB637Rupp, Scott SB 63712/18/2013 Prefiled in the Senate (S)
  4806S.01I - Modifies provisions relating to charter schools
SB701Thomson, Mike SB 7015/30/2014 Delivered to Governor
  5130S.01T - Allows school districts to share a superintendent who possesses a valid Missouri's superintendent's license
SB719Wood, David SB 7195/30/2014 Delivered to Governor
  5270S.01T - Modifies the laws relating to school purchases
SB726Chappelle-Nadal, Maria SB 7261/15/2014 Introduced and First Read (S)
  5354S.01I - Establishes term limits for State Board of Education members
SB729Lauer, Jeanie CCS SCS SB 7295/30/2014 Delivered to Governor
  5108S.07T - Creates a tax credit for donations to Innovation Campuses
SB730Nasheed, Jamilah SB 7301/16/2014 Introduced and First Read (S)
  5444S.01I - Requires the State Board of Education to adopt a classification system to accredit individual school buildings in the St. Louis City and Kansas City school districts
SB744Nieves, Brian SB 7441/16/2014 Introduced and First Read (S)
  5110S.02I - Modifies provisions relating to firearms
SB748Walsh, Gina SB 7481/21/2014 Introduced and First Read (S)
  4719S.01I - Requires certain individuals to receive the meningococcal vaccine
SB756Schaefer, Kurt SB 7561/21/2014 Introduced and First Read (S)
  5531S.01I - Adds a weight for gifted education to the elementary and secondary education funding formula
SB759Sifton, Scott SB 7591/22/2014 Introduced and First Read (S)
  4556S.01I - Establishes the Missouri Parent/Teacher Involvement Program to provide grants to schools to contribute to the academic and social success of pupils
SB760Chappelle-Nadal, Maria SB 7601/22/2014 Introduced and First Read (S)
  5164S.01I - Removes the authority of the State Board of Education to accredit the state's public schools and creates the Missouri Board of School Accreditation
SB765Chappelle-Nadal, Maria SB 7651/23/2014 Introduced and First Read (S)
  5490S.02I - Modifies provisions relating to transient students
SB782Funderburk, Doug SS SB 7825/30/2014 Delivered to Governor
  5634S.02T - Allows an individual with certification from the American Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence to obtain teacher certification in elementary education
SB795Lager, Brad SS SB 7955/16/2014 Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
  5702S.02P - Modifies the prohibition on a quality rating system for early childhood education that is not established through Missouri statute
SB798Emery, Ed SCS SBs 798 & 5144/17/2014 SCS Reported Do Pass (S)
  5475S.07C - Modifies provisions relating to elementary and secondary education standards and assessments
SB815Pearce, David SCS SB 8154/17/2014 SCS Reported Do Pass (S)
  5623S.06C - Modifies the duties of the State Board of Education and requires the board to promulgate rules regarding student data accessibility
SB819Wallingford, Wayne SCS SB 8194/1/2014 SCS Reported Do Pass (S)
  5666S.04C - Enacts multiple provisions to protect the use of student data and teacher data
SB825Chappelle-Nadal, Maria SB 8252/4/2014 Introduced and First Read (S)
  5777S.01I - Modifies the calculation of local effort and free and reduced lunch pupil count used in the elementary and secondary education funding formula
SB827Keaveny, Joseph SB 8272/5/2014 Introduced and First Read (S)
  4145S.03I - Prohibits the use of corporal punishment and the use of spanking to discipline students in public and private schools
SB838Emery, Ed SB 8382/6/2014 Introduced and First Read (S)
  5584S.03I - Creates the Equal Opportunity Scholarship Program to grant scholarships to students from unaccredited school districts for certain educational costs
SB841Rowden, Caleb SS SCS SB 8419/11/2014 Passed over Veto (G)
  5875S.05T - Modifies provisions relating to alternative nicotine or vapor products
SB845Chappelle-Nadal, Maria SB 8452/10/2014 Introduced and First Read (S)
  5545S.01I - Requires regular courses of driver education and training be offered at all high schools with funding provided through additional fees for driver's licenses
SB848LeVota, Paul SCS SB 8484/3/2014 SCS Reported Do Pass (S)
  5814S.02C - Requires the Department of Higher Education to establish a reimbursement procedure through the A+ Program for a student's portion of fees for dual credit courses
SB856Emery, Ed SB 8562/11/2014 Introduced and First Read (S)
  5976S.01I - Requires the State Board of Education to classify the public schools of the state as either unaccredited, provisionally accredited, accredited, or accredited with distinction
SB857Holsman, Jason SB 8572/12/2014 Introduced and First Read (S)
  5793S.02I - Requires electrical corporations to make solar rebates available to certain retail customers
SB907Flanigan, Tom SB 9075/30/2014 Delivered to Governor
  6161S.01T - Allows the Carthage School District to transfer unrestricted funds from the incidental to the capital projects funds to complete student safety-related projects
SB931Nieves, Brian SB 9312/25/2014 Introduced and First Read (S)
  6151S.01I - Requires that members of the State Board of Education be elected instead of appointed
SB932Nieves, Brian SB 9322/25/2014 Introduced and First Read (S)
  6159S.01I - Modifies how the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education provides the high school equivalency examination
SB934Schaaf, Rob SB 9342/26/2014 Introduced and First Read (S)
  6196S.01I - Requires health plans to offer coverage for childhood obesity and allows public and charter schools to conduct assessments of students' body mass index
SB941Curls, Shalonn SB 9412/26/2014 Introduced and First Read (S)
  5948S.02I - Requires the Department of Higher Education to develop a program to offer information technology certification through technical course work
SB984Sifton, Scott SB 9842/27/2014 Introduced and First Read (S)
  5720S.03I - Modifies provisions relating to the management of dyslexia in elementary and secondary schools
SB989Lamping, John SB 9892/27/2014 Introduced and First Read (S)
  6257S.01I - Modifies provisions relating to school facilities
SB993Dempsey, Tom SB 9932/27/2014 Introduced and First Read (S)
  6192S.03I - Modifies provisions relating to elementary and secondary education
SCR24LeVota, Paul SCR 241/21/2014 Offered (S)
  5351S.02I - Encourages the State Board of Education to take certain actions to address struggling school districts
SJR38Nieves, Brian SJR 3812/9/2013 Prefiled in the Senate (S)
  4386S.01I - Prohibits Missouri state government from recognizing, enforcing, or acting in furtherance of certain actions of the federal government
SJR54Lamping, John SJR 542/25/2014 Introduced and First Read (S)
  6111S.01I - Requires the General Assembly to study and revise the statutory method of funding public elementary and secondary education every ten years
SJR55Nieves, Brian SJR 552/25/2014 Introduced and First Read (S)
  6152S.01I - Requires that members of the State Board of Education be elected instead of appointed