HB 1398 -- Military Facilities and Personnel

Sponsor:  Pearce

This bill changes the laws regarding military facilities and
personnel.  In its main provisions, the bill:

(1)  Allows Johnson County to utilize existing airport zoning
regulations but changes the composition of the airport zoning
commission and the board of variance;

(2)  Makes the chairman of the Missouri Veterans Commission, or
the chairman's designee, an ex officio member of the Missouri
Military Preparedness and Enhancement Commission, and vice versa;

(3)  Requires the State Board of Education to promulgate a rule
that will permit the spouse of a United States military member
stationed in Missouri who has relocated within one year of
application for a Missouri teacher's certificate and is a holder
of a valid teacher's license from another state and has undergone
a background check through the other state's licensing process to
receive a provisional license for immediate assumption of
classroom duties pending completion of a Missouri background
check; and

(4)  Exempts the children of military personnel who have
completed an accredited prekindergarten or kindergarten program
in another state from the kindergarten entry birthday cutoff.

Missouri House of Representatives
93rd General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Last Updated November 29, 2006 at 9:43 am