HCSHB1669--PUBLICSCHOOLINSTRUCTION
SPONSOR: Seitz
COMMITTEEACTION:Voted"DoPasswithHCS"bytheStanding
CommitteeonElementaryandSecondaryEducationbyavoteof14to
7.
ThefollowingisasummaryoftheHouseCommitteeSubstituteforHB
1669.
Thisbillprohibitspublicschoolsfromrequiringstudentsto
engageinanyformofmandatorygenderorsexualdiversitytraining
orcounseling.
Thebillalsoprohibitspublicschoolemployeesfromrequiringor
makingasapartofacoursespecifiedconceptsincludingbutnot
limitedto:oneraceorsexisinherentlysuperiortoanotherrace
orsex;anindividual'smoralcharacterisnecessarilydetermined
bytheindividual'sraceorsex;andanindividualshouldfeel
discomfort,guilt,anguish,oranyotherformofpsychological
distressonaccountoftheindividual'sraceorsex.
ThebilldirectstheStateBoardofEducation(SBE)tobegin
disciplineproceedingsagainstanyindividualholdingacertificate
oflicensetoteachforaviolation. Foranylocaleducation
agencyoronlineprograminviolationtheSBEshallwithholda
maximumof10%fromthemonthlydistributionofstateformula
funding.
Thisbillcontainsanemergencyclause.
ThisbillissimilartoHB1484(2022).
Thefollowingisasummaryofthepublictestimonyfromthe
committeehearing. Thetestimonywasbasedontheintroduced
versionofthebill.
PROPONENTS: Supporterssaythatthisisbipartisanlanguagethat
nobodyshouldobjecttoprovidingaclearrequirementthat
discriminatory practicesinpublicclassroomsstop.Thisbillwill
preventpoliticization intheclassroomandpreventsocialjustice
reformsbeingtaughtratherthanrequiredstatestandards.
TestifyingforthebillwereRepresentative Seitz;Crystal
Domagalski;AmberBrouk;AmberMueller;AmyKrebs;AmyReed;Beth
Thornton;BrianPowers;CarlaValenti;CarolHeidke;CheriPello;
ChristeMirikitani;ColetteNicholson;DanielFolk;DawnWind;
EimeeCook;ErinStephens;HaileyRogers;HannahHuff;Heather Lalumondiere;IlaJeanFarris;JeffBrzezinski;JenniferSpencer;
JeremyVlasich;JulieTurner;KarenHohlen;LarryLalumondiere;
LauraFeldmann;LindiWilliford;LindseyLawson;LisaAdamovsky;
LoriRichmeyer;Margaret(Peggy)Welker;MaryAnnVlasich;Matt
Mathes;MaureenZamenski;MeghanKing;MichelleSmith;Naomi
Shuldberg;PattyLalumondiere;RichardWierzba;SamanthaLappe;
SaraBarnard;ShaunNicholson;TaraSchroeder;VeronicaJeffers;
ConcernedWomenforAmerica;AndrewDonaldWells,NoLeftTurnin
Education-Missouri;ArnieC.AcDienoff;BrandyPadberg;Jennifer
SwearingenHumphries;MarthaStaggs;MickeyCollins;RachlAguirre;
RogerSmith;SeanPatrickNeal;TeresaPowers;LaurenAndrews;
LindaKarberg;andKalissaWilson.
OPPONENTS: Thosewhoopposethebillsaythatthiswillhavea
chillingeffectonwhatmaybetaughtintheclassroomandthat
therearesomedivisiveissuesonwhichteachersshouldtakea
stand.Thereisoftennorightsideofahistoricaleventor
individuals. Racismexistsinthepastanditexistsinthe
present,billslikethisattempttoignoretherealissuesin
society.
TestifyingagainstthebillwereAndreaWalter;AshleyO'Daniel;
CatherineDevaney;CherylOgolin;EmilyConley;JessicaMHuff;
JessicaRekate;JoyWeeseMoll;JusticeNickens;KarenPinkard;
KenethaWeidmaier;LauraFewell;LukeBarber;ProChoiceMissouri;
MarissaPolzin;MelissaSmith;MelissaStancic;NathanEberlin;
NicoleSciortino;PamHopkins;PamelaKHill;RebekahMassmann;
RyanJTinker;SloanSheffieldCowell;TracyGrundy;Tracy
Tegethoff;A.Jones;AliceKlem;AliceLandon;AliciaYerxa;
AllisonBender;AllisonSmith;AmandaDoyle;AmandaKnittel;Amanda
Michel;AmandaSchmid;AmberWade;AmberWillis;AmberWithycombe;
AmyBoschert;AmyBourland;AmyCrews;AmyDeLaHunt;Amy
Drummond;AmyGarland;AmyHoogstraet;AmyKing;AmyLogan;Amy
Niedbalski;AmyOConnell;AmyThompson;AndreaOtto;AndrewD
Lawson;AndrewPolzin;AngelaSanders;AngelaSlavens;Angela
Williams;AngieMendica;AngieMiller;AnnShabazz;AnnZimpfer;
AnthonyJDecarli;AprilRivera;AshleyJamison;AshleyLaurentius;
AutumnCammarata;AutumnShepherd;BarbaraAllen;BarbaraLoehrer;
BarbaraSpieler;BertaSimic;BethAbraham;BethNewman;Betty
Woodring;BeverlyRollings;BlairPanzica;BonnieLuna;Brandi
Koziatek;BrianDriscoll;BrianWeinstock;BrigiettCunningham;
BrigitteSheridan;BruceRekate;CandyLarson-Soete;CarenKelly;
CarolFitzsimmons;CarolMccorkle;CarolNasby;CarolynPridemore;
CarrieLove;CatherineHolmes;CatherineMueller;CathieLogan;
Cathy;CharlotteReneVance;CherylFlaim;CherylJAylesworth;
ChrisOstendorf;ChrissyLatzke;ChristinaHorton;Christina
Matekel-Gibson;ChristineBrown;ChristyHefele;ClaudiaJenkins;
Colleen"Peggie"Dean;ConnorFrisch;CristanMCaudill;Cynthia
Anderson;CynthiaBerryman;DanaEvans;DanaIsom;DanielBalmer; DanielleCallanan;DanielleOtte;DarleneMiller;DavidAholt;
DavidJones;DawnLBanks;DbirenDesai;DebbieCrossnoe;Deborah
Daniels;DeborahLouiseBarber,Phd;DeborahStine;DebraRainey;
DeidrePatton;DeidreTownsend;DenaAaron;DenisEdwardRigdon;
DenisePulliam;DianaLynnLoveland;DianeKemper;DonCrozier;Dr.
AmyGangloff;Dr.KathyWhited;Dr.LisaGilbert;EdwardLong;
ElaineChristie;EleanorGund;ElisaNeilson;ElizabethBarker;
ElizabethCollom;ElizabethLaley;EllaM.Montague;EllenWentz;
ElliotBehm;EmilyBernstein;EmilyBowen-Marler;EmilyBrough;
EmilyKlucker;EmilyKohring;EmilyWiechmann;EricaWallace;
ErickaThomas;ErikaWhitworth;ErinKrewet;ErinRekosh;Erin
Suess;ErinYauch;EthanEvans;EvePSamuel;FarrellCarfield;
GingerHayden;GlenOberle;GraceDobson;Grant;GregCampbell;
HeatherMilo;HeatherRhodes-Wilson;HelenLucindaBaker;Holly
Belle;HollyHenry;JacobHicks;JacquelineGilmore;JaelitheJudy;
JamesGrillion;JamesHohmann;JamesJanes;JamesThurow;Jami
Collier;JamieDavis;JamieHeimos;JamieKreher;JanelleCowles;
JanetDMeibaum;JanetS.Wester;JaniciaVolce;JaylaParsons;
JeanneBoone;JeannineHoeft;JeffreyO.Strasburg;JennaHyde;
JennaRoberson;JennaWatson;JenniferBiermann;JenniferDodson-
Weihl;JenniferFlores;JenniferGauble;JenniferMOno;Jennifer
Main;JenniferMassimino;JenniferMckenzie;JenniferMoyers;
JenniferTruax;JennyVordtriede;JennyWippermann;JessicaBoggs;
JessicaCochran;JessicaCox;JessicaMaltzman;Jessica
Risenhoover;JewelKelly;JillCapes;JillSteiger;JillSteiger;
JillianHodge;JoanFaust;JoanGrillion;JodiMain;JodiWickman;
JodieLloyd;JoeKlenofsky;JohnBrocato;JohnWarren;Johnna
Shockey;JoshPrivitt;JosieJohnston;Julia;JuliaMaranan;Julia
Troche;JulieBurchett;JulieFrancois;JulieGaebe;JulieMorris;
JulieScott;KaraBurt;KarenCloyd;KarenKelly;KarenLAmos;
KarenRogers;KarenStoll;KatharineWager;KatherineBooher;
KatherineRoesch;KathleenBalmer;KathleenBerberich;Kathleen
Hilmer-Kendall;KathrynBerger;KathrynFoust;KathrynGoodrich;
KathryneL.Gateley;KathyNeely;KatieSanders;KellyEdinger;
KellyGenova;KellyO’BrienLoretta;KelvinBelle;KenSusman;
KennethLivingston,OFS,BS,MS,MSW,ACSW,LCSW;KennethPoling;
KevanFruendt;KimWebb;KimberlyMaxwell;KimberlyThompson;
KristenBruneau;KristinMoomey;KristinRehg;KristinRuzicka;
KyleBrown;LanaRaquelBabb;LanaSouthwick;LarryAnderson;Laura
Burkhardt;LauraGuthrieEads;LauraHaney;LauraHorwitz;Laura
Tennison;LauraTesch;LauraTromben;LaurenObermark;Lauren
Wallace;LesleyBickmore;LexieObrien;LieslFressola;Linda
Hoechst;LindseySchwarzer;LisaG.East;LisaLLennon;Lisa
Lidgus;LizArras;LizRauls;LolaJeanButcher;LoriADavis;Lori
AGreen;LoriHollinger;LydiahRussell;LynnDerienzo;LynnJosse;
LynnNienkemper;LynneM.Gronefeld;MandiSchweigert;MarciaKoch
Jaffe;MargaretAHuffman;MargaretFinklang;MariaBayless;Maria
Brady-Smith;MariaLenaTolliver;MariaSchlafly;MarilynDay;
MarissaPick;MarkBoyko;MarlaMarantz;MarshallSConn;Mary Clemons;MaryCoore;MaryDeniseHatch;MaryF.Marshall;Mary
Fitzgerald;MaryJCreger;MaryJaneGrinstead;MaryKristene
Strickler;MaryannTroia;MeaganAdams;MeganFrank;MeganLawson;
MeghanParish;MelanyBoewer;MelindaMicheleRubelmann;Melinda
Travers;MelissaJohnson;MelissaLohrmann;MelissaMorgan;Melissa
Pomerantz;MelodieStocks;MelodyFrese;MeredithAnnEspinoza;
MeredithLabadie;Merrie;MicheleForrest;MichelleGaney;Michelle
Morgan;MichelleShepherd;MollyBohrmann;MonaMccormack;Monica
Horton;NadineBall;NancyAnnRourke;NevaSprung;Nichole
Brinkmann;NicholeChrum;NicoletteMillerStilwell;Nikki
McGilvery;NoorRiaz;OliviaCarter;PamelaSkelly;PaolaRijos;
PatriciaASmith;PatriciaBartell;PatriciaCurran;Patricia
Fisher;PatriciaNeal;RachaelBurns;RachelKeesey;Rachel
Mcshane;RachelNewman;RebeccaFlynn;RebeccaHanes;Rebecca
Janski;RebeccaMatheus;RebeccaMcCarthy;RebeccaMorfeld;Rebecca
Replogle-Wilkes;RebeccaWatson;ReneeWickersham;RhiannonKaye;
RobertAllenRhodes;RobertGood;RoseMoll;RozlunfCantoni;Ryan
MDillender;RyanStevens;RyanZieg;SallyBrooks;SallyDehner;
SaraArunski;SaraDay;SaraMKlenofsky;SaraMagalli;Sara
Redmond;SaraSanthuff;SaraSimpson;Sarah;SarahAubuchon;Sarah
SPalermo;SarahVescovo;SarahWright;ScottEvans;Missouri
AssociationofSchoolAdministrators; ShannonSmith;SharonHorton;
SharonJones,Promo;SharonSchuler;ShawnWalsh;SheilaKVogel;
ShellyEvangelou;SherriRazer;SherryWilkerson;SherylFoster;
StacieDixon;StefanieBuscher;StephanieDoyle;StephanieGurley-
Thomasf;StephanieHenson;StevenHowland;SueGerding;SusanDean
Dee;SusanDonahueYates;SusanDubois;SusanGibson;SusanHeller;
SusanHutchison;SusanMaher;SusanTiffany;SusanneElizabeth
Voss;SuzanneModesto;SuzanneWhitman;SuzieRisher-Cox;Tammy
Stone;TamoraLynnRenner;TaraReuterJohnson;TaraScheer;Tara
Tinnin;TeaganKleinsorge;TeresaJohnson;TeresaLewis;Teresa
Wolz;TeriKeele;TericaDonnelly;ThaliaStein;TimothyBoewer;
TinaChac;TinaISchulze;TomFerri;TosombraKimes;Tracey
Triplett;TracyBeardsley;VickiPearce;VictoriaDorsey;Victoria
Godfrey-Zeller;WendyBross;YvonneDReeves-Chong;YvonneSerbell;
ZachlynFarwig;Dava-LeighBrush;MissouriNEA;HollyTalir;Lori
King;MeganVonArb;TamaraBeidle;AleciaHoyt;CarrieGaines;
ChristopherJenness;DorothyUtterback;EmilyHahn;JamiHirsch;
LindaShade;MichaelMcmurtrey;MollyShepard;PeggyDewille;
Randee;ShalonKegg;Shannon;AmandaPerschall;AliaBarker;
HeatherFleming;ScottRandolph,MissouriNationalAssociationfor
theAdvancementofColoredPeople;AmericanFederationofTeachers-
Missouri;AmandaDimino;AmandaSpalter;AmberBenge;AmyDarr;Amy
Imafidon;AmyRogers;AndreaCannon;AndrewHuffman;Angela
Jenness;AngelinaZenser;AvisIHeisler;BeckyBubenik;Becky
Patel;BethreMeans;BrendanDelong;CatherineHarland;Christy
Potthast;DanaSchull;DanielHenderson;DanielleMeert;Daphney
RoseBitanga;DavidBalfany;DeannaDavis;DeborahGeorge;Diana
FrazierMiller;DonnaHalsband;DorothyRobertsArvizu;Ehidiame Imafidon;ElizabethCurry;EmilyNagle;EnbalShacham;ErinGray;
GraceMalley;JamieCholer;JeffRazer;JeniferBurlis-Freilich;
JenniferHoma;JenniferLoza;JenniferPorter;JenniferPressy;
JessGarrett;JessicaRowe;JodiePaschedag;JohnKiehne;Joshua
AlexanderBerzins;JoyEllenMartin;JoyceGorrell;JuliaWoodard;
JulieMissey;KatePannell;KatherineHenderson;KatherineMangum;
Kathy;KellyMolaskey;KendallMartinez-Wright;KendraHoskinson;
KennethDerienzo;KevinMcCarty;KimLinhares;LauraDeen;Lisa
MarieRees;LisaRCartee;LisaSmith;MaryBaker;MaryWolfe;
MelissaSamaki;MyraScroggs;NancySchiller;NevaSprung;Rebecca
Shaw;RebeccaWhite;RexLoy;RichardOrr;RobinNeff;Ryan
Lestina;SarahCairns;SarahStackman;Standiford,Jessica;Susan
Touchon;SusanWucher;SuzanneMcginnis;SuzanneShimkus;Todd
Desmarais;TriciaThierauf;TwilaLoy;VirginiaMessersmith;
JenniferWainscott;KelsieLeu;CynthiaSlimp;EricaVoss;Sara
Evancho;SusanBallanger;TeresaJones;TjKwentus;ClaraWilliams;
JohannaSchweiss;MaryCallahan;AngelaAllen;CammieLewis
Holiday;HeatherSindelar;LindaCarr;LorindaJGrauel;Mary
Waggener;JocelynYedlicka;AllynHarrisDault;ChristineKeller;
DavidLauver;JohnRLockwood;KerryMadison;AngelaLBoyle;Emily
Hornstra; andDeborahDonnelly.
Writtentestimonyhasbeensubmittedforthisbill.Thefull
writtentestimonycanbefoundunderTestimonyonthebillpageon
theHousewebsite.