Missouri House of Representatives
95th General Assembly, 1st Regular Session (2009)
Bills Indexed by Subject
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HB 73 --- Sponsor: Lampe, Sara --- CoSponsor: Pace, Sharon
Requires the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to develop teaching standards for all public schools HB 76 --- Sponsor: Lampe, Sara --- CoSponsor: Norr, Charlie
Changes the laws regarding the identification, assessment, and education of children with autism spectrum disorder HB 96 --- Sponsor: Wallace, Maynard --- CoSponsor: Thomson, Mike
Changes the laws regarding school employee liability, safety practices, and reporting acts of violence HB 217 --- Sponsor: Hoskins, Theodore
Requires a school district to provide the reason for a student transfer request refusal in writing to the student's parent or guardian HB 265 --- Sponsor: Franz, Ward --- CoSponsor: Viebrock, James
Changes the laws regarding the Public School Retirement System of Missouri and the Public Education Employee Retirement System of Missouri HB 290 --- Sponsor: Wells, Don --- CoSponsor: McGhee, Mike
Requires the board of education of each school district to adopt a policy for the random testing of the district's teachers and other employees for the unlawful use of controlled substances HB 305 --- Sponsor: Schad, Rodney --- CoSponsor: Schaaf, Robert
Allows two or more adjacent school districts to share a superintendent when at least one of the districts' accreditation status is accredited or provisionally accredited HB 456 --- Sponsor: Allen, Sue --- CoSponsor: Leara, Mike
Requires registered professional school nurses to be paid on the same pay scale as teachers in their district with equivalent work history and working hours HB 509 --- Sponsor: Stream, Rick --- CoSponsor: Grisamore, Jeff
Requires all school districts to have physical education programs and establishes standards for school foods, beverages, and meals HB 518 --- Sponsor: Lampe, Sara --- CoSponsor: Norr, Charlie
Changes the laws regarding bullying in schools HB 626 --- Sponsor: Oxford, Jeanette Mott --- CoSponsor: Walsh, Regina
Establishes class sizes for school districts in St. Louis City and St. Louis County which are lower than the minimum and desirable standards of the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education HB 631 --- Sponsor: Jones, Timothy W. --- CoSponsor: Nance, Bob
Changes the laws regarding the Missouri Teaching Fellows Program and registered professional school nurses HB 656 --- Sponsor: Cooper, Robert Wayne --- CoSponsor: Sutherland, Mike
Protects teacher academic freedom to teach scientific evidence regarding biological and chemical evolution HB 689 --- Sponsor: Bringer, Rachel
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 HB 717 --- Sponsor: Tilley, Steven --- CoSponsor: Holsman, Jason R.
Establishes several incentive programs for attracting and retaining teachers HB 805 --- Sponsor: Wilson, Kevin --- CoSponsor: Jones, Timothy W.
Establishes the Professional Relationships Between Teachers and School Districts Act which specifies the procedures under which local school boards can meet and negotiate with employee organizations HB 989 --- Sponsor: Talboy, Mike --- CoSponsor: Hughes, Leonard
Requires all tenured or full-time professors at any public higher higher education institution to be Missouri residents and to present proof of residency to the employing institution HB 993 --- Sponsor: Dusenberg, Gary
Removes the Blue Springs School District from the requirement that nonresident teachers or employees pay nonresident tuition for their children and adds the Lee's Summit School District to this provision HB 1006 --- Sponsor: Roorda, Jeff --- CoSponsor: Meadows, Tim
Allows employees of any public body to form and join labor organizations to collectively bargain regarding salaries and other conditions of employment HB 1030 --- Sponsor: Stream, Rick --- CoSponsor: Chappelle-Nadal, Maria
Allows local school boards to adopt an alternative procedure for dismissing tenured teachers by using an impartial hearing offficer rather than a hearing before the board HB 1131 --- Sponsor: Holsman, Jason R. --- CoSponsor: Lampe, Sara
Establishes the Missouri Preschool Plus Grant Program HB 1159 --- Sponsor: Meadows, Tim
Changes the laws regarding public employee collective bargaining HB 1191 --- Sponsor: Pratt, Bryan
Changes the laws regarding the Public School Retirement System of Missouri and the Public Education Employee Retirement System of Missouri HCR 7 --- Sponsor: Hodges, Steve --- CoSponsor: Schieffer, Ed
Urges Congress to prohibit certain public school employees from being forced to participate in the federal Social Security system rather than the Missouri Public School Retirement System
SB 395 --- Sponsor: Ridgeway, Luann
Makes certain actions made by school board members or employees in conjunction with the Public School Retirement System of Missouri a class C felony
SB 441 --- Sponsor: Schaefer, Kurt
Modifies provisions relating to teacher termination proceedings
SB 445 --- Sponsor: Rupp, Scott T.
Prohibits school district employees, volunteers, and independent contractors from placing a student receiving special education services into seclusion
SB 486 --- Sponsor: Green, Timothy P.
Grants employees of any public body the right to form and join labor organizations
SB 505 --- Sponsor: Cunningham, Jane
Prohibits a superintendent of an unaccredited or provisionally accredited school district from transferring a teacher if the principal of the receiving school refuses
SB 515 --- Sponsor: Cunningham, Jane
Revises the conditions under which school districts may suspend or terminate teacher and administrator contracts in certain school districts

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