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Referred Bills (66)
Modifies composition of the Career and Technical Education Advisory Council and requires said council to establish minimum requirement for a career and technical education certificate
Repeals provisions relating to English language instruction for nonnative speakers
Provides that a degree in a program accredited by the Psychological Clinical Science Accreditation System meets various psychological licensure requirements.
Modifies provisions relating to the printing of the state manual.
Establishes the early learning quality assurance report pilot program
Modifies provisions relating to the St. Louis Public School Retirement System
Specifies that a teacher representative shall be appointed to the state board of education
Changes the laws regarding elementary and secondary education
Allows school districts to develop policies on student recognition for participation in the Constitution Project of the Missouri Supreme Court
Establishes policies and training for youth suicide awareness and prevention in schools
Allows schools to incorporate criminal justice instruction into curriculum
Establishes a community schools grant program in St. Louis City, St. Louis County, Jackson County, and Kansas City
Requires a student to receive instruction in Braille reading and writing if an assessment demonstrates the need for the instruction
Modifies provisions relating to high school equivalency examinations
Changes the laws regarding gifted education
Requires the State Board of Education to establish minimum requirements for a career and technical education certificate
Increases funding under the school funding formula for school districts with an assessed valuation per student that fell within the lowest 10% of all school districts in the 2004-05 school year
Raises the minimum teacher salary for the 2017-18 school year, subject to appropriation
Requires the department of elementary and secondary education to ensure that any new or renewed contracts for services to develop or administer assessment instruments allow it to conduct compliance reviews
Requires the joint committee on education to undertake additional duties related to oversight of the state education system
Changes provisions of law related to youth sports brain injury prevention
Requires the department of elementary and secondary education to establish a trauma-informed schools pilot program
Requires the department of elementary and secondary education to establish a trauma-informed schools initiative and pilot program
Requires teacher-training institutions in this state receiving state aid to require students to demonstrate proficiency on the concepts of trauma-informed approach and trauma-specific interventions.
Clarifies the powers of boards of education and individual board members
Adds making a terrorist threat and statutory rape to the list of offenses that school administrators must report
Requires state board of education meetings to be recorded by video and posted on the website of the department of elementary and secondary education
Prohibits a school district from entering into a contract with any teacher for unpaid leave that results in the teacher receiving funds from the district when another organization is reimbursing the district
Requires school board candidates to undergo background checks
Requires cameras in special-needs classrooms
Establishes the Missouri Parent/Teacher Involvement Act
Specifies that students shall take one course solely on personal finance topics in order to graduate from high school
Caps school superintendent salaries and requires publication of school employee salaries in local newspapers
Requires review by the General Assembly or committees of the General Assembly of various proposed actions by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Requires course materials relating to sexual education to contain information regarding sexual predators, online predators, and the consequences of inappropriate text messaging
Changes the laws regarding elementary and secondary education
Establishes a community schools grant program in St. Louis City, St. Louis County, Jackson County, and Kansas City
Establishes a Council for Community Education within the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Requires school districts with less than 350 students to be administratively consolidated
Asks the commissioner of education to provide information to the general assembly on several issues related to the Smarter Balanced Assessments
Requires a student to be a United States citizen or permanent resident in order to be eligible to receive reimbursements from the A+ Schools Program
Requests that the Missouri Congressional delegation repeal CFR Rule 200 modifications to the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001
Modifies provisions relating to mental health
Modifies provisions relating to urban school districts
Makes CPR instruction a high school graduation requirement
Makes modifications to the St. Joseph School District School Board
Allows school districts to develop policies on student recognition for participation in the Constitution Project of the Missouri Supreme Court
Changes the laws regarding gifted education
Modifies state funding for small school districts
Provides that a degree in a program accredited by the Psychological Clinical Science Accreditation System meets various psychologist licensure requirements
Requires the State Board of Education to establish minimum requirements for a career and technical education certificate
Specifies that the Pledge of Allegiance must be recited at least once per school day in schools supported by public funds
Establishes policies and training for youth suicide awareness and prevention in schools
Establishes a committee to examine the schools for the severely disabled
Encourages Congress to reinstate the Secure Rural Schools program at its previous funding levels and maintain funding under the Impact Aid law
Modifies provisions relating to high school equivalency testing
Requires charter school board members to be registered voters in school district and residents of Missouri
Requires a student to receive instruction in Braille reading and writing if an assessment demonstrates the need for the instruction
Changes the laws regarding the printing of the Missouri Manual
Urges the Missouri Congressional delegation to make changes to the school lunch program in the Child Nutrition Act Reauthorization of 2015
Establishes the High Performance Energy Benchmarking Act that requires each school district to establish energy star benchmarks for all buildings owned by the district
Requires public schools to ensure that student restrooms have stall doors for privacy
Requires continuing education training for school board members, with additional training required for members serving districts with provisional accreditation
Adds making a terrorist threat to the list of offenses that school administrators must report
Establishes procedures for public school districts' treatment of students with dyslexia or a related disorder
Allows a school district to use a calendar based on hours of attendance, rather than hours and days of attendance, if the minimum number of hours is at least 1,080 hours of actual pupil attendance