Education

MO - Senator David Pearce (R)

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Chairman

MO - Senator Gary Romine (R)

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Vice-chairman

MO - Senator Dan Brown (R)

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Member

MO - Senator Ed Emery (R)

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Member

MO - Senator Doug Libla (R)

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Member

MO - Senator Brian Nieves (R)

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Member

MO - Senator Scott Rupp (R)

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Member

MO - Senator Maria Chappelle-Nadal (D)

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Member

MO - Senator S. Kiki Curls (D)

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Member

MO - Senator Jason Holsman (D)

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Member

MO - SB193 Establishes the Advisory Council on the Education of Gifted and Talented Children and requires the State Board of Education to designate a staff person in charge of gifted and talented education

MO - SB3 Creates the Early High School Graduation Scholarship Program for public high school students who graduate from high school early

MO - SB7 Modifies provisions relating to school accreditation for failing school districts

MO - SB8 Makes technical corrections and updates obsolete references in certain higher education statutes

MO - SB9 Modifies provisions relating to agriculture

MO - SB67 Modifies provisions relating to higher education

MO - SB95 Requires the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to establish a voluntary prekindergarten program

MO - SB125 Modifies duties of boards of education

MO - SB132 Allows school districts to receive state aid for children ages three to five participating in a district-operated pre-kindergarten program

MO - SB133 Allows school districts and charter schools to receive state aid for children ages three to five who are eligible for free and reduced lunch and are participating in a district-operated pre-kindergarten program

MO - SB168 Modifies the use of student assessment data when calculating a school district's performance when a school district receives students as a result of a change in district boundary lines

MO - SB195 Allows school boards to establish and adopt a unique professional development program for teachers in lieu of following statutory mandates

MO - SB169 Requires certain financial information to be included in a school district's bond filing and included on the ballot when voters authorize a school district bond issuance

MO - SB200 Allows school districts and charter schools to establish and implement an age-appropriate curriculum to educate students about domestic violence and teen dating violence prevention

MO - SB171 Provides that charter school sponsors are responsible for all expenditures associated with the closure of a charter school they sponsor

MO - SB173 Transfers governance of the St. Louis School District from the special administrative board to the elected school board when certain conditions are satisfied

MO - SB209 Creates the Missouri Tuition Equity Act

MO - SB210 Requires the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to hold public meetings in each congressional district on the Common Core State Standards

MO - SB211 Requires the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to develop guidelines for the training of school employees in the care needed for students with diabetes

MO - SB242 Modifies the law relating to the sale or provision of certain commodities by certain school officials of seven- director districts that are located in a first class county

MO - SB249 Requires children in the St. Louis City School District and Kansas City School District to attend school at age five

MO - SB276 Allows students to enroll in another school district or charter school for purposes of attending virtual courses or programs

MO - SB483 Establishes alternative procedures for public schools, modifies the School Flex Program, and creates the Missouri Credit Flex Program

MO - SB284 Changes the requirements for school anti-bullying policies

MO - SB293 Removes the expiration date on the authority of certain public higher education institutions to transfer real property, except in fee simple, without General Assembly authorization

MO - SB311 Creates the Parental Involvement Act to allow parents to petition to convert a public school using a school turnaround model or into a charter school

MO - SB332 Modifies provisions relating to the employment and evaluation of teachers

MO - SB341 Repeals a reference to an obsolete section of law

MO - SB344 Requires the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to issue an annual report card for each public school that rates the school with a grade of A, B, C, D, or F

MO - SB359 Allows local school boards to adopt a year-round educational program

MO - SB378 Modifies provisions of the A+ Program, Bright Flight Scholarship Program, and the Access Missouri Financial Assistance Program

MO - SB381 Creates the Innovation Education Campus Fund and recognizes the University of Central Missouri's Missouri Innovation Campus

MO - SB390 Requires any school board that sponsors a charter school to use an estimate of the district's current year weighted average daily attendance

MO - SB392 Allows certain exempt higher education institutions to receive state recognition from the Coordinating Board for Higher Education

MO - SB408 Modifies provisions relating to elementary and secondary education

MO - SB410 Renames Linn State Technical College as "State Technical College of Missouri" effective July 1, 2014

MO - SB426 Creates a pilot program for support of nonprofit math and science tutoring centers in St. Louis City

MO - SB427 Restricts the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education from including certain data from neglected children and delinquent children in the aggregate data of a school district

MO - SB437 Creates a model for funding the state's public institutions of higher education

MO - SB450 Modifies provisions relating to sexual education

MO - SB474 Modifies provisions relating to school facilities and equipment

MO - SB258 Reduces the membership of the Kansas City School District board of education and changes the election date for board members