Education

MO - Senator Bill Foster (R)

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Chair

MO - Senator Charles Shields (R)

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Vice-chair

MO - Senator Matt Bartle (R)

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Member

MO - Senator Doyle Childers (R)

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Member

MO - Senator John Loudon (R)

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Member

MO - Senator Sarah Steelman (R)

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Member

MO - Senator Anita Yeckel (R)

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Member

MO - Senator Harold L. Caskey (D)

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Member

MO - Senator Rita Heard Days (D)

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Member

MO - Senator Wayne Goode (D)

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Member

MO - Senator Ken Jacob (D)

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Member

MO - Senator Steve Stoll (D)

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Member

MO - SB31 Alters provisions concerning suspension and offences for which a pupil may be prohibited from public school

MO - SB35 Authorizes Joint Committee on Wagering and Gaming to solicit bids for university study of pathological gambling in MO

MO - SB41 Creates signing bonuses for teachers in rural schools

MO - SB56 Allows cooperative agreements between higher education institutions for the purpose of offering graduate programs

MO - SB67 Requires state-sponsored professional development events for teachers to occur on scheduled days

MO - SB72 Requires charter schools to meet all accreditation standards and requirements

MO - SB106 Establishes planning commission for Kansas City Missouri School District

MO - SB150 Allows school districts to create after-school and summer educational programs for at-risk youth

MO - SB180 Allows teachers and administrators in KC to come out of retirement & not relinquish retirement benefits for 4 years

MO - SB187 Revises the charter school laws

MO - SB204 Authorizes school districts to designate an educational service agency

MO - SB205 Adds CPI adjustment to "hold harmless" school districts' school aid

MO - SB215 Alters conditions by which a school district may transfer moneys from the incidental fund to the capital projects fund

MO - SB245 Requires that any increase in the Gaming Proceeds for Education Fund be transferred to the Classroom Trust Fund

MO - SB251 Exempts retailers from sales tax for inventory donated to private or public education entities

MO - SB260 Modifies appropriation procedures for community college districts

MO - SB264 Certain school districts shall not be obligated to comply with certain salary compliance provisions

MO - SB265 Alters provisions regarding the certification of public school teachers

MO - SB267 Alters the criteria DESE employs for designating a school, or school district, as "priority"

MO - SB286 Allows metropolitan school districts the power to raise the compulsory attendance age to 17

MO - SB296 Requires the state board of education to offer two levels of professional teacher certification

MO - SB318 Revises the MAP assessment subject matter "test domains" by limiting the scope of said domains

MO - SB325 Alters provisions regarding veterans & mandates that public schools devote one class period observing Veterans Day

MO - SB337 Allows participation in FFA, FHA, FCCLA, 4-H, and State Fair competition to count as attendance for purpose of state aid

MO - SB344 Requires emergency sirens in public schools to be uniform and possess the same ringing sound in each school

MO - SB353 Establishes the "Collaborative for Applied Experiences in Science" (CAES) program

MO - SB354 Requires the state board of education to study and evaluate the adequacy and equity of state school aid

MO - SB359 Renders several modifications to the state's education, education funding, and taxation policies

MO - SB371 Allows MOHELA to provide loans for nonsectarian tuition and other costs for certain students

MO - SB422 Revises membership qualifications for school boards

MO - SB428 Alters definitions concerning Charles Gallagher Financial Awards and the Nursing Student Loan Program

MO - SB445 Directs unobligated cash balance in the school building revolving fund as of Aug. 28, 2003 to the foundation formula

MO - SB461 Alters provisions regarding teacher termination hearings

MO - SB472 Makes adjustments to the school foundation formula

MO - SB476 Eliminates the minimum age qualification for admission to the University of the State of Missouri

MO - SB503 Allows certain teachers who job-share to receive creditable service for retirement and pro-rata leave and holidays

MO - SB507 Seeks to repeal the Academically Deficient Schools Program

MO - SB519 Applies standards to be utilized in determining the necessity of proposed school district boundary changes

MO - SB520 Provides that A+ reimbursements shall not be issued to any four-year institutions of higher education

MO - SB525 Adds a voting student member to the board of regents, governors, and curators of higher education institutions

MO - SB553 Alters the foundation formula by completely removing the line 1(b) calculation

MO - SB572 Allows foster children to receive a tuition and fee waiver to state-funded colleges or universities

MO - SB574 DESE shall award salary supplement grants to priority school employing high quality teachers, subject to appropriations

MO - SB582 Creates a gang resistance education and training program to be used in schools

MO - SB585 Modifies calculation of summer school eligible pupil counts and demonstration of quantifiable pupil assessment gains

MO - SB586 Encourages effective involvement of parents in support of the education of their children by State Board of Education

MO - SB629 Create the "More for Four" pilot program, providing grants to a maximum of 25 pre-kindergarten pilot programs

MO - SB632 Renders alterations to policies concerning early childhood special education placement

MO - SB637 Alters policies regarding the lapse of school districts

MO - SB641 Alters provisions regarding special education policy

MO - SB642 Amends exception to the mandatory days of school attendance to apply to inclement weather during the 2002-03 school year

MO - SB644 Alters provisions regarding early childhood special education services

MO - SB647 Allows the state board of education to promulgate rules regarding model school district healthy dietary guidelines

MO - SB650 Establishes faculty representatives on the governing boards of state colleges and universities

MO - SB666 School districts with multiple attendance centers shall develop policies regarding intra-district transfers

MO - SB676 Creates an exception to the mandatory days of school attendance for the 2002-2003 school year

MO - SB686 Articulates conditions upon which school districts may transfer unrestricted funds

MO - SB699 Replaces the term "eligible pupils" with the term "average daily attendance" in line 1 of the foundation formula

MO - SJR4 Allows private school students to ride public school buses

MO - SJR18 Enables the legislature to issue bonds for education purposes