Missouri Senate Bill SB681 Introduced / Fiscal Note

                    COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH
OVERSIGHT DIVISION
FISCAL NOTE
L.R. No.:4133S.14T Bill No.:Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed CCS No. 2 for HCS for SS for SCS for SB 
Nos. 681 & 662  
Subject:Education, Elementary and Secondary, Department of Elementary and Secondary 
Education, Buses, Children and Minors, 
Type:Original  Date:June 15, 2022Bill Summary:This proposal modifies provisions to elementary and secondary education. 
FISCAL SUMMARY
ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON GENERAL REVENUE FUNDFUND AFFECTEDFY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
General Revenue
($2,093,622) to 
Could exceed 
($41,052,585)
($4,325,780) to 
Could exceed 
($50,248,188)
($3,787,661) to 
Could exceed 
($49,695,363)
Total Estimated Net Effect 
on General Revenue
($2,093,622) to 
Could exceed 
($41,052,585)
($4,325,780) to 
Could exceed 
($50,248,188)
($3,787,661) to 
Could exceed 
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ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON OTHER STATE FUNDSFUND AFFECTEDFY 2023FY 2024FY 2025Budget Stabilization Fund($27,000,000)$0 or (Unknown)$0 or (Unknown)Evidence-Based Reading 
Instruction Program Fund*$0$0$0
Competency-Based 
Education Grant Program 
Fund
$0$0$0Lottery Fund
($8,416 or 
Unknown)
($8,416 or 
Unknown)
($8,416 or 
Unknown)
High Need Fund*$0$0$0Criminal Record System 
Fund
Up to 
($165,000)
$0 or
Unknown
$0 or
Unknown
Excellence in Education 
Revolving Fund*$0$0$0
Career Ladder Forward 
Funding Fund*$0$0$0
Workforce Diploma Fund*$0$0$0Imagination Library of 
Missouri Program Fund*$0$0$0
Total Estimated Net Effect 
on Other State Funds
(Could exceed 
$27,173,416)
(Could exceed 
$8,416)
(Could exceed 
$8,416) 
*Transfers in and distributions net to zero.
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ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON FEDERAL FUNDSFUND AFFECTEDFY 2023FY 2024FY 2025Coronavirus State 
Fiscal Recovery 
Funds
$0 to ($27,000,000)$0 or (Unknown)$0 or (Unknown)Federal*$0 or Could exceed 
($22,300)$0 or (Unknown)$0 or (Unknown)
Total Estimated Net 
Effect on All Federal 
Funds
$0 or Could exceed 
($27,022,300)$0 or (Unknown)$0 or (Unknown)
*Includes Income and expenses (of approximately $65,000) that net to zero.
ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON FULL TIME EQUIVALENT (FTE)FUND AFFECTEDFY 2023FY 2024FY 2025General Revenue12 FTE to could 
exceed 14.12 FTE
13 FTE to could 
exceed 17.12 FTE 
13 FTE to could 
exceed 17.12 FTE
Federal Funds 0 to .88 FTE0 to .88 FTE0 to .88 FTETotal Estimated Net 
Effect on FTE12 to 15 FTE13 to 18 FTE13 to 18 FTE
☒ Estimated Net Effect (expenditures or reduced revenues) expected to exceed $250,000 in any  
     of the three fiscal years after implementation of the act or at full implementation of the act.
☐ Estimated Net Effect (savings or increased revenues) expected to exceed $250,000 in any of
     the three fiscal years after implementation of the act or at full implementation of the act.
ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON LOCAL FUNDSFUND AFFECTEDFY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Local Government
(Unknown, 
Potentially 
significant)
(Unknown, 
Potentially 
significant)
(Unknown, 
Potentially 
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FISCAL ANALYSIS
ASSUMPTION
SEQ CHAPTER \h  1
§160.077 – Get the Lead Out of School Drinking Water Act 
Officials from the Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) state: 
Section 160.077 of the proposed legislation would create the “Get the Lead Out of School 
Drinking Water Act” which would create lead testing requirements for certain schools, including 
early childhood education programs that receive state funding.
Section 160.077.4(8) would require school districts to submit annual testing results to the 
Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS).
Section 160.077.5 would make DHSS responsible for determining the entities that may conduct 
testing and analyze the results.
Section 160.077.6 would require the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to make 
apportionments available to school districts, with assistance from DHSS and the Department of 
Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE). 
Section 160.077.7 would require DHSS to publish a biennial report on the findings from water 
testing as reported to DHSS under Section 160.077.4(8), which would be published on DNR’s 
website. 
Section 160.077.8 would require DHSS to ensure public schools comply with the provisions of 
the Act.
Section 160.077.11 would allow DHSS to promulgate rules.
To administer the provisions of the legislation DHSS would need to establish a new program, 
requiring:
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required by subsection eight, to provide schools technical assistance on testing and 
interpreting results, and provide any needed trainings to schools and school staff. Each 
position would have an estimated annual salary of $50,213 based on the average annual 
salary of an Environmental Program Analyst in the Division of Community and Public 
Health (DCPH) as of March 2022.
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and education about the program, and assist schools with communicating results to the 
public. Each position would have an estimated annual salary of $47,616 based on the  L.R. No. 4133S.14T 
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average annual salary of a Public Health Program Specialist in the DCPH as of March 
2022.
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with an estimated annual salary of $67,256 based on the average annual salary of an 
Environmental Program Supervisor in the DCPH as of March 2022. 
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managing phone calls, letter communications, and travel arrangements. This position 
would have an estimated annual salary of $32,573 based on the average annual salary of 
an Administrative Support Assistant in the DCPH as of March 2022.
As the proposed legislation requires DNR to make apportionments available to schools, DHSS 
assumes that the funds apportioned to schools would be an expense within DNR rather than 
DHSS, and any needed fiscal staff would be within DNR.
Oversight does not have information to the contrary and therefore, Oversight will reflect the 
estimates as provided by the DHSS.  
Officials from the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) state the following: 
To meet the requirements of 160.077.6, additional FTEs will be needed in the Department of 
Natural Resources. Upon the Governor's signature, SCS HCS HB 3020, will appropriate 
$27,000,000 from Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery funds to the Department of Natural 
Resources for testing, filtration, and remediation of lead in drinking water sources within 
buildings housing early childhood, elementary, and secondary education programs which receive 
state funding. It is not clear if the Department will be passing the funds directly to the early 
childhood, elementary, and secondary education programs or to the Department responsible for 
regulating the program. Therefore, the Department of Natural Resources is still unable to 
estimate the exact number of FTEs that will be needed at this time and currently have no 
established personal service for expense and equipment funding for these activities. Positions 
would be needed to develop a new grant program, solicit and review applications, oversee the 
award of grant funds to recipients, issue grant payments, and to coordinate with the Department 
of Health and Senior Services and the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to 
apportion the funding to schools.
Oversight will reflect an “Unknown” cost to DNR for implementation of the grant program.
Officials from the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) assume the 
proposal will have no fiscal impact on their organization. Oversight does not have any 
information to the contrary. Therefore, Oversight will reflect a zero impact in the fiscal note for 
DESE for this section.  
SEQ CHAPTER \h  1In response to a similar proposal from 2022 (HCS for HB 2532), 
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sites at a cost of $133 per sample last year. This was for lead and copper. This was doing an 
average of 7.6 tests at 38 locations. Not every outlet was tested. KCPS paid an average of 
approximately $1,025 per location for the testing only. To test every outlet the cost per location 
would be about $2,700 per location. For all locations for KCPS that would cost $102,500 each 
testing round.  
Remediation costs will vary by building with older/larger buildings coming at a higher cost.  
Replacement of lines is one remediation.  There will not be issues in buildings constructed after 
1986.  That is when the mandate for lead free solder was put in place.   If the lines are too costly 
to replace, a school district could filter at that line.
Oversight assumes this proposal requires school districts to test drinking water outlets for lead 
levels and to engage in remediation efforts if elevated lead levels are discovered. Oversight 
assumes this proposal provides additional funding for school districts to fund the filtration, 
testing, and remediation of drinking water systems, subject to appropriation. 
In addition, this proposal allows school districts to seek federal funds for reimbursement for 
compliance incurred under this proposal. Per the Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed SS for SCS 
for HCS for HB 3020 (2022), Oversight notes there is an appropriation from the Coronavirus 
State Fiscal Recovery Funds (2463) to the Department of Natural Resources for $27,000,000 for 
FY 2023 (20.326) to be used for testing, filtration and remediation of lead in drinking water in 
state-funded schools. Oversight will show this impact to the Federal Funds in FY 2023 with $0 
or unknown on-going impact.
In addition, Oversight will show a $0 to unknown cost to General Revenue for FY 2024, FY 
2025 and beyond for potential future appropriations.
 Oversight will show a range of impact to Federal Funds of $27,000,000 negative transfer from 
Federal Funds to school districts for FY 2023 with $0 or an unknown on-going impact.
Oversight notes, per a report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) titled Lead 
Testing of School Drinking Water Would Benefit from Improved Federal Guidance:
“In our survey, the median amount spent by school districts to test for lead in 
school drinking water during the past 12 months varied substantially, 
depending on the number of schools in which tests were conducted (see table 
1). School districts may have paid for services such as collecting water 
samples, analyzing and reporting results, and consultants. For example, an 
official in a small, rural school district—with three schools housed in one 
building—told us his district spent $180 to test all eight fixtures. In contrast, 
officials in a large, urban school district told us they spent about $2.1 million 
to test over 11,000 fixtures in over 500 schools. Some school districts,  L.R. No. 4133S.14T 
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especially larger ones, incurred costs to hire consultants to advise them and 
help design a plan to take samples, among other things.
Based on this information, Oversight
per fixture. There are 518 school districts in Missouri with 2,357 public and charter school 
buildings, plus an estimated 650 private schools. Assuming a cost of $100 per test x 10 drinking 
water outlets per building x 3,007 school buildings total testing costs would be over $3 million 
per year.   
Oversight notes, per a local news report, a school district in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 
“installed around 100 filters throughout the school, which cost about $200,000.” Based on this, 
Oversight estimates the cost per filter at approximately $2,000. 
Per the GAO report, approximately 37% of school districts tested found elevated lead levels. 
Oversight assumes if 37% of school buildings in Missouri were required to install three filters 
the cost is estimated at $4,735,260. In addition, Oversight assumes there would be annual 
maintenance costs. 
Ultimately, Oversight is uncertain how many school districts currently test for lead levels or 
how many would have elevated lead levels. Additionally, Oversight is uncertain what type of 
remediation efforts would be used to address elevated lead levels. 
Oversight will show an unknown cost to school districts that could be substantial. 
Section 160.261 Discipline & Abuse Procedures
Officials from Department of Social Services - Children’s Division (DSS) state the Children’s 
Division (CD) may need additional investigators to investigate allegations in schools.  The 
Department estimates a need of 0 – 2 staff for this workload. 
Section 160.261.1 requires a parent or guardian to be notified and to provide written permission 
for corporal punishment, prior to any corporal punishment procedures outlined in the discipline 
and corporal punishment policy. No fiscal impact for the Children’s Division.
160.261.10 - this bill deletes provisions, which prohibited the Children’s Division (CD) from 
having jurisdiction over or from investigating any report of alleged child abuse arising out of or 
related to the use of reasonable force to protect persons or property when administered by 
personnel of a school district or any spanking administered in a reasonable manner by any 
certificated school personnel in the presence of a witness who is an employee of the school 
district pursuant to a written policy of discipline established by the board of education of the 
school district, as long as no allegation of sexual misconduct arises from the spanking or use of 
force. L.R. No. 4133S.14T 
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This deletion would give CD jurisdiction to investigate any allegations meeting criteria for child 
abuse and neglect reports, per chapter 210.  
This bill also deletes subsection 11 which provides that if a student reports alleged sexual 
misconduct on the part of a teacher or other school employee to a person employed in a school 
facility who is required to report such misconduct to the children's division under section 
210.115, such person and the superintendent of the school district shall report the allegation to 
the children's division as set forth in section 210.115.
It also deletes the provision in which reports made to the children's division under this subsection 
shall be investigated by the division in accordance with the provisions of sections 210.145 to 
210.153 and shall not be investigated by the school district under subsections 12 to 20 of this 
section for purposes of determining whether the allegations should or should not be 
substantiated. The district may investigate the allegations for the purpose of making any decision 
regarding the employment of the accused employee. 
It also deletes subsections 13 through 21 regarding the process for school district investigations, 
including with a joint investigation by law enforcement, and the school’s ability to make a 
finding that shall be sent to the Division for inclusion on the central registry. School personnel 
are mandated reporters and this deletion would only defer the Division to responding to standard 
reports of child abuse and neglect. 
Oversight will show a range of impact to DSS of $0 (no additional investigators needed) to a 
cost of two investigators. Per DSS, the cost of the FTE will be split between General Revenue 
(56%) and Federal Funds (44%). 
Officials from the DESE assume the proposal will have no fiscal impact on their organization. 
Oversight does not have any information to the contrary. Therefore, Oversight will reflect a zero 
impact in the fiscal note for DESE for this section.  
In response to a similar proposal, HB 2095 (2022), officials from the Phelps County Sheriff, 
Kansas City Police DepartmentSt. Louis County Police Department each assumed 
the provision would have no fiscal impact on their respective organizations. 
Sections 160.560 Show Me Success Diploma Program
Officials from the Office of the State Treasurer (STO) state they are estimating anywhere from 
no fiscal impact up to two FTEs.  The overall impact to the State Treasurer’s Office will depend 
on negotiation with the state’s 529 program manager to implement these provisions.  The STO 
assumed a possible need for two (2) FTE Analysts, each at $39,708 annually plus fringe benefits 
and other expense and equipment.   L.R. No. 4133S.14T 
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Oversight notes that subsection 160.560.8 states the Office of the State Treasurer shall provide 
guidance and assist with the creation, maintenance, and use of an account that has been 
established under sections 166.400 to 166.455 (MOST program).
Oversight will range the fiscal impact “Up to” the 2 FTE estimated by the STO starting in FY 
2024 depending upon the activity and complexity additional accounts.
Oversight assumes this program is optional (may) for school districts. Oversight also assumes 
school districts would continue to receive state funding for students that utilize this educational 
path. Therefore, Oversight will assume the provision will not materially fiscally impact local 
school districts.
Oversight assumes if a student receives a show-me success diploma and enrolls in a 
postsecondary educational institution, the state will continue to count this student in their funding 
calculation, and this will not result in a material difference in state aid.  Therefore, Oversight will 
not reflect a fiscal impact to the foundation formula for this provision.
Sections 160.2700 & 160.2705 - Adult High Schools
Officials from the DESE and DSS each assume the provision will have no fiscal impact on their 
respective organizations. 
Oversight notes that the above mentioned agencies have stated the provision would not have a 
direct fiscal impact on their organization.  Oversight does not have any information to the 
contrary.  Therefore, Oversight will reflect a zero impact on the fiscal note for this provision.
Section 161.097 - Missouri Advisory Board for Educator Preparation
Officials from DESE estimate a one-time meeting cost to align literacy and reading instruction in 
teacher preparation programs at $40,140. 
Section 161.214 School Innovation Waiver
Officials from the DESE assume the provision will have no fiscal impact on their organization. 
Oversight does not have any information to the contrary. Therefore, Oversight will reflect a zero 
impact in the fiscal note for this agency for this provision.
Oversight notes DESE’s FY 2022 Budget Book included a $1,000,000 Governor’s 
Recommendation from General Revenue to “support school innovation teams in implementing 
their waivers approved by the State Board of Education”. DESE’s FY 2023 Budget Book does 
not appear to include funding to support innovation waivers. L.R. No. 4133S.14T 
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Oversight will show a range of impact to General Revenue of $0 (no additional cost or not 
appropriated) to an unknown cost to support school innovation teams. Based on FY 2022’s 
Governor Recommend, Oversight assumes the cost could exceed $250,000. 
Oversight assumes there could be a cost to implement this program. School districts may have 
costs related to improving student readiness and job training, increasing teacher compensation, or 
improving teacher recruitment and development. Oversight will show a range of impact of $0 
(no school districts participate or no additional cost) to an unknown cost to implement the 
waiver. Oversight assumes the net impact on school districts would be $0 if distributions from 
General Revenue cover all costs or negative net impact if implementation costs exceed state 
distributions.
Section 161.241 Statewide Literacy Plan
Officials from DESE state Section 161.241 requires DESE to create an Office of Literacy to 
coordinate staff with roles relating to literacy and align staff work around supporting best 
practices in reading instruction. DESE assumes that one (1) FTE Coordinator of Literacy would 
be required as part of this new office at a cost of $63,480.  
This section also requires DESE to recruit and employ quality teacher trainers with expertise in 
reading instruction. Because this is subject to appropriation DESE estimates a cost that could 
exceed a cost that could greatly exceed $100,000. This would be subject to appropriation so 
DESE will show the costs as $0 – Could Exceed $100,000. This could be funded by the proposed 
creation of the “Evidence-Based Reading Instruction Program Fund."
Oversight assumes this provision creates the Evidence-Based Reading Instruction Program 
Fund. The fund shall consist of moneys appropriated by the General Assembly or from gifts, 
bequests or donations. Funds are to be distributed to school districts to reimburse school districts 
and charter schools for efforts to improve literacy. For simplicity, Oversight assumes the money 
in the Fund will be used within the year it is received. 
Per the Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed CCS SS SCS HCS HB 3002 (2022), Oversight 
notes there is an appropriation from the Budget Stabilization Fund (0522) to the Evidence-based 
Reading Instruction Program Fund for $25,000,000 for FY 2023 (2.047). Oversight will show 
this impact to the Budget Stabilization Fund in FY 2023. 
In addition, Oversight will show a $0 to unknown cost to General Revenue for FY 2024, FY 
2025 and beyond for potential future appropriations.
§161.380, 161.385 & 162.1255 Competency Based Education
Officials fromstate this provision requires DESE to facilitate the creation, sharing, and 
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school districts that offer competency-based education courses. Costs for development of 
competency-based assessments will vary depending upon the number of courses/content domains 
necessary. The department estimates $1,000,000 costs* for each course/content domain. The 
department has projected these costs across two fiscal years along with $25,000 annually for the 
Competency Task Force support until the work is complete.
*This includes: $100,000 for test specifications/blueprint review, $50,000 for passage review, 
$100,000 for item writing, $100,000 for item review, $100,000 for forms creation, $300,000 for 
field testing, and $300,000 for establishing mastery standards. 
DESE projects Section 162.1255.2 may have additional costs to school districts/charter schools 
and to the vendors they used to determine and report the appropriate attendance hours to DESE.
Officials from the Office of the Governor and the Missouri House of Representatives each 
assumed the provision would have no fiscal impact on their respective organizations. Oversight 
does not have any information to the contrary. Therefore, Oversight will reflect a zero impact in 
the fiscal note for these agencies. 
Officials from the Missouri Senate state they anticipated a negative fiscal impact to reimburse 2 
Senators for travel to Task Force meetings. It will cost approximately $256 per meeting. 
 
Oversight assumes the General Assembly could absorb the cost of the Task Force meetings 
within the current appropriation levels and will not reflect a fiscal impact.
Oversight assumes there could be costs to implement Competency-based Education programs in 
school districts and charter schools such as costs to determine and report the appropriate 
attendance hours to DESE.
Oversight assumes this provision creates the Competency-Based Education Grant Program 
Fund. The fund shall consist of moneys appropriated by the General Assembly or from gifts, 
bequests or donations. For simplicity, Oversight assumes on the money in the Fund will be used 
within the year it is received. 
Per the Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed CCS SS SCS HCS HB 3002 (2022), Oversight 
notes an appropriation from the Budget Stabilization Fund (0522) to the Competency-Based 
Education Grant Program Fund for $2,000,000 for FY 2023. Oversight will show a $0 to 
unknown impact in the remaining years. 
In addition, Oversight will show a $0 to unknown impact to General Revenue for FY 2024 and 
FY 2025 and beyond.  L.R. No. 4133S.14T 
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Section 161.700 - Holocaust Education
Officials from DESE state they will incur meeting costs in the amount of $22,300 for framework 
development. In addition, DESE will incur meeting costs in the amount of $66,900 for teacher 
professional development and framework implementation.
In response to a similar proposal, officials from Southeast Missouri State University, a charter 
school sponsor, stated many schools do not even address the Holocaust. 
Oversight assumes DESE is to create a curriculum on the Holocaust for school districts 
participating in the pilot program to adopt beginning in the 2023-24 school year. School districts 
shall provide professional development for teachers related to Holocaust instruction.
Oversight assumes teachers are already required to obtain a certain number of hours towards 
professional development. 
Oversight does not anticipate a fiscal impact to school districts.  
Section 162.058 Community Engagement Policy
Officials from the DESE assume the provision will have no fiscal impact on their organization.  
Officials from the Office of the State Courts Administrator assume the proposal will have no 
fiscal impact on their organization.  
Oversight is uncertain if there would be additional costs to school boards/school districts but 
assumes there could be additional costs to implement community engagement policies and 
allowing residents to submit items to be placed on the agenda of a school board meeting 
(depending on the number of agenda items that are submitted to the board). Oversight will show 
a range of impact $0 (no agenda items submitted or no material additional costs stemming from 
the agenda items or implementation of community engagement policies) to unknown costs for 
school boards/school districts.
Section 162.084 - Notifications
In response to a similar proposal, HB 942 (2021), officials from the Springfield School District 
assumed a cost for the notification process, goals process – assuming 10% unaccredited and 25 
provisionally accredited – costing $50,000.
Oversight assumes there could costs associated with notifying parents of performance scores 
and academic proficiency and growth goals. 
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Officials from the DESE assume the provision will have no fiscal impact on their organization. 
Officials from the Office of the State Courts Administrator assume the provision will have no 
fiscal impact on their organization. 
In response to the previous version, officials from the St. Louis County Election Board stated it 
would take their office 15 hours per subdistrict that they would have to draw. With that in mind, 
they estimate that they would have to draw 161 subdistricts for the 23 impacted school districts. 
This would entail 2,415 hours of programming at a cost of $24.00 per hour for a total of $57,960.
Oversight assumes there could be costs for local election authorities to draw sub-district 
boundaries. Oversight assumes this provision is permissive; therefore, Oversight will show a 
range of impact of $0 (no school districts choose to subdivide) to an unknown cost for local 
election authorities for school districts that choose to subdivide.
In response to a similar proposal, HB 164 (2021), officials from the Affton 101 School District, 
Fordland R-III School District and the Marquand-Zion R-VI School District each assumed 
this provision would have a fiscal impact on their respective organizations. However, these 
school districts did not provide any further information regarding the impact.
In response to a similar proposal, HB 164 (2021), officials from the High Point R-III School 
District and the Malta Bend R-V School District each assumed the provision would have no 
fiscal impact on their respective organizations. 
In response to a similar proposal, HCS HB 1753 (2022), officials from the Kansas City Election 
Board stated if this legislation causes a School District election, the cost in the Kansas City 
portion of Jackson County would range from $10,000 to $250,000. 
In response to a similar proposal, HCS HB 1753 (2022), officials from the Jackson County 
Election Board, Platte County Election Board and the Gordon Parks Elementary Charter 
School each assume the provision will have no fiscal impact on their respective organizations.   
Oversight requested additional information from the responding school districts; however, no 
additional information was received. Based on the information available at the time this fiscal 
note was completed, Oversight assumes there is no fiscal impact to these school districts for 
these sections.  
Section 162.720 - Gifted Education
Officials from the DESE assume the provision will have no fiscal impact on their organization. 
In response to a similar proposal, Perfected HCS HB 1750 (2022), officials from Sikeston R-6 
School District assumed the provision will have no fiscal impact on their organization.  L.R. No. 4133S.14T 
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In response to a similar proposal, HB 306 (2021), officials from the High Point R-III School 
District assumed the provision would not fiscally impact their schools.
In response to a similar proposal, from 2021 (SB 151), officials from the Fordland School 
District stated this would require additional funding to establish a gifted program.
In response to a similar proposal from 2020 (SB 645), officials from the Hurley R-I School 
District stated gifted programs are very expensive to run and for small school districts, the 
financial impact of creating sections for 3 or 4 students could be massive at varying grade levels.
In response to a similar proposal from 2020 (SB 645), officials from the Shell Knob School 
District assumed this provision has a negative fiscal impact.
In response to a similar proposal from 2020 (SB 645), officials from the Fayette R-III school 
district said the annual cost of this provision is $50,000, and would increase each year. It would 
be the cost to hire a gifted teacher plus any required assessments.
In response to a similar proposal from 2019, (HB 112), officials from the Wellsville-
Middletown R-1 School District assumed the provision had the potential to have a substantial 
negative fiscal impact. 
In response to a similar proposal from 2019, (HB 112), officials from the Lee's Summit R-7 
School District assumed the provision would be of no cost to the district because it has a state-
approved program.
In response to a similar proposal from 2019, (HB 112), Springfield Public Schools assumed the 
cost to the district would be for additional professional development for non-certificated gifted 
teachers. The program already exists in the district but this change would create a mandate for 
districts. Additional cost above current expenditure is negligible.
Oversight notes, per information from DESE’s 2019 Gifted Advisory Council (GAC) Biennial 
Report, 239 out of 528 Missouri school districts offered gifted programs in 2018, spending 
$42,968,610 for these programs.  Also, per the report, the state reimburses $24,870,140 annually, 
which amount has remained static since 2006.  Therefore, Oversight will assume the costs for 
this expansion will be borne by the school districts. DESE provided there were 37,475 identified 
students in Missouri, and that 5,199 identified students were unserved. However, the GAC 
reports and statistics from the National Center for Education Statistics show there are likely more 
unidentified unserved gifted students in Missouri.
Oversight estimates gifted spending is approximately $1,325 per gifted student ($42,968,610 / 
32,276). If there are 5,199 unserved identified gifted students with a cost of $1,325 to educate, 
Oversight estimates $6,888,675 to provide gifted education to every unserved identified gifted 
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Oversight notes that the GAC reports show that districts with gifted programs identify gifted 
students at higher rates than districts without gifted programs. Oversight does not have sufficient 
data to firmly estimate a specific number of unidentified unserved gifted students, but will create 
an instructive estimate based on national statistics.
Oversight notes that in 2014, The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) found states 
identified 6.7% of their public school students as gifted. 6.7% of Missouri’s 883,703 students is 
59,208 gifted students. To match the NCES identified gifted student population average, 
Missouri would need to identify 11,335 ((.067 x 883,703) - 5,199 identified gifted students) more 
students as gifted. Furthermore, to provide gifted services to every currently identified and 
unidentified gifted student would cost $21,907,684 ((11,335 estimated unidentified gifted 
students + 5,199 identified gifted students) x $1,325 cost per student). 
Alternately, Oversight will estimate the cost of each district establishing a gifted program. If the 
289 districts without a gifted program each hired one $50,000 a year teacher to establish a gifted 
program, this provision would have a $14,450,000 local net direct fiscal impact. Last, DESE 
recommends a maximum of 90 gifted students per full time teacher, which is a $6,000,000 direct 
fiscal impact for 120 teachers, but is likely low because that would likely require some districts 
to share a teacher. 
Section 162.974 - High Need Fund
Officials from DESE assume this provision will make two specific changes to current law.  Each 
of these changes will have impact as discussed below:
1)  The first change adds the following sentence:  "For any school district with an average daily 
attendance of five hundred students or fewer, the calculation of three times the current 
expenditure per average daily attendance shall not include any money reimbursed to a school 
district under this section."
This will result in an additional cost to the High Need Fund of $25,503.
2)  The second change adds the word "special" to section 162.974.1.
Adding the word "special" would allow DESE to deny any education costs (that are not special 
education costs) reported under the High Need Fund.  The ability to deny reimbursement of these 
regular education costs will result in a savings to the state; however, DESE cannot calculate the 
extent of the savings.
In summary, the first change will result in an increased cost of approximately $25,503; however, 
the second change will diminish this cost by some unknown amount. L.R. No. 4133S.14T 
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Oversight will show the impact as calculated by DESE to General Revenue and Lottery Fund 
for the first change. Additionally, Oversight will show a savings from the second change which 
allows DESE to deny reimbursement of regular education (non-special education) costs from the 
High Need Fund. The increased cost from the first change will be somewhat offset by the 
savings from the second change.
Oversight notes the High Need Fund reimburses school districts for the costs of educating 
students that exceed three times the current expenditure per average daily attendance (ADA). 
DESE assumes the provision removes the cost reimbursed by the High Need Fund from the 
calculation of current expenditure per ADA which would lower the current expenditure per ADA 
threshold and increase the potential costs eligible for reimbursement for districts with ADA of 
500 or fewer. 
Current
Cost of Student > (Current Expenditure/ADA)*3
Proposed
Cost of Student > ((Current Expenditure - High Need Fund Reimbursed Costs)/ADA)*3
Oversight notes the following regarding the High Need Fund:
High Need FundFY 2019 FY 2020FY 2021 FY 2022 Proj. Total Costs Reported$184,676,057$197,257,252$188,425,481$190,309,736Total Reimbursed$61,174,204$61,174,204$62,058,526$62,008,829Percent Reimbursed33%31%32%33%Districts Paid235242217219Students Claimed3,6373,7853,6363,672
DESE FY 2023 Budget Book
Oversight notes, per DESE’s FY 2023 budget book, the High Need Fund is funded with 
$39,946,351 from General Revenue (67%) and $19,590,000 from the Lottery Fund (33%).
Section 163.016 - Dollar Value Modifier
Officials from DESE state to calculate the impact, the March 2022 formula calculation for 
Gasconade County R-II (037-037) was calculated using the county they are located in that has 
the highest Dollar Value Modifier (DVM) which is Franklin County at 1.093. If the formula is 
fully funded then it would be an additional cost to the state of $1,076,986.67 per year.  If the 
formula is not fully funded then the additional money is going to be shifted from all other school 
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To calculate the impact, the March 2022 formula calculation for Maries County R-II (063-067) 
was calculated using the county they are located in that has the highest Dollar Value Modifier 
(DVM) which is Osage County at 1.0310.  If the formula is fully funded then it would be an 
additional cost to the state of $150,436.88 per year.  If the formula is not fully funded then the 
additional money is going to be shifted from all other school districts.  
To calculate the impact, the March 2022 formula calculation for Bismark R-V (094-076) was 
calculated using the county they are located in that has the highest Dollar Value Modifier (DVM) 
which is Washington County at 1.092. If the formula is fully funded then it would be an 
additional cost to the state of $313,513.11 per year.  If the formula is not fully funded then the 
additional money is going to be shifted from all other school districts.  
To calculate the impact, the March 2022 formula calculation for West St. Francois County (094-
087) was calculated using the county they are located in that has the highest Dollar Value 
Modifier (DVM) which is Washington County at 1.092. If the formula is fully funded then it 
would be an additional cost to the state of $624,964.84 per year.  If the formula is not fully 
funded then the additional money is going to be shifted from all other school districts.  
In response to a similar proposal, Perfected HB 2493 (2022), officials from the Gasconade 
County R-II School District stated the dollar value modifier will have no impact on other 
districts as the DVM is based on the funding formula for education. However, allowing 
Gasconade County R-II to claim the Higher Dollar Value Modifier would result in a Dollar 
Value Modifier of 1.093 which adds $1,066,637.00 annually to the budget and allows the district 
to compete with their Franklin County Districts. This is important as they operate a building 
which is located in Franklin County and all Gasconade County students who attend the Gerald 
Elementary School located in Franklin County must attend middle and high school in Gasconade 
County.
Oversight will show a range of impact of $0 (not appropriated) to a total cost to General 
Revenue of $2,165,902 ($1,076,987 + $150,437 + $313,513 + $624,965) as estimated by the 
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
Oversight will show a range of impact as estimated by the Department of Elementary and 
Secondary Education.
Section 167.151 - Property Owner Student Transfers
Oversight assumes this provision would allow any person who owns real residential or 
agricultural property and pays a school tax in any district other than the district of residence to 
send their children to a public school in the district where that persons pays such school tax.  
Oversight notes the student will count towards average daily attendance at the district of choice. 
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school year (FY 2024). Oversight cannot estimate number of transfers and the amount of state 
funding is district-specific (can vary from under $1,000 per student to over $8,000 per student, 
depending upon the school district). Therefore, this note will reflect a potential unknown cost (if 
students transfer into districts that receives more state aid) to an unknown positive impact (if 
students generally transfer into districts that receive less state aid) for both general revenue and 
school districts. Oversight assumes that some districts would see a net negative direct fiscal 
impact, while others would see a net positive direct fiscal impact.
Oversight is uncertain if this provision would reach a revenue impact of $250,000. Oversight 
notes if the difference in funding between districts is $1,000 (assumed) and approximately 250 
students transferred under this provision it would result in a revenue impact of $250,000.  
Oversight notes a change of 250 ADA is approximately a 0.03% change in total ADA 
(250/843,650); therefore, Oversight assumes it is possible the impact could exceed $250,000. 
Section 167.225 BRITE Act
Officials from the DESE state the Missouri School for the Blind already provides many of the 
services required in this legislation with the exception of orientation and mobility evaluations at 
the home and paying for eye exams. To implement this legislation, the Department estimates the 
following costs per year: 
The orientation and mobility evaluations described in paragraph (b) of this subdivision shall 
occur in familiar and unfamiliar environments and around the home, school, and community as 
determined age appropriate by the blind students IEP.
40 students X 500 miles X $.43 mileage rate = $8,600
If an LEA requires an eye report, the LEA shall bear all costs associated with obtaining such 
report. LEAs shall not delay an evaluation for eligibility based on the absence or delay of such 
report.
40 students X $300 eye exam = $12,000
Total Cost = $20,600
Officials from the DSS assume the provision will have no fiscal impact on their organization. 
Oversight assumes this provision could result in additional costs to school districts if it imposes 
duties beyond those that school districts are already performing. Oversight will show a range of 
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Section 167.268 - Develop Reading Guidelines
Officials from DESE estimate a one-time meeting cost to develop DESE guidelines for the 
Office of Literacy at $44,600.
Section 167.625 - Will’s Law
Officials from the DESE, DHSS and the DSS
impact on their respective organizations. 
Officials from the above listed agencies each assume the provision will have no fiscal impact on 
their respective organizations. Oversight does not have any information to the contrary. 
Therefore, Oversight will reflect a zero impact in the fiscal note for these agencies for this 
provision.
In response to a similar proposal, SB 187 (2021), officials from the High Point R-III School 
District assumed the provision would not fiscally impact their district.
In response to a similar proposal, SB 187 (2021), officials from Fordland R-III School District 
stated the provision would require an additional position to administer.
Oversight will reflect a potential cost to school districts for additional staff training and 
administration of the requirements established in the bill.
Sections 167.640 and 167.645 - Reading Remediation
In response to a similar proposal, HCS HB 1556 (2022), DESE stated the provision could impact 
the call to the foundation formula but they would have no way to estimate the impact. 
Oversight assumes there could be an increased call to the foundation formula if remediation 
hours outside of the traditional school day may count toward the calculation of average daily 
attendance (Section 167.640). Oversight will show a range of impact of $0 (no additional 
remediation hours outside the traditional school day) to an unknown cost to General Revenue for 
an increase in average daily attendance.  
One full term of attendance is 1,044 hours per student. For each full term of attendance, the 
average state funding per ADA is approximately at $5,066 (per DESE) or $4.85 per hour of full 
term attendance. However, Oversight notes this is an approximation of the cost as the state aid 
payment can vary greatly by district.
Oversight estimates to reach a revenue impact of $250,000 would require a change in attendance 
hours of approximately 52,000 hours or approximately 50 ADA (52,000 * $4.85 = $252,200). 
Oversight notes an increase of 50 ADA is approximately a 0.01% increase in total ADA 
(50/843,650); therefore, Oversight assumes it is possible the cost could exceed $250,000.   L.R. No. 4133S.14T 
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In response to a similar proposal, SB 54 (2021), officials from the Springfield R-XII School 
District stated the total fiscal impact to the district is $6,562,500.
In response to a similar proposal, SB 54 (2021), officials from the High Point R-III School 
District assumed the provision will have no fiscal impact on their organization. 
In response to a similar proposal, HB 2470 (2020), officials from the Park Hill School District 
anticipated a fiscal impact to hire additional staff to implement and monitor the extended 
requirements. Estimated cost would exceed $100,000 annually.
In response to a similar proposal, HB 2470 (2020), officials from the Shell Knob School 
District assumed that bill would have a negative fiscal impact.
In response to a similar proposal, HB 2470 (2020), officials from the Wellsville -Middletown 
School District estimated needing at least one possibly two additional elementary teachers, at a 
cost of $92,000 per year.
Oversight assumes these provisions would require school districts and charter schools to 
implement remediation strategies such as:
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Per the Achievement Level Report available on the Missouri Comprehensive Data System, 
Oversight notes the following number of students with scores in the below basic level and the 
basic level within the Springfield School District:
Springfield School District - School Year 2019
GradeBelow BasicBasicTotalThird Grade4705501020Fourth Grade245707952Fifth Grade2338051038Sixth Grade317658975Total1,2652,7203,985
Based on the cost reported by the Springfield School District, Oversight estimates the cost per 
student reading at below basic and basic (in grades 3 through 6) at approximately $1,647 
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Statewide - School Year 2019
GradeBelow BasicBasicTotalThird Grade15,66418,52734,191Fourth Grade8,38926,40634,795Fifth Grade8,65328,51037,163Sixth Grade10,93827,22638,164Total43,644100,669144,313
Applying the $1,647 to the statewide total of students reading at below basic and basic in grades 
3 through 6, Oversight
school districts, Oversight is uncertain if other school districts would experience costs similar to 
those reported by the Springfield School District. Oversight assumes additional resources, 
namely additional teacher time, assessments and materials, will be required to implement these 
changes. Therefore, Oversight will show an unknown cost to school districts that could be 
significant. 
Section 167.850 - Recovery High Schools
Officials from the DESE and the Department of Mental Health each assume the provision will 
have no fiscal impact on their respective organizations.  
Oversight received no responses from school districts estimating the fiscal impact of this 
provision, and presents this fiscal note on the best current information available. Upon the receipt 
of additional responses, Oversight will review to determine if an updated fiscal note should be 
prepared and seek the necessary approval to publish a new fiscal note.
According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), 8.5 percent of Americans needed 
treatment for a problem related to illicit drug or alcohol use in 2014. 
Oversight assumes if 8.5 percent of the 4,043 students currently enrolled in the Kansas City 
Public School District (grades 9 through 12) needed substance use treatment, this could result in 
approximately 344 students being eligible to attend a recovery high school. Oversight assumes 
this number could be higher as non-resident students are also eligible to attend.    
Based on the study, Recovery High Schools: A Descriptive Study of Programs and Students
Oversight notes students were primarily referred to recovery high schools by treatment 
programs, parents and the juvenile justice system. Of the schools in the study, most had small 
enrollments ranging from 12 to 25 students with a median capacity of 35 students. The study 
indicated students reported a reduction in the use of drugs, an increase in attendance and a 
reduction in repeated problems with the law. 
Oversight assumes this provision states the sending district of an eligible student shall pay 
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costs associated with those students transferring out. Oversight also notes that such students 
recovering from substance use or dependency may not regularly attend school, or may require 
more expensive attention from school. Because there are no responses, and several factors that 
may save or cost school districts or recovery high schools, this note will show an impact ranging 
from a unknown savings to an unknown cost net direct fiscal impact to school districts and 
recovery high schools. 
Oversight notes this provision is permissive, therefore Oversight will range the fiscal impact 
from $0 (a recovery high school is not established) to the range of potential fiscal impact.
Section 168.021 - Provisionally Certified Teachers & Visiting Scholars’ Certificate
 
Officials from the DESE assume the provision will have no fiscal impact on their organization. 
This provision modifies 168.021, which appears to change requirements that must be completed 
when having a provisional certification. Since that is still a certification attendance hours for 
students taught can still be claimed for state aid and has no fiscal impact. 
Oversight does not have any information to the contrary.  Therefore, Oversight will reflect a 
zero impact on the fiscal note for DESE for this provision.
Section 168.036 Substitute Teacher Certificates 
Officials from DESE state this section allows the State Board of Education to grant a certificate 
to any highly qualified individual with certain expertise or experience in the Armed Forces, 
explained further in the bill, that may not meet any other qualifications if the school board of the 
seeking school district votes to approve that individual to substitute teach at that district. Doing 
so would require a new application and process for districts to recommend these individuals at 
which the department estimates a cost of $40,000.  (Section 168.036.4)
Officials from DESE state, currently, substitute certificates expire at the end of four years and 
may be renewed. The new language in this subsection would allow substitute certificates to 
expire at any point in time and will have a substantial fiscal impact to the department. The 
substitute certification process will need to be redesigned to comply with this language as well as 
a new reporting database will need to be created for districts to notify the department on 
substitute statuses. DESE estimates this will cost around $70,000. The department also estimates 
an additional FTE for an Administrative Assistant $27,960 annual salary, will be needed as well.  
(Section 168.036.7)
Oversight will show the costs as estimated by DESE.
Officials from Joint Committee on Public Employee Retirement (JCPER) state this proposal 
has no fiscal impact to the Joint Committee on Public Employee Retirement. The JCPER’s 
review of this proposal indicates that its provisions may constitute a “substantial proposed 
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determine the fiscal impact of this legislation without an actuarial cost statement prepared in 
accordance with section 105.665.  Pursuant to section 105.670, an actuarial cost statement must 
be filed with the Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives, the Secretary of the Senate, and 
the Joint Committee on Public Employee Retirement as public information for at least five 
legislative days prior to final passage.
Officials from Public Schools and Education Employee Retirement Systems (PSRS/PEERS) 
state the TAFP bill has a number of provisions included, however, their response is limited to 
those impacting the Public School Retirement System of Missouri (PSRS) or the Public 
Education Employee Retirement System of Missouri (PEERS). The specific provisions related to 
PSRS and PEERS are included in the newly enacted section 168.036. 
This bill provides a four-year certificate for individuals that want to substitute teach. Applicants 
for certification must complete a background check and also have at least 36 college hours or 
have completed a 20-hour online training, individuals must also have a high school diploma or 
equivalence. An alternative route to certification is provided for qualified individuals with 
technical or business expertise or Armed Forces experience and a superintendent sponsorship. 
This bill allows individuals who are receiving a retirement benefit from the PSRS or PEERS to 
substitute teach on a part-time or temporary substitute basis in a covered school district without a 
discontinuance of the person's retirement benefit. The provisions in this bill only apply to part-
time or temporary substitute teaching. As specified in this bill if an individual chooses to work 
for a covered employer after retirement under this provision they will not contribute to additional 
retirement benefits. 
This bill includes an emergency clause and the provisions of this bill will expire on July 1, 2025 
when the current statutory language will resume. 
The Systems have an actuary firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC), that prepares actuarial cost 
statements on any proposed legislation as well as the annual actuarial valuation reports for the 
Systems. As discussed in more detail below, the temporary suspension of the working after 
retirement limitations as proposed in this bill could have a fiscal impact on PSRS and PEERS. 
Any fiscal impact is based on if this legislation influences specific changes in behavior. The 
Systems’ actuaries have noted that suspension of limitations on working after retirement for part 
time or temporary substitute teaching positions through June 30, 2025 could result in either no 
fiscal cost or a small fiscal cost for PSRS and PEERS, depending on the number of members 
who change their retirement behavior as a result. The cost could be significant if the suspension 
of limitations on working after retirement continues to be extended beyond June 30, 2025. 
The current provisions for working after retirement in sections 169.560 and 169.660 strike a 
delicate balance between creating a pool of qualified individuals that can be employed to provide 
part-time or temporary substitute teaching or other services, but without permitting or 
incentivizing employers to hire multiple retired members on a part-time basis in lieu of full-time 
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two incomes. Such permission and behavior could have a significant impact on the cost of the 
Systems. The fiscal impact to the PSRS and PEERS will be based on actual behavior 
experienced by the Systems. 
It is noted that a temporary suspension of certain statutes and regulations related to members 
working after retirement was included in the state of emergency order in 2020 in response to the 
Coronavirus pandemic. The suspension was intended to address an anticipated shortage of 
qualified substitute teachers and temporary employees that would be needed by school districts 
during the pandemic. The temporary suspension was in place through December 31, 2021. The 
TAFP bill suspends the same provisions in statute through June 30, 2025, but only for part time 
or temporary substitute teaching positions. 
The Systems’ actuaries emphasized the importance of the temporary nature of the proposal (only 
through June 30, 2025) and its application to only part time or temporary substitute teaching. 
Permanent increase or removal of these limitations would likely come with a significant fiscal 
cost and would go against the fundamental goal of a pension system to provide income in 
retirement, not during active employment. 
The table below summarizes the estimated impact to the liabilities and the actuarially determined 
contribution rate of both PSRS and PEERS associated with possible behavior changes discussed 
in the attached cost statement from the Systems’ actuaries. While the actuaries show two 
scenarios with a fiscal cost, they note that it is also possible for PSRS and PEERS to experience 
no fiscal cost related to these changes depending on whether or not active members and 
employers change their behavior as a result. To the extent there is little to no change in behavior, 
the results would be consistent with the baseline results shown below. It is important to review 
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Oversight will show a range of impact for this provision of $0 (no change in behavior) to an 
unknown cost that could exceed $4,413,374 to member employers for increases in employer 
contributions (0.14% / 2 * $5,039,838,429 PSRS covered payroll 2021) plus (0.07%/2 * 
$1,758,535,339 PEERS covered payroll 2021). 
Officials from the Department of Public Safety - Missouri Highway Patrol (MHP) state the 
proposed legislation could increase the state fee from $20 up to $50 depending on the number of 
background checks performed up to five, resulting in a net increase to the Criminal Record 
System (CRS) Fund. The range is calculated based on the current state fee and the proposed 
language that increases the state fee up to $50. 
On average, the Patrol processes approximately 11,000 criminal record checks specific to 
substitute teacher certification and employment, of which approximately 145 per year resulted in 
checks for the same individual for different school districts and completed in the same week. 
However, an increase for the fund could be noted for the potential increase in the state fee, 
depending on the number of background checks performed.
Regardless of the state fee structure, this proposal would require technical system changes to the 
Missouri Automated Criminal History System to be completed by the MSHP’s Criminal History 
vendor. The estimated cost of $165,000 is based on previous projects with a similar scope of 
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Oversight will show the cost for system modifications to the Missouri Automated Criminal 
History System and an unknown amount of revenue from the increased fees.
Section 168.037 - Substitute Teacher Survey and Data Collection
Officials from assume this provision requires DESE to create and maintain a web-based 
survey for collecting anonymous information from substitute teachers in Missouri public schools.  
DESE estimates an initial costs that could exceed $100,000 for the design, programming, and 
testing of a system that can collect real time information from substitute teachers that will be 
available anytime for schools and DESE to use to study. DESE also estimates annual 
maintenance and storage costs of $10,000 annually.
Oversight assumes this provision requires DESE to create and maintain a web-based survey for 
collecting information related to substitute teachers. Oversight will show the costs as estimated 
by DESE. 
Oversight also assumes this provision requires school districts and charter schools to provide 
data to DESE regarding certain information related to substitute teachers. Oversight will show a 
range of impact of $0 (no additional cost or can be absorbed) to an unknown cost to collect the 
data for school districts and charter schools.
In response to a similar proposal, HB 608 (2021), officials from the Affton 101 School District, 
High Point R-III School District and the Springfield R-XII School District each assumed the 
provision would have no fiscal impact on their respective organizations. 
Section 168.205 - Superintendent Sharing
Officials from DESE state because they are unsure of how many school districts will participate, 
DESE will provide a range for the estimated impact of $1,440,000 to $8,940,000. Shown below 
are the estimated impacts based on different levels of participation.
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$8,940,000.
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The calculation is based on 2020 average daily attendance (ADA) due to 2021 ADA being 
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ADA Under Number of Districts Cost
600 ADA 298 $8,940,000.00
350 ADA 217 $6,510,000.00
200 ADA 130 $3,900,000.00
100 ADA 48 $1,440,000.00
Funding for this increase would most likely be General Revenue as no other funding was 
specified to pay this additional cost.
Oversight notes, according to a DESE report, previously there was only one superintendent that 
was shared between school districts.  The Malta Bend R-V School District and the Hardeman R-
X School District had such an agreement (Paul Vaillencourt).  These school districts no longer 
appear to share a superintendent. 
Oversight will show a range of impact of $0 (no districts sharing a superintendent) to an amount 
that could exceed $60,000 in state funding based on two districts (2 x $30,000 each) sharing a 
superintendent.  
Section 168.500 and 168.515 - Career Ladders
Officials from DESE state due to the need to approve Teacher Career Plans in the proposed 
language, DESE estimates a need for 1.0 FTE at the Supervisor level to manage the program. 
Oversight notes the need to approve Teacher Career Plans is language that exists in current law 
and is not a new requirement of this provision. Therefore, Oversight will not show the cost for 
one additional FTE. 
Officials from DESE state, in Fiscal Year 2011, $37,467,000 was appropriated by the General 
Assembly for Career Ladder. That was the last time that the program was funded and DESE will 
base the fiscal impact on that amount. Because the language in this section (168.515.2) reverses 
the matching percentages and sets the state match at 60 percent and the local funding at 40 
percent, the department estimates an impact of up to $56,200,050. Because this amount is subject 
to appropriation the Department will show a range of $0 - $56,200,050 (plus FTE costs).
Oversight assumes current law already provides for funding at forty percent; however, this 
funding is not currently appropriated by the General Assembly. Oversight assumes the impact 
from this provision is the difference between funding the Career Ladder program at forty percent 
(current law) versus funding at sixty percent (proposed law). Oversight will show a cost of $0 
(not appropriated) to a cost that could exceed $18,733,050 ($56,200,050 - $37,467,000) as 
appropriated by the General Assembly.
In addition, Oversight assumes this provision expands the career ladder criteria for admission 
and stage achievement and reduces the number of years needed for eligibility. Oversight assumes 
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Oversight assumes these funds would transfer from General Revenue to the Excellence in 
Education Revolving Fund into the Career Ladder Forward Funding Fund before being 
distributed to qualify school districts. For simplicity, Oversight assumes all funds are utilized in 
the year they are received. 
Section 170.014 - Reading Instruction Act
Oversight assumes there could be costs to school districts to expand reading programs through 
grade five. Currently, the reading programs are established for kindergarten through grade three. 
Section 170.018 Computer Science Course
Officials from DESE assume this provision will require updates to the June Core Data/MOSIS 
cycle to accommodate the bill’s requirements:
Adding a field to the MOSIS collection for Computer Science course description: 
$10,000 (one-time); $3,000 maintenance (annual) 
Adding a field to the MOSIS collection for Computer Science applicable standards: $10,000 
(one-time); $3,000 maintenance (annual).
DESE projects programming for the annual report to be published to cost $25,000 (one time 
cost) for a total cost of $45,000 ($10,000 + $10,000 + $25,000) and an ongoing cost of $6,000 
($3,000 + $3,000). 
The legislation also requires the department to add 1.0 FTE Computer Science 
Supervisor/Director ($51,288).
Oversight does not have any information to the contrary. Therefore, Oversight will reflect the 
costs provided by DESE for fiscal note purposes.
In response to a previous version, officials from the High Point R-III School District assumed 
the provision will have no fiscal impact on their organization.
Oversight assumes this provision requires each school to offer at least one computer science 
course. Oversight is uncertain how many schools currently offer computer science courses. 
Oversight assumes there could be costs for those school districts that are not currently offering a 
computer science course; therefore, Oversight will show an unknown cost to school districts 
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Section 170.036 Computer Science Task Force
Officials from state the proposed legislation does not indicate who is responsible for any 
costs associated with the Computer Science Education Task Force. If DESE is financially 
responsible, the Department estimates a total of four meetings per year for the 13 member task 
force.  This cost would cover a two year time span, for a total meeting cost of $84,740.
Oversight will show the costs for two Task Force meetings at $42,370 each as estimated by 
DESE beginning in FY 2023. Oversight assumes the Task Force is dissolved at the end of FY 
2024. 
In addition, Oversight will show a potential unknown cost for on-going evaluation and 
implementation of task force findings. Oversight assumes this cost would be dependent on the 
findings and recommendations of the task force. 
Oversight notes, per the Tennessee Computer Science State Education Plan, task force 
recommendations included regional trainings ($30,713), grants to educators ($300,000) and K-8 
computer science standards and trainings ($84,000). Based on these estimates, Oversight will 
show a range of impact of $0 (cost of implementing task force finding can be absorbed with 
existing appropriations) to an unknown cost that could exceed $250,000.  
Officials from the Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development, Office of 
the Governor and Missouri House of Representatives each assume the provision will have no 
fiscal impact on their respective organizations. Oversight does not have any information to the 
contrary. Therefore, Oversight will reflect a zero impact in the fiscal note for these agencies.  
Officials from the Missouri State Senate anticipate a negative fiscal impact to reimburse 2 
senators for travel to task force meetings. It will cost approximately $256 per meeting.
Oversight assumes the General Assembly could absorb the cost of the Task Force meetings 
within the current appropriation levels and will not reflect a fiscal impact.
Section 170.047 Suicide Prevention Training
Officials from the DESE assume the provision will have no fiscal impact on their organization. 
In response to a similar proposal from 2020 (HCS for HBs 1820 & 1470), officials from the 
Normandy Schools Collaborative estimated that this additional required training will cost 
$8,000 or more per year to find time for the additional training, identify and pay trainers, and pay 
extra time extra duty if necessary for teachers to attend if the SP schedule is already packed full.
Oversight assumes this provision allows, but does not require all teachers, principals, and 
licensed educators in each district to attend suicide prevention training which shall count as two 
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would not have a fiscal impact as the teachers are already required to have a set number of 
professional development hours, and suicide education is permissive.
Section 170.048 - Pupil Identification Cards
Oversight assumes these provisions require school districts and charter schools that issue pupil 
identification cards to have printed on the card a specific number that routes calls and text 
messages to the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. 
Oversight assumes the provision could result in one-time additional costs for equipment or 
supplies. Oversight will show a range of impact of $0 (any additional cost is minimal and can be 
absorbed with existing resources) to an unknown cost.
Section 170.307 - Mental Health Instruction
Officials from DESE state, while some of this work is currently funded through a CDC grant, 
should that source be withdrawn, the programs described here would create an expenditure 
impact for DESE. If DESE contracted with outside entities for the programs described, there 
would still be personnel and administrative costs incurred, as well as costs for developing any 
resources to support educators. Meeting costs associated with potential curriculum development 
estimated at $22,300.
Oversight assumes DESE may be able to utilize federal monies to fund the requirements so the 
program.  
Oversight has ranged the fiscal impact to General Revenue from $0 (may be able to be covered 
by existing federal funding) to the costs provided by DESE for meeting costs for curriculum 
development.
Oversight has ranged the fiscal impact to Federal Funds from $0 (federal funding not available) 
to the costs provided by DESE for meeting costs for curriculum development.
Oversight assumes the mental health instruction shall be included in the district's existing health 
or physical education curriculum. The instruction is to be based on the curriculum developed by 
DESE; therefore, Oversight does not anticipate a fiscal impact to school districts. 
Section 171.033 - Inclement Weather 
Officials from DESE state Core Data Screen updates will need to be completed to implement.  
OA-ITSD assumes every new IT project/system will be bid out because all ITSD resources are at 
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120.96 hours for a cost of $11,491 in FY 2023 with continuing costs of $2,356 in FY 2024 and 
$2,415 in FY 2025.
Per DESE’s School Calendar Requirements publication, “A half-day Kindergarten or 
Prekindergarten program must provide a minimum of five hundred twenty-two hours of actual 
pupil attendance and shall also include thirty-six make-up hours for possible loss of attendance 
due to inclement weather.” Oversight assumes that this provision would potentially reduce the 
number of hours required for makeup days on a proportional basis. 
Oversight assumes this section could result in savings if it reduces transportation costs, hourly 
wages, food service costs, etc. Oversight will show a range of impact of $0 (no impact) to an 
unknown savings to school districts from a reduction in the number of hours required.
Section 173.831 - Workforce Diploma Program
Officials from DESE assume they may require 1.0 FTE at a minimum at the supervisor level in 
order to publish the request for qualifications, review the applicants against the statutory 
requirements, collect data, run reports, and make payments. 
As of 2017, there are 453,226 Missourians 21 years of age or older who have not received a high 
school diploma. It is estimated that approximately 1 percent (4,532) to 3 percent (13,597) of 
these individuals may participate in this program. Because payments made to providers are to be 
made in accordance with a schedule set with the Department, DESE will make several 
assumptions for payment amounts based on previous versions of the bill. 
Completion of each half unit of high school credit - $250
Attaining an employability certificate - $250
Attaining an industry recognized credential (50 hours) - $250
Attaining an industry recognized credential (75 hours) - $500
Attaining an industry recognized credential (100 hours) - $250
Attaining a high school diploma - $1,000
The Department estimates that approximately half of the individuals that would participate in the 
program may earn their high school diploma each year which would result in a cost between 
$2,266,000 (2,266 students earn a diploma) and $6,799,000 (6,799 students earn a diploma) per 
year. 
The Department also estimates that each student participating in the program would earn at least 
one full unit of high school credit each year resulting in an additional amount of $2,266,000 
(4,532 students earn at least one full unit of high school credit) and $6,799,000 (13,597 students 
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If 10 percent of graduates also earned an industry recognized credential at an average of $500 the 
Department estimates an additional cost of $113,300 (2,266 x 10% x $500) to $339,950 (6,799 x 
10% x $500).
If 50 percent of graduates also earned an employability skills certificate, the Department 
estimates an additional cost of $283,250 (2,266 x 50% x $200) to $849,875 (6,799 x 50% x 
$250).
$2,266,000 - $6,799,000 for high school diploma achievements  
$283,250 - $849,875 for employability skills certificate achievements  
$113,300 - $339,950 for industry recognized credential achievements 
$2,266,000 - $6,799,000 for ½ unit of high school credit achievements 
$4,928,550 - $14,787,825
Because this provision is subject to appropriation, the Department will show a range of $0 (no 
money appropriated for the program) to $14,857,084 starting in FY23.
At the time this fiscal note was presented, DESE had not yet provided salary, fringe and 
equipment costs for the necessary FTE. Oversight estimated the cost based on a similar proposal 
from the previous year, HB 733 (2021). 
Oversight will show a range of impact of $0 (not appropriated) to the costs as estimated by 
DESE as a transfer from General Revenue to the Workforce Diploma Program Fund. 
Oversight will show the costs as estimated by DESE to the Workforce Diploma Program Fund 
for reimbursements to program providers. Oversight assumes funds will be used within the year 
they were received. 
Officials from the Office of the State Treasurer assume the provision will have no fiscal impact 
on their organization. 
Oversight assumes DESE is required to issue a request for interested program providers before 
September 1, 2022. Program providers must be approved by October annually and students may 
start enrolling in November annually. Oversight assumes DESE could request and approve 
program providers any time before September 2022 and after the effective date of this provision 
August 28, 2022. Therefore, Oversight will show cost beginning in FY 2023. 
Per the Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed CCS SS SCS HCS HB 3002 (2022), Oversight 
notes an appropriation from General Revenue for a Workforce Diploma Program for $2,000,000 
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§173.1352 – Advance Placement Exams
Officials from the DESE and DHEWD each assume the proposal will have no fiscal impact on 
their respective organizations. Oversight does not have any information to the contrary. 
Therefore, Oversight will reflect a zero impact in the fiscal note for these agencies.  
In response to a similar proposal, HCS HB 1683 (2022), officials from the University of 
Central Missouri (UCM) stated the estimated loss to UCM would be approximately 
$5,800. This is based on 8 students who this fall scored a 3 in areas that currently require a 4 on 
the Advanced Placement Exam.  8 students x 3 credit hours =24 course credits.
Oversight does not have any information to the contrary. Oversight notes changes to this version 
of the provision have removed the fiscal impact that other colleges and universities had expected 
to incur. Therefore, Oversight assumes the potential loss to UCM would be absorbable within 
current funding levels and will present no fiscal impact for this agency for fiscal note purposes. 
In response to a similar proposal, HCS HB 1683 (2022), officials from the University of 
Missouri System and Missouri State University
fiscal impact on their respective organizations. 
In response to a similar proposal, HB 1683 (2022), officials from St. Charles Community 
CollegeOversight 
does not have any information to the contrary. Therefore, Oversight will reflect a zero impact in 
the fiscal note for this agency for this section.
Section 178.694 - Imagination Library of Missouri Program
Officials from DESE estimate the need for one (1) FTE Program Specialist at an annual salary of 
$45,443.  The Program Specialist would manage the contracts and/or communication with the 
non-profit ("Dolly Parton's Imagination Library Affiliate"), oversee the activities required, and 
be responsible for communication and collaboration with the school districts regarding the 
implementation of this program.
Beginning in school year 2023-24 and continuing in each subsequent school year, school districts 
shall, in partnership with the affiliate, give one reading selection to each eligible child in the 
school district in each month, beginning as early as the child's birth month through the month in 
which the child reaches five years of age. Subject to appropriation, the costs of giving such 
reading selections to eligible children shall be reimbursed to each school district from the 
“Imagination Library of Missouri Program Fund.” 
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five years of age and an average cost of $30 per year per child, DESE estimates a cost of up to 
$10,500,000. 
Number of children ages 0 – 5: 350,000 (70,000 births/year * 5)
Cost per child/year: $30
Total yearly costs: $10,500,000
Because this amount is subject to appropriations DESE will show a range of $0 - $10,500,000. 
In response to a similar proposal, HB 2567 (2022), officials from Sikeston R-6 School District 
state this would be a great program, but are concerned if Missouri would remain committed to 
reimbursing school districts this new financial expenditure. Districts would incur the cost of 
purchasing and shipping the books to the homes of families within the district.  It would be 
beneficial if Missouri could provide a means for school districts to provide information prior to 
ordering the books and DESE provided the funds to purchase the books instead of a 
reimbursement process.
Oversight assumes this provision requires each school district to provide each child birth to five 
with one reading selection per month starting beginning in the 2023-2024 school year (FY 2024).  
Oversight notes, per the U.S. Census Bureau Missouri QuickFacts, persons under 5 years of age 
account for 6% of Missouri’s population or 370,091. Per the Imagination Library website, a $25 
dollar donation can provide a book to a child each month for a year. Oversight assumes the costs 
to school districts are estimated at $9,252,275 per year (370,091 * $25) beginning in FY 2024. 
Oversight assumes school districts shall be reimbursed for this cost from the Imagination 
Library of Missouri Program Fund. Oversight assumes this provision requires the general 
assembly to appropriate at least $5 million annually for this purpose. For simplicity, Oversight 
assumes all funds will be used within the year they are received.  
If the costs of providing the reading selections exceeds the available appropriations, Oversight 
assumes the school districts will bear the remaining cost. 
Section 186.080 - Literacy Advisory Council
Officials from DESE estimate ongoing annual meeting costs to maintain the Literacy Advisory 
Council at $44,600.
Sections 302.010 and 304.060 - Other Vehicles for Transportation of Students
Officials from Department of Revenue (DOR) state section 302.010.21 changes the definition 
of school bus to mean any vehicle designed for carrying more than ten passengers used to 
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Section 304.060.1 gives school districts the authority to use vehicles other than school buses for 
the purpose of transporting school children. The state board of education may adopt rules and 
regulations governing the use of other vehicles used to transport school children, except vehicles 
operating under sections §387.400 to §387.440. The draft language further removes the 
requirement for drivers of such vehicles to meet the provisions of §302.272, thus removing the 
requirement to meet school bus endorsement testing, issuance, driver history and background 
check requirements. It also requires vehicles other than school buses to transport no more 
children than the manufacturer suggests appropriate, and meet any additional requirements of the 
school district.
The proposed change to remove the requirements of §302.272, may have an impact on the safety 
of students being transported in vehicles other than a commercial class school bus. Under current 
requirements drivers applying for a non-commercial Class E with a school bus endorsement are 
required to complete additional driver history and background checks and regular drug testing. 
This also includes the current mandatory annual skills provisions to ensure driving proficiency 
for those school bus endorsed drivers age 70 and over. School districts are required to report 
failed drug tests to the Department for suspension of school bus endorsements. Drivers without 
school bus endorsements may not be held to the same requirements.
Administrative Impact
To implement the proposed legislation, the DOR will be required to:

to include the new information (online and printed versions).
FY23-Driver License Bureau
Research/Data Analyst 15 hrs. @ $24.29 per hr. =$364
Administrative Manager 10 hrs. @ $26.37 per hr. =$264
Total $628
FY23-Personnel Services Bureau
Associate Research/Data Analyst 15 hrs. @ $19.46 per hr. =$292
Associate Research/Data Analyst 15 hrs. @ $19.46 per hr. =$292
Total $584
Total Costs =$1,212
The DOR anticipates being able to absorb these costs. However, until the FY23 budget is final, 
the Department cannot identify specific funding sources. If multiple bills pass that require 
Department resources, FTE/funding will be requested through the appropriations process.
The proposed legislation would require updates to the Missouri Driver Guide that could be 
absorbed. Decisions made during implementation could result in a requirement for destruction 
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The printing costs of the driver guide are currently covered by the Missouri State Highway Patrol 
(MSHP).
Officials from the Department of Public Safety - Missouri Highway Patrol and the DESE 
each assume the provision will have no fiscal impact on their respective organizations.  
Oversight assumes these costs are minimal and can be absorbed by the DOR and MSHP.
Oversight does not anticipate an impact to school districts.
Responses regarding the proposed legislation as a whole
Officials from the Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development, 
Department of Mental Health, Office of the State Courts Administrator, Missouri House of 
Representatives and the Office of Administration - Administrative Hearing Commission
each assume the proposal will have no fiscal impact on their respective organizations. Oversight
does not have any information to the contrary. Therefore, Oversight will reflect a zero impact in 
the fiscal note.  
Officials from the Office of the Governor state this bill adds to the governor’s current load of 
appointment duties. Individually, additional requirements should not fiscally impact the Office of 
the Governor. However, the cumulative impact of additional appointment duties across all 
enacted legislation may require additional resources for the Office of the Governor.
Officials from the University of Central Missouri
due to uncertainty of application.
SEQ CHAPTER \h  1SEQ CHAPTER \h  1SEQ CHAPTER \h  1Oversight received a 
limited number of responses from school districts related to the fiscal impact of this provision. 
Oversight has presented this fiscal note on the best current information available. Upon the 
receipt of additional responses, Oversight will review to determine if an updated fiscal note 
should be prepared and seek the necessary approval to publish a new fiscal note.
Oversight only reflects the responses received from state agencies and political subdivisions; 
however, school districts were requested to respond to this proposed legislation but did not. A 
listing of political subdivisions included in the Missouri Legislative Information System 
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Rule Promulgation
Officials from the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules assume this proposal is not 
anticipated to cause a fiscal impact beyond its current appropriation. 
Officials from the Office of the Secretary of State (SOS) note many bills considered by the 
General Assembly include provisions allowing or requiring agencies to submit rules and 
regulations to implement the act. The SOS is provided with core funding to handle a certain 
amount of normal activity resulting from each year's legislative session. The fiscal impact for 
this fiscal note to the SOS for Administrative Rules is less than $5,000. The SOS recognizes that 
this is a small amount and does not expect that additional funding would be required to meet 
these costs. However, the SOS also recognizes that many such bills may be passed by the 
General Assembly in a given year and that collectively the costs may be in excess of what the 
office can sustain with its core budget. Therefore, the SOS reserves the right to request funding 
for the cost of supporting administrative rules requirements should the need arise based on a 
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FISCAL IMPACT – State 
Government
FY 2023
(10 Mo.)
FY 2024FY 2025GENERAL REVENUE FUNDCosts - DNR – implementation of 
program §160.077 p. 4-7
(Unknown)(Unknown)(Unknown)Costs – DHSS §160.077  p. 4-7Personal services($367,443)($445,341)($449,795)Fringe benefits($227,849)($275,021)($276,640)Expense and equipment($157,267)($87,352)($89,535)Total Costs – DHSS($752,559)($807,714)($815,970)FTE Change – DHSS9 FTE9 FTE9 FTECosts – reimburse public and private 
schools to test water (roughly 3,000 
school buildings x 10 water sources 
each x $100 per test) annually 
§160.077 p. 4-7
$0 or
(Could exceed 
$3,000,000)
$0 or
(Could exceed 
$3,000,000)
$0 or
(Could exceed 
$3,000,000)
Costs – to school districts for funding 
for filtration and other remediation 
efforts - §160.077.6 (1)    p. 4-7
$0 or
(Unknown)
$0 or
(Unknown)
$0 or
(Unknown)
Costs – DSS - §160.261   p. 7-8$0 to …$0 to …$0 to …  Personnel Service($41,475)($50,267)($50,770)  Fringe Benefits($27,713)($33,422)($33,591)  Expense & Equipment($11,439)($7,991)($8,191)Total Costs - ($80,627)($91,680)($92,552)FTE Change1.12 FTE1.12 FTE1.12 FTECosts - STO - 160.560.8   p. 8-9Up to….Up to….  Personnel Service$0($80,210)($81,012)  Fringe Benefits$0($49,664)($49,908)  Expense & Equipment$0($28,500)($11,236)Total Costs – STO$0($158,374)($142,156)FTE Change0Up to 2 FTEUp to 2 FTE L.R. No. 4133S.14T 
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Costs - meeting costs to align literacy 
instruction - §161.097   p. 9($40,140)$0$0
Costs - DESE - support for school 
districts implementing School 
Innovation Waivers - §161.214 
p. 9-10
$0 or 
(Unknown)
$0 or 
(Unknown)
$0 or 
(Unknown)
Costs - DESE - §161.241   p. 10  Personnel Service($52,900)($64,115)($64,756)  Fringe Benefits($29,704)($35,875)($36,108)  Expense & Equipment($15,858)($8,288)($8,494)Total Costs - DESE($98,462)($108,278)($109,358)FTE Change1 FTE1 FTE1 FTE
Costs - to recruit and employ quality 
teacher trainers - §161.241  p. 10
$0 to (Could 
exceed 
$100,000)
$0 to (Could 
exceed 
$100,000)
$0 to (Could 
exceed 
$100,000)
Transfer Out - to the Evidence-Based 
Reading Instruction Program Fund - 
§161.241.9   p. 10
$0$0 or 
(Unknown)
$0 or 
(Unknown)
Costs – DESE – Competency-Based 
Education Task Force - 161.385  p. 11($25,000)($25,000)($25,000)
Costs – DESE – development of   
competency-based assessments (PER 
COURSE/CONTENT DOMAIN)  
p. 11
($500,000 to 
Unknown)
($500,000 to 
Unknown)$0
Transfer Out – to the Competency-
Based Education Grant Program Fund 
– unknown number and amount of 
grants 161.380.3  p. 11
$0 to 
(Unknown)
 
$0 to 
(Unknown)
$0 to 
(Unknown)
Cost – DESE – potential cost to 
foundation formula associated with 
students taking competency-based 
courses 162.1255.2 & 3   p. 11
$0 to 
(Unknown)
 
$0 to 
(Unknown)
$0 to 
(Unknown)
Costs - DESE - develop a Holocaust 
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Costs - DESE - professional 
development framework §161.700 
p. 12
($66,900)$0$0
Cost Avoidance - denial of non-special 
education costs - §162.974   p. 15-16UnknownUnknownUnknown
Transfer Out - to High Need Fund - 
§162.974  p. 15-16
($17,087 or 
Unknown)
($17,087 or 
Unknown)
($17,087 or 
Unknown)
Transfer Out - Increased formula 
funding to Gasconade County R-II, 
Maries County R-II, Bismarck R-V 
and the West St. Francois County R-
IV school districts - §163.016  p.17
$0 to 
($2,165,902)
$0 to 
($2,165,902)
$0 to 
($2,165,902)
Costs or Cost Avoidance – Difference 
in state funding for resident district 
and nonresident district for 
transferring students §167.151 p.18
$0(Unknown) or 
Unknown
(Unknown) or 
Unknown
Costs - BRITE Act - orientation and 
mobility evaluations and eye reports - 
§167.225  p. 18-19
($20,600)($20,600)($20,600)
Costs - meeting costs to develop 
guidelines for the Office of Literacy - 
§167.268  p. 19
($44,600)$0$0
Costs - increased ADA for 
remediation hours - §167.640 & 
§167.645  p. 19-20
$0 or 
(Unknown)
$0 or 
(Unknown)
$0 or 
(Unknown)
Costs - DESE - new application and 
process - §168.036.5  p. 22($40,000)$0$0
Costs - DESE - new certification 
process and reporting database - 
§168.036.7   p. 23($70,000)$0$0
Costs - DESE - §168.036.7  p. 23  Personnel Service($27,960)($28,240)($28,522) L.R. No. 4133S.14T 
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   Fringe Benefits($22,737)($22,838)($22,941)  Expense & Equipment($17,206)($8,288)($8,494)Total Costs - ($67,903)($59,366)($59,957)FTE Change1 FTE1 FTE1 FTECosts - DESE - to create and maintain 
a web based survey - §168.037 p. 26
(Could exceed
$100,000)($10,000)($10,000)
Costs - GR payment to schools that 
share a superintendent - §168.205.2(2) 
p. 26-27$0
$0 to 
(Could exceed 
$60,000)
$0 to 
(Could exceed 
$60,000)
Costs – DESE - expansion of career 
ladder criteria for admission and stage 
achievement - §168.515.2  p. 27-28
$0 or
(Unknown)
$0 or
(Unknown)
$0 or
(Unknown)
Costs - increased funding for Career 
Ladders program from forty percent to 
sixty percent - §168.515.2  p. 27-28
$0 to (Could 
exceed 
$18,733,050)
$0 to (Could 
exceed 
$18,733,050)
$0 to (Could 
exceed 
$18,733,050)
Costs - DESE - §170.018  p. 28  Personal Service($42,740)($51,801)($52,319)  Fringe Benefits($26,012)($31,400)($31,589)  Expense & Equipment($15,858)($8,288)($8,494)Total Costs($84,610)($91,489)($92,402)FTE Change – DESE1 FTE1 FTE1 FTECosts - DESE - updates to the June 
Core Data/MOSIS cycle - §170.018 
p. 29
($45,000)($6,000)($6,000)
Costs - DESE - task force meetings - 
§170.036 p. 29($42,370)($42,370)$0
Costs - DESE- on-going evaluation 
and implementation of task force 
findings - §170.036  p. 29$0
$0 or
(Unknown)
$0 or
(Unknown)
Costs - meeting and administrative 
costs - §170.307  p. 30$0 or ($22,300)$0$0 L.R. No. 4133S.14T 
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Costs - DESE ITSD costs - §171.033
p. 30-31
($11,491)($2,356)($2,415)Costs - DESE - establish and 
administer the Workforce Diploma 
Program - §173.831  p. 29$0 or …$0 or …$0 or …
   Personal Service($33,540)($40,650)($41,027)  Fringe Benefits($21,270)($25,659)($25,797)  Equipment and Expense($14,949)($7,403)($7,588)Total Costs($69,759)($73,712)($74,442)  FTE Change – DESE0 or 1 FTE0 or 1 FTE0 or 1 FTE
Transfer Out - DESE - to the 
Workforce Diploma Program Fund - 
§173.831  p. 31-33
$0 to (Unknown 
Could exceed 
$4,928,550 to 
$14,787,325)
$0 to (Unknown 
Could exceed 
$4,928,550 to 
$14,787,325)
$0 to (Unknown 
Could exceed 
$4,928,550 to 
$14,787,325)
Costs - DESE - §178.694  p. 32  Personnel Service$0($45,894)($46,356)  Fringe Benefits$0($29,255)($29,422)  Expense & Equipment$0($15,858)($8,494)Total Costs - $0($91,010)($84,272)FTE Change0 FTE1 FTE1 FTETransfer Out - to the Imagination 
Library of Missouri Program Fund - 
§178.694  p. 33-34$0
($2,500,000) to 
Could exceed 
($9,252,275)
($2,500,000) to 
Could exceed 
($9,252,275)
Costs - annual meetings for literacy 
advisory council - §186.080 p. 33($44,600)($44,600)($44,600)ESTIMATED NET EFFECT TO 
THE GENERAL REVENUE FUND
($2,093,622) to 
Could exceed 
($41,052,585)
($4,325,780) to 
Could exceed 
($50,248,188)
($3,787,661) to 
Could exceed 
($49,695,363)
Estimated Net FTE Change to the 
General Revenue Fund
12 FTE to could 
exceed
 14.12 FTE
13 FTE to could 
exceed 
17.12 FTE 
13 FTE to could 
exceed 
17.12 FTE L.R. No. 4133S.14T 
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BUDGET STABILIZATION FUND 
(0522)
Transfer Out - to the Evidenced-based 
Reading Instruction - §161.241  p. 10($25,000,000)
$0 or 
(Unknown)
$0 or 
(Unknown)
Transfer Out - to the Competency-
based Education Grant Program Fund 
- §161.380  p. 11
($2,000,000)
$0 or 
(Unknown)
$0 or 
(Unknown)
ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON 
THE BUDGET STABILIZATION 
FUND 
($27,000,000)
$0 or 
(Unknown)
$0 or 
(Unknown)
EVIDENCE-BASED READING 
INSTRUCTION PROGRAM FUND
Transfer In - from General Revenue - 
§161.241.9 p.10$0 
$0 or 
Unknown
$0 or 
Unknown
Transfer In - from Budget 
Stabilization Fund - §161.241.9 p.10$25,000,000$0 or Unknown$0 or Unknown
Income - from gifts, bequests or 
donations - §161.241.9  p. 10
$0 or 
Unknown
$0 or 
Unknown
$0 or 
Unknown
Transfer Out - to School Districts and 
Charter Schools - for efforts to 
improve literacy - §161.241.9 p.10
Could exceed
($25,000,000)
$0 or 
(Unknown)
$0 or 
(Unknown)
ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON 
THE EVIDENCE-BASED 
READING INSTRUCTION 
PROGRAM FUND
$0$0$0 L.R. No. 4133S.14T 
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COMPETENCY-BASED 
EDUCATION GRANT PROGRAM 
FUND
Transfer In – from General Revenue - 
§161.380 p. 11
$0 to 
Unknown
$0 to 
Unknown
$0 to 
Unknown
Transfer In - from the Budget 
Stabilization Fund §161.380 p. 11($2,000,000)
$0 or 
(Unknown)
$0 or 
(Unknown)
Income – gifts, contributions, grants 
and/or bequests §161.380 p. 11
$0 or 
Unknown
$0 or 
Unknown
$0 or 
Unknown
Cost – Grants to School Districts – 
§161.380 p. 11
Could exceed 
($2,000,000)
$0 or 
(Unknown)
$0 or 
(Unknown)
ESTIMATED NET EFFECT TO 
THE COMPETENCY-BASED 
EDUCATION GRANT PROGRAM 
FUND
$0$0$0
LOTTERY FUNDCost Avoidance - denial of non-special 
education costs - §162.974  p. 15-16UnknownUnknownUnknown
Transfer Out - to High Need Fund - 
§162.974  p. 15-16
($8,416 or 
Unknown)
($8,416 or 
Unknown)
($8,416 or 
Unknown)
ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON 
LOTTERY FUND
($8,416 or 
Unknown)
($8,416 or 
Unknown)
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Unknown) L.R. No. 4133S.14T 
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HIGH NEED FUNDTransfers In - from General Revenue - 
§162.974 p.15-16
$17,087 or 
Unknown
$17,087 or 
Unknown
$17,087 or 
Unknown
Transfer In - from Lottery Fund - 
§162.974 p. 15-16
$8,416 or 
Unknown
$8,416 or 
Unknown
$8,416 or 
Unknown
Savings - denial of non-special 
education costs - §162.974  p. 15-16UnknownUnknownUnknown
Cost - increase in eligible costs - 
§162.974 p. 15-16
($25,503 or 
Unknown)
($25,503 or 
Unknown)
($25,503 or 
Unknown)
ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON 
HIGH NEED FUND$0$0$0
CRIMINAL RECORD SYSTEM 
FUND (0671)
Income – MHP – potential increase in 
fees for multiple school designations - 
§168.036 p.22
$0 or Unknown$0 or Unknown$0 or Unknown
Costs - DPS-MHP - Missouri 
Automated Criminal History System 
modifications - §168.036   p.22($165,000)$0$0
ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON 
CRIMINAL RECORD SYSTEM 
FUND
Up to 
($165,000)
$0 or
Unknown
$0 or
Unknown L.R. No. 4133S.14T 
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EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION 
REVOLVING FUND 
Transfer In - from General Revenue - 
for expansion of career ladder 
eligibility criteria - §168.515.2 p.27-28
$0 or Unknown$0 or Unknown$0 or Unknown
Transfer In - from General Revenue - 
increased funding for Career Ladders 
program at sixty percent - §168.515.2  
p.27-28
$0 to Could 
exceed 
$18,733,050
$0 to Could 
exceed 
$18,733,050
$0 to Could 
exceed 
$18,733,050
Transfer Out – to the Career Ladder 
Forward Funding Fund - for expansion 
of career ladder eligibility criteria - 
§168.515.2 p.27-28
$0 or 
(Unknown)
$0 or 
(Unknown)
$0 or 
(Unknown)
Transfer Out - to the Career Ladder 
Forward Funding Fund - increased 
funding for Career Ladders program 
from forty percent to sixty percent - 
§168.515.2  p.27-28
$0 to 
(Unknown, 
Could exceed 
$18,733,050)
$0 to 
(Unknown, 
Could exceed 
$18,733,050)
$0 to 
(Unknown, 
Could exceed 
$18,733,050)
ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON 
THE EXCELLENCE IN 
EDUCATION REVOLVING FUND$0$0$0 L.R. No. 4133S.14T 
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CAREER LADDER FORWARD 
FUNDING FUND
Transfer In - from Revolving Fund - 
for expansion of career ladder 
eligibility criteria - §168.515.2  p.27-
28
$0 or Unknown$0 or Unknown$0 or Unknown
Transfer In - from Revolving Fund - 
increased funding for Career Ladders 
program at sixty percent - §168.515.2  
p.27-28 
$0 to Could 
exceed 
$18,733,050
$0 to Could 
exceed 
$18,733,050
$0 to Could 
exceed 
$18,733,050
Transfer Out - to School Districts - 
increased funding for Career Ladders 
program from forty percent to sixty 
percent - §168.515.2  p.27-28
$0 to 
(Unknown, 
Could exceed 
$18,733,050)
$0 to 
(Unknown, 
Could exceed 
$18,733,050)
$0 to 
(Unknown, 
Could exceed 
$18,733,050)
ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON 
THE CAREER LADDER 
FORWARD FUNDING FUND$0$0$0
WORKFORCE DIPLOMA 
PROGRAM FUNDTransfer In - from General Revenue - 
§173.831 p.31-33
$0 to Unknown 
Could exceed 
$4,928,550 to 
$14,787,325
$0 to Unknown 
Could exceed 
$4,928,550 to 
$14,787,325
$0 to Unknown 
Could exceed 
$4,928,550 to 
$14,787,325
Income - from gifts and bequests -
§173.831  p.31-33$0 or Unknown$0 or Unknown$0 or Unknown
Costs - DESE - reimbursements to 
program providers for qualifying 
student milestones - §173.831  p.31-33
$0 to (Unknown 
Could exceed 
$4,928,550 to 
$14,787,325) 
$0 to (Unknown 
Could exceed 
$4,928,550 to 
$14,787,325)
$0 to (Unknown 
Could exceed 
$4,928,550 to 
$14,787,325)
ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON 
THE WORKFORCE DIPLOMA 
PROGRAM FUND$0$0$0 L.R. No. 4133S.14T 
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IMAGINATION LIBRARY OF 
MISSOURI PROGRAM FUNDTransfer In - from General Revenue - 
§178.694 p.33-34$0
$5,000,000 to 
Could exceed 
$9,252,275
$5,000,000 to 
Could exceed 
$9,252,275
Income - from gifts, bequests, grants 
or donations - §178.694 p.33-34$0$0 or Unknown$0 or UnknownTransfer Out - to reimburse school 
districts - §178.694 p.33-34$0
($5,000,000) to 
Could exceed 
($9,252,275)
($5,000,000) to 
Could exceed 
($9,252,275)
ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON 
THE IMAGINATION LIBRARY 
OF MISSOURI PROGRAM FUND
$0$0$0 L.R. No. 4133S.14T 
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FEDERAL FUNDSTransfer Out - to school districts for 
funding for filtration, testing, and 
other remediation efforts - §160.077.6 
(2) - p. 4-7
$0 or 
($27,000,000)
$0 or 
(Unknown)
$0 or 
(Unknown)
Income – DSS - §160.261 p.7-8$0 to $63,349$0 to $72,035$0 to $72,719Costs - DSS - §160.261 p.7-8$0 to …$0 to …$0 to …  Personnel Service($32,587)($39,496)($39,891)  Fringe Benefits($21,774)($26,260)($26,393)  Expense & Equipment($8,988)($6,279)($6,435)Total Costs - DSS($63,349)($72,035)($72,719)FTE Change.88 FTE.88 FTE.88 FTECosts - meeting costs §170.307 p.30$0 or ($22,300)$0$0ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON 
FEDERAL FUNDS
$0 or Could 
exceed 
($27,022,300)
$0 or 
(Unknown)
$0 or 
(Unknown)
Estimated Net FTE Change on Federal 
Funds
0 to .88 FTE 0 to .88 FTE 0 to .88 FTE  L.R. No. 4133S.14T 
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FISCAL IMPACT – Local GovernmentFY 2023
(10 Mo.)
FY 2024FY 2025LOCAL POLITICAL 
SUBDIVISIONS
Transfer In - from General Revenue 
§166.077 p. 4-7
$0 or 
Unknown
$0 or 
Unknown
$0 or 
Unknown
Transfer In - from Federal Funds 
§166.077 p. 4-7
$0 to 
$27,000,000
$0 or 
Unknown
$0 or 
Unknown
Costs - penalties for non-compliance - 
§160.077.9 (2) p. 4-7$0
$0 or 
(Unknown)
$0 or 
(Unknown)
Costs - to school districts for lead 
filtration, testing, and other remediation 
efforts - §160.077 p. 4-7
(Unknown, 
could be 
substantial) 
(Unknown, 
could be 
substantial)
(Unknown, 
could be 
substantial)
Costs - School Districts - to implement 
School Innovation Waivers (improve 
student readiness and job training, 
increase teacher compensation, improve 
teacher recruitment and development) - 
§161.214 p. 9-10
$0 or 
(Unknown)
$0 or 
(Unknown)
$0 or 
(Unknown)
Revenue - School Districts - distributions 
to support school districts implementing 
School Innovation Waivers - §161.214 p. 
9-10
$0 or 
Unknown
$0 or 
Unknown
$0 or
 Unknown
Transfer In - from the Evidence-Based 
Reading Instruction Program Fund to 
School Districts - §161.241.9   p. 10$25,000,000
$0 or 
Unknown
$0 or 
Unknown
Income - grants from DESE - §161.380
p.11
$0 or 
Unknown
$0 or 
Unknown
$0 or 
Unknown
Costs - implementing competency-based 
education program §161.380 p.11$2,000,000
$0 or 
(Unknown)
$0 or
(Unknown)
Costs - School Boards/School Districts - 
to implement community engagement 
$0 or 
(Unknown)
$0 or 
(Unknown)
$0 or 
(Unknown) L.R. No. 4133S.14T 
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policies and add agenda items from 
residents of a district - §162.058 p. 12
Costs - School Districts - to notify 
parents of performance scores and goals - 
§162.084 p.12-13
$0 to
(Unknown)
$0 to
(Unknown)
$0 to
(Unknown)
Costs - Election Authorities - for 
redistricting and conducting elections - 
§162.563 p.13
$0 or 
(Unknown)
$0 or 
(Unknown)
$0 or 
(Unknown)
Cost - School Districts - requirement to 
establish gifted programs §162.720 p. 14
$0 $0 
$0 to could 
exceed  
($6,888,675) 
Loss - School Districts - denial of non-
special education costs - §162.974 p.15(Unknown)(Unknown)(Unknown)
Revenue - School Districts - increase in 
eligible costs - §162.974  p.15
$25,503 or 
Unknown
$25,503 or 
Unknown
$25,503 or 
Unknown
Transfer In - Increased formula funding 
to Gasconade County R-II, Maries 
County R-II, Bismarck R-V and the West 
St. Francois County R-IV school district 
from other school districts or GR - 
§163.016 p.17
$0 to 
$2,165,902
$0 to 
$2,165,902
$0 to 
$2,165,902
Nonresident Districts  - additional State 
funding for non-resident transfers but 
also additional costs to educate those 
students - §167.151 p.18
$0Unknown or 
(Unknown)
Unknown or 
(Unknown)
Resident Districts – reduced state 
funding, but also possible reduction in 
costs to educate those students - 
§167.151 p.18
$0
(Unknown) or 
Unknown
(Unknown) or 
Unknown
Costs - School Districts - orientation and 
mobility evaluations and instruction, eye 
reports, duplicative accessible assistive 
technology - §167.225 p.18-19
$0 or 
(Unknown)
$0 or 
(Unknown)
$0 or 
(Unknown) L.R. No. 4133S.14T 
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Costs – to train employees and to 
administer the provisions of Will’s Law - 
§167.625 p.19
$0 or
(Unknown)
$0 or
(Unknown)
$0 or 
(Unknown)
Revenue Gain - School Districts - 
increased call to the foundation formula 
for remediation hours outside of the 
traditional school day - §167.640 p.19-21
$0 or 
Unknown
$0 or 
Unknown
$0 or 
Unknown
Costs - School Districts - reading success 
plans and reading intervention for 
students - §167.640 & §167.645 p.19-21
(Unknown, 
Potentially 
significant)
(Unknown, 
Potentially 
significant)
(Unknown, 
Potentially 
significant)
Cost avoidance - School Districts - 
savings from transferring students now to 
attend recovery high schools - §167.850  
p.21-22
$0 or 
Unknown
$0 or 
Unknown
$0 or 
Unknown
Costs - School Districts - payments to 
recovery high schools - §167.850 p.21-22
$0 or 
(Unknown)
$0 or 
(Unknown)
$0 or 
(Unknown)
Costs - Recovery High Schools - cost to 
educate students - §167.850 p.21-22
$0 or 
(Unknown)
$0 or 
(Unknown)
$0 or 
(Unknown)
Revenue - Recovery High School - 
payments from public schools and/or 
other state(s)  - §167.850 p.21-22
$0 or 
Unknown
$0 or
Unknown
$0 or 
Unknown
Costs/Savings - School 
Districts/Community Colleges - from an 
unknown impact on employer 
contribution rates - §168.036.6 p. 22-25
$0 or 
(Unknown) to 
Unknown
$0 or
(Unknown) to 
Unknown
$0 or
(Unknown) to 
Unknown
Costs - School Districts & Charter 
Schools - substitute teacher data 
collection - §168.037 p. 26
$0 or 
(Unknown)
$0 or 
(Unknown)
$0 or 
(Unknown)
Revenue Gain - School Districts - state 
payment to schools that share a 
superintendent - §168.205.2(2) p. 26-27$0
$0 to 
Could exceed 
$60,000
$0 to 
Could exceed 
$60,000 L.R. No. 4133S.14T 
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Revenue Gain - School Districts - for 
expansion of career ladder eligibility 
criteria - §168.515.2 p. 27-28
$0 or 
Unknown
$0 or 
Unknown
$0 or 
Unknown
Revenue Gain - School Districts - 
increased funding for Career Ladders 
program from forty percent to sixty 
percent - §168.515.2 p. 27-28
$0 to Could 
exceed 
$18,733,050
$0 to Could 
exceed 
$18,733,050
$0 to Could 
exceed 
$18,733,050
Costs - School Districts - to expand 
reading programs to grade five - 
§170.014 p.28(Unknown)(Unknown)(Unknown)
Costs - School Districts - to offer 
computer science course - §170.018 
p.28-29 $0(Unknown)(Unknown)
Cost – School Districts - supplies and 
equipment to print cards to adhere to 
§170.048 p. 30
$0 or 
(Unknown)$0$0
Savings - School Districts - from reduced 
transportation costs, hourly wages or 
food service costs - §171.033 p. 30-31
$0 to
 Unknown
$0 to
 Unknown
$0 to
 Unknown
Transfer In - School Districts - from the 
Imagination Library of Missouri Program 
Fund - §178.694 p. 33-34$0
$5,000,000 to 
Could exceed 
$9,252,275
$5,000,000 to 
Could exceed 
$9,252,275
Costs - School Districts - to provide 
reading selections to children birth to 
five - §178.694 p. 33-34$0
(Could exceed 
$9,252,275)
(Could exceed 
$9,252,275)
ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON 
LOCAL POLITICAL 
SUBDIVISIONS
(Unknown, 
Potentially 
significant)
(Unknown, 
Potentially 
significant)
(Unknown, 
Potentially 
significant)
FISCAL IMPACT – Small Business
Oversight assumes there could be a fiscal impact to small businesses as a result of this proposal. L.R. No. 4133S.14T 
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FISCAL DESCRIPTION
DRINKING WATER IN SCHOOLS (Section 160.077)
This act establishes the "Get the Lead Out of School Drinking Water Act".
Beginning in the 2023-2024 school year and for each subsequent school year, each school shall 
provide drinking water with a lead concentration below five parts per billion (5 ppb).
On or before January 1, 2024, each school shall complete requirements outlined in the act 
including: conducting an inventory of all drinking water outlets and outlets used for dispensing 
water for cooking or cleaning utensils in each school building, develop a plan for testing each 
outlet and make such plan available to the public and providing general information on the health 
effects of lead contamination to employees and parents of children at each school.
Schools shall prioritize early childhood, kindergarten, and elementary school buildings in 
updating and filtering drinking water outlets for lead as stated in the act.
Before August 1, 2024, or the first day on which students will be present in the building, 
whichever is later, schools shall conduct testing for lead as stated in the act. Within 2 weeks after 
receiving test results, schools shall make all testing results and any remediation plans available 
on the school's website.
The act outlines procedures to be undertaken if a sample draw shows a lead concentration of 5 
ppb or greater. Affected schools with test results greater than 5 ppb shall contact parents and 
staff within 7 business days of receiving such result.
If, in the 10 years prior to the 2023-24 school year, a fixture tested above 5 ppb for lead, such 
fixture does not need repeat testing but instead shall be remediated.
Subject to appropriation, the Department of Natural Resources, with support from the 
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Department of Health and Senior 
Services, is authorized to give schools additional funding for filtration, testing, and other 
remediation of drinking water systems.
A school district may seek reimbursement from several federal sources for costs associated with 
expenses districts may incur for compliance with the act.
The Department of Health and Senior Services, in conjunction with the Department of 
Elementary and Secondary Education, shall publish a report biennially based on the findings of 
the water testing conducted under the act.
No school building constructed after January 4, 2014, shall be required to install, maintain, or 
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Finally, any school that tests and does not find a drinking water source with a lead concentration 
above 5 ppb shall be required to test such sources only every 5 years.
CORPORAL PUNISHMENT (Section 160.261)
This act requires school districts notify parents and receive written permission before using 
corporal punishment. The act repeals language related to the jurisdiction of the Children's 
Division within the Department of Social Services and its ability to investigate reports of alleged 
child abuse by personnel of a school district, a teacher, or other school employee. It also repeals 
language related to how a school and school district are to handle reports of alleged child abuse.
SHOW ME SUCCESS DIPLOMA PROGRAM (Section 160.560)
This act establishes the Show Me Success Diploma Program as an alternative pathway to 
graduation for high school students. A student may earn the Show Me Success Diploma 
beginning at the end of the 10th grade. By July 1, 2023, the Department of Elementary and 
Secondary Education shall develop detailed requirements for students to become eligible for the 
Show Me Success Diploma.
Students who earn a Show Me Success Diploma may elect to remain in high school. 
Alternatively, a student having earned the diploma may instead enroll in a qualifying 
postsecondary educational institution. For each student enrolled in such an institution, an amount 
equal to 90% of the pupil's proportionate share of the state, local, and federal aid that the district 
or charter school receives for such student shall be deposited into a higher education savings 
account that lists the student as the beneficiary.
ADULT HIGH SCHOOLS (Sections 160.2700 & 160.2705)
For a school to meet the definition of "adult high school" under current law, the school shall 
offer on-site childcare for children of enrolled students, in addition to other requirements 
provided in current law. This act repeals the on-site requirement for such childcare.
Additionally, current law prohibits adult high schools from offering a majority of instruction 
online or remotely. This act provides that synchronous instruction connecting students to a live 
class at a Missouri adult high school shall be treated as in-person instruction.
Further, current law prohibits any person from establishing, operating, maintaining, or 
advertising a childcare facility without a license, with an exception for any private, elementary, 
or secondary school system providing childcare to children under school age. This act provides 
that adult high schools shall be deemed a "secondary school system" for purposes of such 
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MISSOURI ADVISORY BOARD FOR EDUCATOR PREPARATION (Section 161.097)
Under this act, the Missouri Advisory Board for Educator Preparation (MABEP) shall include at 
least three active elementary or secondary classroom teachers and at least three faculty members 
within approved educator preparation programs. The MABEP shall hold regular meetings that 
allow members to share needs and concerns and plan strategies to enhance teacher preparation.
Under the act, the State Board of Education shall, in consultation with MABEP, align literacy 
and reading instruction coursework for teacher education programs. All reading and special 
education certificates shall include training as outlined in the act.
SCHOOL INNOVATION WAIVERS (Section 161.214)
Under this act, a school intervention team, which shall mean a group of persons representing 
certain schools as set forth in the act, may submit a state innovation waiver plan to the State 
Board of Education for certain purposes, including improving student readiness for employment, 
higher education, vocational training, technical training, or any other form of career and job 
training; increasing the compensation of teachers; or improving the recruitment, retention, 
training, preparation, or professional development of teachers.
The State Board may grant school innovation waivers to exempt schools from requirements 
imposed by current law, or from any regulations promulgated by the State Board or the 
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. If a school innovation waiver is granted to 
a school district or group of school districts, the waiver shall be applicable to every elementary 
and secondary school within the school district or group of school districts unless the plan 
specifically provides otherwise.
Any plan for a school innovation waiver shall contain certain information as described in the act, 
including the specific provision of law for which a waiver is being requested and an explanation 
for why such provision of law inhibits the goal stated in the plan. The plan shall also demonstrate 
that the intent of the law can be addressed in a more effective, efficient, or economical manner 
and that the waiver or modification is necessary to implement the plan.
In evaluating a plan submitted by a school innovation team, the State Board shall consider 
whether the plan meets certain criteria set forth in the act. The State Board may propose 
modifications to the plan in cooperation with the school innovation team.
Any waiver granted under this act shall be effective for no longer than three school years, but 
school innovation waivers may be renewed. No more than one school innovation waiver shall be 
in effect with respect to any one elementary or secondary school at one time.
The State Board shall not authorize the waiver of any statutory requirements relating to teacher 
certification, teacher tenure, or any requirement imposed by federal law. L.R. No. 4133S.14T 
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READING INTERVENTION (Section 161.241)
The State Board of Education, in collaboration with the Coordinating Board for Higher 
Education and the Commissioner's Literacy Advisory Council established by the act, shall 
develop a plan to establish a comprehensive system of services for reading instruction. The State 
Board of Education shall also create an Office of Literacy and shall take other actions relating to 
improving literacy set forth in the act.
The act also creates the Evidence-based Reading Instruction Program Fund, to be used for 
purposes set forth in the act.
COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION GRANT PROGRAM (Section 161.380)
This act establishes the Competency-Based Education Grant Program and Fund. By application, 
the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education shall award grants from the fund to 
eligible school districts for the purpose of providing competency-based education programs. The 
Department shall facilitate the creation, sharing, and development of course assessments, 
curriculum, training and guidance for teachers, and best practices for the school districts that 
offer competency-based education courses.
COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION TASK FORCE (Section 161.385)
This act establishes the Competency-Based Education Task Force to study and develop 
competency-based education programs in public schools. The Task Force shall conduct 
interviews and at least three public hearings to identify promising competency-based education 
programs and obstacles to implementing such programs. By December 1st of each year, the Task 
Force shall present its findings and recommendations to the Speaker of the House of 
Representatives, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Joint Committee on Education, 
and the State Board of Education.
HOLOCAUST EDUCATION (Section 161.700)
Under this act, the second week in April shall be designated as "Holocaust Education Week".
Holocaust education shall include age-appropriate instruction to elementary school students in 
6th grade and higher.
The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education shall develop a curriculum framework 
of instruction for studying the Holocaust. Such curriculum framework shall be made available to 
up to 25 school districts or schools within a district as a pilot program in consultation with the 
Holocaust Education and Awareness Commission beginning in the 2023-2024 school year.
Each participating school district shall provide a plan of professional development for teachers. L.R. No. 4133S.14T 
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The pilot program shall start in participating school districts in the 2023-2024 school year and 
shall be expanded to include all school districts by the 2025-2026 school year.
The Department shall provide for an evaluation regarding the success and impact of the pilot 
program upon completion of the first year of the pilot program and shall report the results of 
such evaluation to the General Assembly.
SCHOOL BOARD COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT POLICY (Section 162.058)
Before July 1, 2023, school districts and charter schools shall adopt a community engagement 
policy based on community input that provides residents a method of communicating with the 
governing board of the school district or charter school. The policy creates a process for items 
related to educational matters to be added to the board agenda. The policy components are set 
forth in the act.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS (Section 162.084)
Under the act, any individual public elementary school, secondary school, charter school, or 
school district that is in the bottom 5% of scores on the annual performance report shall mail a 
letter to the parents and guardians of each student in such school or district informing the parents 
and guardians of the score and any options available to such students as a result of the school's or 
district's current status. Special school districts and any state operated schools in which all of the 
students enrolled are students with disabilities are exempted from this provision.
SCHOOL BOARD DISTRICTS (Sections 162.261-162.563)
This act allows for any seven-director school district or an urban district to be divided into 
subdistricts, or a combination of subdistricts and at-large districts, and provides for the process 
for the election of subdistrict board members.
The act allows for the division process to be submitted to a vote of the district either by a 
majority vote of the school board or by an initiative petition signed by 10% of the number of 
votes cast in the most recent school board election. If the ballot measure to divide the district is 
passed, the act provides direction on conducting public hearings and the final development of 
plans to carry out the division of the district. The required details of the plan proposal are 
outlined in the act. Subdistricts shall be of contiguous and compact territory and as nearly equal 
in population as practicable.
The act contains appeals language for any resident of the district that objects to the division of 
the district by the election authority, and prevents any district that votes to divide from making 
changes for 5 years after the division. L.R. No. 4133S.14T 
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The act prohibits school districts from requiring signatures on a petition as a method of filing for 
a school board candidate.
GIFTED CHILDREN (Section 162.720)
Under current law, when a sufficient number of children are determined to be gifted and their 
development requires programs or services beyond the level of those ordinarily provided in 
regular public school programs, school districts may establish special programs for such gifted 
children. Approval of such programs shall be made by the Department of Elementary and 
Secondary Education based upon project applications submitted by July 15th of each year.
Under this act, if 3% or more of students enrolled in a school district are identified as gifted, the 
district is required to establish a state-approved gifted program for gifted children. If a school 
district has an average daily attendance of 350 students or fewer, the district's gifted program 
shall not be required to provide services by a teacher certified to teach gifted education. Any 
teacher who provides gifted services through the program, and is not certified, shall annually 
participate in at least 6 hours of professional development focused on gifted development. These 
provisions shall apply starting in the 2024-2025 school year.
Approval of such programs shall be made by the Department based upon project applications 
submitted at a time and in a form determined by the Department.
SPECIAL EDUCATION REIMBURSEMENT (Section 162.974)
Currently, the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education will reimburse school 
districts for the costs of special education for high-needs children with an Individualized 
Education Program (IEP) exceeding three times the current expenditure per average daily 
attendance as calculated on the District Annual Secretary of the Board Report for the year in 
which the expenditures are claimed. This act states that any money reimbursed to a school 
district with 500 or fewer students is excluded from such calculation.
This act specifies that a school district shall submit the cost of serving any high-needs student 
with an IEP to The Department.
COMPETENCY-BASED HIGH SCHOOL CREDITS (Section 162.1255)
Under this act, school districts and charter schools shall receive state school funding under the 
foundation formula for high school students who are taking competency-based courses offered 
by their school district or charter school.
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number of attendance hours normally allocable to a non-competency-based course of equal credit 
value.
DOLLAR VALUE MODIFIER (Section 163.016)
Under this act, the Gasconade County R-II, Maries County R-II, and the West St. Francis County 
R-IV school districts which all cross county lines shall each use the dollar value modifier of the 
county with the highest dollar value modifier.
SCHOOL DISTRICT RESIDENCY TUITION WAIVER (Section 167.151)
For all school years beginning on or after July 1, 2023, this act allows any person or a 
beneficiary of a trust that owns residential or agricultural real property in any school district, and 
pays a school tax of at least $2,000 in that district and owned property for at least four years, 
may send up to four of such owner's or beneficiary's children to a school within that district, 
excluding a charter school, without a tuition payment, upon notification to the district at least 30 
days prior to enrollment, and the district shall count that child for the district's average daily 
attendance.
BRAILLE INSTRUCTION (Section 167.225)
This act establishes the "Blind Students' Rights to Independence, Training, and Education Act" 
or the "BRITE Act". The act provides definitions for "accessible assistive technology device", 
"adequate instruction", and "nonvisual access and skills" among other definitions.
The act requires blind and visually impaired students to have an Individualized Education Plan or 
Individualized Family Support Plan that shall specify results obtained from evaluations on 
reading and writing skills, and should include the need for instruction in Braille or the use of 
Braille. All instruction in Braille reading and writing shall be sufficient to allow a student to 
effectively and efficiently communicate at an appropriate age level.
The act includes additional guidance for the instruction of Braille and the use of nonvisual 
accessible assistive technology. The act provides direction to school districts regarding 
accessible assistive technology and requires a school district to provide duplicative accessible 
assistive technology to be used in a blind student's home without requiring payment or family 
assumption of liability for loss or damage.
The act requires districts to perform an orientation and mobility evaluation to be conducted by 
certified individuals and provides guidance on the instruction for orientation and mobility, and 
districts may not limit a student's instruction in the home, school, and community and provide 
transportation in the preferred mode of the instructor. L.R. No. 4133S.14T 
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The act requires educators hired to teach Braille, accessible assistive technology, and orientation 
and mobility, to hold a valid certificate as outlined in the act. The act requires school districts to 
comply with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act even during declared emergencies, 
to bear the cost of any required eye report, and to develop nonvisual accessibility policies to 
reduce or eliminate common barriers for blind individuals.
READING INTERVENTION (Section 167.268, 167.640, 167.645, & 170.014)
The act changes the term "reading intervention plans" to "reading success plans" throughout the 
act and applies provisions regarding such plans to charter schools. The development of 
guidelines for formulating policies for such plans is changed from the State Board of Education 
to the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
Each school district and charter school shall have on file a policy for reading success plans. The 
reading success plans shall provide all parents and guardians of students with a plan that includes 
suggestions for regular parent-guided home reading.
Each school district and charter school shall provide intensive reading instruction to students as 
set forth in the act.
The act repeals provisions relating to reading assessments and now states that school districts and 
charter schools shall assess all students enrolled in kindergarten through 3rd grade at the 
beginning and end of each school year for their level of reading or reading readiness. 
Additionally, all school districts and charter schools shall assess any newly enrolled student in 
grades one through five for their level of reading or reading readiness.
At the beginning of the school year, each school district and charter school shall provide a 
reading success plan to any student who exhibits a substantial deficiency in reading or has been 
identified as being at risk of dyslexia.
Each school district or charter school shall ensure the parent or guardian of any student in 
kindergarten through 3rd grade who exhibits a substantial deficiency in reading and shall provide 
them information listed in the act.
If a student has a substantial reading deficiency at the end of 3rd grade, promotion or retention of 
the student shall be discussed by the student's parent or guardian and appropriate school staff. 
School districts and charter school shall provide students identified as having a substantial 
reading deficiency with certain services as set forth in the act.
Each school district and charter school shall ensure that intensive reading instruction is provided 
through a reading development initiative to each kindergarten through 5th grade student who is 
assessed as exhibiting a substantial reading deficiency. Such instruction shall comply with 
criteria listed in the act. L.R. No. 4133S.14T 
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The provisions relating to reading assessments have an effective date of January 1, 2023.
Additionally, each school district and charter school shall provide professional development 
services to enhance the skills of elementary teachers in responding to children's unique reading 
issues and needs to increase the use of evidence-based strategies.
INDIVIDUALIZED HEALTH CARE PLANS AT SCHOOLS (Section 167.625)
This act establishes "Will's Law," requiring individualized health care plans to be developed by 
school nurses in public schools and charter schools. Such plans shall be developed in 
consultation with a student's parent or guardian and appropriate medical professionals that 
address procedural guidelines and specific directions for particular emergency situations relating 
to the student's epilepsy or seizure disorder. Plans are to be updated at the beginning of each 
school year and as necessary. Notice must be given to any school employee that may interact 
with the student, including symptoms of the epilepsy or seizure disorder and any medical and 
treatment issues that may affect the educational process.
All school employees shall be trained every two years in the care of students with epilepsy and 
seizure disorders. Training shall include an online or in-person course of instruction approved by 
the Department of Health and Senior Services. School personnel shall obtain a release from a 
student’s parent to authorize the sharing of medical information with other school employees as 
necessary.
This act protects school employees from being held liable for any good faith act or omission 
while performing their duties.
This provision contains an emergency clause.
RECOVERY PROGRAMS FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS (Section 167.850)
Under this act, the Commissioner of Education may approve and authorize up to four pilot 
recovery high schools to be established and operated by individual public school districts or 
groups of such districts. Recovery high schools shall serve as an alternative public high school 
setting and recovery program for students in recovery from substance use disorder or substance 
dependency, or such a condition along with co-occurring disorders as described in the act, who 
would academically and clinically benefit from placement in the recovery high school and who 
are committed to working on their recovery.
Districts seeking to operate a recovery high school shall submit proposals to the Commissioner 
by December 1st in the year prior to the first school year in which the school would begin 
operation. The proposal shall detail how the school will comply with the existing requirements 
for public high schools as well as how the school will be accredited by a recovery school 
accreditation organization as described in the act. L.R. No. 4133S.14T 
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The proposal must include a financial plan outlining anticipated public and private funding that 
will allow the recovery high school to operate and meet the school’s educational and recovery 
criteria. The district or districts may partner with one or more local nonprofit organizations or 
other local educational agencies regarding the establishment and operation of a recovery high 
school. The proposal may contain requests for waivers of existing regulations, which shall be 
deemed granted if the proposal is approved by the State Board of Education with the 
recommendation of the Commissioner.
The Commissioner of Education may specify an authorization period for the recovery high 
school which shall be no less than four years. By June 30th annually, the school district or group 
of school districts, in consultation with the recovery high school, shall submit to the 
Commissioner an analysis of school outcomes, as described in the act. The Commissioner shall 
review the analysis, renew recovery high schools meeting the requirements of the act and the 
requirements of the school's proposal, and may include new terms and conditions to address 
areas needing correction or improvement. The Commissioner may revoke or suspend the 
authorization of a recovery high school not meeting such requirements.
Pupil attendance, dropout rate, student performance or statewide assessments, or other data 
considered in the Missouri school improvement program and school accreditation shall not be 
attributed to general accreditation of either a sending district or the district or districts operating 
the recovery high school and may only be used by the Commissioner in the renewal process for 
the recovery high school.
School districts may enroll their students in a recovery high school by entering into an agreement 
with the district or districts operating the school. Parents of eligible students and eligible students 
over the age of 18 may seek to enroll in the school. A recovery high school shall not limit or 
deny admission to an eligible student based on race, ethnicity, national origin, disability, income 
level, proficiency in the English language, or athletic ability.
Recovery high schools shall adopt a policy establishing a tuition rate by February 1st of the 
preceding school year; that the sending district shall pay the tuition rate or an amount of per-
student state and local funding as described in the act, whichever is lower; and that the sending 
district will remain responsible for special education and disability expenses in excess of the 
tuition paid.
The Commissioner may enter into an agreement with the appropriate official or agency of 
another state to develop a reciprocity agreement for otherwise eligible, non-resident students 
seeking to attend a recovery high school in Missouri. A recovery high school may enroll 
otherwise eligible students residing in a state other than Missouri, pursuant to such reciprocity 
agreement. Such reciprocity agreement shall require the out-of-state student's district of 
residence to pay to the recovery high school an annual amount equal to 105% of the recovery 
high school's tuition rate. Eligible students from states with which the Commissioner does not 
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105% of the recovery high school's tuition rate. No student enrolled pursuant to a reciprocity 
agreement shall be considered a resident pupil for purposes of calculating state aid.
TEACHING CERTIFICATES (Section 168.021)
This act expands on the current licensing process for the visiting scholars’ teacher certification 
by allowing individuals to obtain a certification to teach if they are employed by a district as part 
of an initiative designed to fill vacant positions in hard-to-staff schools or subject areas.
The act allows provisionally certified teachers an alternative route to achieve their full 
professional certification beyond the qualifying score on a designated exam, the details of the 
alternative route are included in the act.
SUBSTITUTE TEACHING (Sections 168.036 & 168.037)
This act creates a 4-year certificate for individuals that want to substitute teach. Applicants for 
certification must complete a background check and also have at least 36 college hours or have 
completed a 20-hour online training. Individuals must also have a high school diploma or 
equivalent. An alternative route to certification is provided for qualified individuals with 
technical or business expertise or Armed Forces experience and a superintendent sponsorship.
Until June 30, 2025, this act allows retired teachers that have a substitute certification to 
substitute teach part-time or as a temporary substitute and not have those hours and salary affect 
their retirement allowance.
Substitute certificates will expire if the individual fails to substitute teach for at least 5 days or 40 
hours in a calendar year. No individual under 20 years old may substitute in 9th through 12th 
grade.
The act also requires the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to develop and 
maintain an online substitute training program with twenty hours of training related to subjects 
appropriate for substitute teaching. The act authorizes school districts to develop district specific 
orientations lasting two hours.
Beginning January 1, 2023, the act authorizes substitute teachers that apply for a fingerprint 
background check the opportunity to submit the results to up to five different school districts for 
a specified fee.
The act adds a web-based survey to be developed and maintained by the Department of 
Elementary and Secondary Education that will collect information from substitute teachers at the 
end of each day of teaching. Districts will provide links to substitute teachers to access the 
survey, which will contain questions regarding the support and interaction with school staff, 
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The act requires school districts and charter schools to annually provide the Department of 
Elementary and Secondary Education with information relating to substitute teaching as outlined 
in the act.
Section 168.036 contains an emergency clause.
SCHOOL DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT SHARING (Section 168.205)
Beginning July, 1 2023, this act allows a school district that enters into an agreement with 
another district to share a superintendent to receive an additional $30,000 per year in state aid for 
up to five years. The act directs districts to spend the additional compensation and half of the 
savings from sharing a superintendent on teacher salaries or counseling services.
TEACHER CAREER PLANS (Sections 168.500 & 168.515)
This act modifies provisions regarding career ladder admission and stage achievement for 
teachers. Additional responsibilities and volunteer efforts outside of compensated hours may 
include uncompensated coaching, supervising, and organizing extracurricular activities, serving 
as a mentor or tutor to students, additional teacher training or certification, or assisting students 
with college or career preparation. The act increases the state percentage of funding for salary 
supplements for career ladder from 40% to 60% and lowers the number of years before a teacher 
is eligible from five to two years.
COMPUTER SCIENCE COURSES (SECTION 170.018)
This act modifies the definition of "computer science course" by including any elementary, 
middle, or high school course that embeds computer science content within other subjects.
This act requires, for all school years on or after July 1, 2023, certain coursework and instruction 
in computer science and computational thinking in public and charter high schools, middle 
schools, and elementary schools. Courses and instruction offered under this act must meet certain 
standards established by the State Board of Education and the Department of Elementary and 
Secondary Education.
This act requires school districts to submit to the Department certain information related to its 
computer science courses and demographic enrollment information for such courses. Such 
information shall be posted on the Department's website by September 30th of each school year.
On or before June 30th annually, the Department shall publish a list of computer science course 
codes and names with a course description and shall indicate which courses meet or exceed the 
Department's computer science performance standards.
The Department shall appoint a computer science advisor to implement these provisions of the 
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Beginning July 1, 2023, computer science courses successfully completed and counted toward 
state graduation requirements shall be equivalent to one science or practical arts credit for the 
purpose of satisfying admission requirements at any public institution of higher education in the 
state.
COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION TASK FORCE (Section 170.036)
This act establishes the "Computer Science Education Task Force". The Task Force shall 
develop a strategic plan for expanding a statewide computer science education program, as 
described in the act.
The Task Force shall hold its first meeting within three months of the effective date of the act 
and shall present a summary of its activities and recommendations for legislation to the General 
Assembly before June 30, 2023. The Task Force shall dissolve on June 30, 2024.
SUICIDE AWARENESS & PREVENTION (Sections 170.047 & 170.048)
Beginning July 1, 2023, this act requires a public school or charter school with pupils in grades 
seven to twelve that issues pupil or student identification cards to print the 3-digit dialing code 
that directs calls and routes text messages to the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, 988.
These provisions are identical to provisions in HCS/HB 2136 (2022) and substantially similar to 
SCS/SB 1142 (2022).
MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS TRAINING (Section 170.307)
This act establishes a mental health awareness training requirement for pupils in public schools 
and charter schools that shall be given any time during a pupil's four years of high school. 
Instruction shall be included in the district's existing health or physical education curriculum. 
Instruction shall be based on a program established by the Department of Elementary and 
Secondary Education.
HALF-DAY EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS (Section 171.033)
Under current law, school boards shall prepare a calendar of attendance, including a minimum 
term of 1044 hours of actual pupil attendance and a minimum of 36 scheduled make-up hours for 
possible lost attendance due to inclement weather.
Under this act, for half-day educational programs, the minimum hours of actual pupil attendance 
and minimum scheduled make-up hours shall be reduced by one-half. L.R. No. 4133S.14T 
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WORKFORCE DIPLOMA PROGRAM (SECTION 173.831)
This act establishes the "Workforce Diploma Program" within the Department of Elementary and 
Secondary Education to assist students in obtaining a high school diploma and in developing 
employability and career and technical skills through campus-based, blended, or online 
modalities.
Before September 1, 2022, and annually each year after, the Department shall issue a request for 
qualifications for interested program providers to become approved providers to participate in 
the program. Each approved program provider shall meet qualifications set forth in the act, 
including having at least two years of experience in providing adult dropout recovery services.
The Department shall announce approved program providers prior to October 16th each year, 
and approved program providers shall begin enrolling students before November 15th each year. 
Approved program providers shall maintain approval without reapplying annually unless the 
provider has been removed pursuant to this act.
All approved program providers shall comply with requirements set by the Department to ensure 
an accurate accounting of a student's accumulated credits, an accurate accounting of credits 
necessary to complete a high school diploma, and any coursework to be aligned with the 
academic performance standards of this state.
Subject to appropriations, the Department shall set and pay approved program providers for 
meeting certain milestones. However, no approved program provider shall receive funding for a 
student if such provider already receives federal or state funding or private tuition for such 
student. Additionally, no approved program provider shall charge student fees of any kind, 
including textbook fees, tuition fees, lab fees, or participation fees, unless the student chooses to 
obtain additional education offered by the provider that is not included in the program.
In order to receive payments, approved program providers shall be required to submit monthly 
invoices to the Department before the eleventh calendar day of each month for the milestones 
met by students in the previous month. The Department shall pay approved program providers in 
the order in which invoices are submitted until all available funds are exhausted.
The Department shall also provide a written update to approved program providers by the last 
day of each month, which shall include the aggregate total dollars that have been paid to the 
providers, and the estimated number of enrollments still available for the program year.
Prior to July 16th of each year, each approved program provider shall report certain information 
set forth in the act to the Department for each individual participating student, on a student-by-
student basis, including the total number of students who have been funded through the program, 
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skill assessments, the total number of graduates, the average costs per graduate, and the 
graduation rate.
Additionally, prior to September 16th of each year, each approved program provider shall 
conduct and submit to the Department the aggregate results of a survey of each individual 
participating student, on a student-by-student basis, who graduated from the program of the 
provider. This act provides that the survey shall be conducted in the year after the student's 
graduation year and the following 4 consecutive years. The survey shall include certain data 
collection elements as provided in the act, including employment status, wage, access to 
employer-sponsored health care, and postsecondary enrollment status.
The Department shall review data from each approved program provider, at the end of the 
second fiscal year of the program, to ensure that each provider is achieving minimum program 
performance standards. Any provider failing to meet such standards shall be placed on 
probationary status for the remainder of the fiscal year. If a provider fails to meet the standards 
for two consecutive years, such provider shall be removed from the approved program provider 
list.
Additionally, this act provides that no approved program provider shall discriminate against a 
student on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexuality, gender, or 
age.
If an approved program provider determines that a student would be better served by 
participating in a different program, the provider may refer the student to the state's adult basic 
education services.
Further, the act creates the "Workforce Diploma Program Fund" in the state treasury. The fund 
shall consist of grants, gifts, donations, bequests, and moneys appropriated for purposes of the 
program.
Finally, the program shall sunset on August 28, 2028, unless reauthorized by the General 
Assembly.
ADVANCED PLACEMENT EXAMS (Section 173.1352)
This act creates provisions relating to advanced placement examinations.
Each institution, which includes in-state public community college, college, or university that 
offers postsecondary freshman-level courses shall adopt and implement a policy to grant 
undergraduate course credit to entering freshman students for each advanced placement 
examination where a student achieves a score of 3 or higher for any similarly correlated course 
offered by the institution. L.R. No. 4133S.14T 
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IMAGINATION LIBRARY OF MISSOURI (Section 178.694)
This act creates the "Imagination Library of Missouri Program" within the Office of Childhood 
within the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, which shall be a statewide 
program for encouraging preschool children to read.
LITERACY ADVISORY COUNCIL (Section 186.080)
The Commissioner of Education shall establish a Literacy Advisory Council. The Council shall 
include members representing stakeholder groups listed in the act. The Council shall provide 
recommendations to the Commissioner and the State Board of Education regarding any 
identified improvements to literacy instruction and policy for students as set forth in the act.
VEHICLES USED TO TRANSPORT SCHOOL CHILDREN (Sections 302.010 & 304.060)
This act modifies a definition of "school bus" to include only vehicles designed for carrying 
more than 10 passengers.
The act also provides that school districts shall have the authority to use vehicles other than 
school buses to transport school children, specifies that the State Board of Education shall not 
adopt rules or regulations governing the use of transportation network companies for the 
transportation of school children, repeals the requirement that drivers of non-school-bus vehicles 
transporting school children have a school bus driver's license endorsement, and provides that 
the vehicles other than school buses shall meet any additional requirements of the school district.
The State Board of Education shall not require an individual using a motor vehicle with a gross 
vehicle weight of 12,000 pounds or less for the purpose of providing student transportation 
services in a vehicle other than a school bus to obtain any license other than a class F license.
This legislation is not federally mandated, would not duplicate any other program and would not 
require additional capital improvements or rental space.
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Office of Administration - Administrative Hearing Commission
Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development
Department of Health and Senior Services
Department of Mental Health
Department of Natural Resources
Department of Revenue
Department of Public Safety - Missouri Highway Patrol
Department of Social Services
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Office of the State Treasurer
Joint Committee on Public Employee Retirement
Office of the Secretary of State
Joint Committee on Administrative Rules
Missouri House of Representatives
Missouri Senate
Office of the State Courts Administrator
Public Schools and Education Employee Retirement Systems
Jackson County Election Board
Platte County Election Board
St. Louis County Election Board
Kansas City Election Board
Southeast Missouri State University - Charter School Sponsor
Gordon Parks Elementary
Sikeston R-6 School District
Fordland School District 
High Point R-III School District
Springfield Public Schools
Lee’s Summit R-7 School District
Wellsville-Middletown R-I School District
Fayette R-III School District
Shell Knob School District
Hurley R-I School District
Taneyville R-II School District
Republic School District
Dallas County R-I School District
Affton 101 School District
Marquand-Zion R-VI School District
Malta Bend R-V School District
Park Hill School District 
Bowling Green School District
Gasconade County R-II School District
Missouri State University
Northwest Missouri State University
University of Missouri System
State Technical College of Missouri
University of Central Missouri
St. Charles Community College
Normandy Schools Collaborative
Phelps County Sheriff
Kansas City Police Department
St. Louis County Police Department
Kansas City Public Schools
North Kansas City School District L.R. No. 4133S.14T 
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Julie MorffRoss StropeDirectorAssistant DirectorJune 15, 2022June 15, 2022