SECONDREGULARSESSION
HOUSECOMMITTEESUBSTITUTEFOR
HOUSEBILLNO.2008
101STGENERALASSEMBLY
4674H.03C DANARADEMANMILLER,ChiefClerk
ANACT
Torepealsection170.231,RSMo,andtoenactinlieuthereofonenewsectionrelatingto
materialsusedforinstruction.
BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows:
SectionA.Section170.231,RSMo,isrepealedandonenewsectionenactedinlieu
2thereof,tobeknownassection170.231,toreadasfollows:
170.231.1.Theschoolboardofeachschooldistrictandthegoverningboardof
2eachcharterschoolshallprovidethatallpublicschoolinstructionalmaterialintendedfor
3useinconnectionwithanypublicschoolclassroominstruction,oranypublicschoolresearch
4orexperimentationprogramorproject,shallbeavailableforinspectionbyanyperson.For
5thepurposeofthissection,"classroominstruction"shallmeananypublicschoolinstruction
6involvingteachersandstudentsorpeersandstudents;"researchorexperimentationprogram
7orproject"shallmeananypublicschoolresearchorexperimentationprogramorproject
8designedtoexploreordevelopnewandunproventeachingmethodsandtechniques.
9 2.(1)Theschoolboardofeachschooldistrictandthegoverningboardofeach
10charterschoolshallprominentlypostonthehomepageoftheschoolboard'sorcharter
11school'swebsite,insuchamannerthattheinformationisavailabletothepublic,the
12curriculaintendedforusebysuchschooldistrictorcharterschoolinconnectionwith
13schoolinstructioninmath,socialstudies,science,English,foreignlanguage,finearts,
14health,physicaleducation,andvocationaleducation.Ifsuchschoolboardorgoverning
15boardadoptsachangeofanycurriculumusedbysuchschooldistrictorcharterschool,
16suchschoolboard'sorcharterschool'swebsiteshallbeupdatedwithinthirtydaysafter
17suchchangeisadopted.
EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis
intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 18 (2)Theschoolboardofeachschooldistrictandthegoverningboardofeach
19charterschoolshallnotifyparentsandguardiansthatthecurriculalistonthewebsite
20hasbeenupdatedbypostinganoticeonsuchschoolboard'sorcharterschool'swebsite
21andprovidingnoticeinanewsletterorotherwrittencommunicationthatisregularly
22distributedtoparentsandguardians.
23 (3)Wherethecurricularmaterialsbeingmadeavailabletoparentsforreview
24aresubjecttocopyright,trademark,orotherintellectualpropertyprotection,the
25reviewprocessshallincludetechnicalandproceduralsafeguardstoensurethatthe
26materialsarenotabletobewidelydisseminatedtothegeneralpublicinviolationofthe
27intellectualpropertyrightsofthepublisherandcontentvalidityisnotundermined.
28 (4)Aresidentofaschooldistrictmaybringanactionforinjunctivereliefora
29writofmandamusinthecircuitcourtwithjurisdictionovertheschooldistricttocompel
30theschoolboardofsuchschooldistrictorthegoverningboardofacharterschool
31withintheboundariesofsuchschooldistricttocomplywiththissubsection.Ifthe
32residentprevails,thecourtshallawardtosuchresidentreasonableattorney'sfeesnotto
33exceedfifteenthousanddollars.
34 (5)Thissubsectionshallapplyinthe2023-24schoolyearandallsubsequent
35schoolyears.
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