EXPLANATION-Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in this bill is not enacted
and is intended to be omitted in the law.
SECOND REGULAR SESSION
[TRULY AGREED TO AND FINALLY PASSED ]
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE NO. 2 FOR
HOUSE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
SENATE SUBSTITUTE FOR
SENATE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
SENATE BILLS NOS. 681 & 662
101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
2022
4133S.14T
AN ACT
To repeal sections 160.261, 160.2700, 160.2705, 161.097, 161.700, 162.261, 162.281, 162.291,
162.471, 162.481, 162.491, 162.720, 162.974, 163.016, 167.151, 167.225, 167.268,
167.640, 167.645, 168.021, 168.205, 168.500, 168.515, 170.014, 170.018, 170.047,
170.048, 171.033, 302.010, and 304.060, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof fifty new
sections relating to elementary and secondary education, with an emergency clause for
certain sections and an effective date for a certain section.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Sections 160.261, 160.2700, 160.2705, 161.097, 1
161.700, 162.261, 162.281, 162.291, 162.471, 162.481, 162.491, 2
162.720, 162.974, 163.0 16, 167.151, 167.225, 167.268, 167.640, 3
167.645, 168.021, 168.205, 168.500, 168.515, 170.014, 170.018, 4
170.047, 170.048, 171.033, 302.010, and 304.060, RSMo, are 5
repealed and fifty new sections enacted in lieu thereof, to be 6
known as sections 160.077, 160. 261, 160.560, 160.2700, 7
160.2705, 161.097, 161.214, 161.241, 161.380, 161.385, 161.700, 8
162.058, 162.084, 162.261, 162.281, 162.291, 162.471, 162.481, 9
162.491, 162.563, 162.720, 162.974, 162.1255, 163.016, 167.151, 10
167.225, 167.268, 167.625, 167.640, 167.6 45, 167.850, 168.021, 11
168.036, 168.037, 168.205, 168.500, 168.515, 170.014, 170.018, 12 2
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170.036, 170.047, 170.048, 170.307, 171.033, 173.831, 173.1352, 13
178.694, 186.080, 302.010, and 304.060, to read as follows:14
160.077. 1. This section shall be known and may be 1
cited as the "Get the Lead Out of School Drinking Water Act". 2
2. As used in this section, the following terms mean: 3
(1) "Department", the Missouri department of health 4
and senior services; 5
(2) "Disadvantaged school district" , any school 6
district that serves students from a county in which at 7
least twenty-five percent of the households in such county 8
are below the federal poverty guidelines updated 9
periodically in the Federal Register by the U.S. Department 10
of Health and Human Services under the authority of 42 11
U.S.C. Section 9902(2), as amended, or any school district 12
in which more than seventy percent of students in the 13
district qualify for a free or reduced price lunch under the 14
federal Richard B. Russell National S chool Lunch Act, 42 15
U.S.C. Section 1751 et seq.; 16
(3) "Drinking water outlet", a potable water fixture 17
that is used for drinking or food preparation. "Drinking 18
water outlet" includes, but is not limited to: 19
(a) A water fountain, faucet, or ta p that is used or 20
potentially used for drinking or food preparation; and 21
(b) Ice–making and hot drink machines; 22
(4) "First draw", a two-hundred-fifty-milliliter 23
sample immediately collected from a drinking water outlet 24
that has been turned o n after a stagnation period of at 25
least eight hours; 26
(5) "Parent", a parent, guardian, or other person 27
having control or custody of a child; 28
(6) "Private school", the same definition as in 29
section 166.700; 30 3
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(7) "Public school", the same definition as in section 31
160.011; 32
(8) "Remediation", decreasing the lead concentration 33
in water from a drinking water outlet to less than five 34
parts per billion without relying solely on flushing 35
practices, or using methods such as the replaceme nt of lead- 36
containing pipes, solder, fittings, or fixtures with lead - 37
free components. Flushing as a stand alone action shall not 38
be considered remediation; 39
(9) "School", any public school, private school, or 40
provider of an early childhood educat ion program that 41
receives state funding. 42
3. Beginning in the 2023 -24 school year and for each 43
subsequent school year, each school shall provide drinking 44
water with a lead concentration level below five parts per 45
billion in sufficient amounts to m eet the drinking water 46
needs of all students and staff as provided in this section. 47
4. (1) On or before January 1, 2024, each school 48
shall: 49
(a) Conduct an inventory of all drinking water outlets 50
and all outlets that are used for dispensing water for 51
cooking or for cleaning cooking and eating utensils in each 52
of the school's buildings; 53
(b) Develop a plan for testing each outlet inventoried 54
under paragraph (a) of this subdivision and make such plan 55
available to the public; and 56
(c) Upon request, provide general information on the 57
health effects of lead contamination and additional 58
informational resources for employees and parents of 59
children at each school. 60
(2) Each school shall make buildings housing early 61
childhood education programs, kindergartens, and elementary 62 4
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schools the priority when complying with paragraphs (a) and 63
(b) of subdivision (1) of this subsection. 64
(3) Before August 1, 2024, or the first day on which 65
students will be present in the building, w hichever is 66
later, each school shall: 67
(a) Perform all testing as required by subsection 5 of 68
this section and within two weeks after receiving test 69
results, make all testing results and any lead remediation 70
plans available on the school's website ; 71
(b) Remove and replace any drinking water coolers or 72
drinking water outlets that the United States Environmental 73
Protection Agency has determined are not lead -free under the 74
federal Lead Contamination Control Act of 1988, as amended; 75
except the school shall not be required to replace those 76
drinking water outlets or water coolers that tested under 77
the requirements of this section and have been determined to 78
be dispensing drinking water with a lead concentration less 79
than five part per billion ; however, such drinking water 80
outlet or water cooler shall be subject to all testing 81
requirements and shall not be excluded from testing under 82
subsection 10 of this section. 83
(4) If testing indicates that the water source is 84
causing the contamina tion and until such time that the 85
source of the contamination has been remediated, the school 86
shall: 87
(a) Install a filter at each point at which the water 88
supply enters the building; 89
(b) Install a filter that reduces lead in drinking 90
water on each water outlet inventoried under paragraph (a) 91
of subdivision (1) of this subsection to ensure lead 92
concentrations are below five parts per billion; or 93 5
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(c) Provide purified water at each water outlet 94
inventoried under paragraph (a) of subdiv ision (1) of this 95
subsection. 96
(5) If testing indicates that the internal building 97
piping is causing the contamination and until such time that 98
the source of the contamination has been remediated, the 99
school shall: 100
(a) Install a filter that reduces lead in drinking 101
water on each water outlet inventoried under paragraph (a) 102
of subdivision (1) of this subsection to ensure lead 103
concentrations are below five parts per billion; or 104
(b) Provide purified water at each water outlet 105
inventoried under paragraph (a) of subdivision (1) of this 106
subsection. 107
(6) If a pipe, solder, fitting, or fixture is replaced 108
as part of remediation, the replacement shall be lead -free, 109
as such term is defined in 40 CFR 143.12, as amended. 110
(7) If a test result exceeds five parts per billion, 111
the affected school shall: 112
(a) Contact parents and staff via written notification 113
within seven business days after receiving the test result. 114
The notification shall include at least: 115
a. The test results and a summary that explains such 116
results; 117
b. A description of any remedial steps taken; and 118
c. A description of general health effects of lead 119
contamination and community specific resources; and 120
(b) Provide bottled water if there i s not enough water 121
to meet the drinking water needs of the students, teachers, 122
and staff. 123
(8) School districts shall submit such annual testing 124
results to the department. 125 6
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(9) This subsection shall not be construed to prevent 126
a school from conducting more frequent testing than required 127
under this section. 128
5. (1) Before August 1, 2024, or the first day on 129
which students will be present in the building, whichever is 130
later, and annually thereafter, each school shall conduct 131
testing for lead by first-draw and follow-up flush samples 132
of a random sampling of at least twenty -five percent of 133
remediated drinking water outlets until all remediated 134
sources have been tested as recommended by the 2018 version 135
of the United States Environment al Protection Agency's 136
"Training, Testing, and Taking Action" program. The testing 137
shall be conducted and the results analyzed for both types 138
of tests by an entity or entities approved by the department. 139
(2) If, in the ten years prior to the 2023 -24 school 140
year, a fixture tested above five parts per billion for 141
lead, such fixture does not need to be repeat tested for 142
lead, but instead remediation shall begin on such fixture. 143
6. (1) In addition to the apportionments payable to a 144
school district under chapter 163, the department of natural 145
resources, with support from the department of elementary 146
and secondary education and the department of health and 147
senior services, is hereby authorized to apportion to any 148
school additional funding f or the filtration, testing, and 149
other remediation of drinking water systems required under 150
this section, subject to appropriation. 151
(2) To the extent permitted by federal law, a school 152
district may seek reimbursement or other funds for 153
compliance incurred under this section under any applicable 154
federal law including, but not limited to, the America's 155
Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 and the Water 156 7
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Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014, 33 U.S.C. 157
Section 3901 et seq. 158
(3) Disadvantaged school districts shall receive 159
funding priority under this subsection. 160
7. The department, in conjunction with the department 161
of elementary and secondary education, shall publish a 162
report biennially based on the findings from the water 163
testing conducted under this section. Such report shall be 164
published on the department of natural resources website. 165
8. For public schools, the department shall ensure 166
compliance with this section. Each school district shall be 167
responsible for ensurin g compliance within each school 168
within the school district's jurisdiction. 169
9. No school building constructed after January 4, 170
2014, as provided in the federal Reduction of Lead in 171
Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. Section 300g -6), as amended, 172
shall be required to install, maintain, or replace filters 173
under paragraph (c) of subdivision (1) of subsection 4 of 174
this section. 175
10. A school that tests and does not find a drinking 176
water source with a lead concentration above the acceptable 177
level as described in subsection 3 of this section shall be 178
required to test only every five years. 179
11. The department may promulgate all necessary rules 180
and regulations for the administration of this section. Any 181
rule or portion of a rule, as that term i s defined in 182
section 536.010, that is created under the authority 183
delegated in this section shall become effective only if it 184
complies with and is subject to all of the provisions of 185
chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 536.028. This 186
section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and if any of the 187
powers vested with the general assembly pursuant to chapter 188 8
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536 to review, to delay the effective date, or to disapprove 189
and annul a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, 190
then the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed 191
or adopted after August 28, 2022, shall be invalid and void. 192
160.261. 1. The local board of education of each 1
school district shall clearly establish a written policy of 2
discipline, including the dis trict's determination on the 3
use of corporal punishment and the procedures in which 4
punishment will be applied. A written copy of the 5
district's discipline policy and corporal punishment 6
procedures, if applicable, shall be provided to the pupil 7
and parent or legal guardian of every pupil enrolled in the 8
district at the beginning of each school year and also made 9
available in the office of the superintendent of such 10
district, during normal business hours, for public 11
inspection. No pupil shall be subject to corporal 12
punishment procedures outlined in the discipline and 13
corporal punishment policy without a parent or guardian 14
being notified and providing written permission for the 15
corporal punishment. All employees of the district shall 16
annually receive instruction related to the specific 17
contents of the policy of discipline and any interpretations 18
necessary to implement the provisions of the policy in the 19
course of their duties, including but not limited to 20
approved methods of dealing with ac ts of school violence, 21
disciplining students with disabilities and instruction in 22
the necessity and requirements for confidentiality. 23
2. The policy shall require school administrators to 24
report acts of school violence to all teachers at the 25
attendance center and, in addition, to other school district 26
employees with a need to know. For the purposes of this 27
chapter or chapter 167, "need to know" is defined as school 28 9
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personnel who are directly responsible for the student's 29
education or who other wise interact with the student on a 30
professional basis while acting within the scope of their 31
assigned duties. As used in this section, the phrase "act 32
of school violence" or "violent behavior" means the exertion 33
of physical force by a student with th e intent to do serious 34
physical injury as defined in section 556.061 to another 35
person while on school property, including a school bus in 36
service on behalf of the district, or while involved in 37
school activities. The policy shall at a minimum require 38
school administrators to report, as soon as reasonably 39
practical, to the appropriate law enforcement agency any of 40
the following crimes, or any act which if committed by an 41
adult would be one of the following crimes: 42
(1) First degree murder unde r section 565.020; 43
(2) Second degree murder under section 565.021; 44
(3) Kidnapping under section 565.110 as it existed 45
prior to January 1, 2017, or kidnapping in the first degree 46
under section 565.110; 47
(4) First degree assault under sect ion 565.050; 48
(5) Rape in the first degree under section 566.030; 49
(6) Sodomy in the first degree under section 566.060; 50
(7) Burglary in the first degree under section 569.160; 51
(8) Burglary in the second degree under section 52
569.170; 53
(9) Robbery in the first degree under section 569.020 54
as it existed prior to January 1, 2017, or robbery in the 55
first degree under section 570.023; 56
(10) Distribution of drugs under section 195.211 as it 57
existed prior to January 1, 2017, or manufacture of a 58
controlled substance under section 579.055; 59 10
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(11) Distribution of drugs to a minor under section 60
195.212 as it existed prior to January 1, 2017, or delivery 61
of a controlled substance under section 579.020; 62
(12) Arson in the first degree under section 569.040; 63
(13) Voluntary manslaughter under section 565.023; 64
(14) Involuntary manslaughter under section 565.024 as 65
it existed prior to January 1, 2017, involuntary 66
manslaughter in the first degree under section 565.0 24, or 67
involuntary manslaughter in the second degree under section 68
565.027; 69
(15) Second degree assault under section 565.060 as it 70
existed prior to January 1, 2017, or second degree assault 71
under section 565.052; 72
(16) Rape in the second deg ree under section 566.031; 73
(17) Felonious restraint under section 565.120 as it 74
existed prior to January 1, 2017, or kidnapping in the 75
second degree under section 565.120; 76
(18) Property damage in the first degree under section 77
569.100; 78
(19) The possession of a weapon under chapter 571; 79
(20) Child molestation in the first degree pursuant to 80
section 566.067 as it existed prior to January 1, 2017, or 81
child molestation in the first, second, or third degree 82
pursuant to section 566.0 67, 566.068, or 566.069; 83
(21) Sodomy in the second degree pursuant to section 84
566.061; 85
(22) Sexual misconduct involving a child pursuant to 86
section 566.083; 87
(23) Sexual abuse in the first degree pursuant to 88
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(24) Harassment under section 565.090 as it existed 90
prior to January 1, 2017, or harassment in the first degree 91
under section 565.090; or 92
(25) Stalking under section 565.225 as it existed 93
prior to January 1, 2017, or stalking in the first degree 94
under section 565.225; 95
committed on school property, including but not limited to 96
actions on any school bus in service on behalf of the 97
district or while involved in school activities. The policy 98
shall require that any portion of a student's individualized 99
education program that is related to demonstrated or 100
potentially violent behavior shall be provided to any 101
teacher and other school district employees who are directly 102
responsible for the student's education or who otherwise 103
interact with the student on an educational basis while 104
acting within the scope of their assigned duties. The 105
policy shall also contain the consequences of failure to 106
obey standards of conduct set by the local board of 107
education, and the importance of the standards to the 108
maintenance of an atmosphere where orderly learning is 109
possible and encouraged. 110
3. The policy shall provide that any student who is on 111
suspension for any of the offenses listed in subsection 2 of 112
this section or any act of violence or drug -related activity 113
defined by school district policy as a serious violation of 114
school discipline pursuant to subsection 9 of this section 115
shall have as a condition of his or her suspension the 116
requirement that such student is not allowed, while on such 117
suspension, to be within one thousand feet of any school 118
property in the school district where such student attended 119
school or any activity of that district, regardless of 120 12
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whether or not the activity takes place on district property 121
unless: 122
(1) Such student is under the direct supervision of 123
the student's parent, legal guardian, or custodian and the 124
superintendent or the superintendent's designee has 125
authorized the student to be on school property; 126
(2) Such student is under the direct supervision o f 127
another adult designated by the student's parent, legal 128
guardian, or custodian, in advance, in writing, to the 129
principal of the school which suspended the student and the 130
superintendent or the superintendent's designee has 131
authorized the student to be on school property; 132
(3) Such student is enrolled in and attending an 133
alternative school that is located within one thousand feet 134
of a public school in the school district where such student 135
attended school; or 136
(4) Such student resides wit hin one thousand feet of 137
any public school in the school district where such student 138
attended school in which case such student may be on the 139
property of his or her residence without direct adult 140
supervision. 141
4. Any student who violates the condi tion of 142
suspension required pursuant to subsection 3 of this section 143
may be subject to expulsion or further suspension pursuant 144
to the provisions of sections 167.161, 167.164, and 145
167.171. In making this determination consideration shall 146
be given to whether the student poses a threat to the safety 147
of any child or school employee and whether such student's 148
unsupervised presence within one thousand feet of the school 149
is disruptive to the educational process or undermines the 150
effectiveness of the sch ool's disciplinary policy. Removal 151
of any pupil who is a student with a disability is subject 152 13
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to state and federal procedural rights. This section shall 153
not limit a school district's ability to: 154
(1) Prohibit all students who are suspended from b eing 155
on school property or attending an activity while on 156
suspension; 157
(2) Discipline students for off -campus conduct that 158
negatively affects the educational environment to the extent 159
allowed by law. 160
5. The policy shall provide for a suspens ion for a 161
period of not less than one year, or expulsion, for a 162
student who is determined to have brought a weapon to 163
school, including but not limited to the school playground 164
or the school parking lot, brought a weapon on a school bus 165
or brought a weapon to a school activity whether on or off 166
of the school property in violation of district policy, 167
except that: 168
(1) The superintendent or, in a school district with 169
no high school, the principal of the school which such child 170
attends may modify such suspension on a case -by-case basis; 171
and 172
(2) This section shall not prevent the school district 173
from providing educational services in an alternative 174
setting to a student suspended under the provisions of this 175
section. 176
6. For the purpose of this section, the term "weapon" 177
shall mean a firearm as defined under 18 U.S.C. Section 921 178
and the following items, as defined in section 571.010: a 179
blackjack, a concealable firearm, an explosive weapon, a 180
firearm, a firearm silencer, a gas gun , a knife, knuckles, a 181
machine gun, a projectile weapon, a rifle, a shotgun, a 182
spring gun or a switchblade knife; except that this section 183
shall not be construed to prohibit a school board from 184 14
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adopting a policy to allow a Civil War reenactor to carry a 185
Civil War era weapon on school property for educational 186
purposes so long as the firearm is unloaded. The local 187
board of education shall define weapon in the discipline 188
policy. Such definition shall include the weapons defined 189
in this subsection bu t may also include other weapons. 190
7. All school district personnel responsible for the 191
care and supervision of students are authorized to hold 192
every pupil strictly accountable for any disorderly conduct 193
in school or on any property of the school, on any school 194
bus going to or returning from school, during school - 195
sponsored activities, or during intermission or recess 196
periods. 197
8. Teachers and other authorized district personnel in 198
public schools responsible for the care, supervision, and 199
discipline of schoolchildren, including volunteers selected 200
with reasonable care by the school district, shall not be 201
civilly liable when acting in conformity with the 202
established policies developed by each board, including but 203
not limited to policies o f student discipline or when 204
reporting to his or her supervisor or other person as 205
mandated by state law acts of school violence or threatened 206
acts of school violence, within the course and scope of the 207
duties of the teacher, authorized district person nel or 208
volunteer, when such individual is acting in conformity with 209
the established policies developed by the board. Nothing in 210
this section shall be construed to create a new cause of 211
action against such school district, or to relieve the 212
school district from liability for the negligent acts of 213
such persons. 214
9. Each school board shall define in its discipline 215
policy acts of violence and any other acts that constitute a 216 15
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serious violation of that policy. "Acts of violence" as 217
defined by school boards shall include but not be limited to 218
exertion of physical force by a student with the intent to 219
do serious bodily harm to another person while on school 220
property, including a school bus in service on behalf of the 221
district, or while involved i n school activities. School 222
districts shall for each student enrolled in the school 223
district compile and maintain records of any serious 224
violation of the district's discipline policy. Such records 225
shall be made available to teachers and other school 226
district employees with a need to know while acting within 227
the scope of their assigned duties, and shall be provided as 228
required in section 167.020 to any school district in which 229
the student subsequently attempts to enroll. 230
10. Spanking, when administered by certificated 231
personnel and in the presence of a witness who is an 232
employee of the school district, or the use of reasonable 233
force to protect persons or property, when administered by 234
personnel of a school district in a reasonable manner i n 235
accordance with the local board of education's written 236
policy of discipline, is not abuse within the meaning of 237
chapter 210. [The provisions of sections 210.110 to 210.165 238
notwithstanding, the children's division shall not have 239
jurisdiction over or investigate any report of alleged child 240
abuse arising out of or related to the use of reasonable 241
force to protect persons or property when administered by 242
personnel of a school district or any spanking administered 243
in a reasonable manner by any certif icated school personnel 244
in the presence of a witness who is an employee of the 245
school district pursuant to a written policy of discipline 246
established by the board of education of the school 247 16
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district, as long as no allegation of sexual misconduct 248
arises from the spanking or use of force. 249
11. If a student reports alleged sexual misconduct on 250
the part of a teacher or other school employee to a person 251
employed in a school facility who is required to report such 252
misconduct to the children's divisio n under section 210.115, 253
such person and the superintendent of the school district 254
shall report the allegation to the children's division as 255
set forth in section 210.115. Reports made to the 256
children's division under this subsection shall be 257
investigated by the division in accordance with the 258
provisions of sections 210.145 to 210.153 and shall not be 259
investigated by the school district under subsections 12 to 260
20 of this section for purposes of determining whether the 261
allegations should or should n ot be substantiated. The 262
district may investigate the allegations for the purpose of 263
making any decision regarding the employment of the accused 264
employee. 265
12.] 11. Upon receipt of any reports of child abuse by 266
the children's division [other than reports provided under 267
subsection 11 of this section, ] pursuant to sections 210.110 268
to 210.165 which allegedly involve personnel of a school 269
district, the children's division shall notify the 270
superintendent of schools of the district or, if the person 271
named in the alleged incident is the superintendent of 272
schools, the president of the school board of the school 273
district where the alleged incident occurred. 274
[13. If, after an initial investigation, the 275
superintendent of schools or the president of the school 276
board finds that the report involves an alleged incident of 277
child abuse other than the administration of a spanking by 278
certificated school personnel or the use of reasonable force 279 17
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to protect persons or property when administered by schoo l 280
personnel pursuant to a written policy of discipline or that 281
the report was made for the sole purpose of harassing a 282
public school employee, the superintendent of schools or the 283
president of the school board shall immediately refer the 284
matter back to the children's division and take no further 285
action. In all matters referred back to the children's 286
division, the division shall treat the report in the same 287
manner as other reports of alleged child abuse received by 288
the division. 289
14. If the report pertains to an alleged incident 290
which arose out of or is related to a spanking administered 291
by certificated personnel or the use of reasonable force to 292
protect persons or property when administered by personnel 293
of a school district pursuant to a w ritten policy of 294
discipline or a report made for the sole purpose of 295
harassing a public school employee, a notification of the 296
reported child abuse shall be sent by the superintendent of 297
schools or the president of the school board to the law 298
enforcement in the county in which the alleged incident 299
occurred. 300
15. The report shall be jointly investigated by the 301
law enforcement officer and the superintendent of schools 302
or, if the subject of the report is the superintendent of 303
schools, by a law en forcement officer and the president of 304
the school board or such president's designee. 305
16. The investigation shall begin no later than forty - 306
eight hours after notification from the children's division 307
is received, and shall consist of, but need not be limited 308
to, interviewing and recording statements of the child and 309
the child's parents or guardian within two working days 310
after the start of the investigation, of the school district 311 18
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personnel allegedly involved in the report, and of any 312
witnesses to the alleged incident. 313
17. The law enforcement officer and the investigating 314
school district personnel shall issue separate reports of 315
their findings and recommendations after the conclusion of 316
the investigation to the school board of the scho ol district 317
within seven days after receiving notice from the children's 318
division. 319
18. The reports shall contain a statement of 320
conclusion as to whether the report of alleged child abuse 321
is substantiated or is unsubstantiated. 322
19. The school board shall consider the separate 323
reports referred to in subsection 17 of this section and 324
shall issue its findings and conclusions and the action to 325
be taken, if any, within seven days after receiving the last 326
of the two reports. The findings and conclusions shall be 327
made in substantially the following form: 328
(1) The report of the alleged child abuse is 329
unsubstantiated. The law enforcement officer and the 330
investigating school board personnel agree that there was 331
not a preponderance of evid ence to substantiate that abuse 332
occurred; 333
(2) The report of the alleged child abuse is 334
substantiated. The law enforcement officer and the 335
investigating school district personnel agree that the 336
preponderance of evidence is sufficient to support a finding 337
that the alleged incident of child abuse did occur; 338
(3) The issue involved in the alleged incident of 339
child abuse is unresolved. The law enforcement officer and 340
the investigating school personnel are unable to agree on 341
their findings and conclusions on the alleged incident. 342 19
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20. The findings and conclusions of the school board 343
under subsection 19 of this section shall be sent to the 344
children's division. If the findings and conclusions of the 345
school board are that the report of t he alleged child abuse 346
is unsubstantiated, the investigation shall be terminated, 347
the case closed, and no record shall be entered in the 348
children's division central registry. If the findings and 349
conclusions of the school board are that the report of t he 350
alleged child abuse is substantiated, the children's 351
division shall report the incident to the prosecuting 352
attorney of the appropriate county along with the findings 353
and conclusions of the school district and shall include the 354
information in the di vision's central registry. If the 355
findings and conclusions of the school board are that the 356
issue involved in the alleged incident of child abuse is 357
unresolved, the children's division shall report the 358
incident to the prosecuting attorney of the appro priate 359
county along with the findings and conclusions of the school 360
board, however, the incident and the names of the parties 361
allegedly involved shall not be entered into the central 362
registry of the children's division unless and until the 363
alleged child abuse is substantiated by a court of competent 364
jurisdiction. 365
21. Any superintendent of schools, president of a 366
school board or such person's designee or law enforcement 367
officer who knowingly falsifies any report of any matter 368
pursuant to this section or who knowingly withholds any 369
information relative to any investigation or report pursuant 370
to this section is guilty of a class A misdemeanor. 371
22.] 12. In order to ensure the safety of all 372
students, should a student be expelled for bringi ng a weapon 373
to school, violent behavior, or for an act of school 374 20
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violence, that student shall not, for the purposes of the 375
accreditation process of the Missouri school improvement 376
plan, be considered a dropout or be included in the 377
calculation of that district's educational persistence ratio. 378
160.560. 1. The department of elementary and 1
secondary education shall establish the "Show -Me Success 2
Diploma Program". 3
2. Under the show-me success diploma program, the 4
department of elementary and secondary education shall 5
develop the "Show-Me Success Diploma" as an alternative 6
pathway to graduation for high school students that may be 7
earned at any point between the end of a student's tenth 8
grade year and the conclusion of the s tudent's twelfth grade 9
year. 10
3. Before July 1, 2023, the department of elementary 11
and secondary education shall develop detailed requirements 12
for students to become eligible for the show -me success 13
diploma that include at least the following: 14
(1) Demonstrated skills and knowledge in English, 15
science, and mathematical literacy to be successful in 16
college-level courses offered by the community colleges in 17
this state that count toward a degree or certificate without 18
taking remedial or devel opmental coursework; and 19
(2) Satisfactory grades on approved examinations in 20
subjects determined to be necessary to prepare a student to 21
enter postsecondary education without taking remedial or 22
developmental coursework. 23
4. School districts and charter schools may offer a 24
course of study designed to meet the requirements to obtain 25
a show-me success diploma to students entering the ninth 26
grade. Students who elect to pursue a show -me success 27
diploma shall participate in a course of study de signed by 28 21
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the school district to meet the requirements established 29
under subsection 3 of this section. The show-me success 30
diploma shall be available to any such student until the end 31
of that student's twelfth grade year. 32
5. Students who earn a show-me success diploma may 33
remain in high school and participate in programs of study 34
available through the school district or charter school 35
until that student would otherwise have graduated at the end 36
of grade twelve. For purposes of calculation an d 37
distribution of state aid, the school district or charter 38
school of a pupil having earned a show -me success diploma 39
who remains enrolled in the school district or charter 40
school shall continue to include the pupil in the pupil 41
enrollment of each suc h school district or charter school 42
and shall continue to receive funding for a pupil who earns 43
a show-me success diploma until that pupil would otherwise 44
have graduated at the end of grade twelve. Students who 45
elect to remain in high school under thi s subsection shall 46
be eligible to participate in extracurricular activities, 47
including interscholastic sports, through the end of grade 48
twelve. 49
6. Students who pursue but do not meet the eligibility 50
requirements for a show -me success diploma at t he end of 51
grade ten or eleven shall receive a customized program of 52
assistance during the next school year that addresses areas 53
in which the student demonstrated deficiencies in the course 54
requirements. Students may choose to return to a 55
traditional academic program without completing the show -me 56
success diploma. 57
7. The department of elementary and secondary 58
education shall provide training, guidance, and assistance 59
to teachers and administrators of the schools offering the 60 22
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show-me success diploma and shall closely monitor the 61
progress of the schools in the development of the program. 62
8. Pupils who earn a show -me success diploma and do 63
not remain enrolled in the district or charter school and 64
instead enroll, or show proof that they w ill enroll, in a 65
postsecondary educational institution eligible to 66
participate in a student aid program administered by the 67
U.S. Department of Education shall be included in the 68
district's or charter school's state aid calculation under 69
section 163.031, until such time that the pupil would have 70
completed the pupil's twelfth grade year had the pupil not 71
earned a show-me success diploma. The funding assigned to a 72
pupil under this subsection shall be calculated as if the 73
pupil's attendance percentage equaled the district's or 74
charter school's prior year average attendance percentage. 75
For a pupil who, as provided in this subsection, is included 76
in the district's or charter school's state aid calculation 77
but who is not enrolled in the district or c harter school, 78
an amount equal to ninety percent of the pupil's 79
proportionate share of the state, local, and federal aid 80
that the district or charter school receives for the pupil 81
under this subsection shall be deposited into an account 82
established under sections 166.400 to 166.455 that lists the 83
pupil as the beneficiary. The state treasurer shall provide 84
guidance and assist school districts, charter schools, 85
pupils, and parents or guardians of pupils with the 86
creation, maintenance, and use of an account that has been 87
established under sections 166.400 to 166.455. 88
9. The department of elementary and secondary 89
education shall promulgate all necessary rules and 90
regulations for the administration of this section. Any 91
rule or portion of a ru le, as that term is defined in 92 23
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section 536.010, that is created under the authority 93
delegated in this section shall become effective only if it 94
complies with and is subject to all of the provisions of 95
chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 536.028. This 96
section and chapter 536 are nonseverable, and if any of the 97
powers vested with the general assembly pursuant to chapter 98
536 to review, to delay the effective date, or to disapprove 99
and annul a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, 100
then the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed 101
or adopted after August 28, 2022, shall be invalid and void. 102
160.2700. For purposes of sections 160.2700 to 1
160.2725, "adult high school" means a school that: 2
(1) Is for individuals who do not have a high school 3
diploma and who are twenty -one years of age or older; 4
(2) Offers an industry certification program or 5
programs and a high school diploma in a manner that allows 6
students to earn a diploma at the same time that t hey earn 7
an industry certification; 8
(3) Offers [on-site] child care for children of 9
enrolled students attending the school; and 10
(4) Is not eligible to receive funding under section 11
160.415 or 163.031. 12
160.2705. 1. The department of elementary and 1
secondary education shall authorize before January 1, 2018, 2
a Missouri-based nonprofit organization meeting the criteria 3
under subsection 2 of this section to establish and operate 4
four adult high schools, with: 5
(1) One adult high school to be located in a city not 6
within a county; 7
(2) One adult high school to be located in a county of 8
the third classification without a township form of 9
government and with more than forty -one thousand but fewer 10 24
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than forty-five thousand inhabitants or a county contiguous 11
to that county; 12
(3) One adult high school to be located in a county of 13
the first classification with more than two hundred sixty 14
thousand but fewer than three hundred thousand inhabitants 15
or a county contiguous to that county; and 16
(4) One adult high school to be located in a county of 17
the first classification with more than one hundred fifty 18
thousand but fewer than two hundred thousand inhabitants. 19
2. The department of elementary and second ary 20
education shall grant the authorization described under 21
subsection 1 of this section based on a bid process 22
conducted in accordance with the rules and regulations 23
governing purchasing through the office of administration. 24
The successful bidder sh all: 25
(1) Demonstrate the ability to establish, within 26
twenty-one months of the receipt of the authorization, four 27
adult high schools offering high school diplomas, an 28
industry certification program or programs, and [on-site] 29
child care for childr en of the students attending the high 30
schools; 31
(2) Commit at least two million dollars in investment 32
for the purpose of establishing the necessary infrastructure 33
to operate four adult high schools; 34
(3) Demonstrate substantial and positive ex perience in 35
providing services, including industry certifications and 36
job placement services, to adults twenty -one years of age or 37
older whose educational and training opportunities have been 38
limited by educational disadvantages, disabilities, 39
homelessness, criminal history, or similar circumstances; 40
(4) Establish a partnership with a state -supported 41
postsecondary education institution or more than one such 42 25
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partnership, if a partnership or partnerships are necessary 43
in order to meet the requir ements for an adult high school; 44
(5) Establish a comprehensive plan that sets forth how 45
the adult high schools will help address the need for a 46
sufficiently trained workforce in the surrounding region for 47
each adult high school; 48
(6) Establish partnerships and strategies for engaging 49
the community and business leaders in carrying out the goals 50
of each adult high school; 51
(7) Establish the ability to meet quality standards 52
through certified teachers and programs that support each 53
student in [his or her] such student's goal to find a more 54
rewarding job; 55
(8) Establish a plan for assisting students in 56
overcoming barriers to educational success including, but 57
not limited to, educational disadvantages, homelessness, 58
criminal history, disability, including learning disability 59
such as dyslexia, and similar circumstances; 60
(9) Establish a process for determining outcomes of 61
the adult high school, including outcomes related to a 62
student's ability to find a more rewarding job thr ough the 63
attainment of a high school diploma and job training and 64
certification; and 65
(10) Bids shall not include an administrative fee 66
greater than ten percent. 67
3. (1) The department of elementary and secondary 68
education shall establish ac ademic requirements for students 69
to obtain high school diplomas. 70
(2) Requirements for a high school diploma shall be 71
based on an adult student's prior high school achievement 72
and the remaining credits and coursework that would be 73
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if [he or she] such student were in a traditional high 75
school setting. The adult student shall meet the 76
requirements with the same level of academic rigor as would 77
otherwise be necessary to attain such credit s. 78
(3) The adult high school authorized under this 79
section shall award high school diplomas to students who 80
successfully meet the established academic requirements. 81
The adult high school authorized under this section shall 82
confer the diploma as though the student earned the diploma 83
at a traditional high school. The diploma shall have no 84
differentiating marks, titles, or other symbols. 85
(4) Students at adult high schools may complete 86
required coursework at their own pace and as available 87
through the adult high school. They shall not be required 88
to satisfy any specific number of class minutes. The adult 89
high school may also make classes available to students 90
online as may be appropriate. However, students shall not 91
complete the majority of instruction of the school's 92
curriculum online or through remote instruction. For the 93
purposes of this subsection, synchronous instruction 94
connecting students to a live class conducted in a Missouri 95
adult high school shall be treated the same a s in-person 96
instruction. 97
(5) The department of elementary and secondary 98
education shall not create additional regulations or burdens 99
on the adult high school or the students attending the adult 100
high schools beyond certifying necessary credits and 101
ensuring that students have sufficiently mastered the 102
subject matter to make them eligible for credit. 103
4. An adult high school shall be deemed a "secondary 104
school system" for the purposes of subdivision (15) of 105
subsection 1 of section 210.211. 106 27
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161.097. 1. The state board of education shall 1
establish standards and procedures by which it will evaluate 2
all teacher training institutions in this state for the 3
approval of teacher education programs. The state board of 4
education shall not require teacher training institutions to 5
meet national or regional accreditation as a part of its 6
standards and procedures in making those evaluations, but it 7
may accept such accreditations in lieu of such approval if 8
standards and proced ures set thereby are at least as 9
stringent as those set by the board. The state board of 10
education's standards and procedures for evaluating teacher 11
training institutions shall equal or exceed those of 12
national or regional accrediting associations. 13
2. There is hereby established within the department 14
of elementary and secondary education the "Missouri Advisory 15
Board for Educator Preparation", hereinafter referred to as 16
"MABEP". The MABEP shall advise the state board of 17
education and the coor dinating board for higher education 18
regarding matters of mutual interest in the area of quality 19
educator preparation programs in Missouri. The advisory 20
board shall include at least three active elementary or 21
secondary classroom teachers and at least t hree faculty 22
members within approved educator preparation programs. The 23
classroom teacher members shall be selected to represent 24
various regions of the state and districts of different 25
sizes. The faculty representatives shall represent 26
institutions from various regions of the state and sizes of 27
programs. The advisory board shall hold regular meetings 28
that allow members to share needs and concerns and plan 29
strategies to enhance teacher preparation. 30
3. Upon approval by the state board of educ ation of 31
the teacher education program at a particular teacher 32 28
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training institution, any person who graduates from that 33
program, and who meets other requirements which the state 34
board of education shall prescribe by rule, regulation and 35
statute shall be granted a certificate or license to teach 36
in the public schools of this state. However, no such rule 37
or regulation shall require that the program from which the 38
person graduates be accredited by any national or regional 39
accreditation association. 40
4. The state board of education shall, in consultation 41
with MABEP, align literacy and reading instruction 42
coursework for teacher education programs in early 43
childhood, kindergarten to fifth grade elementary teacher 44
certification, middle school com munication arts, high school 45
communication arts, and all reading and special education 46
certificates to include the following: 47
(1) Teacher candidates shall receive classroom and 48
clinical training in: 49
(a) The core components of reading, includ ing phonemic 50
awareness, phonics, fluency, comprehension, morphology, 51
syntax, and vocabulary; 52
(b) Oral and written language development; and 53
(c) Identification of reading deficiencies, dyslexia, 54
and other language difficulties; 55
(2) Teacher candidates shall also have training on: 56
(a) The selection and use of reading curricula and 57
instructional materials; 58
(b) The administration and interpretation of 59
assessments; 60
(c) How to translate assessment results into effective 61
practice in the classroom specific to the needs of students; 62
and 63 29
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(d) Additional best practices in the field of literacy 64
instruction as recommended by the literacy advisory council 65
pursuant to section 186.080. 66
5. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is 67
defined in section 536.010, that is created under the 68
authority delegated in this section shall become effective 69
only if it complies with and is subject to all of the 70
provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 71
536.028. This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and 72
if any of the powers vested with the general assembly 73
pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective 74
date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently 75
held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking 76
authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 77
2014, shall be invalid and void. 78
161.214. 1. For purposes of this section, the 1
following terms shall mean: 2
(1) "Board", the state board of education; 3
(2) "Department", the department of elementary and 4
secondary education; 5
(3) "School innovation team", a group of natural 6
persons officially authorized by: 7
(a) A single elementary or secondary school; 8
(b) A group of two or more elem entary or secondary 9
schools within the same school district that share common 10
interests, such as geographical location or educational 11
focus, or that sequentially serve classes of students as 12
they progress through elementary and secondary education; 13
(c) A group of two or more elementary or secondary 14
schools not within the same school district that share 15
common interests, such as geographical location or 16
educational focus, or that sequentially serve classes of 17 30
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students as they progress through e lementary and secondary 18
education; 19
(d) A single school district; or 20
(e) A group of two or more school districts that share 21
common interests, such as geographical location or 22
educational focus, or that sequentially serve classes of 23
students as they progress through elementary and secondary 24
education; 25
(4) "School innovation waiver", a waiver granted by 26
the board to a single school, group of schools, single 27
school district, or group of school districts pursuant to 28
this section, in whi ch the school, group of schools, school 29
district, or group of school districts is exempt from a 30
specific requirement imposed by chapter 160, chapter 161, 31
chapter 162, chapter 167, chapter 170, or chapter 171, or 32
any regulations promulgated thereunder b y the board or the 33
department. Any school innovation waiver granted to a 34
school district or group of school districts shall be 35
applicable to every elementary and secondary school within 36
the school district or group of school districts unless the 37
plan specifically provides otherwise. 38
2. Any school innovation team seeking a school 39
innovation waiver may submit a plan to the board for one or 40
more of the following purposes: 41
(1) Improving student readiness for employment, higher 42
education, vocational training, technical training, or any 43
other form of career and job training; 44
(2) Increasing the compensation of teachers; or 45
(3) Improving the recruitment, retention, training, 46
preparation, or professional development of teachers. 47
3. Any plan for a school innovation waiver shall: 48 31
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(1) Identify the specific provision of law for which a 49
waiver is being requested and provide an explanation for why 50
the specific provision of law inhibits the ability of the 51
school or school dis trict to accomplish the goal stated in 52
the plan; 53
(2) Demonstrate that the intent of the specific 54
provision of law can be addressed in a more effective, 55
efficient, or economical manner and that the waiver or 56
modification is necessary to implement the plan; 57
(3) Include measurable annual performance targets and 58
goals for the implementation of the plan; 59
(4) Specify the innovations to be pursued in meeting 60
one or more of the goals listed in subsection 2 of this 61
section; 62
(5) Demonstrate parental, school employee, and 63
community and business support for, and engagement with, the 64
plan; and 65
(6) Be approved by at least the minimum number of 66
people required to be on the school innovation team prior to 67
submitting the plan for appr oval. 68
4. (1) In evaluating a plan submitted by a school 69
innovation team under subsection 2 of this section, the 70
board shall consider whether the plan will: 71
(a) Improve the preparation, counseling, and overall 72
readiness of students for posts econdary life; 73
(b) Increase teacher salaries in a financially 74
sustainable and prudent manner; or 75
(c) Increase the attractiveness of the teaching 76
profession for prospective teachers and active teachers 77
alike. 78
(2) The board may approve a ny plan submitted under 79
subsection 2 of this section if it determines that: 80 32
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(a) The plan successfully demonstrates the ability to 81
address the intent of the provision of law to be waived in a 82
more effective, efficient, or economical manner; 83
(b) The waivers or modifications are demonstrated to 84
be necessary to stimulate improved student readiness for 85
postsecondary life, increase teacher salaries, or increase 86
the attractiveness of the teaching profession for 87
prospective teachers and active te achers; 88
(c) The plan has demonstrated sufficient participation 89
from among the teachers, principals, superintendent, 90
faculty, school board, parents, and the community at large; 91
and 92
(d) The plan is based upon sound educational 93
practices, does not endanger the health and safety of 94
students or staff, and does not compromise equal opportunity 95
for learning. 96
(3) The board may propose modifications to the plan in 97
cooperation with the school innovation team. 98
5. Any waiver granted under this section shall be 99
effective for a period of no longer than three school years 100
beginning the school year following the school year in which 101
the waiver is approved. Any waiver may be renewed. No more 102
than one school innovation waiver shall be in e ffect with 103
respect to any one elementary or secondary school at one 104
time. 105
6. This section shall not be construed to allow the 106
state board of education to authorize the waiver of any 107
statutory requirements relating to teacher certification, 108
teacher tenure, or any requirement imposed by federal law. 109
7. The department shall publish an annual report based 110
on the school innovation waivers considered by the state 111
board. The report shall document the waivers submitted and 112 33
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waivers approved, at the statewide, district, and school 113
building levels, and provide data at the statewide, 114
district, and school building levels of sufficient detail to 115
allow analysis of trends regarding the purposes for waiver 116
requests, the statutes waived or requested t o be waived, any 117
modifications approved by the state board, and the state 118
board's actions to approve or deny waiver requests. 119
8. The board may promulgate rules implementing the 120
provisions of this section. Any rule or portion of a rule, 121
as that term is defined in section 536.010, that is created 122
under the authority delegated in this section shall become 123
effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of 124
the provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 125
536.028. This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and 126
if any of the powers vested with the general assembly 127
pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective 128
date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently 129
held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulema king 130
authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 131
2022, shall be invalid and void. 132
161.241. 1. The state board of education, in 1
collaboration with the coordinating board for higher 2
education and the commissioner's ad visory council under 3
section 186.080, shall develop a plan to establish a 4
comprehensive system of services for reading instruction. 5
2. The state board of education shall establish and 6
periodically update a statewide literacy plan that supports 7
high quality, evidence -based reading instruction for all 8
students. 9
3. The state board of education shall create an office 10
of literacy. The commissioner of education shall coordinate 11 34
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staff with roles relating to literacy and align staff work 12
around supporting best practices in reading instruction. 13
4. The state board of education shall align literacy 14
and reading instruction coursework for teacher education 15
programs as required under subsection 4 of section 161.097. 16
5. Subject to appropriation, the department of 17
elementary and secondary education shall recruit and employ 18
quality teacher trainers with expertise in reading 19
instruction and provide opportunities for evidence -based 20
professional development in reading instruction available 21
for all active teachers. 22
6. The department shall maintain and publish data on 23
reading outcomes, provided that the report shall not include 24
individually identifiable student data. 25
7. The department shall publish criteria and examples 26
to help districts and schools select and use evidence -based 27
reading curricula and instructional materials. 28
Additionally, the department shall publish a list of 29
curricula that ensure instruction is explicit, systematic, 30
diagnostic, and based on phonological a wareness, phonics, 31
fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, morphology, syntax, and 32
semantics. This shall be a resource to districts. 33
8. The department shall provide online tools and 34
training for active teachers on evidence -based reading 35
instruction. 36
9. There is hereby created in the state treasury the 37
"Evidence-based Reading Instruction Program Fund". The fund 38
shall be administered by the department and used to 39
reimburse school districts and charter schools for efforts 40
to improve student l iteracy, including, but not limited to: 41
initiatives that provide optional training and materials to 42
teachers regarding best practices in reading pedagogies; 43 35
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resources for parents and guardians to assist them in 44
teaching their children to read; funding for reading 45
tutoring programs outside of regular school hours; stipends 46
for teachers who undergo additional training in reading 47
instruction, which may also count toward professional 48
development requirements; and funding for summer reading 49
programs. The fund shall consist of moneys appropriated 50
annually by the general assembly from general revenue to 51
such fund, any moneys paid into the state treasury and 52
required by law to be credited to such fund, and any gifts, 53
bequests, or donations to such fun d. The fund shall be kept 54
separate and apart from all other moneys in the state 55
treasury and shall be paid out by the state treasurer 56
pursuant to chapter 33. Notwithstanding the provisions of 57
section 33.080 to the contrary, moneys in the fund at the 58
end of the biennium shall not be transferred to the credit 59
of the general revenue fund. All interest and moneys earned 60
on the fund shall be credited to the fund. 61
161.380. 1. Subject to appropriations, the department 1
of elementary and secondary education shall establish the 2
"Competency-Based Education Grant Program". 3
2. (1) There is hereby created in the state treasury 4
the "Competency-Based Education Grant Program Fund". The 5
fund shall consist of any appropriations to suc h fund and 6
any gifts, contributions, grants, or bequests received from 7
private or other sources for the purpose of providing 8
competency-based education programs. The state treasurer 9
shall be custodian of the fund. In accordance with sections 10
30.170 and 30.180, the state treasurer may approve 11
disbursements of public moneys in accordance with 12
distribution requirements and procedures developed by the 13
department of elementary and secondary education. The fund 14 36
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shall be a dedicated fund and, upon appr opriation, moneys in 15
the fund shall be used solely for the administration of this 16
section. 17
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 33.080 18
to the contrary, any moneys remaining in the fund at the end 19
of the biennium shall not revert to the c redit of the 20
general revenue fund. 21
(3) The state treasurer shall invest moneys in the 22
fund in the same manner as other funds are invested. Any 23
interest and moneys earned on such investments shall be 24
credited to the fund. 25
3. The department of elementary and secondary 26
education shall award grants from the competency -based 27
education grant program fund to eligible school districts 28
for the purpose of providing competency -based education 29
programs. A school district wishing to receive such a grant 30
shall submit an application to the department of elementary 31
and secondary education addressing: 32
(1) A core mission that competency -based education 33
courses will help achieve; 34
(2) A plan that outlines competency -based education 35
courses and key metrics that will show success; 36
(3) Resources available to the school and in the 37
community that will assist in creating successful competency - 38
based outcomes; and 39
(4) Resources and support needed to help the school 40
succeed in implementing competency-based education courses. 41
4. The department of elementary and secondary 42
education shall facilitate the creation, sharing, and 43
development of course assessments; curriculum; training and 44
guidance for teachers; and best practices for the school 45
districts that offer competency -based education courses. 46 37
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5. For purposes of this section, the term "competency - 47
based education program" means an educational program that: 48
(1) Affords students flexibility to progress and earn 49
course credit upon demonstration of mastery, including 50
through early high school graduation; 51
(2) Provides individual learning and assessment 52
options, including through experiential and project -based 53
learning, online or blended learning, additional reme dial 54
education time, and accelerated -pace curricula; 55
(3) Assesses student proficiency based on graduate 56
profiles describing meaningful and critical knowledge and 57
skills that students should have upon graduation; or 58
(4) Assesses student profi ciency through tasks 59
developed both locally and at the state level, performance 60
of which demonstrates mastery. 61
6. The department of elementary and secondary 62
education shall promulgate all necessary rules and 63
regulations for the administration of this section. Any 64
rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in 65
section 536.010, that is created under the authority 66
delegated in this section shall become effective only if it 67
complies with and is subject to all of the provisions of 68
chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 536.028. This 69
section and chapter 536 are nonseverable, and if any of the 70
powers vested with the general assembly pursuant to chapter 71
536 to review, to delay the effective date, or to disapprove 72
and annul a rule are sub sequently held unconstitutional, 73
then the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed 74
or adopted after August 28, 2022, shall be invalid and void. 75
161.385. 1. There is hereby established the 1
"Competency-Based Education Task Force" to study and develop 2
competency-based education programs in public schools. Task 3 38
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force members shall be chosen to represent the geographic 4
diversity of the state. Task force members shall be 5
appointed for a term of two years and may be reappoi nted. 6
All task force members shall be appointed before December 7
31, 2022, and every other year thereafter by December thirty - 8
first of that year. The task force members shall be 9
appointed as follows: 10
(1) Two members of the house of representativ es 11
appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives; 12
(2) Two members of the senate appointed by the 13
president pro tempore of the senate; 14
(3) The commissioner of the department of elementary 15
and secondary education or the commissioner 's designee; and 16
(4) Four members appointed by the governor. Two 17
members shall each represent a separate school district that 18
offers competency-based education courses. 19
2. The members of the task force established under 20
subsection 1 of this section shall elect a chair from among 21
the membership of the task force. The task force shall meet 22
as needed to complete its consideration of its objectives as 23
established in subsections 4 and 5 of this section. Any 24
vacancy on the task force shall b e filled in the same manner 25
as the original appointment. Members of the task force 26
shall serve without compensation, but shall be entitled to 27
reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred in 28
the performance of official duties. 29
3. The department of elementary and secondary 30
education shall provide such legal, research, clerical, and 31
technical services as the task force may require in the 32
performance of official duties. 33
4. The task force shall: 34 39
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(1) Work toward implementing competency-based 35
education courses statewide and devising a plan for Missouri 36
to lead the way in competency -based education courses; 37
(2) Solicit input from individuals and organizations 38
with information or expertise relevant to the task force's 39
objective, including experts and educators with experience 40
related to competency -based education programs; 41
(3) Hold at least three public hearings to provide an 42
opportunity to receive public testimony including, but not 43
limited to, testimony from e ducators, local school boards, 44
parents, representatives from business and industry, labor 45
and community leaders, members of the general assembly, and 46
the general public; 47
(4) Identify promising competency -based education 48
programs, including progra ms that: 49
(a) Afford students flexibility to progress and earn 50
course credit upon demonstration of mastery, including 51
through early high school graduation; 52
(b) Provide individual learning and assessment 53
options, including through experiential and project-based 54
learning, online or blended learning, additional remedial 55
education time, and accelerated -pace curricula; or 56
(c) Assess student proficiency through tasks developed 57
both locally and at the state level, performance of which 58
demonstrates mastery; 59
(5) Identify obstacles to implementing competency - 60
based education programs in Missouri public schools; 61
(6) Develop comprehensive graduate profiles that 62
describe meaningful and critical knowledge skills that 63
students should have upon graduation that can be implemented 64
into a diploma designation; 65 40
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(7) Develop findings and recommendations for 66
implementing competency -based education models and practices 67
in Missouri public schools, including recommending changes 68
to existing legislation, rules, and regulations; and 69
(8) Develop findings and recommendations for 70
implementing a competency -based performance assessment that: 71
(a) Is consistent with the most effective competency - 72
based education programs identified by the task force under 73
subdivision (4) of this subsection; 74
(b) Assesses students based on both locally developed 75
and common statewide performance tasks tied to grade and 76
course competencies aligned with state content standards; and 77
(c) Complies with all applicable federal law, 78
including 20 U.S.C. Section 6311(b)(1)(B), as amended. To 79
the extent that implementing a competency -based performance 80
assessment would require the department of elementary and 81
secondary education to obtain innovative assessment and 82
accountability demonstration authority under 20 U.S.C. 83
Section 6364, as amended, the task force shall develop 84
findings and recommendations for obtaining such authority. 85
5. Beginning in 2023, the task force shall present its 86
findings and recommendations to the speaker of the house of 87
representatives, the president pro tempore of the senate, 88
the joint committee on education, and the state board of 89
education by December first annually. 90
161.700. 1. This section shall be known as the 1
"Holocaust Education and Awareness Commission Act". 2
2. There is hereby created a permanent state 3
commission known as the "Holocaust Education and Awareness 4
Commission". The commission shall be housed in the 5
department of elementary and secondary education and shall 6
promote implementation of [holocaust] Holocaust education 7 41
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and awareness programs in Missouri in order to encourage 8
understanding of the [holocaust] Holocaust and discourage 9
bigotry. 10
3. The commission shall be composed of twelve members 11
to be appointed by the governor with advice and consent of 12
the senate. The makeup of the commission shall be: 13
(1) The commissioner of higher education; 14
(2) The commissioner of elementary and secondary 15
education; 16
(3) The president of the University of Missouri 17
system; and 18
(4) Nine members of the public, representative of the 19
diverse religious and ethnic heritage groups populating 20
Missouri. 21
4. The [holocaust] Holocaust education and awarene ss 22
commission may receive such funds as appropriated from 23
public moneys or contributed to it by private sources. [It] 24
The commission may sponsor programs or publications to 25
educate the public about the crimes of genocide in an effort 26
to deter indifference to crimes against humanity and human 27
suffering wherever they occur. 28
5. The term ["holocaust"] "Holocaust" shall be defined 29
as the [period from 1933 through 1945 when ] systematic, 30
state-sponsored persecution and murder of six million Jews 31
[and millions of others were murdered ] by the Nazi [Germany] 32
regime and its allies and collaborators [as part of a 33
structured, state-sanctioned program of genocide ] during the 34
period from 1933 through 1945 . 35
6. The commission may employ an executive director and 36
such other persons to carry out its functions. 37
7. (1) To educate students about the Holocaust and 38
inspire in students a sense of responsibility to recognize 39 42
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and uphold human value and to prevent future atrocities, the 40
second week in April shall be designated as "Holocaust 41
Education Week". 42
(2) Holocaust education shall be taught during a week 43
as determined by each school district and shall include age - 44
appropriate instruction to elementary school students not 45
lower than the sixth grade and high school students as 46
determined by each school district. Such instruction shall 47
include, but not be limited to: 48
(a) Information providing a historical understanding 49
of the Holocaust to offer context for the discussion of how 50
and why the Holocaust happened; 51
(b) Participation, in person or using technology, in 52
learning projects about the Holocaust; and 53
(c) The use of materials developed or supported by the 54
Holocaust education and awareness commission, the United 55
States Holocaust Memorial Museum, or the St. Louis Kaplan 56
Feldman Holocaust Museum. 57
(3) Based on the instructional materials provided 58
under paragraph (c) of subdivision (2) of this subsection, 59
the department of elementary and secondary education shal l 60
develop a curriculum framework of instruction for studying 61
the Holocaust. The department shall make such curriculum 62
framework available to up to twenty -five school districts or 63
schools within a district, with at least one district or 64
school within each of the nine regional professional 65
development centers, as defined by the department, as a 66
pilot program in consultation with the Holocaust education 67
and awareness commission beginning in the 2023 -24 school 68
year. 69
(4) Each school district part icipating in the pilot 70
program shall adopt the curriculum framework provided by the 71 43
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department under subdivision (3) of this subsection in the 72
2023-24 school year. Each school district shall determine 73
the minimum amount of instruction time that qualif ies as a 74
unit of instruction satisfying the requirements of this 75
subsection. 76
(5) Each participating school district shall provide a 77
plan of professional development for teachers to ensure such 78
teachers are adequately prepared to provide the instr uction 79
required under this subsection. 80
(6) This subsection shall apply to schools 81
participating in the pilot program starting in the 2023 -24 82
school year and the program shall be expanded in all 83
subsequent school years, with all school districts 84
participating by the 2025 -26 school year. 85
(7) The department shall provide for a program 86
evaluation regarding the success and impact of the pilot 87
program upon completion of the first year of the pilot 88
program and shall report the results of such e valuation to 89
the general assembly. The department may consult with 90
organizations including, but not limited to, the Holocaust 91
education and awareness commission, the United States 92
Holocaust Museum, or the St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust 93
Museum to develop the evaluation. 94
162.058. 1. Before July 1, 2023, each school district 1
and charter school shall, after receiving community input, 2
implement a community engagement policy that provides 3
residents of the school district methods of communicating 4
with the school board or the governing board of a charter 5
school located in the school district and with the 6
administration of the school district or charter school. 7
2. The community engagement policy shall create a 8
process allowing any resident of a school district to have 9 44
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an item placed on the agenda of a school board meeting, or a 10
meeting of the governing board of a charter school located 11
in the school district, if the resident follows the process 12
described in the policy. Such policy shall contain at least 13
the following components: 14
(1) No item shall be placed on a meeting agenda under 15
this section unless the item is directly related to the 16
governance or operation of the school district or charter 17
school; 18
(2) The school district or charter school may require 19
the resident to first meet with the superintendent or the 20
superintendent's designee to attempt a resolution of the 21
issue. The superintendent or the superintendent's designee 22
shall meet with the reside nt within twenty business days of 23
a written request to meet. After such meeting, or if the 24
superintendent or the superintendent's designee does not 25
meet with the resident within twenty business days, the 26
resident may submit a written request to the bo ard secretary 27
to have the issue brought before the school board or the 28
governing board as a meeting agenda item. If the secretary 29
receives the request at least five business days prior to 30
the next regularly scheduled board meeting, the issue shall 31
be placed as an item on the agenda for such meeting. If the 32
secretary receives the request less than five days before 33
the next regularly scheduled board meeting, the issue shall 34
be placed as an item on the agenda for the next subsequent 35
regular board meeting. An agenda item may be moved to a 36
different board meeting with the consent of the resident 37
requesting the agenda item; 38
(3) The school board or governing board may establish 39
reasonable rules governing agenda items including, but not 40
limited to, time limits for presentation or discussion of 41 45
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the agenda item and limits on the number of speakers to a 42
single individual or to individuals who met with the 43
superintendent or the superintendent's designee before the 44
issue was brought before the bo ard as a meeting agenda item; 45
(4) The school board or governing board may refuse to 46
hear or delay hearing an agenda item if the school board or 47
governing board has heard an identical or substantially 48
similar issue in the previous three calendar mo nths or if 49
the resident has previously violated district rules 50
regarding conduct at meetings or on school property; and 51
(5) The school board or governing board may delay 52
hearing an agenda item if more than three resident -initiated 53
agenda items are scheduled for the same board meeting. If 54
the hearing of a resident's agenda item is delayed, the 55
school board or governing board shall provide the resident 56
with an alternate method of communicating to the school 57
board or governing board regarding th e agenda item. 58
162.084. 1. If any individual public elementary or 1
secondary school, any charter school, or any school district 2
is determined to be in the bottom five percent of scores on 3
the annual performance report, such school, c harter school, 4
or district shall mail a letter to the parents and guardians 5
of each student in such school, charter school, or district 6
informing such parents and guardians: 7
(1) That the individual public elementary or secondary 8
school, charter school, or school district has been 9
determined to be in the bottom five percent of scores on the 10
annual performance report; and 11
(2) What options are available to such students as a 12
result of the school's, charter school's, or district's 13
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2. (1) Rules relating to the annual performance 15
report rating shall require the department of elementary and 16
secondary education to display, in a clear and easily 17
accessible manner on the department's website, the annual 18
performance report rating and ranking percentage for each 19
local education agency and each attendance center within the 20
local education agency, the accreditation status for each 21
school district, and a list of the bottom five percent of 22
scores for all schools and for all local education agencies. 23
(2) Each local education agency shall display the same 24
information outlined in subdivision (1) of this subsection 25
for the local education agency and each attendance center 26
within the local education agency in a clear and easily 27
accessible manner on the local education agency's website. 28
Information required to be posted on websites under this 29
subdivision shall be included in the annual school 30
accountability report card information required under 31
section 160.522. 32
3. The requirements to mail a letter under subsection 33
1 of this section and display information on the local 34
education agency's website under subdivision (2) of 35
subsection 2 of this section shall not apply to any special 36
school district or state opera ted school in which all of the 37
students enrolled are students with disabilities. 38
162.261. 1. The government and control of a seven - 1
director school district, other than an urban district, is 2
vested in a board of education of seven me mbers, who hold 3
their office for three years, except as provided in 4
[section] sections 162.241 and 162.563, and until their 5
successors are duly elected and qualified. Any vacancy 6
occurring in the board shall be filled by the remaining 7
members of the board; except that if there are more than two 8 47
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vacancies at any one time, the county commission upon 9
receiving written notice of the vacancies shall fill the 10
vacancies by appointment. If there are more than two 11
vacancies at any one time in a county wit hout a county 12
commission, the county executive upon receiving written 13
notice of the vacancies shall fill the vacancies, with the 14
advice and consent of the county council, by appointment. 15
The person appointed shall hold office until the next 16
municipal election, when a director shall be elected for the 17
unexpired term. 18
2. No seven-director, urban, or metropolitan school 19
district board of education shall hire a spouse of any 20
member of such board for a vacant or newly created position 21
unless the position has been advertised pursuant to board 22
policy and the superintendent of schools submits a written 23
recommendation for the employment of the spouse to the board 24
of education. The names of all applicants as well as the 25
name of the applicant hired for the position [are to] shall 26
be included in the board minutes. 27
3. The provisions of Article VII, Section 6 of the 28
Missouri Constitution apply to school districts. 29
162.281. Except as provided in section 162.563, in all 1
seven-director districts, including urban districts, when 2
directors are to be elected for terms of different lengths, 3
each candidate shall declare for a term of a specific number 4
of years and the different terms shall be voted upon as 5
separate propositions. 6
162.291. Except as provided in section 162.563, the 1
voters of each seven -director district other than urban 2
districts shall, at municipal elections, elect two directors 3
who are citizens of the United States and resident taxpayers 4
of the district, who have resided in [this state] the 5 48
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district for one year next preceding their election or 6
appointment, and who are at least twenty -four years of age. 7
162.471. 1. The government and control of an urban 1
school district is vested in a board of seven directors. 2
2. Except as provided in section 162.563, each 3
director shall be a voter of the district who has resided 4
within this state for one year next preceding [his] the 5
director's election or appointment and w ho is at least 6
twenty-four years of age. All directors, except as 7
otherwise provided in [section] sections 162.481 [and 8
section], 162.492, and 162.563, shall hold their offices for 9
six years and until their successors are duly elected and 10
qualified. All vacancies occurring in the board, except as 11
provided in section 162.492, shall be filled by appointment 12
by the board as soon as practicable, and the person 13
appointed shall hold [his] office until the next school 14
board election, when [his] a successor shall be elected for 15
the remainder of the unexpired term. The power of the board 16
to perform any official duty during the existence of a 17
vacancy continues unimpaired thereby. 18
162.481. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this 1
section and [in section] sections 162.492 and 162.563, all 2
elections of school directors in urban school districts 3
shall be held biennially at the same times and places as 4
municipal elections. 5
2. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 3, 4, 6
and 5 of this section, hereafter when a seven -director 7
district becomes an urban school district, the directors of 8
the prior seven-director district shall continue as 9
directors of the urban school district until the expiration 10
of the terms for which they were elected and until their 11
successors are elected as provided in this subsection. The 12 49
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first biennial school election for directors shall be held 13
in the urban school district at the time provided in 14
subsection 1 which is on the date of or subsequent to the 15
expiration of the terms of the directors of the prior 16
district which are first to expire, and directors shall be 17
elected to succeed the directors of the prior district whose 18
terms have expired. If the terms of two directors only have 19
expired, the directors elected at the first biennial school 20
election in the urban school district shall be elected for 21
terms of six years. If the terms of four directors have 22
expired, two directors shall be elected for terms of six 23
years and two shall be elect ed for terms of four years. At 24
the next succeeding biennial election held in the urban 25
school district, successors for the remaining directors of 26
the prior seven-director district shall be elected. If only 27
two directors are to be elected they shall b e elected for 28
terms of six years each. If four directors are to be 29
elected, two shall be elected for terms of six years and two 30
shall be elected for terms of two years. After seven 31
directors of the urban school district have been elected 32
under this subsection, their successors shall be elected for 33
terms of six years. 34
3. In any school district in which a majority of the 35
district is located in any home rule city with more than one 36
hundred fifty-five thousand but fewer than two hundred 37
thousand inhabitants, elections shall be held annually at 38
the same times and places as general municipal elections for 39
all years where one or more terms expire, and the terms 40
shall be for three years and until their successors are duly 41
elected and qualified f or all directors elected on and after 42
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4. For any school district which becomes an urban 44
school district by reason of the 2000 federal decennial 45
census, elections shall be held annually at the same times 46
and places as general muni cipal elections for all years 47
where one or more terms expire, and the terms shall be for 48
three years and until their successors are duly elected and 49
qualified for all directors elected on and after August 28, 50
2001. 51
5. In any school district in an y county with a charter 52
form of government and with more than three hundred thousand 53
but fewer than four hundred fifty thousand inhabitants which 54
becomes an urban school district by reason of the 2010 55
federal decennial census, elections shall be held a nnually 56
at the same times and places as general municipal elections 57
for all years where one or more terms expire, and the terms 58
shall be for three years and until their successors are duly 59
elected and qualified for all directors elected on and after 60
April 2, 2012. 61
6. In any urban school district in a county of the 62
first classification with more than eighty -three thousand 63
but fewer than ninety -two thousand inhabitants and with a 64
home rule city with more than seventy -six thousand but fewer 65
than ninety-one thousand inhabitants as the county seat, 66
elections shall be held annually at the same times and 67
places as general municipal elections for all years where 68
one or more terms expire, and upon expiration of any term 69
after August 28, 2015, the term of office shall be for three 70
years and until their successors are duly elected and 71
qualified. 72
162.491. 1. Directors for urban school districts, 1
other than those districts containing the greater part of a 2
city of over one hundr ed thirty thousand inhabitants, may be 3 51
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nominated by petition to be filed with the secretary of the 4
board and signed by a number of voters in the district equal 5
to ten percent of the total number of votes cast for the 6
director receiving the highest numb er of votes cast at the 7
next preceding biennial election, except as provided in 8
subsection 4 of this section. 9
2. This section shall not be construed as providing 10
the sole method of nominating candidates for the office of 11
school director in urban school districts [which] that do 12
not contain the greater part of a city of over three hundred 13
thousand inhabitants. 14
3. A director for any urban school district containing 15
a city of greater than one hundred thirty thousand 16
inhabitants and less tha n three hundred thousand inhabitants 17
may be nominated as an independent candidate by filing with 18
the secretary of the board a petition signed by five hundred 19
registered voters of such school district. 20
4. In any urban school district located in a c ounty of 21
the first classification with more than eighty -three 22
thousand but fewer than ninety -two thousand inhabitants and 23
with a home rule city with more than seventy -six thousand 24
but fewer than ninety -one thousand inhabitants as the county 25
seat, a candidate for director shall file a declaration of 26
candidacy with the secretary of the board and shall not be 27
required to submit a petition. 28
5. No candidate for election as a school board 29
director representing a subdistrict as provided in section 30
162.563 shall be required to file a declaration of candidacy 31
as provided in this section as the sole method of filing for 32
candidacy. 33
162.563. 1. As used in this section, the following 1
terms mean: 2 52
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(1) "School board", the board v ested with the 3
government and control of a school district as described in 4
section 162.261 or section 162.471; 5
(2) "School district", a seven -director school 6
district or an urban school district established in this 7
chapter. 8
2. A school board may divide the school district into 9
seven subdistricts or a combination of subdistricts and at - 10
large districts and establish the election of school board 11
members as provided in this section. 12
3. (1) A school board desiring to divide a school 13
district as provided in this section shall vote on the 14
question of dividing the district as provided in this 15
section. Upon the approval of the question by at least four 16
members of the school board, the school board shall develop 17
a proposed plan as descr ibed in subdivision (2) of this 18
subsection. 19
(2) A school board dividing a school district as 20
provided in this section shall develop and adopt a proposed 21
plan for the division of the school district. Such proposed 22
plan shall be adopted upon the a pproval of at least four 23
members of the school board and shall contain at least the 24
following information: 25
(a) A summary of the proposed plan for dividing the 26
school district; 27
(b) A statement indicating whether the school district 28
will be divided into seven subdistricts or a combination of 29
subdistricts and at-large districts; 30
(c) A description of the areas of the school district 31
each newly elected school board member will represent, with 32
each subdistrict and at -large district repres ented by a 33
number; 34 53
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(d) A statement indicating whether the existing school 35
board members will be replaced by the newly elected school 36
board members at one election or in succeeding elections to 37
provide for staggered terms of the members; and 38
(e) Any other information deemed necessary by the 39
school board. 40
(3) After the school board develops such proposed 41
plan, the school board shall immediately notify the election 42
authority of the county in which the school district is 43
located. Upon receiving such notification, the election 44
authority shall submit the question of whether to divide the 45
school district as described in the proposed plan to the 46
voters of the school district on the next available day for 47
any municipal election. If a majority of the registered 48
voters of the school district voting on the question approve 49
the division of the school district, the school board shall 50
follow the procedures described in subsection 4 of this 51
section. If a majority of the registered voters of the 52
school district voting on the question reject the division 53
of the school district, no division, as described in this 54
section shall occur. 55
4. (1) After approval of a question submitted under 56
subdivision (3) of subsection 3 of this section, a school 57
board dividing a school district as provided in this section 58
shall adopt a final plan for the division of the school 59
district based on the proposed plan developed under 60
subsection 3 of this section. Such final plan shall contain 61
at least the following information: 62
(a) A summary of the proposed plan for dividing the 63
school district; 64
(b) The time and place of at least two public hearings 65
to be held to consider the proposed plan; 66 54
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(c) A statement indicating whether the school district 67
will be divided into seven subdistricts or a combination of 68
subdistricts and at-large districts; 69
(d) A description of the areas of the school district 70
each newly elected school board member will represent, with 71
each subdistrict and at -large district represented by a 72
number; 73
(e) A statement indicating whether the existing school 74
board members will be replaced by the newly elected school 75
board members at one election or in succeeding elections to 76
provide for staggered terms of th e members; and 77
(f) Any other information deemed necessary by the 78
school board. 79
(2) For each hearing held as provided in this 80
subsection, the school board shall: 81
(a) Publish notice of the hearing, the proposed plan, 82
and any amendments t o the proposed plan adopted at a 83
previous hearing on the school district's website and by any 84
other method allowed by law, with the first publication to 85
occur no more than thirty days before the hearing and the 86
second publication to occur no earlier th an fifteen days and 87
no later than ten days before the hearing; 88
(b) Hear all alternate proposals for division of the 89
school district and receive evidence for or against such 90
alternate proposals; 91
(c) Hear all protests and receive evidence for or 92
against such proposed division; 93
(d) Vote on each alternate proposal and protest, which 94
vote shall be the final determination of such alternate 95
proposal or protest; 96
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(f) Perform any other actions related to the proposed 98
plan deemed necessary by the school board. 99
(3) (a) After the conclusion of the final hearing 100
proceedings but before adjourning such hearing, the school 101
board shall adopt the final plan to divide the school 102
district developed as a result of the hearings. 103
(b) After the school board adopts the final plan, the 104
school board shall present the final plan to the election 105
authority of the county in which the school district is 106
located for actions required unde r subdivision (4) of this 107
subsection and publish the final plan in the same manner as 108
the initial proposed plan was published under paragraph (a) 109
of subdivision (2) of this subsection. The final plan shall 110
contain at least the following information: 111
a. A summary of the final plan for dividing the school 112
district; 113
b. A statement indicating whether the school district 114
will be divided into seven subdistricts or a combination of 115
subdistricts and at-large districts; 116
c. A description of the areas of the school district 117
each newly elected school board member will represent, with 118
each subdistrict and at -large district represented by a 119
number; 120
d. The date of the election of each new school board 121
member as provided in the final plan ; 122
e. A statement indicating whether the existing school 123
board members will be replaced by the newly elected school 124
board members at one election or in succeeding elections to 125
provide for staggered terms of the members; and 126
f. Any other information deemed necessary by the 127
school board. 128 56
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(4) (a) After a final plan is adopted as provided in 129
subdivision (3) of this subsection, before December first of 130
the calendar year immediately preceding the general 131
municipal election day in the cale ndar year in which the 132
residents of the school district will vote to elect new 133
school board members as provided in the final plan, the 134
school board shall divide the school district into seven 135
subdistricts or a combination of subdistricts and at -large 136
districts as directed in the final plan. All subdistricts 137
required by the final plan shall be of contiguous and 138
compact territory and as nearly equal in population as 139
practicable in accordance with the final plan. Within six 140
months after each decenni al census is reported to the 141
President of the United States, the school board shall 142
reapportion the subdistricts to be as nearly equal in 143
population as practicable. After the school board divides 144
the school district or reapportions the subdistricts, t he 145
school board shall notify the residents of the school 146
district as provided by law. 147
(b) Any resident of the school district who believes 148
the school board has divided the school district or 149
reapportioned subdistricts in violation of paragraph (a ) of 150
this subdivision may petition the circuit court of the 151
county in which the school district exists for an order 152
directing the school board to divide the school district or 153
reapportion the subdistricts as provided in paragraph (a) of 154
this subdivision. The petition shall be submitted to the 155
circuit court within ten business days of the school board's 156
notice required in paragraph (a) of this subdivision. 157
(5) On the first day available for candidate filing 158
for the first general municipal elec tion occurring after the 159
school district is divided as provided in this subsection, 160 57
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any qualified resident who has or will have resided in a 161
subdistrict or at-large district for the year immediately 162
preceding the general municipal election day may file as a 163
candidate for election to the school board as a member 164
representing such subdistrict or at -large district. At the 165
end of the time available for candidate filing, if no 166
qualified resident of a subdistrict has filed as a candidate 167
in that subdistrict, the election authority shall extend the 168
time for candidate filing by seven additional days, and any 169
qualified resident of the school district who has or will 170
have resided in the school district for the year immediately 171
preceding the general munic ipal election day may file as a 172
candidate for election to the school board as a member 173
representing that subdistrict. No school district shall 174
require a candidate to submit a petition signed by the 175
registered voters of the school district as a method of 176
filing a declaration of candidacy. The election authority 177
shall determine the validity of all declarations of 178
candidacy. 179
(6) When the election is held on the general municipal 180
election day, the seven candidates, one from each of the 181
subdistricts or at-large districts, who receive a plurality 182
of the votes cast by the voters of that subdistrict or at - 183
large district shall be elected. Any candidate who is not a 184
subdistrict resident but qualifies as a candidate as a 185
school district resident a s provided in subdivision (5) of 186
this subsection shall be elected by the voters of the school 187
district. Each member shall be elected to a term as 188
provided in the final plan adopted as provided in 189
subdivision (3) of this subsection. 190
(7) Each member shall serve until a successor is 191
elected or the member vacates the office. Any vacancy that 192 58
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occurs before the end of the member's term shall be filled 193
as provided in section 162.261 or 162.471. 194
(8) Except for a member who is not a subdistrict 195
resident but is elected as a school district resident to 196
represent a subdistrict as provided in subdivision (5) of 197
this subsection, each member shall reside in the subdistrict 198
the member represents during the member's term. 199
(9) All other provisions applicable to school 200
districts that are not in conflict with this subsection 201
shall apply to school districts divided as provided in this 202
subsection. 203
5. (1) If any school district receives a petition, 204
signed by at least ten percent of the numb er of registered 205
voters of the school district voting in the last school 206
board election, calling for the school district to divide 207
into seven subdistricts or a combination of subdistricts and 208
at-large districts and establish the election of school 209
board members as provided in this subsection, the school 210
district shall immediately notify the election authority of 211
the county in which the school district is located. Upon 212
receiving such notification, the election authority shall 213
submit the question of whether to divide the school district 214
as provided by the petition to the voters of the school 215
district on the next available day for any municipal 216
election. If a majority of the registered voters of the 217
school district voting on the question approve the division 218
of the school district, the school board shall begin the 219
process of adopting the plan as described in this 220
subsection. If a majority of the registered voters of the 221
school district voting on the question reject the division 222
of the school district, no division as described in the 223
petition shall occur. 224 59
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(2) (a) Any such petition submitted to the school 225
district as provided in this subsection shall contain a 226
proposed plan for the division of the school district. Such 227
proposed plan shall contain at least the following 228
information: 229
a. A summary of the proposed plan for dividing the 230
school district; 231
b. A statement indicating whether the school district 232
will be divided into seven subdistricts or a combination of 233
subdistricts and at-large districts; 234
c. A description of the areas of the school district 235
each newly elected school board member will represent, with 236
each subdistrict and at -large district represented by a 237
number; 238
d. The proposed date of the electi on of each new 239
school board member as provided in the proposed plan; 240
e. A statement indicating whether the existing school 241
board members will be replaced by the newly elected school 242
board members at one election or in succeeding elections to 243
provide for staggered terms of the members; and 244
f. Any other information deemed necessary by the 245
school board. 246
(b) If a division of the school district is approved 247
by the voters as provided in subdivision (1) of this 248
subsection, the school board shall create a school district 249
division commission to develop a final plan for division of 250
the school district. The commission shall: 251
a. Be composed of nine members as follows: 252
(i) Three members appointed by the superintendent of 253
the school district; 254
(ii) Three members appointed by the county commission; 255
and 256 60
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(iii) Three members appointed by the organizers of the 257
petition to divide the school district; and 258
b. Set the time and place of at least two hearings to 259
be held to consider the proposed plan. For each hearing 260
held, the commission shall: 261
(i) Publish notice of the hearing, the proposed plan, 262
and any amendments to the proposed plan adopted at a 263
previous hearing on the school district's website and by any 264
other method allowed by law, with the first publication to 265
occur no more than thirty days before the hearing and the 266
second publication to occur no earlier than fifteen days and 267
no later than ten days before the hearing; 268
(ii) Conduct the hearing on th e proposal for division 269
of the district on behalf of the petitioners; 270
(iii) Hear all protests and receive evidence for or 271
against such proposed division; and 272
(iv) Vote to adopt any proposed plan amendments agreed 273
to by the petitioners as a r esult of the hearings. 274
(c) Within ninety days after the adjournment of the 275
final hearing conducted as provided in this subdivision, the 276
commission shall submit the final plan to the election 277
authority of the county in which the school district is 278
located for actions required in subdivision (3) of this 279
subsection and publish the final plan in the same manner as 280
the initial proposed plan was published as provided in item 281
(i) of subparagraph b. of paragraph (b) of this 282
subdivision. The final plan shall contain at least the 283
following information: 284
a. A summary of the final plan for dividing the school 285
district; 286 61
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b. A statement indicating whether the school district 287
will be divided into seven subdistricts or a combination of 288
subdistricts and at-large districts; 289
c. A description of the areas of the school district 290
each newly elected school board member will represent, with 291
each subdistrict and at -large district represented by a 292
number; 293
d. The date of the election of each new school board 294
member as provided in the final plan; 295
e. A statement indicating whether the existing school 296
board members will be replaced by the newly elected school 297
board members at one election or in succeeding elections to 298
provide for staggered terms of the members; and 299
f. Any other information deemed necessary by the 300
commission. 301
(3) (a) After a final plan is submitted to the 302
election authority as provided in subdivision (2) of this 303
subsection, before December first of the cal endar year 304
immediately preceding the general municipal election day in 305
the calendar year in which the residents of the school 306
district will vote to elect new school board members as 307
provided in the final plan, the school district division 308
commission shall divide the school district into seven 309
subdistricts or a combination of subdistricts and at -large 310
districts as directed in the final plan. All subdistricts 311
required by the final plan shall be of contiguous and 312
compact territory and as nearly equal in population as 313
practicable in accordance with the final plan. Within six 314
months after each decennial census is reported to the 315
President of the United States, the commission shall 316
reapportion the subdistricts to be as nearly equal in 317
population as practicable. After the commission divides the 318 62
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school district or reapportions the subdistricts, the 319
commission shall notify the residents of the school district 320
as provided by law. 321
(b) Any resident of the school district who believes 322
the school district division commission has divided the 323
school district or reapportioned subdistricts in violation 324
of paragraph (a) of this subdivision may petition the 325
circuit court of the county in which the school district 326
exists for an order directing the co mmission to divide the 327
school district or reapportion the subdistricts as provided 328
in paragraph (a) of this subdivision. The petition shall be 329
submitted to the circuit court within ten business days of 330
the commission's notice provided in paragraph (a) of this 331
subdivision. 332
(4) On the first day available for candidate filing 333
for the first general municipal election occurring after the 334
school district is divided as provided in this subsection, 335
any qualified resident who has or will have resided in a 336
subdistrict or at-large district for the year immediately 337
preceding the general municipal election day may file as a 338
candidate for election to the school board as a member 339
representing such subdistrict or at -large district. At the 340
end of the time available for candidate filing, if no 341
qualified resident of a subdistrict has filed as a candidate 342
in that subdistrict, the election authority shall extend the 343
time for candidate filing by seven additional days, and any 344
qualified resident of the scho ol district who has or will 345
have resided in the school district for the year immediately 346
preceding the general municipal election day may file as a 347
candidate for election to the school board as a member 348
representing that subdistrict. No school district shall 349
require a candidate to submit a petition signed by the 350 63
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registered voters of the school district as a method of 351
filing a declaration of candidacy. The election authority 352
shall determine the validity of all declarations of 353
candidacy. 354
(5) When the election is held on the general municipal 355
election day, the seven candidates, one from each of the 356
subdistricts or at-large districts, who receive a plurality 357
of the votes cast by the voters of that subdistrict shall be 358
elected. Any candidate who is not a subdistrict resident 359
but qualifies as a candidate as a school district resident 360
as provided in subdivision (4) of this subsection shall be 361
elected by the voters of the school district. Each member 362
shall be elected to a term as provided i n the final plan 363
approved as provided in subdivision (2) of this subsection. 364
(6) Each member shall serve until a successor is 365
elected or the member vacates the office. Any vacancy that 366
occurs before the end of the member's term shall be filled 367
as provided in section 162.261 or 162.471. 368
(7) Except for a member who is not a subdistrict 369
resident but is elected as a school district resident to 370
represent a subdistrict as provided in subdivision (4) of 371
this subsection, each member shall reside in the subdistrict 372
the member represents during the member's term. 373
(8) All other provisions applicable to school 374
districts that are not in conflict with this subsection 375
shall apply to school districts divided as provided in this 376
subsection. 377
6. No new plan for division of the school district 378
shall be proposed or adopted as provided in this section 379
sooner than five years after a division of the school 380
district as provided in this section. 381 64
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162.720. 1. (1) This subdivision shall apply to all 1
school years ending before July 1, 2024. Where a sufficient 2
number of children are [determined to be] identified as 3
gifted and their development requires programs or services 4
beyond the level of those ordinarily provided in regu lar 5
public school programs, districts may establish special 6
programs for such gifted children. 7
(2) For school year 2024 -25 and all subsequent school 8
years, if three percent or more of students enrolled in a 9
school district are identified as gifte d and their 10
development requires programs or services beyond the level 11
of those ordinarily provided in regular public school 12
programs, the district shall establish a state -approved 13
gifted program for gifted children. 14
2. For school year 2024 -25 and all subsequent school 15
years, any teacher providing gifted services to students in 16
districts with an average daily attendance of more than 17
three hundred fifty students shall be certificated in gifted 18
education. In districts with an average daily atte ndance of 19
three hundred fifty students or fewer, any teacher providing 20
gifted services shall not be required to be certificated to 21
teach gifted education but such teacher shall annually 22
participate in at least six clock hours of professional 23
development focused on gifted services. The school district 24
shall pay for such professional development focused on 25
gifted services. 26
3. The state board of education shall determine 27
standards for such gifted programs and gifted services. 28
Approval of [such] gifted programs shall be made by the 29
state department of elementary and secondary education based 30
upon project applications submitted [by July fifteenth of 31 65
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each year] at a time and in a form determined by the 32
department of elementary and secondary ed ucation. 33
[3.] 4. No district shall [make a determination as to 34
whether] identify a child [is] as gifted based on the 35
child's participation in an advanced placement course or 36
international baccalaureate course. Districts shall 37
[determine] identify a child [is] as gifted only if the 38
child meets the definition of gifted children as provided in 39
section 162.675. 40
[4.] 5. Any district with a gifted education program 41
approved under subsection [2] 3 of this section shall have a 42
policy, approved by the board of education of the district, 43
that establishes a process that outlines the procedures and 44
conditions under which parents or guardians may request a 45
review of the decision [that determined] that their child 46
did not qualify to receive servic es through the district's 47
gifted education program. 48
[5.] 6. School districts and school district employees 49
shall be immune from liability for any and all acts or 50
omissions relating to the decision that a child did not 51
qualify to receive services through the district's gifted 52
education program. 53
7. The department of elementary and secondary 54
education may promulgate all necessary rules and regulations 55
for the implementation and administration of this section. 56
Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in 57
section 536.010, that is created under the authority 58
delegated in this section shall become effective only if it 59
complies with and is subject to all of the provisions of 60
chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 536.028. This 61
section and chapter 536 are nonseverable, and if any of the 62
powers vested with the general assembly pursuant to chapter 63 66
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536 to review, to delay the effective date, or to disapprove 64
and annul a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, 65
then the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed 66
or adopted after August 28, 2022, shall be invalid and void. 67
162.974. 1. The state department of elementary and 1
secondary education shall reimburse school districts, 2
including special school districts, for the special 3
educational costs of high -need children with an 4
individualized education program exceeding three times the 5
current expenditure per average daily attendance as 6
calculated on the district annual secretary of the board 7
report for the year in which expenditures are claimed. For 8
any school district with an average daily attendance of five 9
hundred students or fewer, the calculation of three times 10
the current expenditure per average daily attendance shall 11
not include any moneys reimbursed to a school district under 12
this section. 13
2. A school district shall submit, through timely 14
application, as determined by the state department of 15
elementary and secondary education, the cost of serving any 16
high-needs student with an individualized education program , 17
as provided in subsection 1 of this section. 18
162.1255. 1. As used in this section, the following 1
terms mean: 2
(1) "Competency-based credit", credit awarded by 3
school districts and charter schools to high school students 4
upon demonstration of competency as determined by a school 5
district. Such credit shall be awarded upon receipt of 6
"proficient" or "advanced" on an end -of-course assessment; 7
(2) "Prior year average attendance perce ntage", the 8
quotient of the district or charter school's prior year 9 67
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average daily attendance divided by the district or charter 10
school's prior year average yearly enrollment. 11
2. School districts and charter schools shall receive 12
state school funding under sections 163.031, 163.043, 13
163.044, and 163.087 for resident pupils enrolled in the 14
school district or charter school and taking competency - 15
based courses offered by the school district. 16
3. For purposes of calculation and distribution of 17
state aid under section 163.031, attendance of a student 18
enrolled in a district's or charter school's competency - 19
based courses shall equal, upon course completion, the 20
product of the district's or charter school's prior year 21
average attendance percent age multiplied by the total number 22
of attendance hours normally allocable to a noncompetency - 23
based course of equal credit value. 24
163.016. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 1
163.011, for any school district located in more than one 2
county and whose headquarters are located within a city of 3
the fourth classification with more than two thousand five 4
hundred but fewer than two thousand six hundred inhabitants 5
and located in more than one county, the county signified in 6
the school district number shall be the county in the 7
district with the highest dollar value modifier. 8
2. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 163.011 9
to the contrary, for any school district located in more 10
than one county and whose headquarter s are located within a 11
city with more than two thousand seven hundred but fewer 12
than three thousand inhabitants and located in a county with 13
more than fourteen thousand but fewer than fifteen thousand 14
seven hundred inhabitants and with a county seat wi th more 15
than two thousand but fewer than three thousand inhabitants, 16
the county signified in the school district number shall be 17 68
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the county in the district with the highest dollar value 18
modifier. 19
3. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 163.0 11 20
to the contrary, for any school district located in more 21
than one county and whose headquarters are located within a 22
city with more than one thousand one hundred seventy but 23
fewer than one thousand three hundred inhabitants and 24
located in a county with more than sixty thousand but fewer 25
than seventy thousand inhabitants, the county signified in 26
the school district number shall be the county in the 27
district with the highest dollar value modifier. 28
4. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 163.011 29
to the contrary, for any school district located in more 30
than one county and whose headquarters are located within a 31
city with more than one thousand three hundred but fewer 32
than one thousand five hundred inhabitants and partially 33
located in a county with more than eight thousand but fewer 34
than eight thousand nine hundred inhabitants and with a 35
county seat with more than three hundred but fewer than six 36
hundred inhabitants, the county signified in the school 37
district number shall be the cou nty in the district with the 38
highest dollar value modifier. 39
167.151. 1. The school board of any district, in its 1
discretion, may admit to the school pupils not entitled to 2
free instruction and prescribe the tuition fee to be paid by 3
them, except as provided in subdivision (2) of subsection 3 4
of this section and in sections 167.121, 167.131, 167.132, 5
and 167.895. 6
2. Orphan children, children with only one parent 7
living, and children whose parents do not contribute to 8
their support—if the children are between the ages of six 9
and twenty years and are unable to pay tuition —may attend 10 69
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the schools of any district in the state in which they have 11
a permanent or temporary home without paying a tuition fee. 12
3. (1) For all school years ending on or before June 13
30, 2023, any [person] individual who pays a school tax in 14
any other district than that in which [he] such individual 15
resides may send [his] such individual's children to any 16
public school in the district in which t he tax is paid and 17
receive as a credit on the amount charged for tuition the 18
amount of the school tax paid to the district; except that 19
any [person] individual who owns real estate of which eighty 20
acres or more are used for agricultural purposes and up on 21
which [his] such individual's residence is situated may send 22
[his] such individual's children to public school in any 23
school district in which a part of such real estate, 24
contiguous to that upon which [his] such individual's 25
residence is situated, lies and shall not be charged tuition 26
therefor; so long as thirty -five percent of the real estate 27
is located in the school district of choice. The school 28
district of choice shall count the children in its average 29
daily attendance for the purpose of di stribution of state 30
aid through the foundation formula. 31
(2) For all school years beginning on or after July 1, 32
2023, any current owner of residential real property or 33
agricultural real property or a named beneficiary of a trust 34
that currently owns residential real property or 35
agricultural real property and that pays a school tax in a 36
district or districts other than the district in which such 37
current owner or current beneficiary resides may send up to 38
four of such owner's or beneficiary's chil dren to a public 39
school, excluding a charter school, in any district in which 40
such owner or trust pays such school tax. For purposes of 41
this subdivision, "residential real property" shall not 42 70
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include any multi-family residential property which exceeds 43
four units. An owner or a named beneficiary of a trust that 44
currently owns residential real property shall not be 45
permitted under this subdivision to send their child to a 46
district outside of the county in which they currently 47
reside. Such owner or beneficiary shall send thirty days' 48
written notice to all school districts involved specifying 49
which school district each child will attend. Such owner or 50
beneficiary shall also present proof of the owner's or 51
trust's annual payment of at least two t housand dollars of 52
school taxes levied on the real property specified in this 53
subdivision within such school district and ownership of the 54
specified real property for not less than the immediately 55
preceding four consecutive years. Neither the resident nor 56
nonresident districts shall be responsible for providing 57
transportation services under this subdivision. The school 58
district attended shall count a child attending under this 59
subdivision in its average daily attendance for the purpose 60
of distribution of state aid under chapter 163, except that 61
such nonresident students shall not be counted in the 62
district's average daily attendance for the purposes of 63
determining eligibility for aid payments under section 64
163.044. 65
4. For any school year ending on or before June 30, 66
2023, any owner of agricultural land who, pursuant to 67
subsection 3 of this section, has the option of sending his 68
children to the public schools of more than one district 69
shall exercise such option as provided in this subs ection. 70
Such person shall send written notice to all school 71
districts involved specifying to which school district his 72
children will attend by June thirtieth in which such a 73
school year begins. If notification is not received, such 74 71
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children shall attend the school in which the majority of 75
his property lies. Such person shall not send any of his 76
children to the public schools of any district other than 77
the one to which he has sent notice pursuant to this 78
subsection in that school year or in which the majority of 79
his property lies without paying tuition to such school 80
district. 81
5. If a pupil is attending school in a district other 82
than the district of residence and the pupil's parent is 83
teaching in the school district or is a regular emp loyee of 84
the school district which the pupil is attending, then the 85
district in which the pupil attends school shall allow the 86
pupil to attend school upon payment of tuition in the same 87
manner in which the district allows other pupils not 88
entitled to free instruction to attend school in the 89
district. The provisions of this subsection shall apply 90
only to pupils attending school in a district which has an 91
enrollment in excess of thirteen thousand pupils and not in 92
excess of fifteen thousand pupils a nd which district is 93
located in a county [of the first classification ] with a 94
charter form of government which has a population in excess 95
of six hundred thousand persons and not in excess of nine 96
hundred thousand persons. 97
167.225. 1. As used in subsections 1 to 4 of this 1
section, the following terms mean: 2
(1) "Braille", the system of reading and writing 3
through touch; 4
(2) "Student", any student who has an impairment in 5
vision that, even with correction, adversely affe cts a 6
child's educational performance and who is determined 7
eligible for special education services under the 8
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2. All students shall receive instruction in braille 10
reading and writing as part of their i ndividualized 11
education plan unless the individual education program team 12
determines, after an evaluation of a student's reading and 13
writing skills, needs, and appropriate reading and writing 14
media, including an evaluation of the student's future needs 15
for instruction in braille or the use of braille, that 16
instruction in braille or the use of braille is not 17
appropriate. No student shall be denied instruction in 18
braille reading and writing solely because the student has 19
some remaining vision. 20
3. Instruction in braille reading and writing shall be 21
sufficient to enable each student to communicate effectively 22
and efficiently at a level commensurate with the student's 23
sighted peers of comparable grade level and intellectual 24
functioning. The student's individualized education plan 25
shall specify: 26
(1) How braille will be implemented as the primary 27
mode for learning through integration with normal classroom 28
activities. If braille will not be provided to a child who 29
is blind, the reason for not incorporating it in the 30
individualized education plan shall be documented therein; 31
(2) The date on which braille instruction will 32
commence; 33
(3) The level of competency in braille reading and 34
writing to be achieved by the end of the p eriod covered by 35
the individualized education plan; and 36
(4) The duration of each session. 37
4. As part of the certification process, teachers 38
certified in the education of blind and visually impaired 39
children shall be required to demonstrate c ompetence in 40
reading and writing braille. The department of elementary 41 73
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and secondary education shall adopt assessment procedures to 42
assess such competencies which are consistent with standards 43
adopted by the National Library Service for the Blind and 44
Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, Washington, D. 45
C. 46
5. (1) Subsections 5 to 9 of this section shall be 47
known and may be cited as the "Blind Students' Rights to 48
Independence, Training, and Education Act" or the "BRITE 49
Act". 50
(2) As used in subsections 5 to 9 of this section, the 51
following terms mean: 52
(a) "Accessible assistive technology device", an 53
assistive technology device, as defined in 20 U.S.C. Section 54
1401, as amended, that provides blind or visually impaired 55
students the benefits of an educational program in an 56
equally effective and integrated manner as that provided to 57
nondisabled students; 58
(b) "Adequate instruction", the quality teaching of 59
blind or visually impaired students, as it pertains to 60
general education and necessary blindness skills, in 61
alignment with the U.S. Department of Education's definition 62
of free appropriate public education, as defined in 20 63
U.S.C. Section 1401, as amended; 64
(c) "Blind or visually impaired student": 65
a. A child who: 66
(i) Has an individualized education program (IEP) or 67
an individualized family service plan (IFSP), as such terms 68
are defined in 20 U.S.C. Section 1401, as amended, or a 504 69
plan created under Section 504 of the federal Rehabilitation 70
Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. Section 794, as amended; and 71
(ii) Is identified as having the disability of "visual 72
impairment (including blindness)" within the definition of 73 74
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"child with a disability" in 20 U.S.C. Section 1401, as 74
amended; or 75
b. An individual who is deaf -blind under the federal 76
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), as 77
amended, or other federal law; 78
(d) "Braille", the system of reading and writing 79
through touch; 80
(e) "Expanded core curriculum", a disability -specific 81
curriculum that compensates for vision loss, is foundational 82
to all other learning, and that covers the nine essential 83
areas of compensatory access, sensory efficiency, assistive 84
technology, orientation and mobility, social interaction, 85
recreation and leisure, independent living, self - 86
determination, and career education; 87
(f) "Grade level instruction", instruction that aligns 88
with state-designated content standards and curricula for 89
students of the same age or level of maturity, based on the 90
development of intellectual, emotional, physical, and 91
behavioral capacity that is typical for the student's age or 92
age group; 93
(g) "Local educational agency" or "LEA", the same 94
definition as in 20 U.S.C. Section 1401, as amended; 95
(h) "Nonvisual access", the ability of a blind or 96
visually impaired student to use all functions of a device, 97
without using the student's vision, in an equally effective, 98
equally integrated manner and with equivalent ease of use as 99
the student's sighted pe ers; 100
(i) "Nonvisual skills", skills that are taught in such 101
a way that the student does not need to use any vision; 102
(j) "State educational agency", the same definition as 103
in 20 U.S.C. Section 1401, as amended; 104 75
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(k) "Technology-mediated learning environments and 105
methods", the settings in which electronic and information 106
technology including, but not limited to, the following is 107
used: 108
a. Computer-based applications and simulations; 109
b. Personal and mobile computing devices suc h as 110
smartphones or tablets; 111
c. Web-based platforms; 112
d. Online or distance-learning programs; 113
e. Video games; and 114
f. Exhibits or installations that feature digital 115
media, wearable technology, or other tools that support 116
participants' engagement with new knowledge, skills, or 117
practices; 118
(l) "U.S. Access Board", the independent federal 119
agency created in 1973 that promotes equality for people 120
with disabilities through leadership in accessible design 121
and the development of a ccessibility guidelines and 122
standards. 123
6. (1) Each blind or visually impaired student shall 124
receive instruction in Braille reading and writing as part 125
of such student's individualized education program (IEP) or 126
individualized family support plan (IFSP) unless the IEP or 127
IFSP team determines, after an evaluation of the student's 128
reading and writing skills, needs, and appropriate reading 129
and writing media including, but not limited to, an 130
evaluation of the student's needs for instruction in Bra ille 131
or the use of Braille, that instruction in Braille or the 132
use of Braille is not appropriate. No blind or visually 133
impaired student shall be denied instruction in Braille 134
reading and writing solely because the student has some 135
vision. During the evaluation and IEP process, 136 76
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consideration shall be given regarding appropriate Braille 137
instruction based on a potential vision loss due to a 138
degenerative medical diagnosis. 139
(2) In conjunction with the U.S. Department of 140
Education's Braille presu mption requirement in the federal 141
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), as 142
amended, instruction in Braille reading and writing shall be 143
sufficient to enable each blind or visually impaired student 144
to communicate effectively and efficientl y at a level 145
commensurate with the student's same age and with the 146
student's nondisabled peers of comparable intellectual 147
ability. The blind or visually impaired student's 148
individualized education program (IEP) or individualized 149
family support plan ( IFSP) shall specify: 150
(a) The results obtained from an evaluation of the 151
blind or visually impaired student's reading and writing 152
skills, needs, and appropriate reading and writing media 153
including, but not limited to, an evaluation of the blind or 154
visually impaired student's needs for instruction in Braille 155
or the use of Braille including, but not limited to, 156
consideration regarding appropriate Braille instruction 157
based on a potential vision loss due to a degenerative 158
medical diagnosis; 159
(b) How Braille will be implemented, if needed as 160
determined by the IEP team, as a primary mode for learning 161
through integration with other classroom activities; 162
(c) The length of the period of instruction and the 163
frequency and duration of each ins tructional session as 164
determined by the IEP team, which shall, as closely as 165
appropriate based on individual needs, be identical to the 166
level of instruction provided to nondisabled peers; and 167 77
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(d) The level of competency in Braille reading and 168
writing to be achieved by the end of the period. 169
(3) Use, and provision, of Braille materials for 170
reading and writing shall be addressed in 504 plans for 171
blind or visually impaired students created under Section 172
504 of the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. 173
Section 794, as amended. 174
7. In conjunction with academic achievement and 175
functional performance requirements of 34 CFR 176
300.320(a)(2)(i), as amended, instruction in expanded core 177
curriculum shall be provided to blind or visually impaired 178
students to support progress in the general education 179
curriculum. 180
8. (1) Each blind or visually impaired student shall 181
receive instruction in assistive technology as part of the 182
student's individualized education program (IEP) or 183
individualized family support plan (IFSP) unless the IEP or 184
IFSP team determines, after an evaluation of a student's 185
needs, that instruction in assistive technology is not 186
appropriate. No student shall be denied instruction in 187
assistive technology solely because the student has some 188
vision. 189
(2) In conjunction with accessible assistive 190
technology requirements of the federal Individuals with 191
Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) in 20 U.S.C. 192
1412(a)(12)(B)(i), as amended, the blind or visually 193
impaired student shall receive grade -level instruction that 194
will equip the blind or visually impaired student with the 195
appropriate technology -mediated learning environments and 196
methods to perform on the same level of proficiency expected 197
of peers of comparabl e intellectual ability and grade 198 78
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level. The blind or visually impaired student's IEP or IFSP 199
shall specify: 200
(a) The results obtained from an assessment of the 201
blind or visually impaired student's skills, needs, and 202
appropriate accessible assisti ve technology including, but 203
not limited to, an evaluation of the future needs for 204
accessible assistive technology training or the use of 205
accessible assistive technology; 206
(b) How accessible assistive technology will be 207
implemented as a primary mo de for learning through 208
integration with other classroom activities; 209
(c) The frequency and duration of each instructional 210
session; 211
(d) The level of mastery of the accessible assistive 212
technology specified by the blind or visually impaired 213
student's assessment to be achieved by the end of the 214
period; and 215
(e) Acknowledgment that either: 216
a. The blind or visually impaired student may 217
transport the accessible assistive technology to and from 218
school without the need for payment, fam ily assumption of 219
liability for loss or damage, or any other cost to the blind 220
or visually impaired student or the family; or 221
b. If the accessible assistive technology remains at 222
school, the LEA will provide duplicate accessible assistive 223
technology in the blind or visually impaired student's home 224
without requiring payment, family assumption of liability 225
for loss or damage, or any other cost to the blind or 226
visually impaired student or the family. 227
(3) Use, and provision, of accessible ass istive 228
technology shall be addressed in 504 plans for blind or 229
visually impaired students created under Section 504 of the 230 79
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federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. Section 794, 231
as amended. 232
9. (1) Each blind or visually impaired student shal l 233
receive instruction in orientation and mobility as part of 234
the student's individualized education program (IEP) or 235
individualized family support plan (IFSP) unless the IEP or 236
IFSP team determines, after an evaluation of a student's 237
needs, that instruction in orientation and mobility is not 238
appropriate. No student shall be denied instruction in 239
orientation and mobility solely because the student has some 240
vision. 241
(2) In conjunction with orientation and mobility 242
services requirements of 34 CF R 300.34(c)(7), as amended, 243
blind or visually impaired students shall receive 244
orientation and mobility instruction to equip each blind or 245
visually impaired student with the age -appropriate tools, 246
techniques, and nonvisual skills to navigate in and arou nd 247
the student's home, schools, communities, and other 248
environments as applicable, and as expected of peers of 249
comparable intellectual ability and grade level. The blind 250
or visually impaired student's IEP or IFSP shall specify: 251
(a) The results obtained from an evaluation of the 252
blind or visually impaired student's orientation and 253
mobility needs including, but not limited to, an evaluation 254
of the blind or visually impaired student's future needs for 255
instruction in orientation and mobility; 256
(b) How orientation and mobility will be integrated 257
into the home, school, and community; 258
(c) The date on which orientation and mobility 259
instruction will commence; 260
(d) The frequency and duration of each instructional 261
session; and 262 80
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(e) The level of mastery of orientation and mobility 263
skills to be achieved by the end of the period. 264
(3) Orientation and mobility equipment, 265
accommodations, and modifications shall be addressed in 504 266
plans for blind or visually impaired students cr eated under 267
Section 504 of the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 268
U.S.C. Section 794, as amended. 269
(4) An orientation and mobility evaluation shall be 270
conducted by a person who is appropriately certified by the 271
National Blindness Professional Certification Board (NBPCB) 272
with a National Orientation and Mobility Certification 273
(NOMC), or through the Academy for Certification of Vision 274
Rehabilitation and Education Professionals (ACVREP) as a 275
Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialist (COMS), or who 276
holds a nationally recognized certification related to 277
orientation and mobility. 278
(5) The orientation and mobility evaluations described 279
in subdivision (4) of this subsection shall occur in 280
familiar and unfamiliar environments, during the daytime and 281
nighttime, and around the home, school, and community as 282
determined age appropriate by the blind or visually impaired 283
student's IEP or IFSP. 284
10. (1) As part of the state educational agency's 285
certification and renewal process, educato rs hired to teach 286
Braille shall be certified teachers of students with visual 287
impairments, hold a current and valid National Certification 288
in Unified English Braille (NCUEB) working under the 289
supervision of a reading specialist, or hold a nationally 290
recognized certification related to Braille instruction. 291
(2) As part of the state educational agency's 292
certification and renewal process, educators hired to teach 293
accessible assistive technology shall be certified teachers 294 81
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of students with visual i mpairments, hold a valid and 295
current Certified Assistive Technology Instructional 296
Specialist for People with Visual Impairments (CATIS), or 297
hold a valid and current National Certification in Access 298
Technology for the Blind (NCATB) or other nationally 299
recognized certification related to assistive technology 300
instruction for individuals with visual impairments. 301
(3) As part of the state educational agency's 302
certification and renewal process, specialists hired to 303
teach orientation and mobility shal l hold a valid and 304
current National Orientation and Mobility Certification 305
(NOMC) or hold a current and valid Certified Orientation and 306
Mobility Specialist (COMS) certification or other nationally 307
recognized certification related to orientation and mob ility 308
instruction for individuals with visual impairments. 309
11. (1) LEAs shall deliver services to blind or 310
visually impaired students in a manner that at all times 311
abides by requirements of the federal Individuals with 312
Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Title II of the Americans 313
with Disabilities Act, and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 314
as amended, including during declared local, state, or 315
national emergencies. 316
(2) LEAs shall seek and obtain proof of currently 317
available certified profe ssionals from any company, agency, 318
or individual the LEA intends to contract with for services 319
outlined in subsections 5 to 9 of this section. 320
(3) LEAs shall not impose any preclusions or 321
limitations on a student to receive instruction in 322
orientation and mobility services in and around the home, 323
school, or community setting including during daytime and 324
nighttime hours. 325 82
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(4) LEAs may require annual written parental consent 326
to conduct effective instruction when such services are 327
provided before or after regular school hours or when such 328
services are provided away from the educational institution 329
or the blind or visually impaired student's residence. 330
(5) If an LEA prohibits an orientation and mobility 331
instructor from using the instru ctor's preferred mode of 332
transportation to transport blind or visually impaired 333
students to and from outside environments, the LEA shall 334
provide an equally effective transportation alternative for 335
that purpose without cost to the orientation and mobili ty 336
instructor. If the blind or visually impaired student's 337
family provides transportation for the student, the LEA 338
shall reimburse the expense. 339
12. (1) If an LEA requires an eye report, the LEA 340
shall bear all costs associated with obtaining suc h report. 341
LEAs shall not delay an evaluation for eligibility based on 342
the absence or delay of such report. 343
(2) All electronic and information technology 344
developed, procured, maintained, or used by LEAs shall be 345
compliant with the U.S. Access Boa rd's Section 508 346
standards, as amended. 347
(3) LEAs shall anticipate the need for nonvisual 348
accessibility and adopt policies and procedures to reduce or 349
eliminate common barriers experienced by blind or visually 350
impaired students, parents, educators , administrators, and 351
other staff. 352
13. Subsections 1 to 4 of this section shall apply in 353
all school years ending before July 1, 2022. Subsections 5 354
to 12 of this section shall apply in school year 2022 -23 and 355
all subsequent school years. 356 83
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167.268. 1. Each [local] school district and charter 1
school shall have on file a policy for reading 2
[intervention] success plans [for any pupils of the district 3
in grades kindergarten through three pursuant to the 4
provisions of this section. Such plans shall identify 5
strategies to be followed by the district teachers to raise 6
a pupil identified as reading below grade level by 7
recognized methods to reading at grade level by the end of 8
the third grade. Recognized methods of ide ntification may 9
include but need not be limited to the scores of the pupil 10
obtained through any established standardized testing 11
program currently administered by the district, observations 12
of classroom teachers, and documented classroom 13
performance]. Each school district and charter school shall 14
provide all parents and guardians of students, including 15
parents of students who are identified as having a 16
substantial deficiency in reading under subsection 1 of 17
section 167.645, with suggestions for re gular parent-guided 18
home reading. 19
2. [The state board of education ] The department of 20
elementary and secondary education shall develop guidelines 21
to assist districts and charter schools in formulating 22
policies for reading [intervention] success plans. Such 23
guidelines may include, but are not limited to, measures of 24
reading proficiency, strategies for addressing reading 25
deficiencies, timelines for measuring pupil improvement in 26
reading, and information on screening [for and treatment] of 27
[auditory] dyslexia[, and information on the Lindamood 28
Auditory Conceptualization Test and the Auditory 29
Discrimination in Depth Program ]. Such guidelines may also 30
identify performance levels for pupils identified as 31
handicapped or severely handicapped and conditions under 32 84
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which such pupils [are] may be exempt from the provisions of 33
this section and section 167.645. 34
3. [Each local school district enrolling a pupil 35
identified as reading below grade level shall develop an 36
individual plan of reading intervention for such pupil. The 37
individual pupil's plan may include individual or group 38
reading development activities. The plan may be developed 39
after consultation with the pupil's parent or legal 40
guardian] Each school district and charter school s hall 41
provide intensive reading instruction to students as 42
provided in section 167.645 . 43
167.625. 1. This section shall be known and may be 1
cited as "Will's Law". 2
2. As used in this section, the following terms mean: 3
(1) "Individualized emergency health care plan", a 4
document developed by a school nurse, in consultation with a 5
student's parent and other appropriate medical 6
professionals, that is consistent with the recommendations 7
of the student's health care providers, that describes 8
procedural guidelines that provide specific directions about 9
what to do in a particular emergency situation, and that is 10
signed by the parent and the school nurse or the school 11
administrator or the administrator's designee in the absenc e 12
of the school nurse; 13
(2) "Individualized health care plan", a document 14
developed by a school nurse, in consultation with a 15
student's parent and other appropriate medical professionals 16
who may be providing epilepsy or seizure disorder care to 17
the student, that is consistent with the recommendations of 18
the student's health care providers, that describes the 19
health services needed by the student at school, and that is 20
signed by the parent and the school nurse or the school 21 85
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administrator or the administrator's designee in the absence 22
of the school nurse; 23
(3) "Parent", a parent, guardian, or other person 24
having charge, control, or custody of a student; 25
(4) "School", any public elementary or secondary 26
school or charter school; 27
(5) "School employee", a person employed by a school; 28
(6) "Student", a student who has epilepsy or a seizure 29
disorder and who attends a school. 30
3. (1) The parent of a student who seeks epilepsy or 31
seizure disorder care while at school shall inform the 32
school nurse or the school administrator or the 33
administrator's designee in the absence of the school nurse. 34
The school nurse shall develop an individualized health 35
care plan and an individualized emergency health care plan 36
for the student. The parent of the student shall annually 37
provide to the school written authorization for the 38
provision of epilepsy or seizure disorder care as described 39
in the individualized plans. 40
(2) The individualized plans developed under 41
subdivision (1) of this subsection shall be updated by the 42
school nurse before the beginning of each school year and as 43
necessary if there is a change in the health status of the 44
student. 45
(3) Each individualized health care plan shall, and 46
each individualized e mergency health care plan may, include 47
but not be limited to the following information: 48
(a) A notice about the student's condition for all 49
school employees who interact with the student; 50
(b) Written orders from the student's physician or 51
advanced practice nurse describing the epilepsy or seizure 52
disorder care; 53 86
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(c) The symptoms of the epilepsy or seizure disorder 54
for that particular student and recommended care; 55
(d) Whether the student may fully participate in 56
exercise and sports, and any contraindications to exercise 57
or accommodations that shall be made for that particular 58
student; 59
(e) Accommodations for school trips, after -school 60
activities, class parties, and other school -related 61
activities; 62
(f) Information for such school employees about how to 63
recognize and provide care for epilepsy and seizure 64
disorders, epilepsy and seizure disorder first aid training, 65
when to call for assistance, emergency contact information, 66
and parent contact information; 67
(g) Medical and treatment issues that may affect the 68
educational process of the student; 69
(h) The student's ability to manage, and the student's 70
level of understanding of, the student's epilepsy or seizure 71
disorder; and 72
(i) How to maintain communi cation with the student, 73
the student's parent and health care team, the school nurse 74
or the school administrator or the administrator's designee 75
in the absence of the school nurse, and the school employees. 76
4. (1) The school nurse assigned to a p articular 77
school or the school administrator or the administrator's 78
designee in the absence of the school nurse shall coordinate 79
the provision of epilepsy and seizure disorder care at that 80
school and ensure that all school employees are trained 81
every two years in the care of students with epilepsy and 82
seizure disorders including, but not limited to, school 83
employees working with school -sponsored programs outside of 84 87
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the regular school day, as provided in the student's 85
individualized plans. 86
(2) The training required under subdivision (1) of 87
this subsection shall include an online or in -person course 88
of instruction approved by the department of health and 89
senior services that is provided by a reputable, local, 90
Missouri-based health care or no nprofit organization that 91
supports the welfare of individuals with epilepsy and 92
seizure disorders. 93
5. The school nurse or the school administrator or the 94
administrator's designee in the absence of the school nurse 95
shall obtain a release from a st udent's parent to authorize 96
the sharing of medical information between the student's 97
physician or advanced practice nurse and other health care 98
providers. The release shall also authorize the school 99
nurse or the school administrator or the administrat or's 100
designee in the absence of the school nurse to share medical 101
information with other school employees in the school 102
district as necessary. No sharing of information under this 103
subsection shall be construed to be a violation of the 104
federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act 105
of 1996 (HIPAA) (Pub. L. 104 -191), as amended, if a 106
student's parent has provided a release under this 107
subsection. 108
6. No school employee including, but not limited to, a 109
school nurse, a school bus driv er, a school bus aide, or any 110
other officer or agent of a school shall be held liable for 111
any good faith act or omission consistent with the 112
provisions of this section, nor shall an action before the 113
state board of nursing lie against a school nurse fo r any 114
such action taken by a school employee trained in good faith 115
by the school nurse under this section. "Good faith" shall 116 88
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not be construed to include willful misconduct, gross 117
negligence, or recklessness. 118
167.640. 1. School districts [may] shall adopt a 1
policy with regard to student promotion which may require 2
remediation as a condition of promotion to the next grade 3
level for any student identified by the district as failing 4
to master skills and competencies established fo r that 5
particular grade level by the district board of education. 6
School districts may also require parents or guardians of 7
such students to commit to conduct home -based tutorial 8
activities with their children or, in the case of a student 9
with disabilities eligible for services pursuant to sections 10
162.670 to 162.1000, the individual education plan shall 11
determine the nature of parental involvement consistent with 12
the requirements for a free, appropriate public education. 13
2. Such remediation shall recognize that different 14
students learn differently and shall employ methods designed 15
to help these students achieve at high levels. Such 16
remediation may include, but shall not necessarily be 17
limited to, a mandatory summer school program focused on the 18
areas of deficiency or other such activities conducted by 19
the school district outside of the regular school day. 20
Decisions concerning the instruction of a child who receives 21
special educational services pursuant to sections 162.670 to 22
162.1000 shall be made in accordance with the child's 23
individualized education plan. 24
3. School districts providing remediation pursuant to 25
this section or section 167.645 outside of the traditional 26
school day may count extra hours of instruction in the 27
calculation of average daily attendance as defined in 28
section 163.011. 29 89
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167.645. 1. [For purposes of this section, the 1
following terms mean: 2
(1) "Reading assessment", a recognized method of 3
judging a student's reading ability, with results expressed 4
as reading at a particular grade level. The term reading 5
assessment shall include, but is not limited to, standard 6
checklists designed for use as a student reads out loud, 7
paper-and-pencil tests promulgated by nationally recogni zed 8
organizations and other recognized methods of determining a 9
student's reading accuracy, expression, fluency and 10
comprehension in order to make a determination of the 11
student's grade-level reading ability. Assessments which do 12
not give a grade-level result may be used in combination 13
with other assessments to reach a grade -level 14
determination. Districts are encouraged but not required to 15
select assessment methods identified pursuant to section 16
167.346. Districts are also encouraged to use mult iple 17
methods of assessment; 18
(2) "Summer school", for reading instruction purposes, 19
a minimum of forty hours of reading instruction and 20
practice. A school district may arrange the hours and days 21
of instruction to coordinate with its regular progr am of 22
summer school. 23
2. For purposes of this section, methods of reading 24
assessment shall be determined by each school district. 25
Unless a student has been determined in the current school 26
year to be reading at grade level or above, each school 27
district shall administer a reading assessment or set of 28
assessments to each student within forty -five days of the 29
end of the third-grade year, except that the provisions of 30
this subsection shall not apply to students receiving 31
special education servic es under an individualized education 32 90
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plan pursuant to sections 162.670 to 162.999, to students 33
receiving services pursuant to Section 504 of the 34
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 whose services plan includes an 35
element addressing reading or to students determ ined to have 36
limited English proficiency or to students who have been 37
determined, prior to the beginning of any school year, to 38
have a cognitive ability insufficient to meet the reading 39
requirement set out in this section, provided that districts 40
shall provide reading improvement plans for students 41
determined to have such insufficient cognitive ability. The 42
assessment required by this subsection shall also be 43
required for students who enter a school district in grades 44
four, five or six unless such student has been determined in 45
the current school year to be reading at grade level or 46
above. 47
3. Beginning with school year 2002 -03, for each 48
student whose third-grade reading assessment determines that 49
such student is reading below second -grade level, the school 50
district shall design a reading improvement plan for the 51
student's fourth-grade year. Such reading improvement plan 52
shall include, at a minimum, thirty hours of additional 53
reading instruction or practice outside the regular school 54
day during the fourth -grade year. The school district shall 55
determine the method of reading instruction necessary to 56
enforce this subsection. The school district may also 57
require the student to attend summer school for reading 58
instruction as a condit ion of promotion to fourth grade. 59
The department of elementary and secondary education may, 60
from funds appropriated for the purpose, reimburse school 61
districts for additional instructional personnel costs 62
incurred in the implementation and execution o f the thirty 63
hours of additional reading instruction minus the revenue 64 91
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generated by the school district through the foundation 65
formula for the additional reading instruction average daily 66
attendance. 67
4. Each student for whom a reading improvement plan 68
has been designed pursuant to subsection 3 of this section 69
shall be given another reading assessment, to be 70
administered within forty -five days of the end of such 71
student's fourth-grade year. If such student is determined 72
to be reading below th ird-grade level, the student shall be 73
required to attend summer school to receive reading 74
instruction. At the end of such summer school instruction, 75
such student shall be given another reading assessment. If 76
such student is determined to be reading b elow third-grade 77
level, the district shall notify the student's parents or 78
guardians, and the student shall not be promoted to fifth 79
grade. No student shall be denied promotion more than once 80
solely for inability to meet the reading standards set out 81
in this section. 82
5. The process described in subsections 3 and 4 of 83
this section shall be repeated as necessary through the end 84
of the sixth grade, with the target grade level rising 85
accordingly. Mandatory retention in grade shall not apply 86
to grades subsequent to fourth grade. 87
6. The mandatory process of additional reading 88
instruction pursuant to this section shall cease at the end 89
of the sixth grade. The permanent record of students who 90
are determined to be reading below the fifth -grade level at 91
the end of sixth grade shall carry a notation advising that 92
such student has not met minimal reading standards. The 93
notation shall stay on the student's record until such time 94
as the district determines that a student has met minimal 95
reading standards. 96 92
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7. Each school district shall be required to offer 97
summer school reading instruction to any student with a 98
reading improvement plan. Districts may fulfill the 99
requirement of this section through cooperative arrangements 100
with neighboring districts; provided that such districts 101
shall timely make all payments provided pursuant to such 102
cooperative agreements. 103
8. A school district may adopt a policy that requires 104
retention in grade of any student who has been determined to 105
require summer school instruction in reading and who does 106
not fulfill the summer school attendance requirement. 107
9. Nothing in this section shall preclude a school 108
district from retaining any student in grade when a 109
determination is made in accordanc e with district policy 110
that retention is in the best interests of the student. 111
10. The state board of education shall not incorporate 112
information about the number of students receiving 113
additional instruction pursuant to this section into any 114
element of any standard of the Missouri school improvement 115
program or its successor accreditation program; provided, 116
however, each district shall make available, upon the 117
request of any parent, patron, or media outlet within the 118
district, the number and pe rcentage of students receiving 119
remediation pursuant to this section. The information shall 120
be presented in a way that does not permit personal 121
identification of any student or educational personnel. 122
11. Each school district shall make a systemati c 123
effort to inform parents of the methods and materials used 124
to teach reading in kindergarten through fourth grade, in 125
terms understandable to a layperson and shall similarly 126
inform parents of students for whom a reading improvement 127
plan is required pursuant to this section ] Each school 128 93
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district and charter school shall assess all students 129
enrolled in kindergarten through grade three at the 130
beginning and end of each school year for their level of 131
reading or reading readiness on state -approved reading 132
assessments. Additionally, all school districts and charter 133
schools shall assess any newly enrolled student in grades 134
one through five for their level of reading or reading 135
readiness on a reading assessment from the state -approved 136
list. At the beginning of the school year, each school 137
district and charter school shall provide a reading success 138
plan to any student who: 139
(1) Exhibits a substantial deficiency in reading which 140
creates a barrier to the child's progress learning to read. 141
The identification of such deficiency may be based upon the 142
most recent assessments or teacher observation; or 143
(2) Has been identified as being at risk of dyslexia 144
in the statewide dyslexia screening or has a formal 145
diagnosis of dyslexia. 146
For the purposes of this section, a substantial reading 147
deficiency shall refer to a student who is one or more grade 148
level or levels behind in reading or reading readiness; 149
provided that nothing in this section shall be interpreted 150
to prevent a school district or c harter school from offering 151
a reading success plan to any student based on an assessment 152
completed at the start and end of the school year or teacher 153
observation. For any student entering the school district 154
or charter school after the start of the sc hool year, such 155
student shall be provided a reading success plan in the 156
event the student has been identified as having a 157
substantial reading deficiency based on the student's most 158
recent assessment or otherwise being identified through 159 94
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teacher observation. The student's reading proficiency 160
shall be reassessed by reading assessments on the state - 161
approved list. The student shall continue to be provided 162
with intensive reading instruction under a reading success 163
plan until the reading deficiency is remedied. 164
2. The district or charter school shall notify the 165
parent or guardian of any student in kindergarten through 166
grade three who exhibits a substantial deficiency in 167
reading, as described in subsection 1 of this section, at 168
least annually in writing, and in an appropriate, 169
alternative manner for the parent or other guardian if 170
necessary, of the following: 171
(1) That the child has been identified as having a 172
substantial deficiency in reading; 173
(2) A description of the services cur rently provided 174
to the child; 175
(3) A description of the proposed supplemental 176
instructional services and supports that the school district 177
will provide to the child that are designed to remediate the 178
identified area of reading deficiency. For students 179
identified as being at risk of dyslexia or those that have a 180
diagnosis of dyslexia the district shall provide an 181
explanation that the instruction that will be used to teach 182
the child reading shall be explicit, systematic, and 183
diagnostic and based on phonological awareness, phonics, 184
fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, morphology, syntax, and 185
semantics; 186
(4) Strategies for parents and guardians to use in 187
helping the child succeed in reading proficiency, including 188
but not limited to the pro motion of parent-guided home 189
reading. 190 95
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3. If the school district or charter school provides a 191
summer reading program under this section, the district or 192
charter school shall notify the parent or guardian of each 193
student who exhibits a substantial deficiency in reading of 194
the opportunity to attend the summer reading program. 195
4. If a student has a substantial reading deficiency 196
at the end of third grade, the student's parent or guardian 197
and appropriate school staff shall discuss whether the 198
student should be retained in grade level, based on a 199
consideration of all relevant factors, including the reading 200
deficiency, the student's progress in other subject areas, 201
and the student's overall intellectual, physical, emotional, 202
and social development. A decision to promote or retain a 203
student with a substantial reading deficiency at the end of 204
grade three shall be made only after direct personal 205
consultation with the student's parent or guardian and after 206
the formulation of a specific plan of action to remedy the 207
student's reading deficiency. 208
5. Each school district or charter school shall do all 209
of the following: 210
(1) Provide students who are identified as having a 211
substantial deficiency in reading under subsection 1 of this 212
section, have been identified as being at risk of dyslexia 213
in the statewide dyslexia screening, or have a formal 214
diagnosis of dyslexia with intensive instructional services 215
and supports specified in a reading success plan, as 216
appropriate according to s tudent need, free of charge, to 217
remediate the identified areas of reading deficiency, 218
including additional scientific, evidence -based reading 219
instruction and other strategies prescribed by the school 220
district or charter school which may include but are not 221
limited to the following: 222 96
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(a) Small group or individual instruction; 223
(b) Reduced teacher-student ratios; 224
(c) More frequent progress monitoring; 225
(d) Tutoring or mentoring; 226
(e) Extended school day, week, or year; and 227
(f) Summer reading programs; 228
(2) For any student with a formal diagnosis of 229
dyslexia or for a student who was found to be at risk of 230
dyslexia in the statewide dyslexia screening, the school 231
district or charter school shall provide evidence -based 232
reading instruction that addresses phonology, sound -symbol 233
association, syllable instruction, morphology, syntax, and 234
semantics provided through systematic, cumulative, explicit, 235
and diagnostic methods; 236
(3) At regular intervals, but no less than four times 237
per year in a manner that reflects progress through each 238
school term, notify the parent or guardian of academic and 239
other progress being made by the student and give the parent 240
or guardian other useful information; 241
(4) In addition to required reading enhancement and 242
acceleration strategies, provide all parents of students, 243
including parents of students who are identified as having a 244
substantial deficiency in reading under subsection 1 of this 245
section, with a plan that includes sugge stions for regular 246
parent-guided home reading. 247
6. Each school district and charter school shall 248
ensure that intensive reading instruction through a reading 249
development initiative shall be provided to each 250
kindergarten through grade five student w ho is assessed as 251
exhibiting a substantial deficiency in reading. In addition 252
to the requirements otherwise provided, such instruction 253
shall also comply with all of the following criteria: 254 97
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(1) Be provided to all kindergarten through grade five 255
students who exhibit a substantial deficiency in reading 256
under this section. The assessments shall measure phonemic 257
awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension; 258
(2) Be provided during regular school hours; 259
(3) Provide a reading curriculum that meets the 260
requirements of section 170.014, and at a minimum has the 261
following specifications: 262
(a) Assists students assessed as exhibiting a 263
substantial deficiency in reading to develop the skills to 264
read at grade level; 265
(b) Provides skill development in phonemic awareness, 266
phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension; 267
(c) Includes a scientifically based and reliable 268
assessment; 269
(d) Provides initial and ongoing analysis of each 270
student's reading progress; an d 271
(e) Provides a curriculum in core academic subjects to 272
assist the student in maintaining or meeting proficiency 273
levels for the appropriate grade in all academic subjects. 274
7. School districts and charter schools shall report 275
to the department the specific intensive reading 276
interventions and supports implemented by the school 277
district or charter school pursuant to this section as well 278
as the reading assessment data collected for grades 279
kindergarten through five. The department shall annu ally 280
prescribe the components of required or requested reports. 281
8. (1) Each school district and charter school shall 282
address reading proficiency as part of its comprehensive 283
school improvement plan, drawing upon information about 284
children from assessments conducted pursuant to subsection 1 285
of this section and the prevalence of deficiencies 286 98
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identified by classroom, elementary school, and other 287
student characteristics. As part of its comprehensive 288
school improvement plan or contract, each scho ol district or 289
charter school shall review chronic early elementary 290
absenteeism for its impact on literacy development. If more 291
than fifteen percent of an attendance center's students are 292
not at grade level in reading by the end of third grade, the 293
comprehensive school improvement plan or contract shall 294
include strategies to reduce that percentage, including 295
school and community strategies to raise the percentage of 296
students who are proficient in reading. 297
(2) Each school district and charter school shall 298
provide professional development services to enhance the 299
skills of elementary teachers in responding to children's 300
unique reading issues and needs and to increase the use of 301
evidence-based strategies. 302
167.850. 1. As used in this section, the following 1
terms mean: 2
(1) "Board", the state board of education; 3
(2) "Commissioner", the commissioner of education; 4
(3) "Recovery high school", a public high school that 5
serves eligible students diagnosed with su bstance use 6
disorder or dependency as defined by the most recent 7
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders and 8
that provides both a comprehensive four -year high school 9
education in an alternative public school setting and a 10
structured plan of recovery; 11
(4) "Sending district", the school district where a 12
student attending or planning to attend the recovery high 13
school resides and from which the student is referred for 14
enrollment in a recovery high school. 15 99
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2. (1) The commissioner may approve and authorize up 16
to four pilot recovery high schools, geographically located 17
in metropolitan areas throughout the state, to be 18
established by school districts or groups of school 19
districts for the purpose of demonstrating the effectiven ess 20
of the recovery high school model in this state. The 21
commissioner shall issue a request for proposals from school 22
districts to operate a pilot recovery high school. Such 23
proposals may be submitted by an individual school district 24
proposing to operate a recovery high school or by a group of 25
school districts proposing to jointly operate such a school. 26
Such proposals shall be submitted to the commissioner no 27
later than December first of the school year prior to the 28
school year in which the reco very high school is proposed to 29
begin operation. The approval of the board shall be 30
required for the recovery high school to begin operation. 31
(2) Proposals shall detail how the district or 32
districts will satisfy the criteria for a high school 33
education program under state law and board rule and how the 34
recovery high school will satisfy the requirements for 35
accreditation by the Association of Recovery Schools or 36
another recovery school accreditation organization 37
authorized by the board. The proposal shall include a 38
financial plan outlining the anticipated public and private 39
funding that will allow the recovery high school to operate 40
and meet the school's educational and recovery criteria. 41
The district or districts may partner with one or more local 42
nonprofit organizations or other local educational agencies 43
regarding establishment and operation of a recovery high 44
school and may establish a joint board to oversee the 45
operation of the recovery high school as provided in a 46 100
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memorandum of understanding entered with such organization 47
or organizations. 48
(3) By approval of the proposal upon the 49
recommendation of the commissioner, the board shall be 50
deemed to have authorized all necessary equivalencies and 51
waivers of regulations enumer ated in the proposal. 52
(4) The commissioner may specify an authorization 53
period for the recovery high school, which shall be no less 54
than four years. Before July first of each year the 55
recovery high school is in operation, the school district or 56
group of school districts, in consultation with the recovery 57
high school, shall submit to the commissioner an analysis of 58
the recovery high school's educational, recovery, and other 59
related outcomes as specified in the proposal. The 60
commissioner shall review the analysis and renew any 61
recovery high school meeting the requirements of this 62
section and the requirements of the school's proposal and 63
may include terms and conditions to address areas needing 64
correction or improvement. The commissioner may revoke or 65
suspend the authorization of a recovery high school not 66
meeting the requirements of this section or the requirements 67
of the school's proposal. 68
(5) Pupil attendance, dropout rate, student 69
performance on statewide assessments, and other data 70
considered in the Missouri school improvement program and 71
school accreditation shall not be attributed to the general 72
accreditation of either a sending district or the district 73
or districts operating the recovery high school and may be 74
used by the commissioner only in the renewal process for the 75
recovery high school as provided in this subsection. 76
3. (1) A school district may enter into an agreement 77
with a district or districts operating a recovery high 78 101
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school for the enrollment of an e ligible student who is 79
currently enrolled in or resides in the sending district. 80
(2) A parent or guardian may seek to enroll an 81
eligible student residing in a sending district in a 82
recovery high school created under this section. A student 83
over eighteen years of age residing in a sending district 84
may seek to enroll in a recovery high school. 85
(3) An eligible student shall mean a student who is in 86
recovery from substance use disorder or substance 87
dependency, or such a condition along with co-occurring 88
disorders such as anxiety, depression, and attention deficit 89
hyperactivity disorder, and who is determined by the 90
recovery high school to be a student who would academically 91
and clinically benefit from placement in the recovery high 92
school and is committed to working on the student's 93
recovery. The recovery high school shall consider available 94
information including, but not limited to, any 95
recommendation of a drug counselor, alcoholism counselor, or 96
substance abuse counselor licensed o r certified under 97
applicable laws and regulations. 98
(4) A recovery high school shall not limit or deny 99
admission to an eligible student based on race, ethnicity, 100
national origin, disability, income level, proficiency in 101
the English language, or at hletic ability. 102
4. (1) The recovery high school shall annually adopt 103
a policy establishing a tuition rate for its students no 104
later than February first of the preceding school year. 105
(2) The sending district of an eligible student who is 106
enrolled in and attending a recovery high school shall pay 107
tuition to the recovery high school equal to the lesser of: 108
(a) The tuition rate established under subdivision (1) 109
of this subsection; or 110 102
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(b) The state adequacy target, as defined in sec tion 111
163.011, plus the average sum produced per child by the 112
local tax effort above the state adequacy target of the 113
sending district. 114
(3) If costs associated with the provision of special 115
education and related disability services to the student 116
exceed the tuition to be paid under subdivision (2) of this 117
subsection, the sending district shall remain responsible 118
for paying the excess cost to the recovery high school. 119
(4) The commissioner may enter into an agreement with 120
the appropriate official or agency of another state to 121
develop a reciprocity agreement for otherwise eligible, 122
nonresident students seeking to attend a recovery high 123
school in this state. A recovery high school may enroll 124
otherwise eligible students residing in a state other than 125
this state as provided in such reciprocity agreement. Such 126
reciprocity agreement shall require the out -of-state 127
student's district of residence to pay to the recovery high 128
school an annual amount equal to one hundred five percent of 129
the tuition rate for the recovery high school established 130
under this subsection. If an otherwise eligible student 131
resides in a state that is not subject to a reciprocity 132
agreement, such student may attend a recovery high school 133
provided such student pays t o the school one hundred five 134
percent of the tuition rate for the recovery high school 135
established under this subsection. No student enrolled and 136
attending a recovery high school under this subdivision 137
shall be included as a resident pupil for any sta te aid 138
purpose under chapter 163. 139
5. The board, in consultation with the department of 140
mental health, may promulgate rules to implement the 141
provisions of this section. Any rule or portion of a rule, 142 103
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as that term is defined in section 536.010, th at is created 143
under the authority delegated in this section shall become 144
effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of 145
the provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 146
536.028. This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable, and 147
if any of the powers vested with the general assembly 148
pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective 149
date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently 150
held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking 151
authority and any rule propose d or adopted after August 28, 152
2022, shall be invalid and void. 153
168.021. 1. Certificates of license to teach in the 1
public schools of the state shall be granted as follows: 2
(1) By the state board, under rules and regulations 3
prescribed by it: 4
(a) Upon the basis of college credit; 5
(b) Upon the basis of examination; 6
(2) By the state board, under rules and regulations 7
prescribed by the state board with advice from the advisory 8
council established by section 168. 015 to any individual who 9
presents to the state board a valid doctoral degree from an 10
accredited institution of higher education accredited by a 11
regional accrediting association such as North Central 12
Association. Such certificate shall be limited to t he major 13
area of postgraduate study of the holder, shall be issued 14
only after successful completion of the examination required 15
for graduation pursuant to rules adopted by the state board 16
of education, and shall be restricted to those certificates 17
established pursuant to subdivision (2) of subsection 3 of 18
this section; 19
(3) By the state board, which shall issue the 20
professional certificate classification in both the general 21 104
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and specialized areas most closely aligned with the current 22
areas of certification approved by the state board, 23
commensurate with the years of teaching experience of the 24
applicant, and based upon the following criteria: 25
(a) Recommendation of a state -approved baccalaureate - 26
level teacher preparation program; 27
(b) a. Successful attainment of the Missouri 28
qualifying score on the exit assessment for teachers or 29
administrators designated by the state board of education [.]; 30
b. (i) Applicants who have not successfully achieved 31
a qualifying score on the design ated examinations will be 32
issued a two-year nonrenewable provisional certificate ; 33
(ii) During the two-year nonrenewable provisional 34
certification, an individual teacher may gain full 35
professional certification by: 36
i. Achieving a qualifying s core on the designated 37
exam; or 38
ii. Successfully achieving an acceptable score on the 39
state-approved teacher evaluation system from seven walk - 40
through evaluations, two formative evaluations, and one 41
summative evaluation for each of the two probat ionary years 42
and being offered a third contract by the employing 43
district. For any applicant who has a change in job status 44
because of a reduction in the workforce or a change in life 45
circumstances, the scores required under this item may be 46
scores achieved in any school district during the two -year 47
nonrenewable provisional certification period; and 48
(iii) The employing school district shall recommend to 49
the department of elementary and secondary education that 50
the individual teacher be awarde d a full professional 51
certification by the state board under rules prescribed by 52
the state board; and 53 105
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(c) Upon completion of a background check as 54
prescribed in section 168.133 and possession of a valid 55
teaching certificate in the state from whic h the applicant's 56
teacher preparation program was completed; 57
(4) By the state board, under rules prescribed by it, 58
on the basis of a relevant bachelor's degree, or higher 59
degree, and a passing score for the designated exit 60
examination, for indivi duals whose academic degree and 61
professional experience are suitable to provide a basis for 62
instruction solely in the subject matter of banking or 63
financial responsibility, at the discretion of the state 64
board. Such certificate shall be limited to the major area 65
of study of the holder and shall be restricted to those 66
certificates established under subdivision (2) of subsection 67
3 of this section. Holders of certificates granted under 68
this subdivision shall be exempt from the teacher tenure act 69
under sections 168.102 to 168.130 and each school district 70
shall have the decision -making authority on whether to hire 71
the holders of such certificates; 72
(5) By the state board, under rules and regulations 73
prescribed by it, on the basis of certificati on by the 74
American Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence 75
(ABCTE) and verification of ability to work with children as 76
demonstrated by sixty contact hours in any one of the 77
following areas as validated by the school principal: sixty 78
contact hours in the classroom, of which at least forty -five 79
must be teaching; sixty contact hours as a substitute 80
teacher, with at least thirty consecutive hours in the same 81
classroom; sixty contact hours of teaching in a private 82
school; or sixty contact hours of teaching as a 83
paraprofessional, for an initial four -year ABCTE certificate 84
of license to teach, except that such certificate shall not 85 106
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be granted for the areas of early childhood education, or 86
special education. For certification in the area of 87
elementary education, ninety contact hours in the classroom 88
shall be required, of which at least thirty shall be in an 89
elementary classroom. Upon the completion of the following 90
requirements [listed in paragraphs (a), (b), (c), and (d) of 91
this subdivision], an applicant shall be eligible to apply 92
for a career continuous professional certificate under 93
subdivision (3) of subsection 3 of this section: 94
(a) Completion of thirty contact hours of professional 95
development within four years, which may in clude hours spent 96
in class in an appropriate college curriculum; 97
(b) Validated completion of two years of the mentoring 98
program of the American Board for Certification of Teacher 99
Excellence or a district mentoring program approved by the 100
state board of education; 101
(c) Attainment of a successful performance -based 102
teacher evaluation; and 103
(d) Participation in a beginning teacher assistance 104
program; or 105
(6) (a) By the state board, under rules and 106
regulations prescribed by [it] the board, which shall issue 107
an initial visiting scholars certificate at the discretion 108
of the board, based on the following criteria: 109
[(a)] a. Verification from the hiring school district 110
that the applicant will be employed as part of a business - 111
education partnership initiative designed to build career 112
pathways systems or employed as part of an initiative 113
designed to fill vacant positions in hard -to-staff public 114
schools or hard-to-fill subject areas for students in a 115
grade or grades not lower tha n the ninth grade for which the 116 107
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applicant's academic degree or professional experience 117
qualifies [him or her] the applicant; 118
[(b)] b. Appropriate and relevant bachelor's degree or 119
higher, occupational license, or industry -recognized 120
credential; 121
[(c)] c. Completion of the application for a one -year 122
visiting scholars certificate; and 123
[(d)] d. Completion of a background check as 124
prescribed under section 168.133. 125
(b) The initial visiting scholars certificate shall 126
certify the holder of such certificate to teach for one 127
year. An applicant shall be eligible to renew an initial 128
visiting scholars certificate a maximum of two times, based 129
upon the completion of the requirements listed under 130
[paragraphs (a), (b), and (d) ] subparagraphs a., b., and d. 131
of paragraph (a) of this subdivision; completion of 132
professional development required by the school district and 133
school; and attainment of a satisfactory performance -based 134
teacher evaluation. 135
2. All valid teaching certificates issued pursuant to 136
law or state board policies and regulations prior to 137
September 1, 1988, shall be exempt from the professional 138
development requirements of this section and shall continue 139
in effect until they expire, are revoked or suspended, as 140
provided by law. When such certificates are required to be 141
renewed, the state board or its designee shall grant to each 142
holder of such a certificate the certificate most nearly 143
equivalent to the one so held. Anyone who holds, as of 144
August 28, 2003, a val id PC-I, PC-II, or continuous 145
professional certificate shall, upon expiration of [his or 146
her] such person's current certificate, be issued the 147
appropriate level of certificate based upon the 148 108
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classification system established pursuant to subsection 3 149
of this section. 150
3. (1) Certificates of license to teach in the public 151
schools of the state shall be based upon minimum 152
requirements prescribed by the state board of education 153
which shall include completion of a background check as 154
prescribed in section 168.133. The state board shall 155
provide for the following levels of professional 156
certification: an initial professional certificate and a 157
career continuous professional certificate. 158
(2) The initial professional certificate shall be 159
issued upon completion of requirements established by the 160
state board of education and shall be valid based upon 161
verification of actual teaching within a specified time 162
period established by the state board of education. The 163
state board shall require holde rs of the four-year initial 164
professional certificate to: 165
(a) Participate in a mentoring program approved and 166
provided by the district for a minimum of two years; 167
(b) Complete thirty contact hours of professional 168
development, which may includ e hours spent in class in an 169
appropriate college curriculum, or for holders of a 170
certificate under subdivision (4) of subsection 1 of this 171
section, an amount of professional development in proportion 172
to the certificate holder's hours in the classroom, if the 173
certificate holder is employed less than full time; and 174
(c) Participate in a beginning teacher assistance 175
program. 176
(3) (a) The career continuous professional 177
certificate shall be issued upon verification of completion 178
of four years of teaching under the initial professional 179
certificate and upon verification of the completion of the 180 109
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requirements articulated in paragraphs (a) [, (b), and] to 181
(c) of subdivision (2) of this subsection or paragraphs 182
(a)[, (b), (c), and] to (d) of subdivision (5) of subsection 183
1 of this section. 184
(b) The career continuous professional certificate 185
shall be continuous based upon verification of actual 186
employment in an educational position as provided for in 187
state board guidelines and completion of fifteen contact 188
hours of professional development per year which may include 189
hours spent in class in an appropriate college curriculum. 190
Should the possessor of a valid career continuous 191
professional certificate fail, in any given year, to meet 192
the fifteen-hour professional development requirement, the 193
possessor may, within two years, make up the missing hours. 194
In order to make up for missing hours, the possessor shall 195
first complete the fifteen -hour requirement for the current 196
year and then may count hours in excess of the current year 197
requirement as make-up hours. Should the possessor fail to 198
make up the missing hours within two years, the certificate 199
shall become inactive. In order to reactivate the 200
certificate, the possessor shall comple te twenty-four 201
contact hours of professional development which may include 202
hours spent in the classroom in an appropriate college 203
curriculum within the six months prior to or after 204
reactivating [his or her] the possessor's certificate. The 205
requirements of this paragraph shall be monitored and 206
verified by the local school district which employs the 207
holder of the career continuous professional certificate. 208
(c) A holder of a career continuous professional 209
certificate shall be exempt from the pro fessional 210
development contact hour requirements of paragraph (b) of 211
this subdivision if such teacher has a local professional 212 110
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development plan in place within such teacher's school 213
district and meets two of the three following criteria: 214
a. Has ten years of teaching experience as defined by 215
the state board of education; 216
b. Possesses a master's degree; or 217
c. Obtains a rigorous national certification as 218
approved by the state board of education. 219
4. Policies and procedures shall be established by 220
which a teacher who was not retained due to a reduction in 221
force may retain the current level of certification. There 222
shall also be established policies and procedures allowing a 223
teacher who has not been employed in an educational posit ion 224
for three years or more to reactivate [his or her] the 225
teacher's last level of certification by completing twenty - 226
four contact hours of professional development which may 227
include hours spent in the classroom in an appropriate 228
college curriculum wi thin the six months prior to or after 229
reactivating [his or her] the teacher's certificate. 230
5. The state board shall, upon completion of a 231
background check as prescribed in section 168.133, issue a 232
professional certificate classification in the are as most 233
closely aligned with an applicant's current areas of 234
certification, commensurate with the years of teaching 235
experience of the applicant, to any person who is hired to 236
teach in a public school in this state and who possesses a 237
valid teaching certificate from another state or 238
certification under subdivision (4) of subsection 1 of this 239
section, provided that the certificate holder shall annually 240
complete the state board's requirements for such level of 241
certification, and shall establish polici es by which 242
residents of states other than the state of Missouri may be 243
assessed a fee for a certificate of license to teach in the 244 111
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public schools of Missouri. Such fee shall be in an amount 245
sufficient to recover any or all costs associated with the 246
issuing of a certificate of license to teach. The board 247
shall promulgate rules to authorize the issuance of a 248
provisional certificate of license, which shall be valid for 249
three years and shall allow the holder to assume classroom 250
duties pending the co mpletion of a criminal background check 251
under section 168.133, for any applicant who: 252
(1) Is the spouse of a member of the Armed Forces 253
stationed in Missouri; 254
(2) Relocated from another state within one year of 255
the date of application; 256
(3) Underwent a criminal background check in order to 257
be issued a teaching certificate of license from another 258
state; and 259
(4) Otherwise qualifies under this section. 260
6. The state board may assess to holders of an initial 261
professional certificate a fee, to be deposited into the 262
excellence in education [revolving] fund established 263
pursuant to section 160.268, for the issuance of the career 264
continuous professional certificate. However, such fee 265
shall not exceed the combined costs of issuan ce and any 266
criminal background check required as a condition of 267
issuance. Applicants for the initial ABCTE certificate 268
shall be responsible for any fees associated with the 269
program leading to the issuance of the certificate, but 270
nothing in this secti on shall prohibit a district from 271
developing a policy that permits fee reimbursement. 272
7. Any member of the public school retirement system 273
of Missouri who entered covered employment with ten or more 274
years of educational experience in another state or states 275
and held a certificate issued by another state and 276 112
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subsequently worked in a school district covered by the 277
public school retirement system of Missouri for ten or more 278
years who later became certificated in Missouri shall have 279
that certificate dated back to [his or her] the member's 280
original date of employment in a Missouri public school. 281
8. Within thirty days of receiving an application from 282
a spouse of an active duty member of the Armed Forces of the 283
United States who has been tran sferred or is scheduled to be 284
transferred to the state of Missouri, or who has been 285
transferred or is scheduled to be transferred to an adjacent 286
state and is or will be domiciled in the state of Missouri, 287
or has moved to the state of Missouri on a perm anent change- 288
of-station basis and has successfully completed the 289
background check described under subsection 5 of this 290
section and section 168.133, the state board shall issue to 291
such applicant a full certificate of license to teach, 292
provided that the applicant has paid all necessary fees and 293
has otherwise met all requirements to be issued such a 294
certificate. 295
168.036. 1. In addition to granting certificates of 1
license to teach in public schools of the state under 2
section 168.021, the state board of education shall grant 3
substitute teacher certificates as provided in this section 4
to any individual seeking to substitute teach in any public 5
school in this state. 6
2. (1) The state board shall not grant a certificate 7
of license to teach under this section to any individual who 8
has not completed a background check as required under 9
section 168.021. 10
(2) The state board may refuse to issue or renew, 11
suspend, or revoke any certificate sought or issued under 12 113
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this section in the same manner and for the same reasons as 13
under section 168.071. 14
3. The state board may grant a certificate under this 15
section to any individual who has completed: 16
(1) At least thirty-six semester hours at an 17
accredited institution of higher education; or 18
(2) The twenty-hour online training program required 19
in this section and who possesses a high school diploma or 20
the equivalent thereof. 21
4. The department of elementary and secondary 22
education shall develop and maintain an online training 23
program for individuals, which shall consist of twenty hours 24
of training related to subjects appropriate for substitute 25
teachers as determined by the department. 26
5. The state board may grant a certificate under this 27
section to any highly qualified individual with expertise in 28
a technical or business field or with experience in the 29
Armed Forces of the United States who has completed the 30
background check required in this section but does not meet 31
any of the qualifications unde r subdivision (1) or (2) of 32
subsection 3 of this section if the superintendent of the 33
school district in which the individual seeks to substitute 34
teach sponsors such individual and the school board of the 35
school district in which the individual seeks t o substitute 36
teach votes to approve such individual to substitute teach. 37
6. (1) Notwithstanding any other provisions to 38
contrary, beginning on the effective date of this section 39
and ending on June 30, 2025, any person, who is retired and 40
currently receiving a retirement allowance under sections 41
169.010 to 169.141 or sections 169.600 to 169.715, other 42
than for disability, may be employed to substitute teach on 43
a part time or temporary substitute basis by an employer 44 114
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included in the retirement system without a discontinuance 45
of the person's retirement allowance. Such a person shall 46
not contribute to the retirement system, or to the public 47
school retirement system established by sections 169.010 to 48
169.141 or to the public education employee retirement 49
system established by sections 169.600 to 169.715, because 50
of earnings during such period of employment. 51
(2) In addition to the conditions set forth in 52
subdivision 1 of this subsection, any person retired and 53
currently receiving a reti rement allowance under sections 54
169.010 to 169.141, other than for disability, who is 55
employed by a third party or is performing work as an 56
independent contractor may be employed to substitute teach 57
on a part-time or temporary substitute basis, if such person 58
is performing work for an employer included in the 59
retirement system without a discontinuance of the person's 60
retirement allowance. 61
(3) If a person is employed pursuant to this 62
subsection on a regular, full -time basis the person shall 63
not be entitled to receive the person's retirement allowance 64
for any month during which the person is so employed. The 65
retirement system may require the employer, the third -party 66
employer, the independent contractor, and the retiree 67
subject to this subsection to provide documentation showing 68
compliance with this subsection. If such documentation is 69
not provided, the retirement system may deem the retiree to 70
have exceeded the limitations provided in this subsection. 71
7. A certificate granted und er this section shall be 72
valid for four years. A certificate granted under this 73
section shall expire at the end of any calendar year in 74
which the individual fails to substitute teach for at least 75
five days or forty hours of in -seat instruction. 76 115
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8. (1) An individual to whom the state board grants a 77
certificate under this section may be a substitute teacher 78
in a public school in the state if the school district 79
agrees to employ the individual as a substitute teacher and 80
such individual has com pleted a background check as required 81
in subsection 10 of this section. 82
(2) No individual to whom the state board grants a 83
certificate under this section and who is under twenty years 84
of age shall be a substitute teacher in grades nine to 85
twelve. 86
9. Each school district may develop an orientation for 87
individuals to whom the state board grants a certificate 88
under this section for such individuals employed by the 89
school district and may require such individuals to complete 90
such orientation. Such orientation shall contain at least 91
two hours of subjects appropriate for substitute teachers 92
and shall contain instruction on the school district's best 93
practices for classroom management. 94
10. Beginning January 1, 2023, any substitute teac her 95
may, at the time such substitute teacher submits the 96
fingerprints and information required for the background 97
check required under section 168.021, designate up to five 98
school districts to which such substitute teacher has 99
submitted an application for substitute teaching to receive 100
the results of the substitute teacher's criminal history 101
background check and fingerprint collection. The total 102
amount of any fees for disseminating such results to up to 103
five school districts under this subsection shall not exceed 104
fifty dollars. 105
11. The state board may exercise the board's authority 106
under chapter 161 to promulgate all necessary rules and 107
regulations necessary for the administration of this section. 108 116
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168.037. 1. The department of elementary and 1
secondary education shall create and maintain a web -based 2
survey for collecting anonymous information from substitute 3
teachers in Missouri public schools. The survey will 4
collect anonymous, nonbiased, real -time data that school 5
districts, charter schools, and the state can access to 6
study and improve the effectiveness of substitute teachers 7
in supporting instruction and learning and to improve 8
circumstances that may cause a shortage of available 9
substitute teachers. 10
2. (1) Each substitute teacher in a public school 11
shall complete the survey described in subsection 1 of this 12
section at the end of each day of teaching. The district or 13
charter school in which the substitute teacher is teaching 14
for that day shall pro vide, by email, a web link to the 15
survey. If needed, the district or charter school shall 16
also provide brief access to a computer or other connected 17
device sufficient to allow the survey to be completed. The 18
survey can also be completed on -site by the substitute 19
teacher using a personal device. 20
(2) The survey described in subsection 1 of this 21
section shall include, at a minimum, questions regarding: 22
the age and level of education of the substitute teacher, 23
the date of teaching, the district and school, the grade or 24
grades taught, information about support and interaction 25
with school staff, any student health or safety issues 26
experienced, and rate of substitute teacher pay. 27
3. Districts and charter schools shall annually 28
provide information to the department of elementary and 29
secondary education regarding: use of third-party 30
employment agencies for substitute teachers, daily rate of 31
substitute teacher pay, employment of full -time and part- 32 117
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time substitute teachers, substitute tea cher recruitment 33
efforts, the substitute teacher interview process, and use 34
of current school staff as substitute teachers during other 35
assigned time. 36
168.205. 1. Notwithstanding any provision of law to 1
the contrary, two or more sc hool districts may share a 2
superintendent who possesses a valid Missouri 3
superintendent's license. If any school districts choose to 4
share a superintendent, they shall not be required to 5
receive approval from the department of elementary and 6
secondary education but may notify the department. 7
2. (1) Beginning July 1, 2023, subject to 8
appropriation, a school district that enters into an 9
agreement with another school district to share a 10
superintendent shall receive additional state aid under th is 11
subsection. 12
(2) The department of elementary and secondary 13
education shall annually distribute thirty thousand dollars 14
to any school district that shares a superintendent under 15
this subsection. Any such amount distributed to a school 16
district shall be in addition to and shall not be included 17
in any calculation of state aid under chapter 163. 18
(3) To receive the additional thirty thousand dollars 19
under this subsection, the school district shall provide 20
proof to the department of elemen tary and secondary 21
education that the school district will use all of the 22
additional thirty thousand dollars received under this 23
subsection and at least half of the amount saved as a result 24
of participating in sharing a superintendent under this 25
subsection to compensate teachers or to provide counseling 26
services. 27 118
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(4) No school district that receives additional 28
funding under this subsection shall receive such funding for 29
more than five years. 30
168.500. 1. For the purpose of providing career pay, 1
which shall be a salary supplement, for public school 2
teachers, which for the purpose of sections 168.500 to 3
168.515 shall include classroom teachers, librarians, school 4
counselors and certificated teachers who hold positions as 5
school psychological examiners, parents as teachers 6
educators, school psychologists, special education 7
diagnosticians and speech pathologists, and are on the 8
district salary schedule, there is hereby created and 9
established a career advancement program which shall be 10
known as the "Missouri Career Development and Teacher 11
Excellence Plan", hereinafter known as the "career plan or 12
program". Participation by local school districts in the 13
career advancement program established under this section 14
shall be voluntary. The career advancement program is a 15
matching fund program. The general assembly may make an 16
annual appropriation to the excellence in education fund 17
established under section 160.268 for the purpose of 18
providing the state's portion for the career advancement 19
program. The "Career Ladder Forward Funding Fund" is hereby 20
established in the state treasury. Beginning with fiscal 21
year 1998 and until the career ladder forward funding fund 22
is terminated pursuant to this subsection, the gene ral 23
assembly may appropriate funds to the career ladder forward 24
funding fund. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 25
33.080 to the contrary, moneys in the fund shall not be 26
transferred to the credit of the general revenue fund at the 27
end of the biennium. All interest or other gain received 28
from investment of moneys in the fund shall be credited to 29 119
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the fund. All funds deposited in the fund shall be 30
maintained in the fund until such time as the balance in the 31
fund at the end of the fiscal year is equal to or greater 32
than the appropriation for the career ladder program for the 33
following year, at which time all such revenues shall be 34
used to fund, in advance, the career ladder program for such 35
following year and the career ladder forward fundi ng fund 36
shall thereafter be terminated. 37
2. The department of elementary and secondary 38
education, at the direction of the commissioner of 39
education, shall study and develop model career plans which 40
shall be made available to the local school distr icts. 41
These state model career plans shall: 42
(1) Contain three steps or stages of career 43
advancement; 44
(2) Contain a detailed procedure for the admission of 45
teachers to the career program; 46
(3) Contain specific criteria for career step 47
qualifications and attainment. These criteria shall clearly 48
describe the minimum number of professional responsibilities 49
required of the teacher at each stage of the plan and shall 50
include reference to classroom performance evaluations 51
performed pursuant to section 168.128 . The criteria may 52
include, but shall not be limited to, teacher externships as 53
provided in section 168.025 ; 54
(4) Be consistent with the teacher certification 55
process recommended by the Missouri advisory council of 56
certification for educators and adopted by the department of 57
elementary and secondary education; 58
(5) Provide that public school teachers in Missouri 59
shall become eligible to apply for admission to the career 60
plans adopted under sections 168.500 to 168.515 after [five] 61 120
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two years of public school teaching in Missouri. All 62
teachers seeking admission to any career plan shall, as a 63
minimum, meet the requirements necessary to obtain the first 64
renewable professional certificate as provided in section 65
168.021; 66
(6) Provide procedures for appealing decisions made 67
under career plans established under sections 168.500 to 68
168.515. 69
3. School district career plans shall recognize 70
additional responsibilities and volunteer efforts by 71
teachers in formulating criteria for career ladder admission 72
and stage achievement. Such additional responsibilities and 73
volunteer efforts shall be required to occur outside of 74
compensated hours and may include, but shall not be limited 75
to: 76
(1) Serving as a coach, supervisor, or organizer for 77
any extracurricular activity for which the teacher does not 78
already receive additional compensation; 79
(2) Serving as a mentor for students, whether in a 80
formal or informal capacity; 81
(3) Receiving additional teach er training or 82
certification outside of that offered by the school district; 83
(4) Serving as a tutor or providing additional 84
learning opportunities to students; and 85
(5) Assisting students with postsecondary education 86
preparation including, bu t not limited to, teaching an ACT 87
or SAT preparation course or assisting students with 88
completing college or career school admission or financial 89
assistance applications. 90
4. The commissioner of education shall cause the 91
department of elementary a nd secondary education to 92
establish guidelines for all career plans established under 93 121
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this section, and criteria that must be met by any school 94
district which seeks funding for its career plan. 95
[4.] 5. A participating local school district may hav e 96
the option of implementing a career plan developed by the 97
department of elementary and secondary education or a local 98
plan which has been developed with advice from teachers 99
employed by the district and which has met with the approval 100
of the department of elementary and secondary education. In 101
approving local career plans, the department of elementary 102
and secondary education may consider provisions in the plan 103
of the local district for recognition of teacher mobility 104
from one district to another within this state. 105
[5.] 6. The career plans of local school districts 106
shall not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, religion, 107
national origin, color, creed, or age. Participation in the 108
career plan of a local school district is optional, and any 109
teacher who declines to participate shall not be penalized 110
in any way. 111
[6.] 7. In order to receive funds under this section, 112
a school district which is not subject to section 162.920 113
must have a total levy for operating purposes which is in 114
excess of the amount allowed in Section 11(b) of Article X 115
of the Missouri Constitution; and a school district which is 116
subject to section 162.920 must have a total levy for 117
operating purposes which is equal to or in excess of twenty - 118
five cents on each hundred dollars of assessed valuation. 119
[7.] 8. The commissioner of education shall cause the 120
department of elementary and secondary education to regard a 121
speech pathologist who holds both a valid certificate of 122
license to teach and a certificate of clinical competence to 123
have fulfilled the standards required to be placed on stage 124
III of the career program, provided that such speech 125 122
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pathologist has been employed by a public school in Missouri 126
for at least [five] two years and is approved for p lacement 127
at such stage III by the local school district. 128
[8.] 9. Beginning in fiscal year 2012, the state 129
portion of career ladder payments shall only be made 130
available to local school districts if the general assembly 131
makes an appropriation for such program. Payments 132
authorized under sections 168.500 to 168.515 shall only be 133
made available in a year for which a state appropriation is 134
made. Any state appropriation shall be made prospectively 135
in relation to the year in which work under the pr ogram is 136
performed. 137
[9.] 10. Nothing in this section shall be construed to 138
prohibit a local school district from funding the program 139
for its teachers for work performed in years for which no 140
state appropriation is made available. 141
168.515. 1. Each teacher selected to participate in a 1
career plan established under sections 168.500 to 168.515, 2
who meets the requirements of such plan, may receive a 3
salary supplement, the state's share of which shall be 4
distributed under sectio n 163.031, equal to the following 5
amounts applied to the career ladder entitlement of section 6
163.031: 7
(1) Career stage I teachers may receive up to an 8
additional one thousand five hundred dollars per school year; 9
(2) Career stage II teacher s may receive up to an 10
additional three thousand dollars per school year; 11
(3) Career stage III teachers may receive up to an 12
additional five thousand dollars per school year. All 13
teachers within each stage within the same school district 14
shall receive equal salary supplements. 15 123
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2. The state may make payments pursuant to section 16
163.031 to the local school district for the purpose of 17
providing funding to the local school district for the 18
payment of any salary supplements provided for in th is 19
section, subject to the availability of funds as 20
appropriated each year and distributed on a matching basis 21
where the percentage of state funding shall be [forty] sixty 22
percent and the percentage of local funding shall be [sixty] 23
forty percent. 24
3. Not less than every fourth year, beginning with 25
calendar year 1988, the general assembly, through the joint 26
committee established under section 160.254, shall review 27
the amount of the career pay provided for in this section to 28
determine if any increases are necessary to reflect the 29
increases in the cost of living which have occurred since 30
the salary supplements were last reviewed or set. 31
4. To participate in the salary supplement program 32
established under this section, a school district m ay submit 33
to the voters of the district a proposition to increase 34
taxes for this purpose. If a school district's current tax 35
rate ceiling is at or above the rate from which an increase 36
would require a two-thirds majority, the school board may 37
submit to the voters of the district a proposition to reduce 38
or eliminate the amount of the levy reduction resulting from 39
section 164.013. If a majority of the voters voting thereon 40
vote in favor of the proposition, the board may certify that 41
seventy-five percent of the revenue generated from this 42
source shall be used to implement the salary supplement 43
program established under this section. 44
5. In no case shall a school district use state funds 45
received under this section nor local revenue generated from 46
a tax established under subsection 4 of this section to 47 124
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comply with the minimum salary requirements for teachers 48
established pursuant to section 163.172. 49
170.014. 1. This section shall be known as the 1
"Reading Instruction Act" and is enacted to ensure that all 2
public schools including charter schools establish reading 3
programs in kindergarten through grade [three] five based in 4
scientific research. "Evidence-based reading instruction" 5
includes practices that have been prov en effective through 6
evaluation of the outcomes for large numbers of students and 7
are highly likely to be effective in improving reading if 8
implemented with fidelity. Such programs shall include the 9
essential components of phonemic awareness, phonics, 10
fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension, and all new teachers 11
who teach reading in kindergarten through grade three shall 12
receive adequate training in these areas. 13
2. [The program described in subsection 1 of this 14
section may include "explicit sy stematic phonics", which, 15
for the purposes of this section, shall mean the methodology 16
of pronouncing and reading words by learning the phonetic 17
sound association of individual letters, letter groups, and 18
syllables, and the principles governing these a ssociations. 19
3.] Every public school in the state shall offer a 20
reading program as described in subsection 1 of this section 21
for kindergarten through grade [three] five. 22
170.018. 1. (1) For purposes of this section, 1
"computer science course" means a course in which students 2
study computers and algorithmic processes, including their 3
principles, hardware and software designs, implementation, 4
and impact on society. The term shall include, but not be 5
limited to, a stand-alone course at any elementary, middle, 6
or high school or a course at any elementary or middle 7 125
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school that embeds computer science content within other 8
subjects. 9
(2) The department of elementary and secondary 10
education shall, before July 1, 2019, deve lop a high school 11
graduation policy that allows a student to fulfill one unit 12
of academic credit with a district -approved computer science 13
course meeting the standards of subsection 2 of this section 14
for any mathematics, science, or practical arts unit 15
required for high school graduation. The policy shall 16
require that all students have either taken all courses that 17
require end-of-course examinations for math and science or 18
are on track to take all courses that require end -of-course 19
examinations for math and science under the Missouri school 20
improvement program in order to receive credit toward high 21
school graduation under this subsection. 22
(3) A school district shall communicate to students 23
electing to use a computer science course for a ma thematics 24
unit that some institutions of higher education may require 25
four units of academic credit in mathematics for college 26
admission. The parent, guardian, or legal custodian of each 27
student who chooses to take a computer science course to 28
fulfill a unit of academic credit in mathematics shall sign 29
and submit to the school district a document containing a 30
statement acknowledging that taking a computer science 31
course to fulfill a unit of academic credit in mathematics 32
may have an adverse effect on college admission decisions. 33
(4) The department of elementary and secondary 34
education and the department of higher education and 35
workforce development shall cooperate in developing and 36
implementing academic requirements for computer science 37
courses offered in any grade or grades not lower than the 38
ninth nor higher than the twelfth grade. 39 126
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2. (1) The department of elementary and secondary 40
education shall convene a work group to develop and 41
recommend rigorous academic performance standa rds relating 42
to computer science for students in kindergarten and in each 43
grade not higher than the twelfth grade. The work group 44
shall include, but not be limited to, educators providing 45
instruction in kindergarten or in any grade not higher than 46
the twelfth grade and representatives from the department of 47
elementary and secondary education, the department of higher 48
education and workforce development, business and industry, 49
and institutions of higher education. The department of 50
elementary and secondary education shall develop written 51
curriculum frameworks relating to computer science that may 52
be used by school districts. The requirements of section 53
160.514 shall not apply to this section. 54
(2) The state board of education shall adopt a nd 55
implement academic performance standards relating to 56
computer science beginning in the 2019 -20 school year. 57
3. Before July 1, 2019, the department of elementary 58
and secondary education shall develop a procedure by which 59
any teacher who holds a certificate of license to teach 60
under section 168.021 and demonstrates sufficient content 61
knowledge of computer science shall receive a special 62
endorsement on [his or her] the teacher's license signifying 63
[his or her] the teacher's specialized knowledge in computer 64
science. 65
4. (1) For purposes of this subsection, "eligible 66
entity" means: 67
(a) A local educational agency, or a consortium of 68
local educational agencies, in the state, including charter 69
schools that have declared themselves l ocal educational 70
agencies; 71 127
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(b) An institution of higher education in the state; or 72
(c) A nonprofit or private provider of nationally 73
recognized and high-quality computer science professional 74
development, as determined by the department of el ementary 75
and secondary education. 76
(2) There is hereby created in the state treasury the 77
"Computer Science Education Fund". The fund shall consist 78
of all moneys that may be appropriated to it by the general 79
assembly and any gifts, contributions, grants, or bequests 80
received from private or other sources for the purpose of 81
providing teacher professional development programs relating 82
to computer science. The state treasurer shall be custodian 83
of the fund. In accordance with sections 30.170 and 30.180, 84
the state treasurer may approve disbursements. The fund 85
shall be a dedicated fund and, upon appropriation, moneys in 86
the fund shall be used solely for the administration of 87
grants to eligible entities as described in this section. 88
Notwithstanding the provisions of section 33.080 to the 89
contrary, any moneys remaining in the fund at the end of the 90
biennium shall not revert to the credit of the general 91
revenue fund. The state treasurer shall invest moneys in 92
the fund in the same manner as other funds are invested. 93
Any interest and moneys earned on such investments shall be 94
credited to the fund. 95
(3) The state board of education shall award grants 96
from the computer science education fund to eligible 97
entities for the purpose of prov iding teacher professional 98
development programs relating to computer science. An 99
eligible entity wishing to receive such a grant shall submit 100
an application to the department of elementary and secondary 101
education addressing how the entity plans to: 102 128
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(a) Reach new and existing teachers with little 103
computer science background; 104
(b) Use effective practices for professional 105
development; 106
(c) Focus the training on the conceptual foundations 107
of computer science; 108
(d) Reach and support historically underrepresented 109
students in computer science; 110
(e) Provide teachers with concrete experience with 111
hands-on, inquiry-based practices; and 112
(f) Accommodate the particular needs of students and 113
teachers in each district and school. 114
5. (1) For all school years beginning on or after 115
July 1, 2023, each public high school and charter high 116
school shall offer at least one computer science course in 117
an in-person setting or as a virtual or distance course 118
option. 119
(2) Any computer science course or instruction offered 120
under this subsection shall: 121
(a) Be of high quality as defined by the state board 122
of education; 123
(b) Meet or exceed the computer science performance 124
standards developed and adopted by the department of 125
elementary and secondary education under this section; and 126
(c) For any computer science course offered by a 127
public high school or charter high school, be offered in 128
such school's course catalog. 129
(3) On or before June thirtieth of each sc hool year, 130
each school district shall submit to the department of 131
elementary and secondary education a report for the current 132
school year which shall include, but not be limited to: 133 129
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(a) The names and course codes of computer science 134
courses offered in each school in the district with a course 135
description and which computer science performance standards 136
are covered, to the extent such information is available; 137
(b) The number and percentage of students who enrolled 138
in each computer science course, listed by the categories in 139
subparagraphs a. to f. of this paragraph. If a category 140
contains one to five students or contains a quantity of 141
students that would allow the quantity of another category 142
that contains five or fewer to be deduced, t he number shall 143
be replaced with a symbol: 144
a. Sex; 145
b. Race and ethnicity; 146
c. Special education status including, but not limited 147
to, students receiving services under the federal 148
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) (20 149
U.S.C. Section 1400 et seq., as amended) or Section 504 of 150
the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. Section 151
794), as amended; 152
d. English language learner status; 153
e. Eligibility for free or reduced price meals; and 154
f. Grade level; and 155
(c) The number of computer science instructors at each 156
school, listed by the following categories: 157
a. Applicable certifications; 158
b. Sex; 159
c. Race and ethnicity; and 160
d. Highest academic degree. 161
(4) On or before September thirtieth of each school 162
year, the department of elementary and secondary education 163
shall post the following on the department's website: 164 130
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(a) Data received under paragraphs (a) and (b) of 165
subdivision (3) of this subsection, disaggregated by school 166
and aggregated statewide; and 167
(b) Data received under paragraph (c) of subdivision 168
(3) of this subsection, aggregated statewide. 169
(5) On or before June thirtieth of each school year, 170
the department of elementary and secondary educatio n shall 171
publish a list of computer science course codes and names 172
with a course description and an indication of which courses 173
meet or exceed the department of elementary and secondary 174
education's computer science performance standards. 175
6. The department of elementary and secondary 176
education shall appoint a computer science supervisor. The 177
computer science supervisor shall be responsible for 178
implementing the provisions of this section. 179
7. For all school years beginning on or after July 1 , 180
2023, a computer science course successfully completed and 181
counted toward state graduation requirements shall be 182
equivalent to one science course or one practical arts 183
credit for the purpose of satisfying any admission 184
requirements of any public ins titution of higher education 185
in this state. 186
8. The department of elementary and secondary 187
education shall promulgate rules to implement the provisions 188
of this section. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that 189
term is defined in section 536.010, th at is created under 190
the authority delegated in this section shall become 191
effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of 192
the provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 193
536.028. This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable, and 194
if any of the powers vested with the general assembly 195
pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective 196 131
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date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently 197
held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking 198
authority and any rule propose d or adopted after December 199
18, 2018, shall be invalid and void. 200
170.036. 1. There is hereby established the "Computer 1
Science Education Task Force" within the department of 2
elementary and secondary education. 3
2. The task force shall consist of the following 4
members: 5
(1) Two members of the house of representatives, with 6
one member to be appointed by the speaker of the house of 7
representatives and one member to be appointed by the 8
minority leader of the house of repres entatives; 9
(2) Two members of the senate, with one member to be 10
appointed by the president pro tempore of the senate and one 11
member to be appointed by the minority leader of the senate; 12
(3) The governor or the governor's designee; 13
(4) The commissioner of education or the 14
commissioner's designee; 15
(5) The commissioner of higher education or the 16
commissioner's designee; 17
(6) Nine members who represent the interests of each 18
of the following groups, to be appointed by the commis sioner 19
of education: 20
(a) The state board of education; 21
(b) Private industry in this state with interest in 22
computer science; 23
(c) Nonprofit organizations; 24
(d) An association of school superintendents; 25
(e) A statewide associat ion representing computer 26
science teachers; 27 132
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(f) A secondary teacher leader from career and 28
technical education representing computer science teachers; 29
(g) An association of school board members; 30
(h) An association of elementary school pr incipals; and 31
(i) An association of secondary school principals; 32
(7) A representative from a Missouri institution of 33
higher education, to be appointed by the commissioner of 34
higher education; and 35
(8) A representative from a Missouri pri vate, 36
nonprofit institution of higher education, to be appointed 37
by the commissioner of higher education. 38
3. The mission of the computer science education task 39
force shall be to develop a state strategic plan for 40
expanding a statewide computer sc ience education program, 41
including the following: 42
(1) A statement of purpose that describes the 43
objectives or goals the state board of education will 44
accomplish by implementing a computer science education 45
program, the strategies by which those g oals will be 46
achieved, and a timeline for achieving those goals; 47
(2) A summary of the current state landscape for K -12 48
computer science education, including demographic reporting 49
of students taking these courses; 50
(3) A plan for expanding com puter science education 51
opportunities to every school in the state within five years 52
and increasing the representation of students from 53
traditionally underserved groups, in computer science 54
including female students, students from historically 55
underrepresented racial and ethnic groups, students with 56
disabilities, English -language learner students, students 57
who qualify for free and reduced -price meals, and rural 58
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(4) Within one year of the task force forming, a plan 60
for schools serving any student in grades kindergarten 61
through eighth grade to provide instruction in the basics of 62
computer science and computation thinking in an integrated 63
or standalone format beginning in the 2024 -25 school year 64
without creating learning loss in t he existing curriculum; 65
(5) A plan for ensuring teachers are well -prepared to 66
begin teaching computer science, including defining high 67
quality professional learning for in -service teachers and 68
strategies for pre-service teacher preparation; 69
(6) A plan for ensuring teachers are well -prepared to 70
begin teaching computer science, including defining high - 71
quality professional learning for in -service teachers and 72
strategies for pre-service teacher preparation; 73
(7) An ongoing evaluation pro cess that is overseen by 74
the state board of education; 75
(8) Proposed rules that incorporate the principles of 76
the master plan into the state's public education system as 77
a whole; and 78
(9) A plan to ensure long -term sustainability for 79
computer science education. 80
4. The speaker of the house of representatives shall 81
designate the chair of the task force, and the president pro 82
tempore of the senate shall designate the vice chair of the 83
task force. 84
5. Members of the task force shall serve without 85
compensation, but the members and any staff assigned to the 86
task force shall receive reimbursement for actual and 87
necessary expenses incurred in attending meetings of the 88
task force or any subcommittee thereof. All task force 89
members shall be subject to the same conflict of interest 90
provisions in chapter 105 that are enforced by the Missouri 91 134
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ethics commission in the same manner that elected or 92
appointed officials and employees are subject to such 93
provisions. 94
6. The task force shall hold its first meeting within 95
three months from the effective date of this section. 96
7. Before June 30, 2023, the task force shall present 97
a summary of its activities and any recommendations for 98
legislation to the general assembly. 99
8. The computer science education task force shall 100
dissolve on June 30, 2024. 101
170.047. 1. This section shall be known and may be 1
cited as the "Jason Flatt/Avery Reine Cantor Act". 2
2. (1) Beginning in the 2017 -18 school year and 3
continuing until the end of the 2022 -23 school year, any 4
licensed educator may annually complete up to two hours of 5
training or professional development in youth suicide 6
awareness and prevention as part of the professional 7
development hours required for state board of education 8
certification. 9
(2) Beginning in the 2023 -24 school year and 10
continuing in subsequent school years, the practicing 11
teacher assistance programs established under section 12
168.400 may offer and include at least two hours of i n- 13
service training provided by each local school district for 14
all practicing teachers in such district regarding suicide 15
prevention. Each school year, all teachers, principals, and 16
licensed educators in each district may attend such training 17
or complete training on suicide prevention through self - 18
review of suicide prevention materials. Attendance at the 19
training shall count as two contact hours of professional 20
development under section 168.021 and shall count as two 21
hours of any other such traini ng required under this section. 22 135
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[2.] 3. The department of elementary and secondary 23
education shall develop guidelines suitable for training or 24
professional development in youth suicide awareness and 25
prevention. The department [shall] may develop materials 26
that may be used for [such] the training [or professional 27
development] described under subsection 2 of this section or 28
may offer districts materials developed by a third party 29
that districts may use for the training . 30
[3.] 4. For purposes of this section, the term 31
"licensed educator" shall refer to any teacher with a 32
certificate of license to teach issued by the state board of 33
education or any other educator or administrator required to 34
maintain a professional license issued by the st ate board of 35
education. 36
[4.] 5. The department of elementary and secondary 37
education may promulgate rules and regulations to implement 38
this section. 39
[5.] 6. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is 40
defined in section 536.010, that is created under the 41
authority delegated in this section shall become effective 42
only if it complies with and is subject to all of the 43
provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 44
536.028. This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and 45
if any of the powers vested with the general assembly 46
pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective 47
date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently 48
held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking 49
authority and any rule proposed or ad opted after August 28, 50
2016, shall be invalid and void. 51
170.048. 1. By July 1, 2018, each district shall 1
adopt a policy for youth suicide awareness and prevention, 2 136
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including plans for how the district will provide for the 3
training and education of its district employees. 4
2. Each district's policy shall address and include, 5
but not be limited to, the following: 6
(1) Strategies that can help identify students who are 7
at possible risk of suicide; 8
(2) Strategies and protocols for helping students at 9
possible risk of suicide; and 10
(3) Protocols for responding to a suicide death. 11
3. By July 1, 2017, the department of elementary and 12
secondary education shall develop a model policy that 13
districts may adopt. When developing the model policy, the 14
department shall cooperate, consult with, and seek input 15
from organizations that have expertise in youth suicide 16
awareness and prevention. By July 1, 2021, and at least 17
every three years thereafter, the department shall request 18
information and seek feedback from districts on their 19
experience with the policy for youth suicide awareness and 20
prevention. The department shall review this information 21
and may use it to adapt the department's model policy. The 22
department shall post any information on its website that it 23
has received from districts that it deems relevant. The 24
department shall not post any confidential information or 25
any information that personally identifies any student or 26
school employee. 27
4. (1) Beginning July 1, 2023, a public school or 28
charter school that serves any pupils in grades seven to 29
twelve and that issues pupil identification cards shall have 30
printed on either side of the cards the three -digit dialing 31
code that directs calls and routes text messages to the 32
Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, 988. 33 137
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(2) If, on July 1, 2023, a public school or charter 34
school subject to the requirements of this subsection has a 35
supply of unissued pupil identification cards that do not 36
comply with the requirements of subdivision (1) of this 37
subsection, the school shall issue those cards until that 38
supply is depleted. 39
(3) Subdivision (1) of this subsection shall apply to 40
a pupil identification card issued for the first time to a 41
pupil and to a card issued to replace a damaged or lost card. 42
170.307. 1. For school year 2022 -23 and each school 1
year thereafter, upon graduation from high school, pupils in 2
public schools and charter schools shall have received 3
mental health awareness training given any time during a 4
pupil's four years of high school. 5
2. Beginning in school year 2022 -23, any public school 6
or charter school serving grades nine through twelve shall 7
provide enrolled students instruction in mental hea lth 8
awareness. Students with disabilities may participate to 9
the extent appropriate as determined by the provisions of 10
the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act or Section 11
504 of the Rehabilitation Act. Instruction shall be 12
included in the district's existing health or physical 13
education curriculum. Instruction shall be based on a 14
program established by the department of elementary and 15
secondary education. 16
3. The department of elementary and secondary 17
education shall promulgate rules to develop a model 18
curriculum to be used by school districts to provide the 19
instruction required by this section. Any rule or portion 20
of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, that 21
is created under the authority delegated in this section 22
shall become effective only if it complies with and is 23 138
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subject to all of the provisions of chapter 536 and, if 24
applicable, section 536.028. This section and chapter 536 25
are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the 26
general assembly pursu ant to chapter 536 to review, to delay 27
the effective date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are 28
subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of 29
rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted after 30
August 28, 2022, shall be invalid and voi d. 31
171.033. 1. "Inclement weather", for purposes of this 1
section, shall be defined as ice, snow, extreme cold, 2
excessive heat, flooding, or a tornado. 3
2. (1) A district shall be required to make up the 4
first six days of schoo l lost or cancelled due to inclement 5
weather and half the number of days lost or cancelled in 6
excess of six days if the makeup of the days is necessary to 7
ensure that the district's students will attend a minimum of 8
one hundred forty-two days and a minimum of one thousand 9
forty-four hours for the school year except as otherwise 10
provided in this section. Schools with a four-day school 11
week may schedule such make -up days on Fridays. 12
(2) Notwithstanding subdivision (1) of this 13
subsection, in school year 2019-20 and subsequent years, a 14
district shall be required to make up the first thirty -six 15
hours of school lost or cancelled due to inclement weather 16
and half the number of hours lost or cancelled in excess of 17
thirty-six if the makeup of the h ours is necessary to ensure 18
that the district's students attend a minimum of one 19
thousand forty-four hours for the school year, except as 20
otherwise provided under subsections 3 and 4 of this section. 21
3. (1) In the 2009-10 school year and subseque nt 22
years, a school district may be exempt from the requirement 23
to make up days of school lost or cancelled due to inclement 24 139
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weather in the school district when the school district has 25
made up the six days required under subsection 2 of this 26
section and half the number of additional lost or cancelled 27
days up to eight days, resulting in no more than ten total 28
make-up days required by this section. 29
(2) In school year 2019-20 and subsequent years, a 30
school district may be exempt from the requireme nt to make 31
up school lost or cancelled due to inclement weather in the 32
school district when the school district has made up the 33
thirty-six hours required under subsection 2 of this section 34
and half the number of additional lost or cancelled hours up 35
to forty-eight, resulting in no more than sixty total make - 36
up hours required by this section. 37
4. The commissioner of education may provide, for any 38
school district that cannot meet the minimum school calendar 39
requirement of at least one hundred sev enty-four days for 40
schools with a five-day school week or one hundred forty -two 41
days for schools with a four -day school week and one 42
thousand forty-four hours of actual pupil attendance or, in 43
school year 2019-20 and subsequent years, one thousand fort y- 44
four hours of actual pupil attendance, upon request, a 45
waiver to be excused from such requirement. This waiver 46
shall be requested from the commissioner of education and 47
may be granted if the school was closed due to circumstances 48
beyond school district control, including inclement weather 49
or fire. 50
5. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this 51
subsection, in school year 2020 -21 and subsequent years, a 52
district shall not be required to make up any hours of 53
school lost or cancelled due to exce ptional or emergency 54
circumstances during a school year if the district has an 55
alternative methods of instruction plan approved by the 56 140
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department of elementary and secondary education for such 57
school year. Exceptional or emergency circumstances shall 58
include, but not be limited to, inclement weather, a utility 59
outage, or an outbreak of a contagious disease. The 60
department of elementary and secondary education shall not 61
approve any such plan unless the district demonstrates that 62
the plan will not negatively impact teaching and learning in 63
the district. 64
(2) If school is closed due to exceptional or 65
emergency circumstances and the district has an approved 66
alternative methods of instruction plan, the district shall 67
notify students and parent s on each day of the closure 68
whether the alternative methods of instruction plan is to be 69
implemented for that day. If the plan is to be implemented 70
on any day of the closure, the district shall ensure that 71
each student receives assignments for that d ay in hard copy 72
form or receives instruction through virtual learning or 73
another method of instruction. 74
(3) A district with an approved alternative methods of 75
instruction plan shall not use alternative methods of 76
instruction as provided for in th e plan for more than thirty - 77
six hours during a school year. A district that has used 78
such alternative methods of instruction for thirty -six hours 79
during a school year shall be required, notwithstanding 80
subsections 2 and 3 of this section, to make up a ny 81
subsequent hours of school lost or cancelled due to 82
exceptional or emergency circumstances during such school 83
year. 84
(4) The department of elementary and secondary 85
education shall give districts with approved alternative 86
methods of instruction plans credit for the hours in which 87 141
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they use alternative methods of instruction by considering 88
such hours as hours in which school was actually in session. 89
(5) Any district wishing to use alternative methods of 90
instruction under this subsection s hall submit an 91
application to the department of elementary and secondary 92
education. The application shall describe: 93
(a) The manner in which the district intends to 94
strengthen and reinforce instructional content while 95
supporting student learning outside the classroom 96
environment; 97
(b) The process the district intends to use to 98
communicate to students and parents the decision to 99
implement alternative methods of instruction on any day of a 100
closure; 101
(c) The manner in which the district intends to 102
communicate the purpose and expectations for a day in which 103
alternative methods of instruction will be implemented to 104
students and parents; 105
(d) The assignments and materials to be used within 106
the district for days in which alternative methods of 107
instruction will be implemented to effectively facilitate 108
teaching and support learning for the benefit of the 109
students; 110
(e) The manner in which student attendance will be 111
determined for a day in which alternative methods of 112
instruction will be implemented. The method chosen shall be 113
linked to completion of lessons and activities; 114
(f) The instructional methods, which shall include 115
instruction through electronic means and instruction through 116
other means for students who have no access to internet 117
services or a computer; 118 142
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(g) Instructional plans for students with 119
individualized education programs; and 120
(h) The role and responsibility of certified personnel 121
to be available to communicate with students. 122
6. [For the 2018-19 school year, a district shall be 123
exempt from the requirements of subsections 2 and 3 of this 124
section, and only be required to make up the first six days 125
of school lost or cancelled due to inclement weather ] In the 126
2022-23 school year and s ubsequent years, a school 127
district's one-half-day education programs shall be subject 128
to the following provisions in proportions appropriate for a 129
one-half-day education program, as applicable: 130
(1) Requirements in subsection 2 of this section to 131
make up days or hours of school lost or cancelled because of 132
inclement weather; 133
(2) Exemptions in subsection 3 of this section; 134
(3) Waiver provisions in subsection 4 of this section; 135
and 136
(4) Approved alternative methods of instruction 137
provisions in subsection 5 of this section . 138
173.831. 1. As used in this section, the following 1
terms mean: 2
(1) "Academic skill intake assessment", a criterion - 3
referenced assessment of numeracy and literacy skills with 4
high reliability and validity as determined by third -party 5
research; 6
(2) "Accredited", holding an active accreditation from 7
one of the seven United States regional accreditors 8
including, but not limited to, the Middle States Commission 9
on Higher Education, the New England Association of Schools 10
and Colleges, the Higher Learning Commission, the Northwest 11
Commission on Colleges and Universities, the Southern 12 143
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Association of Colleges and Schools, the Western Association 13
of Schools and Colleges, and the Ac crediting Commission for 14
Community and Junior Colleges, as well as any successor 15
entities or consolidations of the above including, but not 16
limited to, AdvancEd or Cognia; 17
(3) "Adult dropout recovery services", includes, but 18
is not limited to, so urcing, recruitment, and engagement of 19
eligible students, learning plan development, active 20
teaching, and proactive coaching and mentoring, resulting in 21
an accredited high school diploma; 22
(4) "Approved program provider", a public, not -for- 23
profit, or other entity that meets the requirements of 24
subdivision (2) of subsection 3 of this section or any 25
consortium of such entities; 26
(5) "Average cost per graduate", the amount of the 27
total program funding reimbursed to an approved program 28
provider for each cohort during the period of time from the 29
beginning of the same cohort through the subsequent twelve 30
months after the close of the same cohort, divided by the 31
total number of students who graduated from the same cohort 32
within twelve months a fter the close of the same cohort; 33
(6) "Career pathways coursework", one or more courses 34
that align with the skill needs of industries in the economy 35
of the state or region that help an individual enter or 36
advance within a specific occupation or o ccupational cluster; 37
(7) "Career placement services", services designed to 38
assist students in obtaining employment, such as career 39
interest self-assessments and job search skills such as 40
resume development and mock interviews; 41
(8) "Coaching", proactive communication between the 42
approved program provider and the student related to the 43 144
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student's pace and progress through the student's learning 44
plan; 45
(9) "Cohort", students who enter the program between 46
July first and June thirtieth of each program year; 47
(10) "Department", the department of elementary and 48
secondary education; 49
(11) "Employability skills certification", a 50
certificate earned by demonstrating professional 51
nontechnical skills through assessment, portfolio, or 52
observation; 53
(12) "Graduate", a student who has successfully 54
completed all of the state and approved program provider 55
requirements in order to obtain a high school diploma; 56
(13) "Graduation rate", the total number of graduates 57
from a cohort who graduated within twelve months after the 58
close of the cohort divided by the total number of students 59
included in the same cohort; 60
(14) "Graduation requirements", course and credit 61
requirements for the approved program provider's accredited 62
high school diploma; 63
(15) "High school diploma", a diploma issued by an 64
accredited institution; 65
(16) "Industry-recognized credential", an education - 66
related credential or work -related credential that verifies 67
an individual's qualification or co mpetence issued by a 68
third party with the relevant authority to issue such 69
credential; 70
(17) "Learning plan", a documented plan for courses or 71
credits needed for each individual in order to complete 72
program and approved program provider graduation 73
requirements; 74 145
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(18) "Mentoring", a direct relationship between a 75
coach and a student to facilitate the completion of the 76
student's learning plan designed to prepare the student to 77
succeed in the program and the student's future endeavors; 78
(19) "Milestones", objective measures of progress for 79
which payment is made to an approved program provider under 80
this section such as earned units of high school credit, 81
attainment of an employability skills certificate, 82
attainment of an industry -recognized credential, attainment 83
of a technical skills assessment, and attainment of an 84
accredited high school diploma; 85
(20) "Program", the workforce diploma program 86
established in this section; 87
(21) "Request for qualifications", a request for 88
interested potential program providers to submit evidence 89
that they meet the qualifications established in subsection 90
3 of this section; 91
(22) "Stackable credential", a third party credential 92
that is part of a sequence of credentials that can be 93
accumulated over time to build up an individual's 94
qualifications to advance along a career pathway; 95
(23) "Student", a participant in the program 96
established in this section who is twenty -one years of age 97
or older, who is a resident of Missouri, and who has not yet 98
earned a high school diploma; 99
(24) "Technical skills assessment", a criterion - 100
referenced assessment of an individual's skills required for 101
an entry-level career or additional training in a technical 102
field; 103
(25) "Transcript evaluation", a documented summary of 104
credits earned in previous public or private accredited high 105 146
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schools compared with the program and approved program 106
provider graduation requirements; 107
(26) "Unit of high school credit", credit awarded 108
based on a student's demonstration that the student has 109
successfully met the content expectations for the credit 110
area as defined by subject area standards, expectations, or 111
guidelines. 112
2. There is hereby established the "Workforce Diploma 113
Program" within the department of elementary and secondary 114
education to assist students with obtaining a high school 115
diploma and developing employability and career technical 116
skills. The program may be delivered in campus -based, 117
blended, or online modalities. 118
3. (1) Before September 1, 2022, and annually 119
thereafter, the department shall issue a request for 120
qualifications for interested program providers to become 121
approved program providers and participate in the program. 122
(2) Each approved program provi der shall meet all of 123
the following qualifications: 124
(a) Be an accredited high school diploma -granting 125
entity; 126
(b) Have a minimum of two years of experience 127
providing adult dropout recovery services; 128
(c) Provide academic skill intake as sessments and 129
transcript evaluations to each student. Such academic skill 130
intake assessments may be administered in person or online; 131
(d) Develop a learning plan for each student that 132
integrates graduation requirements and career goals; 133
(e) Provide a course catalog that includes all courses 134
necessary to meet graduation requirements; 135
(f) Offer remediation opportunities in literacy and 136
numeracy, as applicable; 137 147
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(g) Offer employability skills certification, as 138
applicable; 139
(h) Offer career pathways coursework, as applicable; 140
(i) Ability to provide preparation for industry - 141
recognized credentials or stackable credentials, a technical 142
skills assessment, or a combination thereof; and 143
(j) Offer career placement servic es, as applicable. 144
(3) Upon confirmation by the department that an 145
interested program provider meets all of the qualifications 146
listed in subdivision (2) of this subsection, an interested 147
program provider shall become an approved program provider. 148
4. (1) The department shall announce the approved 149
program providers before October sixteenth annually, with 150
authorization for the approved program providers to begin 151
enrolling students before November fifteenth annually. 152
(2) Approved program providers shall maintain approval 153
without reapplying annually if the approved program provider 154
has not been removed from the approved program provider list 155
under this section. 156
5. All approved program providers shall comply with 157
requirements as provided by the department to ensure: 158
(1) An accurate accounting of a student's accumulated 159
credits toward a high school diploma; 160
(2) An accurate accounting of credits necessary to 161
complete a high school diploma; and 162
(3) The provision of coursework aligned to the 163
academic performance standards of the state. 164
6. (1) Except as provided in subdivision (2) of this 165
subsection, the department shall pay an amount as set by the 166
department to approved program providers for the following 167
milestones provided by the approved program provider: 168
(a) Completion of each half unit of high school credit; 169 148
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(b) Attainment of an employability skills 170
certification; 171
(c) Attainment of an industry -recognized credential, 172
technical skills assessment, or stackable credential 173
requiring no more than fifty hours of training; 174
(d) Attainment of an industry -recognized credential or 175
stackable credential requiring at least fifty -one but no 176
more than one hundred hours of training; 177
(e) Attainment of an industry -recognized credential or 178
stackable credential requiring more than one hundred hours 179
of training; and 180
(f) Attainment of an accredited high school diploma. 181
(2) No approved program provider shall receive funding 182
for a student under this section if the approved program 183
provider receives federal or state funding or private 184
tuition for that student. No approved program provider 185
shall charge student fees of any kind including, but not 186
limited to, textbook fees, tuiti on fees, lab fees, or 187
participation fees unless the student chooses to obtain 188
additional education offered by the approved program 189
provider that is not included in the state -funded program. 190
(3) Payments made under this subsection shall be 191
subject to an appropriation made to the department for such 192
purposes. 193
7. (1) Approved program providers shall submit 194
monthly invoices to the department before the eleventh 195
calendar day of each month for milestones met in the 196
previous calendar month. 197
(2) The department shall pay approved program 198
providers in the order in which invoices are submitted until 199
all available funds are exhausted. 200 149
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(3) The department shall provide a written update to 201
approved program providers by the last calendar day of each 202
month. The update shall include the aggregate total dollars 203
that have been paid to approved program providers to date 204
and the estimated number of enrollments still available for 205
the program year. 206
8. Before July sixteenth of each year , each provider 207
shall report the following metrics to the department for 208
each individual cohort, on a cohort -by-cohort basis: 209
(1) The total number of students who have been funded 210
through the program; 211
(2) The total number of credits earned; 212
(3) The total number of employability skills 213
certifications issued; 214
(4) The total number of industry -recognized 215
credentials, stackable credentials, and technical skills 216
assessments earned for each tier of funding; 217
(5) The total number of graduates; 218
(6) The average cost per graduate once the stipulated 219
time to make such a calculation has passed; and 220
(7) The graduation rate once the stipulated time to 221
make such a calculation has passed. 222
9. (1) Before September sixteen th of each year, each 223
approved program provider shall conduct and submit to the 224
department the aggregate results of a survey of each 225
individual cohort, on a cohort -by-cohort basis, who 226
graduated from the program of the approved program provider 227
under this section. The survey shall be conducted in the 228
year after the year in which the individuals graduate and 229
the next four consecutive years. 230 150
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(2) The survey shall include at least the following 231
data collection elements for each year the survey is 232
conducted: 233
(a) The individual's employment status, including 234
whether the individual is employed full time or part time; 235
(b) The individual's hourly wages; 236
(c) The individual's access to employer -sponsored 237
health care; and 238
(d) The individual's postsecondary enrollment status, 239
including whether the individual has completed a 240
postsecondary certificate or degree program. 241
10. (1) Beginning at the end of the second fiscal 242
year of the program, the department shall review data from 243
each approved program provider to ensure that each is 244
achieving minimum program performance standards including, 245
but not limited to: 246
(a) A minimum fifty percent average graduation rate 247
per cohort; and 248
(b) An average cost per graduate p er cohort of seven 249
thousand dollars or less. 250
(2) Any approved program provider that fails to meet 251
the minimum program performance standards described in 252
subdivision (1) of this subsection shall be placed on 253
probationary status for the remainder o f the fiscal year by 254
the department. 255
(3) Any approved program provider that fails to meet 256
the minimum program performance standards described in 257
subdivision (1) of this subsection for two consecutive years 258
shall be removed from the approved progr am provider list by 259
the department. 260
11. (1) No approved program provider shall 261
discriminate against a student on the basis of race, color, 262 151
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religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexuality, gender, 263
or age. 264
(2) If an approved program prov ider determines that a 265
student would be better served by participating in a 266
different program, the approved program provider may refer 267
the student to the state's adult basic education services. 268
12. (1) There is hereby created in the state treasur y 269
the "Workforce Diploma Program Fund", which shall consist of 270
any grants, gifts, donations, bequests, or moneys 271
appropriated under this section. The state treasurer shall 272
be custodian of the fund. In accordance with sections 273
30.170 and 30.180, the state treasurer may approve 274
disbursements. The fund shall be a dedicated fund and, upon 275
appropriation, moneys in the fund shall be used solely as 276
provided in this section. 277
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 33.080 278
to the contrary, any moneys remaining in the fund at the end 279
of the biennium shall not revert to the credit of the 280
general revenue fund. 281
(3) The state treasurer shall invest moneys in the 282
fund in the same manner as other funds are invested. Any 283
interest and moneys earned on such investments shall be 284
credited to the fund. 285
13. The director of the department may promulgate all 286
necessary rules and regulations for the administration of 287
this section. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term 288
is defined in section 536.010, that is created under the 289
authority delegated in this section shall become effective 290
only if it complies with and is subject to all of the 291
provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 292
536.028. This section and chapter 536 are no nseverable, and 293
if any of the powers vested with the general assembly 294 152
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pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective 295
date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently 296
held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking 297
authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 298
2022, shall be invalid and void. 299
14. Under section 23.253 of the Missouri sunset act: 300
(1) The provisions of the new program authorized under 301
this section shall automatically sunset six years after the 302
effective date of this section unless reauthorized by an act 303
of the general assembly; and 304
(2) If such program is reauthorized, the program 305
authorized under this section shall automatically sunset 306
twelve years after the effective date of the reauthorization 307
of this section; and 308
(3) This section shall terminate on September first of 309
the calendar year immediately following the calendar year in 310
which the program authorized under this section is sunset. 311
173.1352. 1. As used in this section, the following 1
terms mean: 2
(1) "Advanced placement examination", any examination 3
administered through the College Board's Advanced Placement 4
Program (AP); 5
(2) "Institution", any in -state public community 6
college, college, or university that offers postsecondary 7
freshman-level courses. 8
2. (1) Each institution shall adopt and implement a 9
policy to grant undergraduate course credit to entering 10
freshman students for each advanced placement examination 11
upon which such student achieves a score of three or higher 12
for any similarly correlated course offered by the 13
institution at the time of such student's acceptance into 14
the institution. 15 153
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(2) In the policy, the institution shall: 16
(a) Establish the institution's conditions for 17
granting course credit; and 18
(b) Identify the specific course credit or other 19
academic requirements of the institution, including the 20
number of semester credit hours or other course credit, that 21
the institution will grant t o a student who achieves 22
required scores on advanced placement examinations. 23
3. On request of an applicant for admission as an 24
entering freshman, and based on information provided by the 25
applicant, an institution shall determine and notify the 26
applicant regarding: 27
(1) The amount and type of any course credit that 28
would be granted to the applicant under the policy; and 29
(2) Any other academic requirement that the applicant 30
would satisfy under the policy. 31
178.694. 1. As used in this section, the following 1
terms mean: 2
(1) "Affiliate", the Dolly Parton's imagination 3
library affiliate created under this section; 4
(2) "Department", the department of elementary and 5
secondary education; 6
(3) "Eligible child", any child under five years of 7
age who resides in this state; 8
(4) "Program", the imagination library of Missouri 9
program established in this section; 10
(5) "Reading selection", a high -quality, age- 11
appropriate book provided to an eligible child under the 12
program established in this section. 13
2. There is hereby established in the department's 14
office of childhood the "Imagination Library of Missouri 15
Program", which shall be a statewide program for encouraging 16 154
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preschool children to re ad by providing monthly reading 17
selections to the homes of children from birth to five years 18
of age. 19
3. The office of childhood shall establish a nonprofit 20
entity to work in conjunction with school districts in 21
mailing monthly reading selections directly to the homes of 22
eligible children. The entity shall be known as the "Dolly 23
Parton's Imagination Library Affiliate" and shall be the 24
statewide affiliate that works in conjunction with Dolly 25
Parton's Imagination Library and school districts to provide 26
reading selections under this section. 27
4. Beginning in school year 2023 -24 and continuing in 28
each subsequent school year, each school district shall, in 29
partnership with the affiliate, give one reading selection 30
to each eligible child in the school district in each month, 31
beginning as early as the child's birth month through the 32
month in which the child reaches five years of age. Subject 33
to appropriation, the costs of giving such reading 34
selections to eligible children shall be reimbu rsed to each 35
school district from the imagination library of Missouri 36
fund created in this section. 37
5. The department shall promulgate rules to: 38
(1) Manage the daily operations of the program; 39
(2) Coordinate with organizations and publi c schools 40
of this state to advance and strengthen the program and 41
promote enrollment growth; 42
(3) Develop, promote, and coordinate a public 43
awareness program to make donors aware of the opportunity to 44
donate to the imagination library of Missouri fund; 45
(4) Develop, promote, and coordinate a public 46
awareness program to make the public aware of the 47 155
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opportunity to register children to receive age -appropriate 48
books on a monthly basis; and 49
(5) Allow the department to implement and adminis ter 50
the provisions of this section. 51
6. (1) There is hereby created in the state treasury 52
the "Imagination Library of Missouri Program Fund", which 53
shall consist of any gifts, bequests, grants, public or 54
private donations, transfers, or moneys ap propriated under 55
this section. The state treasurer shall be custodian of the 56
fund. In accordance with sections 30.170 and 30.180, the 57
state treasurer may approve disbursements. The fund shall 58
be a dedicated fund and, upon appropriation, moneys in th is 59
fund shall be used solely as provided in this section. 60
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 33.080 61
to the contrary, any moneys remaining in the fund at the end 62
of the biennium shall not revert to the credit of the 63
general revenue fund . 64
(3) The state treasurer shall invest moneys in the 65
fund in the same manner as other funds are invested. Any 66
interest and moneys earned on such investments shall be 67
credited to the fund. 68
7. The general assembly shall appropriate at least t wo 69
and a half million dollars annually to the imagination 70
library of Missouri program fund. In the department's 71
budget requests for school year 2023 -24 and all subsequent 72
school years, the department shall include a plan to 73
distribute sufficient mone ys to school districts to allow 74
each school district to give reading selections to all 75
eligible children within the school district under this 76
section. 77
8. To comply with this section, a school district may, 78
in coordination with the department's o ffice of childhood, 79 156
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enter into an agreement, partnership, or similar arrangement 80
with an adjacent school district. If the school district 81
finds that no adjacent school district gives reading 82
selections to eligible children as provided in this section, 83
the school district may request the department's office of 84
childhood and the affiliate to assist the school district in 85
complying with this section. 86
9. Under section 23.253 of the Missouri sunset act: 87
(1) The provisions of the new program a uthorized under 88
this section shall automatically sunset on December thirty - 89
first four years after the effective date of this section 90
unless reauthorized by an act of the general assembly; and 91
(2) If such program is reauthorized, the program 92
authorized under this section shall automatically sunset on 93
December thirty-first eight years after the effective date 94
of the reauthorization of this section; and 95
(3) This section shall terminate on September first of 96
the calendar year immediately foll owing the calendar year in 97
which the program authorized under this section is sunset. 98
186.080. 1. The commissioner of education shall 1
establish a literacy advisory council. The council shall 2
consist of no more than twenty members, appointed by the 3
commissioner, and shall include members representing the 4
following stakeholder groups: 5
(1) School boards; 6
(2) Charter schools; 7
(3) School superintendents; 8
(4) Elementary and secondary building principals; 9
(5) At least three teachers, including at least two 10
teachers with expertise in reading instruction; 11
(6) At least two special education educators; 12 157
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(7) At least two parents of elementary and secondary 13
school-age pupils who have struggled with lit eracy 14
proficiency; 15
(8) At least two community members who have struggled 16
with literacy proficiency or supported others who have 17
struggled with literacy proficiency, at least one of whom 18
shall be a high school student; 19
(9) One member from dyslexia advocacy group; 20
(10) Faculty members of institutions of higher 21
education with approved teacher preparation programs; 22
(11) Professionals with expertise in reading 23
instruction, reading interventions, and how students learn 24
to read including one certified academic language therapist; 25
and 26
(12) Professionals with expertise in educational 27
assessment data analysis. 28
2. The council shall meet at least twice per year to 29
review best practices in literacy instruction and related 30
policy provisions. The department shall provide necessary 31
staff and resources for the work of the advisory council. 32
3. The council shall periodically provide 33
recommendations to the commissioner and the state board of 34
education regarding any identif ied improvements to literacy 35
instruction and policy for students. The recommendations 36
may include recommendations for changes to state law, and 37
the commissioner shall furnish any such recommendations to 38
the joint committee on education. 39
4. The council recommendations shall: 40
(1) Advise the department of elementary and secondary 41
education on how to implement and maintain the statewide 42
literacy plan required under section 161.241 and advise the 43
department, school districts, and charter scho ols on ways to 44 158
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inform and engage parents and other community members about 45
the literacy plan; 46
(2) Provide advice as to what services the department 47
should provide to school districts and charter schools to 48
support implementation of the plan and o n staffing levels 49
and resources needed at the department to support the 50
statewide effort to improve literacy; 51
(3) Provide advice regarding the statewide plan for 52
collecting literacy-related data that informs: 53
(a) Literacy instructional pract ices; 54
(b) Teacher professional development in the field of 55
literacy; 56
(c) What proficiencies and skills should be measured 57
through literacy assessments and how those assessments are 58
incorporated into local assessment plans; and 59
(d) How to identify school progress in achieving 60
literacy outcomes, including closing literacy gaps for 61
students from historically underserved populations; 62
(4) Recommend best practices for tiered literacy 63
instruction within a multi -tiered system of suppor ts to best 64
improve and sustain literacy proficiency; 65
(5) Review literacy assessments and outcomes and 66
provide ongoing advice as to how to continuously improve 67
those outcomes and sustain improvement; and 68
(6) Provide a means for members of the public to 69
provide input and ask questions concerning literacy issues. 70
302.010. Except where otherwise provided, when used in 1
this chapter, the following words and phrases mean: 2
(1) "Circuit court", each circuit court in the sta te; 3
(2) "Commercial motor vehicle", a motor vehicle 4
designed or regularly used for carrying freight and 5
merchandise, or more than fifteen passengers; 6 159
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(3) "Conviction", any final conviction; also a 7
forfeiture of bail or collateral deposited t o secure a 8
defendant's appearance in court, which forfeiture has not 9
been vacated, shall be equivalent to a conviction, except 10
that when any conviction as a result of which points are 11
assessed pursuant to section 302.302 is appealed, the term 12
"conviction" means the original judgment of conviction for 13
the purpose of determining the assessment of points, and the 14
date of final judgment affirming the conviction shall be the 15
date determining the beginning of any license suspension or 16
revocation pursuant to section 302.304; 17
(4) "Criminal history check", a search of criminal 18
records, including criminal history record information as 19
defined in section 43.500, maintained by the Missouri state 20
highway patrol in the Missouri criminal records repositor y 21
or by the Federal Bureau of Investigation as part of its 22
criminal history records, including, but not limited to, any 23
record of conviction, plea of guilty or nolo contendre, or 24
finding of guilty in any state for any offense related to 25
alcohol, controlled substances, or drugs; 26
(5) "Director", the director of revenue acting 27
directly or through the director's authorized officers and 28
agents; 29
(6) "Farm tractor", every motor vehicle designed and 30
used primarily as a farm implement for drawing plows, mowing 31
machines and other implements of husbandry; 32
(7) "Highway", any public thoroughfare for vehicles, 33
including state roads, county roads and public streets, 34
avenues, boulevards, parkways, or alleys in any municipality; 35
(8) "Incompetent to drive a motor vehicle", a person 36
who has become physically incapable of meeting the 37
prescribed requirements of an examination for an operator's 38 160
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license, or who has been adjudged by a probate division of 39
the circuit court in a capacity hearing of being 40
incapacitated; 41
(9) "License", a license issued by a state to a person 42
which authorizes a person to operate a motor vehicle; 43
(10) "Motor vehicle", any self -propelled vehicle not 44
operated exclusively upon tracks except motorized bicyc les, 45
as defined in section 307.180 and electric bicycles, as 46
defined in section 301.010; 47
(11) "Motorcycle", a motor vehicle operated on two 48
wheels; however, this definition shall not include motorized 49
bicycles or electric bicycles as such terms a re defined in 50
section 301.010; 51
(12) "Motortricycle", a motor vehicle operated on 52
three wheels, including a motorcycle operated with any 53
conveyance, temporary or otherwise, requiring the use of a 54
third wheel, but excluding an electric bicycle as d efined in 55
section 301.010; 56
(13) "Moving violation", that character of traffic 57
violation where at the time of violation the motor vehicle 58
involved is in motion, except that the term does not include 59
the driving of a motor vehicle without a valid m otor vehicle 60
registration license, or violations of sections 304.170 to 61
304.240, inclusive, relating to sizes and weights of 62
vehicles; 63
(14) "Municipal court", every division of the circuit 64
court having original jurisdiction to try persons for 65
violations of city ordinances; 66
(15) "Nonresident", every person who is not a resident 67
of this state; 68
(16) "Operator", every person who is in actual 69
physical control of a motor vehicle upon a highway; 70 161
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(17) "Owner", a person who holds the l egal title of a 71
vehicle or in the event a vehicle is the subject of an 72
agreement for the conditional sale or lease thereof with the 73
right of purchase upon performance of the conditions stated 74
in the agreement and with an immediate right of possession 75
vested in the conditional vendee or lessee, or in the event 76
a mortgagor of a vehicle is entitled to possession, then 77
such conditional vendee or lessee or mortgagor shall be 78
deemed the owner for the purpose of sections 302.010 to 79
302.540; 80
(18) "Record" includes, but is not limited to, papers, 81
documents, facsimile information, microphotographic process, 82
electronically generated or electronically recorded 83
information, digitized images, deposited or filed with the 84
department of revenue; 85
(19) "Residence address", "residence", or "resident 86
address" shall be the location at which a person has been 87
physically present, and that the person regards as home. A 88
residence address is a person's true, fixed, principal, and 89
permanent home, to which a person intends to return and 90
remain, even though currently residing elsewhere; 91
(20) "Restricted driving privilege", a sixty -day 92
driving privilege issued by the director of revenue 93
following a suspension of driving privileges for the limited 94
purpose of driving in connection with the driver's business, 95
occupation, employment, formal program of secondary, 96
postsecondary or higher education, or for an alcohol 97
education or treatment program or certified ignition 98
interlock provider, or a ninety -day interlock restricted 99
privilege issued by the director of revenue for the limited 100
purpose of driving in connection with the driver's business, 101
occupation, employment, seeking medical treatment for such 102 162
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driver or a dependent family member, attending scho ol or 103
other institution of higher education, attending alcohol - or 104
drug-treatment programs, seeking the required services of a 105
certified ignition interlock provider, fulfilling court 106
obligations, including required appearances and probation 107
and parole obligations, religious services, the care of a 108
child or children, including scheduled visitation or 109
custodial obligations pursuant to a court order, fueling 110
requirements for any vehicle utilized, and seeking basic 111
nutritional requirements; 112
(21) "School bus", when used in sections 302.010 to 113
302.540, means any motor vehicle, either publicly or 114
privately owned, that is designed for carrying more than ten 115
passengers and that is used to transport students to and 116
from school, or to transport pupil s properly chaperoned to 117
and from any place within the state for educational 118
purposes. The term "school bus" shall not include a bus 119
operated by a public utility, municipal corporation or 120
common carrier authorized to conduct local or interstate 121
transportation of passengers when such bus is not traveling 122
a specific school bus route but is: 123
(a) On a regularly scheduled route for the 124
transportation of fare -paying passengers; or 125
(b) Furnishing charter service for the transportation 126
of persons enrolled as students on field trips or other 127
special trips or in connection with other special events; 128
(22) "School bus operator", an operator who operates a 129
school bus as defined in subdivision (21) of this section in 130
the transportation of any schoolchildren and who receives 131
compensation for such service. The term "school bus 132
operator" shall not include any person who transports 133
schoolchildren as an incident to employment with a school or 134 163
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school district, such as a teacher, coach, administ rator, 135
secretary, school nurse, or janitor unless such person is 136
under contract with or employed by a school or school 137
district as a school bus operator; 138
(23) "Signature", any method determined by the 139
director of revenue for the signing, subscrib ing or 140
verifying of a record, report, application, driver's 141
license, or other related document that shall have the same 142
validity and consequences as the actual signing by the 143
person providing the record, report, application, driver's 144
license or related document; 145
(24) "Substance abuse traffic offender program", a 146
program certified by the division of alcohol and drug abuse 147
of the department of mental health to provide education or 148
rehabilitation services pursuant to a professional 149
assessment screening to identify the individual needs of the 150
person who has been referred to the program as the result of 151
an alcohol- or drug-related traffic offense. Successful 152
completion of such a program includes participation in any 153
education or rehabilitation program required to meet the 154
needs identified in the assessment screening. The 155
assignment recommendations based upon such assessment shall 156
be subject to judicial review as provided in subsection 14 157
of section 302.304 and subsections 1 and 5 of sectio n 158
302.540; 159
(25) "Vehicle", any mechanical device on wheels, 160
designed primarily for use, or used on highways, except 161
motorized bicycles, electric bicycles, vehicles propelled or 162
drawn by horses or human power, or vehicles used exclusively 163
on fixed rails or tracks, or cotton trailers or motorized 164
wheelchairs operated by handicapped persons. 165 164
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304.060. 1. The state board of education shall adopt 1
and enforce regulations not inconsistent with law to cover 2
the design and operation of all school buses used for the 3
transportation of school children when owned and operated by 4
any school district or privately owned and operated under 5
contract with any school district in this state, and such 6
regulations shall by reference be made a part of any such 7
contract with a school district. School districts shall 8
have the authority to use motor vehicles other than school 9
buses for the purpose of transporting school children. The 10
state board of education may adopt rules and regulations 11
governing the use of other vehicles owned by a district or 12
operated under contract with any school district in this 13
state and used for the purpose of transporting school 14
children[. The operator of such vehicle shall be licensed 15
in accordance with secti on 302.272, and such vehicle ], 16
excluding motor vehicles operating under the authority of 17
the department of revenue under sections 387.400 to 18
387.440. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the 19
state board of education shall not require an indivi dual who 20
uses a motor vehicle with a gross vehicle weight that is 21
less than or equal to twelve thousand pounds for the purpose 22
of providing student transportation services in a vehicle 23
other than a school bus to obtain any license other than a 24
class F license, as described in 12 CSR 10 -24.200(6). Motor 25
vehicles other than school buses used shall transport no 26
more children than the manufacturer suggests as appropriate 27
for such vehicle and meet any additional requirements of the 28
school district. The state board of education may also 29
adopt rules and regulations governing the use of authorized 30
common carriers for the transportation of students on field 31
trips or other special trips for educational purposes. 32 165
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Every school district, its officers and employees, and every 33
person employed under contract by a school district shall be 34
subject to such regulations. The state board of education 35
shall cooperate with the state transportation department and 36
the state highway patrol in placing suitable warni ng signs 37
at intervals on the highways of the state. 38
2. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 1 of 39
this section, any school board in the state of Missouri in 40
an urban district containing the greater part of the 41
population of a city which ha s more than three hundred 42
thousand inhabitants may contract with any municipality, bi - 43
state agency, or other governmental entity for the purpose 44
of transporting school children attending a grade or grades 45
not lower than the ninth nor higher than the tw elfth grade, 46
provided that such contract shall be for additional 47
transportation services, and shall not replace or fulfill 48
any of the school district's obligations pursuant to section 49
167.231. The school district may notify students of the 50
option to use district-contracted transportation services. 51
3. Any officer or employee of any school district who 52
violates any of the regulations or fails to include 53
obligation to comply with such regulations in any contract 54
executed by him on behalf of a sc hool district shall be 55
guilty of misconduct and subject to removal from office or 56
employment. Any person operating a school bus under 57
contract with a school district who fails to comply with any 58
such regulations shall be guilty of breach of contract a nd 59
such contract shall be cancelled after notice and hearing by 60
the responsible officers of such school district. 61
4. Any other provision of the law to the contrary 62
notwithstanding, in any county of the first class with a 63 166
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charter form of governmen t adjoining a city not within a 64
county, school buses may bear the word "special". 65
Section B. Because immediate action is necessary to 1
provide for the safety and education of school children, the 2
enactment of sections 167.625 and 168. 036 of this act is 3
deemed necessary for the immediate preservation of the 4
public health, welfare, peace, and safety, and is hereby 5
declared to be an emergency act within the meaning of the 6
constitution, and the enactment of sections 167.625 and 7
168.036 of this act shall be in full force and effect upon 8
its passage and approval. 9
Section C. The repeal and reenactment of section 1
167.645 of this act shall become effective January 1, 2023. 2