EDUCATION, HIGHER

Missouri House of Representatives
93rd General Assembly, 1st Regular Session (2005)
Bills Indexed by Subject
EDUCATION, HIGHER

: Renames Southwest Missouri State University as Missouri State University and increases the number of members on the board of governors

: Renames Missouri Western State College as Missouri Western State University

: Establishes a scholarship program for the survivors of veterans killed or injured in action after September 11, 2001

: Requires governing boards at state colleges and universities to take a roll-call vote on school policy matters

: Establishes a tuition grant program for children of members of the military who were killed in the line of duty

: Renames Southwest Missouri State University as Missouri State University and increases the number of members on the board of governors

: Authorizes a sales tax exemption for tickets to college athletic events

: Freezes tuition rates from the time undergraduates enter a Missouri public college until they graduate

: Establishes requirements for the provision of health care services at public institutions of higher education

: Changes the name of Southwest Missouri State University to Missouri State University and the membership of its board of governors

: Expands the A+ Schools Program to certain private vocational or technical schools

: Establishes the Missouri Military Preparedness and Enhancement Commission

: Establishes the Missouri National Guard and Missouri Reservists Family Education Grant

: Prohibits the granting of tenure at higher education institutions beginning January 1, 2006

: Authorizes a contribution check-off box on state income tax forms for the Missouri Military Family Relief Fund and modifies the educational assistance grant program of the Missouri National Guard

: Requires that one voting member of the board of curators of certain state institutions of higher education be a student

: Allows students taking courses in American Sign Language to receive foreign language academic credit

: Creates the Missouri Military Family Relief Fund which will provide grants to children of Missouri veterans killed while on active duty after September 11, 2001, for tuition for postsecondary education

: Authorizes the University of Missouri to impose a fee for a course of instruction required for licensure of a private applicator of pesticides

: Allows a state tax deduction for contributions to other state or political subdivision educational savings programs

: Changes the laws regarding the funding for four-year, public institutions of higher education and certain agreements for doctoral and professional programs

: Changes the laws regarding the requirements for continued receipt of child support during post-secondary education

: Changes the laws regarding state funding of higher education and establishes the Joint Committee on Higher Education and the Higher Education Student Funding Act

: Specifies that a Missouri National Guard member who receives an educational assistance grant and serves at least 120 days in a combat zone will not be required to repay the grant

: Allows students to use the Bright Flight scholarship at an out-of-state college when the program of study is not available in state

: Requires drug testing for contractors and their employees working at or near a school

: Changes the laws regarding charter schools

: Changes the laws regarding agriculture including the Fuel Ethanol Producer Incentive Fund, biodiesel fuel, motor fuel tax, food inspections, Missouri Wine and Grape Board, and pesticides

: Authorizes the Department of Economic Development to contract with a higher education institute to establish a distant dental hygienist learning program

: Requires Missouri's institutions of higher education to grant a student who is called to active military duty during an academic term a "withdraw passing" or equivalent grade in each enrolled class

: Recognizes February 25, 2005 as National TRIO Day

: Proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting the Governor from reducing appropriations for elementary, secondary, and higher education

: Renames both Missouri Western State College and Missouri Southern State University - Joplin

: Renames "Southwest Missouri State University" as "Missouri State University"

: Increases the number of voting members on the governing board of Missouri Southern State University - Joplin

: Freezes tuition rates from the time Missouri undergraduates enter college until they graduate

: Creates a sales tax exemption for certain college athletic events

: Prohibits A+ reimbursements from being issued to any four-year institution of higher learning

: Allows foster children to receive a tuition and fee waiver to state-funded colleges and universities

: Allows certain private vocational, technical schools and certain proprietary schools to receive A+ reimbursements

: Changes the name of Harris-Stowe State College to Harris-Stowe State University

: Changes the names of various higher education institutions

: Permits underage culinary students to taste, but not consume, certain alcoholic beverage as required by a curriculum

: Alters the composition of the governing board of Southwest Missouri State University from eight members to ten

: Creates a scholarship program for children of deceased veterans

: Alters certain property and gaming tax policies and directs resulting revenue to several programs in higher education

: Increases the General Assembly's fiscal supervision of public higher education institutions

: The Coordinating Board shall hold out-of-state public higher education institutions to criteria similar to those required of public in-state higher education institutions

: Authorizes the Governor to convey land to Nodaway County to the Delta Nu Teke Association

: Makes certain students eligible for in-state tuition, regardless of their immigration status

: Modifies the Missouri higher education savings program

: Authorizes Joint Committee on Wagering and Gambling to solicit bids for university study of pathological gambling in Missouri

: Extends voting rights to a student curator or governing board member of various higher education institutions

: An Act relating employment practices of certain higher education institutions

: Students may receive foreign language credit in public education institutions for sign language classes.

: Requires drug testing for contractors and employees working at or nearby a school.

: Establishes a minimum length of time to hold contributions in the Missouri Higher Education Savings Program.

Missouri House of Representatives
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