Missouri House of Representatives
94th General Assembly, 1st Regular Session (2007)
Bills Indexed by Subject
TEACHERS
HB 214
--- Sponsor:
Cunningham, Jane
- Creates the Teacher Choice Compensation Package which will make
salary stipends available to teachers who qualify based on
measurable superior performance
HB 228
--- Sponsor:
Thomson, Mike
--- CoSponsor:
Onder, Bob
- Broadens the reporting of acts of school violence
HB 417
--- Sponsor:
Cunningham, Jane
--- CoSponsor:
Muschany, T. Scott
- Changes the laws regarding teacher certification in finance and
establishes guidelines regarding the evaluation of student credentials
when transferring into a school district
HB 469
--- Sponsor:
Wallace, Maynard
--- CoSponsor:
Wilson, Kevin
- Changes the laws regarding school safety and liability
HB 481
--- Sponsor:
Sutherland, Mike
- Establishes the Commissioner's Advisory Council on Teacher Quality
within the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
HB 531
--- Sponsor:
Smith, Jason
--- CoSponsor:
Day, David
- Raises by $500 the state-funded portion of the teacher payment in
the Career Ladder Program and exempts the additional money
from local matching requirements
HB 562
--- Sponsor:
Yates, Brian David
- Allows an instructional coach, who is employed for professional
development purposes, to participate in the Missouri Career
Development and Teacher Excellence Plan, known as Career Ladder
HB 620
--- Sponsor:
Muschany, T. Scott
--- CoSponsor:
Cunningham, Jane
- Requires the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to
create an additional procedure for teacher certification and mentoring
standards for beginning teachers and principals
HB 625
--- Sponsor:
Dempsey, Tom
--- CoSponsor:
Hubbard, Rodney R.
- Extends the election date for a certain retirement option under the
Public School Retirement System of Missouri
HB 689
--- Sponsor:
Baker, Brian
- Requires the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to
create mentoring stardards for beginning teachers and principals
HB 824
--- Sponsor:
Muschany, T. Scott
--- CoSponsor:
Cunningham, Jane
- Changes the laws regarding school emergency procedures
HB 864
--- Sponsor:
Guest, Jim
--- CoSponsor:
Sater, David
- Authorizes an income tax credit for certain health care professionals
and teachers
HB 898
--- Sponsor:
Bringer, Rachel
- Makes the criminal background check and fingerprinting for teachers
valid for one year even if they move to another district or change
their type of certification
HB 940
--- Sponsor:
Robb, Ed
--- CoSponsor:
Baker, Brian
- Establishes the Teach for Missouri Act which allows for certain
teachers who teach in provisionally or unaccredited school districts
to receive a stipend to be applied to their student loans
HB 971
--- Sponsor:
Pollock, Darrell
--- CoSponsor:
Wright, Billy Pat
- Requires the consent of a parent before his or her child is allowed to
participate in a school club or organization
HB 1047
--- Sponsor:
Cunningham, Jane
- Allows principals of provisionally accredited or unaccredited school
districts to refuse a teacher's request to transfer to another school
HB 1048
--- Sponsor:
Cunningham, Jane
- Establishes the Teacher Bill of Rights Act which prohibits teacher
associations from using payroll deductions for political campaign
purposes without written consent of the teacher
HB 1064
--- Sponsor:
Hunter, Steve
- Requires requests by school district employees for deductions from
their wages to certain organizations to be renewed at least once a
year and that the deductions must be for charitable contributions
HB 1082
--- Sponsor:
Lampe, Sara
--- CoSponsor:
Daus, Michael
- Changes the laws regarding bullying in schools
HB 1155
--- Sponsor:
Wright-Jones, Robin
- Allows the board of trustees of the Public School Retirement System
of the City of St. Louis to increase benefits for retired members
under certain circumstances
HB 1161
--- Sponsor:
Cunningham, Jane
- Adds participation in a strike to the list of reasons for which a
tenured teacher may be dismissed
HB 1220
--- Sponsor:
Cunningham, Jane
--- CoSponsor:
Nieves, Brian D.
- Requires certificated teachers to submit documentation to the
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education every five years
showing adequate scores on certain assessments
HB 1222
--- Sponsor:
Cunningham, Jane
--- CoSponsor:
Hunter, Steve
- Prohibits public school teachers from lobbying the General Assembly
during their class periods unless they pay the substitute teacher's
salary
HCR 41
--- Sponsor:
Baker, Judy
--- CoSponsor:
Spreng, Michael
- Recommends that elementary, secondary, and postsecondary instructor
training and development programs contain instruction on mental
health and social and emotional learning competencies
- SB 6
--- Sponsor:
Loudon, John
- Establishes the "Safe Schools Fund" and allows local school districts
to utilize such moneys for a variety of safety-related expenses
- SB 64
--- Sponsor:
Goodman, Jack
- Authorizes school districts to set school opening date up to a
certain date prior to Labor Day and provides for exemption to
make-up days requirement based on inclement weather
- SB 111
--- Sponsor:
Rupp, Scott T.
- Eliminates the Missouri Advisory Council of Certification for
Educators and replaces it with a Commissioner's Advisory Council on
Teacher Quality
- SB 116
--- Sponsor:
Griesheimer, John E.
- Alters the benefits afforded retired teachers who are 70 years old
and older
- SB 136
--- Sponsor:
Nodler, Gary
- Eliminates the Missouri Advisory Council of Certification for
Educators and replaces it with a Commissioner's Advisory Council on
Teacher Quality
- SB 137
--- Sponsor:
Bray, Joan
- Allows the hiring of a retired teacher to work up to full-time
without losing their retirement benefits
- SB 146
--- Sponsor:
Bray, Joan
- Creates the "Public Employee Due Process Act"
- SB 203
--- Sponsor:
Lager, Brad
- Adds an additional $500 annual payment to teachers under the Career
Ladder Program
- SB 244
--- Sponsor:
Mayer, Robert
- Extends the termination date for certain alternative retirement
provisions in the teacher and school employee retirement systems
- SB 389
--- Sponsor:
Nodler, Gary
- Modifies several provisions regarding the state's higher education
system
- SB 399
--- Sponsor:
Crowell, Jason
- Modifies the liability protections for school employees and
volunteers
- SB 435
--- Sponsor:
Rupp, Scott T.
- Requires captioning of electronic video instructional material
- SB 443
--- Sponsor:
Smith, Jeff
- Creates the "Teach for Missouri Act"
- SB 480
--- Sponsor:
Ridgeway, Luann
- Requires the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to
develop mentoring standards for beginning teachers and principals
and creates an alternative mechanism for teacher certification
- SB 539
--- Sponsor:
Justus, Jolie L.
- Modifies requirements for anti-bullying policies of local school
districts
- SB 561
--- Sponsor:
Engler, Kevin
- Alters provisions regarding teacher termination hearings
- SB 623
--- Sponsor:
Coleman, Maida
- Modifies provisions regarding certain teacher and state employee
retirement systems
- SB 646
--- Sponsor:
Wilson, Yvonne S.
- Modifies the definition of "bullying" in a public school's
"anti-bullying" policy to include cyberbullying
- SB 663
--- Sponsor:
Barnitz, Frank A.
- Requires the board of education to promulgate a rule to allow spouses
of military members to receive a provisional teacher's license
- SJR 12
--- Sponsor:
Crowell, Jason
- Alters the composition of the state Board of Education
Missouri House of Representatives
Last Updated October 23, 2007 at 9:15 am