HB2359--ACCOUNTABILITY PORTAL
SPONSOR: Basye
COMMITTEEACTION:Voted"DoPass"bytheStandingCommitteeon
ElementaryandSecondaryEducationbyavoteof14to5.
Thisbillexpandstheinformationtobemadeaccessibleonthe
MissouriAccountability Portaltoincludeallformsofcompensation
andbenefitspaidtooronbehalfofemployeesandallbondsissued
byanypublicschooldistrict,andrequirespublicschooldistricts
tosupplyallsuchinformationtobemadeaccessibleonthePortal
totheOfficeofAdministration.
Currently,allexpendituresmadebyamunicipalityorcountyshall
bemaintainedandmadepubliclyaccessibleontheMissouriLocal
GovernmentExpenditureDatabase. Thisbillamendsthedefinition
ofexpenditurestonowincludeanyformofcompensationorbenefit
madetomunicipalorcountyemployees,asdefinedinthebill.
PROPONENTS: Supporterssaythatthisbillwillpromote
transparencyingovernment,includingpublicschoolsandlocal
government.
TestifyingforthebillwereRepresentative Basye;KateDaffron;
ArnieC.AcDienoff;JeanetteThomas;MarilynMcClure,Special
EducationParent'sAdvocacyLink,LLCDBATheIEPCenter.Com;
MarisaHagler;WalterChaney;PatrickIshmael,Show-MeInstitute;
andArnieC.AcDienoff.
OPPONENTS: Thosewhoopposethebillsaythatthislanguagemight
haveachillingeffectontherecruitmentofteachersandthatmany
provisionsoutlinedforschoolsdistrictsinthisbillarealready
publicandavailableonthedistrictwebsiteorthroughthe
DepartmentofElementaryandSecondaryEducation'swebsite.
TestifyingagainstthebillwereMissouriAssociationofSchool
Administrators; MissouriEquityEducationPartnership;Teresa
Johnson;andYvonneDReeves-Chong.
Writtentestimonyhasbeensubmittedforthisbill.Thefull
writtentestimonycanbefoundunderTestimonyonthebillpageon
theHousewebsite.