ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

Bills Assigned to Committee
ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
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: Requires annual background checks on some school employees, adds certain offenses to the list for which a teacher certification may be revoked, and removes the statute of limitations for certain sex crimes; HB1314 -- (LR# 3283L.01I); Placed on Informal Calendar (S)

: Requires certain school nurses to be paid on the same pay scale as teachers with equivalent work history and working hours in their district; HB1374 -- (LR# 3337L.01I); Voted Do Pass (H)

: Allows school boards to commission certified law enforcement officers to enforce laws relating to crimes committed on school premises, at school activities, and on school buses; HB1400 -- (LR# 3193L.01I); Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)

: Requires health screenings for public school students in the second and eighth grades; HB1401 -- (LR# 3191L.01I); Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)

: Allows school districts to establish a four-day school week upon a majority vote of the school board; HB1534 -- (LR# 3455L.01I); Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)

HB1676 --- Sponsor:Hoskins, TheodoreRequires the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to establish criteria for the admission or rejection by adjoining accredited schools of nonresident students from unaccredited districts

HB1676 -- (LR# 3338L.01I)

Third Read and Defeated (H)

AYES: 78

NOES: 72

PRESENT: 1

: Revises the definition of "bullying" to include communications over the Internet and prohibits any person from intimidating or harassing another person over the Internet; HB1683 -- (LR# 3911L.01I); House Committee: ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION; Public Hearing Completed (H)

: Establishes the Missouri Preschool Plus Grant Program to serve up to 10,000 students with high quality early childhood education services for four years; HB1692 -- (LR# 4112L.01I); House Committee: ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION; Public Hearing Completed (H)

HB1722 --- Sponsor:Wallace, Maynard--- CoSponsor:Jetton, RodChanges the laws regarding school employee liability, safety practices, and reporting acts of violence

HB1722 -- (LR# 3813L.01I)

Placed on Informal Calendar (S)

SA 18 ADOPTED/SCS, SS/SCS, SA 21 PENDING

HB1726 --- Sponsor:Robb, Edward--- CoSponsor:Page, SamRequires twins or other multiple-birth siblings to be placed in the same classroom if the parent or legal guardian makes a timely request

HB1726 -- (LR# 3428L.01I)

HCS Voted Do Pass (H)

VOTE TO DO PASS CONSENT FAILED

: Exempts motor fuel used to operate school buses transporting students for educational purposes from the motor fuel tax; HB1737 -- (LR# 3812L.01I); Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)

: Requires school districts to establish special programs or services for students who are identified as academically gifted; HB1745 -- (LR# 3867L.01I); Rules - Reported Do Pass (H)

: Changes the laws regarding bullying in schools; HB1751 -- (LR# 3872L.01I); Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)

: Renames the State Schools for Severely Handicapped Children as the Missouri Schools for the Severely Disabled; HB1807 -- (LR# 3965L.01I); Approved by Governor (G); Delivered to Secretary of State (G)

: Allows a school district receiving a student from an unaccredited district to request the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to withhold any delinquent tuition from the sending district; HB1875 -- (LR# 3579L.01I); Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)

HB1876 --- Sponsor:Cunningham, JaneRequires the designation of an agent for a binding signature on a placement settlement and makes the five-business-day notice applicable to all special education due process hearings

SCS HCS HB 1876 & 1877 -- (LR# 3964S.03C)

Placed on Informal Calendar (S)

SA 2, SA 3, SA 4, SA 5, SA 6, SA 8 ADOPTED/

SCS AS AMENDED, SA 9 PENDING

HB1877 --- Sponsor:Cunningham, JaneRequires the designation of an agent for a binding signature on a placement settlement and makes the five-business-day notice applicable to all special education due process hearings

HB1877 -- (LR# 3963L.01I)

Placed on Informal Calendar (S)

SA 2, SA 3, SA 4, SA 5, SA 6, SA 8 ADOPTED/

SCS AS AMENDED, SA 9 PENDING

: Requires all school districts to have physical education programs; HB1891 -- (LR# 3959L.01I); House Committee: ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION; Public Hearing Completed (H)

: Requires the teacher in each public school classroom to open the day with a brief period of silence with the participation of all the pupils; HB1896 -- (LR# 4631L.01I); Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)

: Requires school districts to adopt policies for the testing of student athletes for the unlawful use of a controlled substance, including but not limited to anabolic steroids; HB1913 -- (LR# 4454L.01I); Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)

: Establishes lower permissible and desirable class sizes for urban school districts including Kansas City; HB1947 -- (LR# 3462L.01I); Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)

: Requires school districts to establish a "green" cleaning policy to promote environmentally sensitive cleaning products which meet guidelines of the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education; HB1960 -- (LR# 3219L.01I); Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)

: Establishes lower permissible and desirable class sizes for school districts in St. Louis City and St. Louis County; HB1988 -- (LR# 4138L.01I); Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)

: Creates an alternative way of calculating the state adequacy target for school funding; HB2050 -- (LR# 4930L.01I); Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)

: Prohibits certain sexual offenders from being on school property or attending school activities without the consent of the principal or head administrator; HB2070 -- (LR# 4723L.01I); House Committee: ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION; Public Hearing Scheduled, Bill not Heard (H)

: Prohibits school districts from scheduling a day or a half-day off within five days of Veterans Day unless the school district also schedules Veterans Day as a day off; HB2121 -- (LR# 4472L.01I); House Committee: ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION; Public Hearing Completed (H)

: Creates the School Safety and School Violence Prevention Fund; HB2124 -- (LR# 4766L.01I); Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)

: Authorizes an income tax credit for certain donations to public school foundations; HB2136 -- (LR# 4422L.01I); House Committee: ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION; Public Hearing Completed (H)

: Establishes the Missouri Books From Birth Program to encourage preschool children to read; HB2158 -- (LR# 4616L.01I); Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)

: Allows school districts to provide teacher salaries that include hiring incentives or salary schedule modifications under certain conditions; HB2181 -- (LR# 3537L.01I); Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)

: Makes criminal background checks for teachers and other school personnel valid for one year, even if they move from one district to another or there is a change in the type of teacher certification; HB2216 -- (LR# 3778L.02I); Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)

: Adds the gifted education pupil count to the calculation of weighted average attendance for the school foundation formula; HB2219 -- (LR# 3876L.01I); Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)

: Adds the gifted education pupil count to the calculation of weighted average daily attendance for the school foundation formula by counting each gifted student as an extra student; HB2220 -- (LR# 3875L.01I); Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)

: Adds the costs of gifted education programs back into the school foundation formula as categorical funding; HB2225 -- (LR# 4416L.01I); Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)

: Authorizes an exemption from motor fuel tax on fuel used for school buses to be deposited into a fund for the school district to purchase or lease buses equipped with lap-shoulder safety belts; HB2234 -- (LR# 3427L.01I); Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)

: Changes the laws regarding educational personnel; HCS HB 2281, 2489 & 2537 -- (LR# 4957L.03C); Rules - Reported Do Pass (H)

: Changes the laws regarding the identification, assessment, and education of children with autism spectrum disorder; HB2304 -- (LR# 5266L.01I); Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)

: Changes the laws regarding the procedures for terminating a teacher and applies these procedures to all school districts uniformly by repealing specific provisions for the St. Louis school system; HB2315 -- (LR# 4742L.02I); Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)

: Requires cyberbullying to be included in a school district's antibullying policy; HB2316 -- (LR# 4906L.01I); Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)

: Establishes the Professional Educators' Standards and Practices Act and changes the laws regarding teacher certification; HB2317 -- (LR# 5265L.01I); Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)

: Requires the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to develop teaching standards for all public schools; HB2318 -- (LR# 5264L.01I); Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)

: Creates the Persistence to Graduation Fund to distribute grants to certain school districts for dropout prevention strategies; HB2338 -- (LR# 5440L.01I); Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)

: Changes the laws regarding the identification, assessment, and education of children with autism spectrum disorder; HB2376 -- (LR# 5420L.01I); Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)

: Imposes term limits on certain school board members when the school district becomes provisionally accredited or unaccredited; HB2403 -- (LR# 5053L.01I); Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)

: Requires the certification of school food service directors and menu planners in public and private schools which receive funding through the federal school lunch program; HB2412 -- (LR# 5245L.01I); Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)

: Establishes a procedure by which a school district or an initiative petition may place the issue of open enrollment by contract before the voters of the district; HB2481 -- (LR# 3721L.01I); House Committee: ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION; Public Hearing Completed (H)

: Allows public school students to choose to attend a public school district other than the school district of his or her residence under specified conditions; HB2482 -- (LR# 4936L.01I); House Committee: ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION; Public Hearing Completed (H)

: Changes the laws regarding educational personnel; HB2489 -- (LR# 5018L.03I); Rules - Reported Do Pass (H)

: Changes the laws regarding educational personnel; HB2537 -- (LR# 5560L.01I); Rules - Reported Do Pass (H)

: Requires school districts to include on their accountability report card information regarding their gifted education program and whether the district has maintained the program within the last three years; HB2542 -- (LR# 5624L.01I); Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)

: Prohibits public school districts from using school funds to purchase alcohol; HB2547 -- (LR# 5613L.01I); House Committee: ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION; Public Hearing Completed (H)

: Protects teacher academic freedom to teach scientific evidence regarding biological and chemical evolution; HB2554 -- (LR# 5620L.01I); HCS Voted Do Pass (H)

: Imposes a fine when school officers and employees who are mandated reporters fail to report as required by law and subjects students who make false allegations to disciplinary action; HB2579 -- (LR# 5580L.01I); Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)

: Prohibits schools from scheduling make-up days for inclement weather on federal holidays; HB2596 -- (LR# 5486L.01I); Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)

: Requests the Missouri Congressional delegation to oppose No Child Left Behind legislation; HCR13 -- (LR# 3874L.01I); Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)

: Encourages the Governor and the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to secure additional funding for fine arts education in this state; HCR26 -- (LR# 3942L.03I); Senate Committee: SENATE RULES, JOINT RULES, RESOLUTIONS AND ETHICS; Reported Do Pass (S)

: Proposes a constitutional amendment raising the allowable level of bonded indebtedness for school districts; HJR44 -- (LR# 3564L.01I); House Committee: ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION; Public Hearing Completed (H)

: Proposes a constitutional amendment changing the appointing authority for the Commissioner of Education from the State Board of Education to the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate; HJR60 -- (LR# 3955L.01I); Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)

: Proposes a constitutional amendment allowing approval of school district bond issues with a simple majority vote on general municipal election days or general elections; HJR72 -- (LR# 5230L.01I); Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)

: Modifies adjustment to funds payable resulting from transfer of title to real property for certain school districts; SB839 -- (LR# 3373S.01T); Approved by Governor (G); Delivered to Secretary of State (G)

: Allows school districts to maintain permanent records digitally or electronically; SB925 -- (LR# 3978S.01P); Rules - Reported Do Pass (H)

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