MO HCR40

Missouri House Concurrent Resolution 40 requests the Governor to narrow the role of the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) and limit the Commissioner and State Board to specifically enumerated duties.

DESE would be required to act only as provided by the Missouri Constitution, focusing on core functions like student counts, graduation rates, and academic outcomes reporting.

The resolution calls for a "lean accreditation system" focused on outcomes and academic growth rather than politics or pedagogy.

Annual performance audits would be required for all education funding, detailing where every dollar is spent and correlating expenditures with academic success at each local educational agency.

DESE would be prohibited from governing classrooms, advancing social or political agendas not authorized by law, creating programs without legislative guardrails, or burdening schools with excessive compliance paperwork.