Education

MO - Senator David Pearce (R)

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Chairman

MO - Senator Scott Rupp (R)

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Vice-chairman

MO - Senator Norma Champion (R)

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Member

MO - Senator Rob Mayer (R)

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Member

MO - Senator Gary Nodler (R)

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Member

MO - Senator Kurt Schaefer (R)

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Member

MO - Senator Frank Barnitz (D)

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Member

MO - Senator Rita Heard Days (D)

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Member

MO - Senator Yvonne Wilson (D)

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Member

MO - SB603 Creates procedures for open enrollment of public school students across school district boundary lines

MO - SB614 Modifies the definition of "bullying" as used in school district antibullying policies to include cyberbullying and electronic communications

MO - SB631 Creates the Amy Hestir Student Protection Act

MO - SB641 Requires charter schools to comply with laws and regulations that require the reporting of information by schools, governing boards and school districts to the State Board of Education or Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

MO - SB672 Revises the conditions under which school districts may suspend or terminate teacher and administrator contracts

MO - SB688 Requires schools to report certain student enrollment information to the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

MO - SB732 Requires public higher education institutions to annually report on steps taken to ensure intellectual diversity

MO - SB733 Modifies provisions of the Bright Flight Scholarship Program and Access Missouri Financial Assistance Program

MO - SB734 Requires Regional Professional Development Centers to provide assistance to school districts and modifies gifted education requirements

MO - SB768 Modifies provisions relating to school districts charging tuition for non-resident children of district teachers and employees

MO - SB775 Adds an additional weight for gifted education to the elementary and secondary education funding formula

MO - SB783 Provides that certain aliens who meet certain requirements will receive in-state tuition at college and universities

MO - SB784 Changes amounts of financial assistance awards for the Access Missouri Financial Assistance Program

MO - SB788 Establishes the Students First Interscholastic Athletics Act to allow each student of high school age the opportunity to seek to participate in interscholastic athletics

MO - SB815 Modifies provisions relating to elementary and secondary education

MO - SB835 Modifies provisions relating to charter schools

MO - SB838 Modifies provisions relating to charter schools

MO - SB899 Establishes the Missouri Promise Program to provide financial awards to students pursuing higher education at certain institutions

MO - SB907 Creates the Early High School Graduation Scholarship Program for public high school students who graduate from high school early

MO - SB936 Establishes the Missouri Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Initiative within the Department of Higher Education

MO - SB939 Modifies the use of the Consumer Price Index to measure tuition rates for public institutions of higher education

MO - SB943 Modifies provisions relating to elementary and secondary education funding and planning processes

MO - SB946 Changes the requirements for school anti-bullying policies

MO - SB949 Modifies the distribution of funds through the elementary and secondary education foundation formula when appropriated funds are insufficient or when funds are withheld

MO - SB956 Allows foreign language immersion charter schools to enroll 4 year old children

MO - SB962 Modifies provisions relating to gifted education

MO - SB963 Transfers the administration of the Minority Teaching Scholarship and the Minority and Underrepresented Environmental Literacy Program to the Department of Higher Education

MO - SB969 Modifies provisions relating to school attendance

MO - SB980 Requires the Joint Committee on Education to conduct a study on voluntary prekindergarten in Missouri

MO - SB987 Increases the statutory award amount for research projects funded by the University of Missouri Board of Curators

MO - SB997 Modifies educational requirements for obtaining a substitute teacher license

MO - SB1021 Allows school districts that lost days due to H1N1 influenza in the 2009-2010 school year to not have to make up those days

MO - SB1024 Modifies provisions relating to teachers

MO - SB1033 Requires the State Board of Education to establish school improvement standards to be used by charter school sponsors to annually evaluate charter schools

MO - SB1039 Requires the Joint Committee on Education to conduct a study on the issue of standards for elementary and secondary education

MO - SB1046 Modifies the compulsory attendance age for the St. Louis City School District so that students must attend school from 5 years of age to 18 years of age

MO - SJR39 Proposes a constitutional amendment to modify the composition of the State Board of Education