SECOND REGULAR SESSION
94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES PORTWOOD (Sponsor), DARROUGH, JONES (89) AND McGHEE (Co-sponsors).
Pre-filed December 7, 2007 and copies ordered printed.
D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To amend chapter 168, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to registered professional school nurses.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 168, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 168.173, to read as follows:
168.173. 1. Beginning in school year 2009-2010, registered professional school nurses employed by a school district shall be paid on the same pay scale as teachers working in the same school district, with nurses and teachers having equivalent work history and working hours receiving the same salary.
2. The salary requirements under this section for registered professional school nurses shall not result in a decrease or loss of any existing school funding or decrease the current number of registered professional school nurse staffing positions in any school district.
3. As used in this section, the following terms shall mean:
(1) "Registered professional school nurse", a registered professional nurse, as defined in section 335.016, RSMo, employed by a school district to engage in the practice of professional nursing, as defined in section 335.016, RSMo, for such school district;
(2) "Salary", the salary figure which appears on the registered professional school nurse's contract or employment agreement and as determined by the local school district's basic salary schedule and does not include supplements for extra duties.
•