HCSHB1747--SCHOOLBOARDPROVISIONS
SPONSOR: Basye
COMMITTEEACTION:Voted"DoPasswithHCS"bytheStanding
CommitteeonElementaryandSecondaryEducationbyavoteof12to
3.
ThefollowingisasummaryoftheHouseCommitteeSubstituteforHB
1747.
Thisbillestablishesarecallprocedureforschoolboardmembers.
Membersmaynotberecalledduringthefirst90daysorthelast
180daysoftheirterm.Therecallpetitionrequirementsare
outlinedinthebill,asaregroundsforwhicharecallmaybe
calledwhichincludebutarenotlimitedto:conductthatadversely
affectstherightsandinterestsofthepublic;commissionofan
actofmalfeasance;andmoralturpitude.
ThenoticeforrecallisrequiredtobesenttotheBoardmember's
schooldistrictandtheBoardmembermayfileastatementin
responsetotherecallnoticeofintention. Proceduresforthe
circulationofapetitionforrecall,thecertificationofthe
petition,andthedateandmannerfortherecallballotlanguage
andelectionareoutlinedinthebill.
ThebillspecifiestherightsandstepsavailabletotheBoard
memberwhoisthesubjectofrecall.Theprovisionsofthisbill
donotapplytoanySpecialSchoolDistrictestablishedunder
sections162.670to162.999.(Section162.089,RSMo).
Thisbillrequires"publicofficials"includinganyschoolboard
member,officer,oremployeetoperformdutiesspecifiedin
Chapters160to168,170,171,177,or178orifthereiswillful
neglectorrefusaltherewillbeacivilclaimfordamages(Section
162.091).
Thefollowingisasummaryofthepublictestimonyfromthe
committeehearing. Thetestimonywasbasedontheintroduced
versionofthebill.
PROPONENTS: Supporterssaythatthisbillisnecessaryasoften
schoolboardmemberswillnotlistentothecommunitythattheyare
electedtorepresentandthiswouldprovideanopportunityfor
concernedcitizenstoact.Therearemultipleexamplesofboard
membersthathavebehavedinamannerdeemedtobeunsatisfactory
andthisbillwouldbeonewaythattheseboardmemberscouldbe
heldaccountable. TestifyingforthebillwereRepresentative Basye;AmyReed;
AnthonyDelgado;ElizabethSThoma;ElizabethStigall;Grant
Spencer;JohannaBeaudean;KrystinBottoms;MarisaHagler;Mikal
Wentz;StacyWestercamp;AndrewDonaldWells,NoLeftTurnIn
Education;LisaJones;SonjaDerbove;JoshuaReed;AmyKrebs;
JenniferSpencer;UrsulaGLovemore;AnnMurphy;AnnaRodriguez;
ArnieC.Dienoff;BradSmyth;BrendaAKimberlin;Camille
Subramaniam;CherylCable;ColetteNicholson;DanielleSchroeder;
HaileyRogers;JudithKayBrown;JudySofka;KarinaCrouch;
KatherineRash;KimReed;LindseyNaegel;LindseyStipes;Lori
Richmeyer;MaryTeresaLux;MatthewMathes;MelanieRisch;Melissa
Graham;PatriciaWarner;PaulaJuelich;RebeccaKlopstein;Roberto
GFlores;SaraBarnard;SarahLasman;ShaunaPoggio;ThadDerboven;
MelindaEllenRichardson;MicheleBerhorst;MyraWolf;Timothy
Page;TroyRoberts;RachelWood;CurtisThompson;JasonMoore;
KalissaWilson;AmberCrawford;JennellHouts;MarkMartin;
MichelleShepherd;MikalWentz;ShaquilaRemtula-Appling;Catherine
Gauvreau;JeromeStephenJacobsmeyer;MargaretMoe;Lindi
Williford;AnnEgenriether;andGeriThwing.
OPPONENTS: Thosewhoopposethebillsaythatelectedboard
membersarevolunteersfromthecommunitythathavethebest
interestintheschoolasawholeinmind.Amajorconcernwith
thebillisthatthetimetableforarecallofaboardmemberis
suchthatafteronlyonemeetingamembercouldberecalledbya
smallpercentageofthevotersofthecommunity. Anotherexpressed
concernisthatthislegislationmightmakeitdifficulttofill
boardseatsanddiscouragecandidatesfromrunning.
TestifyingagainstthebillwereAginahSims;AleciaHoyt;Allison
Price;AmberKempf;AmeliaFreeberg;AmyDrummond;AngelaMiller;
AngelaRichard;AnnDillon;AnnabelEyrick;BethGialde;Brandi
Koziatek;BrandiVanantwerp;CM;ChristineNovalis;Crista
Chenoweth-Beracha;DanielBrigman;DianneAGray;DonCrozier;Dr.
AmyGangloff;EliseRobinson;ElizabethBarker;ElizabethBeck;
EmilyBushmann;EmilyCoen;EmmaTiemann;ErinGray;ErinKrewet;
GabrielleWilliams;JadeJones;JosephMurphy;JudyJohnson;Julie
Tietz;KathrynWalter;KatieMolitor;KevinBachmann;Kristin
Moomey;KristinRehg;LauraAnnGuthrieEads;LisaHummel;Loretta
Fuge;LynnCourter;MargaretRowe;MargueriteBogle;MinalGandhi-
Shepard;MonicaHorton;NancyTracy;NicholausCBartlow;Nicole;
NicoleLaux;PamelaJSpeh;PamelaJeanShaver;PatriceRosenkranz;
RandeeSteffen;RichardSchur;ScotMckellar;SohonFulstone;
StephanieElliott;StephenBerkwitz;SusanCannon;SusanETiffany;
TaraReuterJohnson;TravisHowser;WilliamC.Rowe;BeckyPatel;
GwendolynMarberryVanAsselt;SuzanneWhitman;NancyZoellner;
DanielTeasley;CatherineDunsford;DarcyKlonsky;Heather
Harrison;LeinShory;LyndaPartee;MarcusMoomey;NeciaBaxter; RebeccaWeaver;RebekahGetz;SarahRenfro;SherryNelson;Theresa
Debuhr;AdamC.Leigh;AndrewYawitz;BrittniMartin;C.J.
O'Callaghan;CarlyWarhurst;CarolStocks;ChristinaParker;
ChristineBrown;DanielLamping;EmilyBowen-Marler;MissouriAFL-
CIO;JaniceSeele;JenniferMcgee;JenniferVanHorn;JohnGrelle;
LeslieMartynGennari;LindaKram;MaggieBeavers;Maryellen
Picker;NatalieRolwes;NikishaBridges;NikishaBridges;Nikisha
Bridges;PatriciaSchneiderGibson;RebeccaVennemann;Samuel
Cohen;ShawnChereskin;SophiaNguyen;StacieDixon;TeresaBladt;
YvetteBaxter;A.K.;AbigailPankau;AliciaDietz;AmandaJ
Hughes;AmyEyler;AmyHeitkamp;AmyMurphy;AmyRhoades;Amy
StringerHessel;AmyWhite;Angie;AngieDunlap,LeagueofWomen
VotersofMetroSt.Louis;AnnFlory;AnnieBernaix;AnyaLiao;
BethreMeans;BeverlyPrice;BriannaDPrice;BrittanyKiefer;
BrittanySteinbrueck;CarlaLBrown;CarlaLeininger;Carla
Wimmler;CarsonMonetti,St.LouisArtSupply;CatherineHolmes;
ChristinBeavers;ChristinaAndradeMelly;CurtisConrod;Damon
Murray;DanielWFrey;DanielleOtte;DeanKathleenAdams-Shepherd;
DeanaMcKelvie;DebbieHatfield;DeborahTGregg;DebraP.Yerkes;
DianaZiegler-Haydon;DougBono;ElishaWrighton;ElizabethArras;
ElizabethDavis;ErichGerding;ErinSuess;HannahEFlores;Jacob
Berkowitz;JacquelineFarr;JamesThurow;JanetNoe;Jennifer
Beckmann;JenniferBiermann;JenniferBradfors;JenniferHarris
Dault;JenniferHaughey;JenniferMain;JeremyMapp;Jerome
Grisanti;JessicaRisenhoover;JoanGentry;JohnHardin;Joslyn
Richardson;JulianVizitei;JulieNorthrip;JuneB.Ewing,Rev.
Edd.;KarenGibson;KatherineChristineSudholt;KatyBeckemeyer;
KellyHall;KellyO’BrienLoretta;KelvinBelle;KenUlmer;Kim
Forsythe;KristenSheets;KristiNAddis;KristinBryant-Gilreath;
KristinScully;LieslFressola;LisaPavia-Higel;LynnBlosser,
Nbct;LynneGronefeld;MaggieKlonsky;MalloryNezam;Margaret
Beckermann;MargaretStockmann;MariaBayless;MarjorieM.Ivey;
MeganFennell;MeganLangford;MeghanMaher;MelanyBoewer;Melissa
Blank;MeredithAnderson;MichaelHughes;MicheleDubrouillet;
MichelePasbrig;MichelleRidlen;Miguel;MollieGulino;NathanLee
Thompson;NicoleArbWiethop;NicoleThompson;ObaBonner;Olivia
RayeSudholt;PatriciaBartell;PaulHyde;PhilSnider;Ramona
Williams;RebeccaMorfeld;ReginaJacobs;RhondaShrum;Rob
Fulstone;RobertLBloch;RobinBlatt;RonnieReese;SabaFajors;
SaraArunski;SaraGailSallings;SaraSanthuff;SaraSanthuff;
SarahHill;SarahJones;SarahWright;MissouriAssociationof
SchoolAdministrators; ShaelynnTice;ShawnWalsh;ShellyFarnan,
Psy.D.;SilviaDadian-Smith;SloanSheffieldCowell;StephenW.
Skrainka;SteveLindee;TabeaLinhard;TaraScheer;Terica
Donnelly;ThomasFerri;TinaThomason;TracyHansen;UnaMcgarry;
ValerieS.Moon;VickiMarino;WendyLeaShore;Catherine
Chamberlin;AmandaKnittel;AngelaSanders;AnnShabazz;Ashley
O'Daniel;BethCollom;ChristinaGrove;ClaudiaWalk;Dana
Manternach;ElaineDerrough;ErinHladik;JeannaStark;Jenifer Newmark;JessicaJames;JessicaPatton;KatePannell;KathleenBay;
KathrynSesti;KyleBrown;KyleBrown;MarissaPolzin;MeganVon
Arb;MichaelRWalk;NicholeBrinkmann;OliviaHolzum;Patrick
James;RebeccaMccarthy;RebeccaSchriefer;SusanneElizabethVoss;
TamaraOrahood;TracyNovak;TracyTegethoff;BrianTrojahn;
MargaretSmith;MaryHubbard;PamNovak;ShannonBesch;Amanda
Swindle;CarolynKribs;CindyMWilson;HaroldJohnson;Ila
Mcguire;JanetJones;JulieFrancois;LisaLennon;LisaMarie
Dorner;MaggieMccoy;MollyBurns;NakitaSAnthony;Seletha
Tucker;StephanieGurley-Thomas;Tanya;TimothyDomian;Amber
Irvin;AngelaMason;AngelaMurnin;AshleyDrury;BehelehemTesfu;
CherylMoore;ChristyPotthast;CourtneyKamp;DavidReece;
ElizabethCurry;EmilieLytton;JamieSeeburger;MaraPerry;
MaureenJordan;RyanTinker;S.Bruce;SallyGraczyk;ScottJensen;
BrigitteSheridan;StefanieBuscher;ThomasRuzicka;Catherine
Devaney;LauraTurner;DarianWigfall;Dava-LeighBrush;Emily
Hahn;HattieStel;JuliaMaranan;AaronMcmullin;AmeliaGlass;
CarleenMurray;CharlesPurnell;EmilyBergersen;EmilyConley;
GloriaVentura;JamesJanes;MauraCurry;MeganFrank;Melissa
Powers;OttoFajen,MissouriNea;ShalomPalmer;SheaKerkhoff;
SheilaKVogel;TierneyFurlong;AdamSimpson;AllisonKlinghammer;
AmandaMatheu;BarbaraLoehrer;CaseyWombacher;ClaireBaker;Erin
Tate;JaclynJezik;KelleyVanDyckMurphy;KerrionDean;Kristen
Lyle;PatriciaPanzica;SusanSwope;JamieBMartin;AlexaDrouin;
JamieJohnson;RonBerry,AmericanFederationOfTeachers-
Missouri;MissouriSchoolBoardsAssociation;SherekaBarnes;
HeatherFleming;AlexisColeman;CarlyFaye;RachelTate;Allyn
HarrisDault;andRhondaTorno.
OTHERS:Otherstestifyingonthebillsaytheprocessoutlinedin
thebilliscomplexandmighttakecoordinationbetweenmultiple
countiesasoftenschooldistrictswillcrosscountylines.
TestifyingonthebillwereCynthiaVenditte;EimeeECook;Dr.
ShondaAmbers-Phillips;andBriannaLennon,MissouriAssociationof
CountyClerksAndElectionAuthorities.
ThisbillissimilartoHCSHB229(2021).
Writtentestimonyhasbeensubmittedforthisbill.Thefull
writtentestimonycanbefoundunderTestimonyonthebillpageon
theHousewebsite.