HCSHB1753--ELEMENTARYANDSECONDARYEDUCATION
SPONSOR: Basye
COMMITTEEACTION:Voted"DoPasswithHCS"bytheStanding
CommitteeonElementaryandSecondaryEducationbyavoteof18to
0.
ThefollowingisasummaryoftheHouseCommitteeSubstituteforHB
1753.
PleaseseetheSummarySheetforadetailedlistoftheadditional
languageaddedtotheHouseCommitteeSubstitute.
TheunderlyingbillissimilartoSCSSB259andHB322(2021).
Thefollowingisasummaryofthepublictestimonyfromthe
committeehearing. Thetestimonywasbasedontheintroduced
versionofthebill.
PROPONENTS: Supporterssaythatrecoveryhighschoolsarevery
beneficialtocommunitiesandtostudentsthatarefacing
addictions. Thesestudentscanreceiveadditionalcareand
attentionthattheyneedinordertobesuccessfulinaschool
environment. Thebilllanguageprovidesforuptofourschoolsin
thestateandthiswouldprovidecoveragewhereitisneededmost.
Thesetypesofschoolsofferasupportiveplaceforstudentsand
areacriticalresource.
TestifyingforthebillwereRepresentative Basye;MissouriNEA;
andLouSteele.
Writtentestimonyhasbeensubmittedforthisbill.Thefull
writtentestimonycanbefoundunderTestimonyonthebillpageon
theHousewebsite.