SECONDREGULARSESSION
HOUSEBILLNO.2008
101STGENERALASSEMBLY
INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVESCHWADRON.
4674H.01I DANARADEMANMILLER,ChiefClerk
ANACT
Torepealsections160.011and170.231,RSMo,andtoenactinlieuthereoftwonewsections
relatingtomaterialsusedforinstruction.
BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows:
SectionA.Sections160.011and170.231,RSMo,arerepealedandtwonewsections
2enactedinlieuthereof,tobeknownassections160.011and170.231,toreadasfollows:
160.011.Asusedinchapters160,161,162,163,164,165,167,168,170,171,177
2and178,thefollowingtermsmean:
3 (1)"District"or"schooldistrict",whenusedalone,mayincludeseven-director,
4urban,andmetropolitanschooldistricts;
5 (2)"Educationalactivity",includes,butisnotlimitedto,anassembly,guest
6lecture,orothereducationaleventfacilitatedbytheschoolboardorschoolboard
7employeesincluding,butnotlimitedto,aneducationaleventconductedbyindividuals
8ororganizationsthatarenotassociatedwiththeschoolboard."Educationalactivity"
9doesnotincludepresentationsgivenbypupils;
10 (3)"Elementaryschool",apublicschoolgivinginstructioninagradeorgradesnot
11higherthantheeighthgrade;
12 [(3)](4)"Familyliteracyprograms",servicesofsufficientintensityintermsofhours,
13andofsufficientduration,tomakesustainablechangesinfamiliesthatinclude:
14 (a)Interactiveliteracyactivitiesbetweenparentsandtheirchildren;
15 (b)Trainingofparentsregardinghowtobetheprimaryteacheroftheirchildrenand
16fullpartnersintheeducationoftheirchildren;
EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis
intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 17 (c)Parentliteracytrainingthatleadstohighschoolcompletionandeconomicself
18sufficiency;and
19 (d)Anage-appropriateeducationtopreparechildrenofallagesforsuccessinschool;
20 [(4)](5)"Graduationrate",thequotientofthenumberofgraduatesinthecurrentyear
21asofJunethirtiethdividedbythesumofthenumberofgraduatesinthecurrentyearasof
22Junethirtiethplusthenumberoftwelfthgraderswhodroppedoutinthecurrentyearplusthe
23numberofeleventhgraderswhodroppedoutintheprecedingyearplusthenumberoftenth
24graderswhodroppedoutinthesecondprecedingyearplusthenumberofninthgraderswho
25droppedoutinthethirdprecedingyear;
26 [(5)](6)"Highschool",apublicschoolgivinginstructioninagradeorgradesnot
27lowerthantheninthnorhigherthanthetwelfthgrade;
28 [(6)](7)"Metropolitanschooldistrict",anyschooldistricttheboundariesofwhich
29arecoterminouswiththelimitsofanycitywhichisnotwithinacounty;
30 [(7)](8)"Publicschool"includesallelementaryandhighschoolsoperatedatpublic
31expense;
32 [(8)](9)"Schoolboard",theboardofeducationhavinggeneralcontrolofthe
33propertyandaffairsofanyschooldistrict;
34 [(9)](10)"Schoolterm",aminimumofonehundredseventy-fourschooldays,asthat
35termisdefinedinsection160.041,forschoolswithafive-dayschoolweekoraminimumof
36onehundredforty-twoschooldays,asthattermisdefinedinsection160.041,forschools
37withafour-dayschoolweek,andonethousandforty-fourhoursofactualpupilattendanceas
38scheduledbytheboardpursuanttosection171.031duringatwelve-monthperiodinwhich
39theacademicinstructionofpupilsisactuallyandregularlycarriedonforagroupofstudents
40inthepublicschoolsofanyschooldistrict.Inschoolyear2019-20andsubsequentyears,one
41thousandforty-fourhoursofactualpupilattendanceshallberequiredwithnominimum
42numberofschooldaysrequired.Aschooltermmaybewithinaschoolyearormayconsistof
43partsoftwoconsecutiveschoolyears,butdoesnotincludesummerschool.Adistrictmay
44choosetooperatetwoormoretermsfordifferentgroupsofchildren.Aschooltermfor
45studentsparticipatinginaschoolflexprogramasestablishedinsection160.539mayconsist
46ofacombinationofactualpupilattendanceandattendanceatcollegeortechnicalcareer
47educationorapprovedemploymentalignedwiththestudent'scareeracademicplanforatotal
48oftherequirednumberofhoursasprovidedinthissubdivision;
49 [(10)] (11)"Secretary",thesecretaryoftheboardofaschooldistrict;
50 [(11)](12)"Seven-directordistrict",anyschooldistrictwhichhassevendirectorsand
51includesurbandistrictsregardlessofthenumberofdirectorsanurbandistrictmayhave
52unlessotherwiseprovidedbylaw;
HB2008 2 53 [(12)] (13)"Taxpayer",anyindividualwhohaspaidtaxestothestateorany
54subdivisionthereofwithintheimmediatelyprecedingtwelve-monthperiodorthespouseof
55suchindividual;
56 [(13)] (14)"Town",anytownorvillage,whetherornotincorporated,theplatof
57whichhasbeenfiledintheofficeoftherecorderofdeedsofthecountyinwhichitissituated;
58 [(14)] (15)"Urbanschooldistrict",anydistrictwhichincludesmorethanhalfofthe
59populationorlandareaofanycitywhichhasnotlessthanseventythousandinhabitants,other
60thanacitywhichisnotwithinacounty;
61 (16)"Usedforpupilinstruction",alearningmaterialoreducationalactivity
62thatis,orisplannedtobe,anyofthefollowingduringtheschoolyear:
63 (a)Assigned,distributed,orotherwisepresentedtopupilsinacourseforwhich
64pupilsreceivecredit;
65 (b)Assigned,distributed,orotherwisepresentedtopupilsiftheuseofthe
66learningmaterialorparticipationintheeducationalactivityisrequiredbytheschool;
67 (c)Assigned,distributed,orotherwisepresentedtopupilsandatleastamajority
68ofpupilsinagradelevelareexpectedtousethelearningmaterialorparticipateinthe
69educationalactivity;
70 (d)Amonglearningmaterialsfromwhichpupilsarerequiredtoselectoneor
71morematerialsiftheavailableselectionoflearningmaterialsisrestrictedtospecific
72titles;or
73 (e)Createdbytheschoolboardorateacheremployedbytheschoolboard
74including,butnotlimitedto,lessonplans,presentations,andvideos.
170.231.1.Theschoolboardofeachschooldistrictshallprovidethatallpublic
2schoolinstructionalmaterialintendedforuseinconnectionwithanypublicschoolclassroom
3instruction,oranypublicschoolresearchorexperimentationprogramorproject,shallbe
4availableforinspectionbyanyperson.Forthepurposeofthissection,"classroom
5instruction"shallmeananypublicschoolinstructioninvolvingteachersandstudentsorpeers
6andstudents;"researchorexperimentationprogramorproject"shallmeananypublicschool
7researchorexperimentationprogramorprojectdesignedtoexploreordevelopnewand
8unproventeachingmethodsandtechniques.
9 2.(1)Theschoolboardofeachschooldistrictshallprominentlypostonthe
10homepageoftheschoolboard'swebsite,insuchamannerthattheinformationis
11availabletothepublic,alistofthefollowing:
12 (a)Thelearningmaterialsandeducationalactivitiesthatwillbeusedforpupil
13instructionateachschoolintheschooldistrictduringtheschoolyear,organizedby
14subjectarea,gradelevel,andteacher;and
HB2008 3 15 (b)Anyproceduresorpoliciesineffectforthedocumentation,review,or
16approvaloflearningmaterialsoreducationalactivitiesusedforpupilinstructionand
17forthedocumentation,review,orapprovalbyprincipals;administrators;teachers;
18schoolboardmembers;oracommitteecreatedbytheschoolboard,anadministrator,
19oraprincipal.
20 (2)Thelistpostedundersubdivision(1)ofthissubsectionshallincludeatleast
21allofthefollowingforeachitemposted:
22 (a)Bibliographicinformationnecessarytoidentifyspecificlearningmaterials
23including,butnotlimitedto,textbooksandcurricula,andeducationalactivitiesusedfor
24pupilinstruction.Suchbibliographicinformationshallincludeatleastthetitle,author,
25organization,andanywebsiteassociatedwitheachspecificlearningmaterialor
26educationalactivity;
27 (b)Thefulltextoracopyofanylearningmaterialsoreducationalactivities
28createdbytheschoolboardorateacheremployedbytheschoolboardincluding,but
29notlimitedto,lessonplans,presentations,andvideos;and
30 (c)Aninternetlinktoanycurriculaadoptedbytheschoolboardtocomplywith
31theschoolboard'sdutiesunderparagraph(b)ofthissubdivisionoranyother
32requirementunderstatelaw.
33 (3)Eachschoolboardshallupdatethelistpostedundersubdivision(1)ofthis
34subsectionatleasttwiceeachschoolyear.Eachschoolboardshallperformthefirst
35updatebeforethefirstdayoftheschooltermandperformanotherupdatebetween
36JanuaryfirstandJanuaryfifteenth.Eachschoolboardshallnotifyparentsand
37guardiansthatthelisthasbeenupdatedbypostinganoticeontheschoolboard's
38websiteandprovidingnoticeinanewsletterorotherwrittencommunicationthatis
39regularlydistributedtoparentsandguardians.
40 (4)Eachschoolboardshallensurethateachlistpostedundersubdivision(1)of
41thissectionremainsavailabletothepublicontheschoolboard'swebsiteforatleastfive
42yearsafterthedatethelistisfirstpostedontheschoolboard'swebsite.
43 (5)Thissubsectionshallnotbeconstruedtorequireaschoolboardto:
44 (a)Digitallyreproducelearningmaterialsotherthanlearningmaterialscreated
45byateacheremployedbytheschoolboard;or
46 (b)Postordistributealearningmaterialoreducationalactivityinamanner
47thatwouldconstituteaninfringementofcopyrightunderthefederalCopyrightActof
481976(17U.S.C.Section101etseq.),asamended.
49 (6)Aresidentofaschooldistrictthatisgovernedbyaschoolboardmaybring
50anactionforinjunctiverelieforawritofmandamusinthecircuitcourtwith
51jurisdictionovertheschooldistricttocompeltheschoolboardtocomplywiththis
HB2008 4 52subsection.Iftheresidentprevails,thecourtshallawardtosuchresidentreasonable
53attorney'sfeesnottoexceedfifteenthousanddollars.
54 (7)Thissubsectionshallapplyinthe2023-24schoolyearandallsubsequent
55schoolyears.
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