FIRST REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO. 259

94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY


 

 

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES HUBBARD (Sponsor) AND EL-AMIN (Co-sponsor).

                  Read 1st time January 8, 2007 and copies ordered printed.

D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk

0748L.01I


 

AN ACT

To amend chapter 160, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to the Missouri 4 For More Program.




Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:


            Section A. Chapter 160, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 160.740, to read as follows:

            160.740. There is hereby established the "Missouri 4 For More Program" within the department of elementary and secondary education, which shall allow parents, legal guardians, and step-parents of school children from kindergarten through the twelfth grade to receive four hours of paid leave per month to work with their children in their children's school. This program shall be optional for each parent, legal guardian, and step-parent, and each person participating shall receive a written statement from the school district indicating the person spent four hours in the school working with their child or children.