| 1 | 1 | | FIRSTREGULARSESSION |
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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSEBILLNO.1220 |
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| 3 | 3 | | 103RDGENERALASSEMBLY |
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| 4 | 4 | | INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVESMITH(68). |
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| 5 | 5 | | 2604H.01I JOSEPHENGLER,ChiefClerk |
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| 6 | 6 | | ANACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | Torepealsection160.261,RSMo,andtoenactinlieuthereofonenewsectionrelatingto |
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| 8 | 8 | | schoolattendancedata. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SectionA.Section160.261,RSMo,isrepealedandonenewsectionenactedinlieu |
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| 11 | 11 | | 2thereof,tobeknownassection160.261,toreadasfollows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | 160.261.1.Thelocalboardofeducationofeachschooldistrictshallclearlyestablish |
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| 13 | 13 | | 2awrittenpolicyofdiscipline,includingthedistrict'sdeterminationontheuseofcorporal |
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| 14 | 14 | | 3punishmentandtheproceduresinwhichpunishmentwillbeapplied.Awrittencopyofthe |
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| 15 | 15 | | 4district'sdisciplinepolicyandcorporalpunishmentprocedures,ifapplicable,shallbe |
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| 16 | 16 | | 5providedtothepupilandparentorlegalguardianofeverypupilenrolledinthedistrictatthe |
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| 17 | 17 | | 6beginningofeachschoolyearandalsomadeavailableintheofficeofthesuperintendentof |
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| 18 | 18 | | 7suchdistrict,duringnormalbusinesshours,forpublicinspection.Nopupilshallbesubjectto |
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| 19 | 19 | | 8corporalpunishmentproceduresoutlinedinthedisciplineandcorporalpunishmentpolicy |
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| 20 | 20 | | 9withoutaparentorguardianbeingnotifiedandprovidingwrittenpermissionforthecorporal |
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| 21 | 21 | | 10punishment.Allemployeesofthedistrictshallannuallyreceiveinstructionrelatedtothe |
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| 22 | 22 | | 11specificcontentsofthepolicyofdisciplineandanyinterpretationsnecessarytoimplement |
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| 23 | 23 | | 12theprovisionsofthepolicyinthecourseoftheirduties,includingbutnotlimitedtoapproved |
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| 24 | 24 | | 13methodsofdealingwithactsofschoolviolence,discipliningstudentswithdisabilitiesand |
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| 25 | 25 | | 14instructioninthenecessityandrequirementsforconfidentiality. |
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| 26 | 26 | | 15 2.Thepolicyshallrequireschooladministratorstoreportactsofschoolviolenceto |
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| 27 | 27 | | 16allteachersattheattendancecenterand,inaddition,tootherschooldistrictemployeeswitha |
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| 28 | 28 | | 17needtoknow.Forthepurposesofthischapterorchapter167,"needtoknow"isdefinedas |
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| 29 | 29 | | EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis |
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| 30 | 30 | | intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 18schoolpersonnelwhoaredirectlyresponsibleforthestudent'seducationorwhootherwise |
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| 31 | 31 | | 19interactwiththestudentonaprofessionalbasiswhileactingwithinthescopeoftheir |
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| 32 | 32 | | 20assignedduties.Asusedinthissection,thephrase"actofschoolviolence"or"violent |
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| 33 | 33 | | 21behavior"meanstheexertionofphysicalforcebyastudentwiththeintenttodoserious |
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| 34 | 34 | | 22physicalinjuryasdefinedinsection556.061toanotherpersonwhileonschoolproperty, |
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| 35 | 35 | | 23includingaschoolbusinserviceonbehalfofthedistrict,orwhileinvolvedinschool |
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| 36 | 36 | | 24activities.Thepolicyshallataminimumrequireschooladministratorstoreport,assoonas |
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| 37 | 37 | | 25reasonablypractical,totheappropriatelawenforcementagencyanyofthefollowingcrimes, |
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| 38 | 38 | | 26oranyactwhichifcommittedbyanadultwouldbeoneofthefollowingcrimes: |
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| 39 | 39 | | 27 (1)Firstdegreemurderundersection565.020; |
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| 40 | 40 | | 28 (2)Seconddegreemurderundersection565.021; |
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| 41 | 41 | | 29 (3)Kidnappingundersection565.110asitexistedpriortoJanuary1,2017,or |
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| 42 | 42 | | 30kidnappinginthefirstdegreeundersection565.110; |
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| 43 | 43 | | 31 (4)Firstdegreeassaultundersection565.050; |
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| 44 | 44 | | 32 (5)Rapeinthefirstdegreeundersection566.030; |
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| 45 | 45 | | 33 (6)Sodomyinthefirstdegreeundersection566.060; |
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| 46 | 46 | | 34 (7)Burglaryinthefirstdegreeundersection569.160; |
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| 47 | 47 | | 35 (8)Burglaryintheseconddegreeundersection569.170; |
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| 48 | 48 | | 36 (9)Robberyinthefirstdegreeundersection569.020asitexistedpriortoJanuary1, |
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| 49 | 49 | | 372017,orrobberyinthefirstdegreeundersection570.023; |
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| 50 | 50 | | 38 (10)Distributionofdrugsundersection195.211asitexistedpriortoJanuary1,2017, |
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| 51 | 51 | | 39ormanufactureofacontrolledsubstanceundersection579.055; |
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| 52 | 52 | | 40 (11)Distributionofdrugstoaminorundersection195.212asitexistedpriorto |
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| 53 | 53 | | 41January1,2017,ordeliveryofacontrolledsubstanceundersection579.020; |
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| 54 | 54 | | 42 (12)Arsoninthefirstdegreeundersection569.040; |
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| 55 | 55 | | 43 (13)Voluntarymanslaughterundersection565.023; |
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| 56 | 56 | | 44 (14)Involuntarymanslaughterundersection565.024asitexistedpriortoJanuary1, |
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| 57 | 57 | | 452017,involuntarymanslaughterinthefirstdegreeundersection565.024,orinvoluntary |
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| 58 | 58 | | 46manslaughterintheseconddegreeundersection565.027; |
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| 59 | 59 | | 47 (15)Seconddegreeassaultundersection565.060asitexistedpriortoJanuary1, |
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| 60 | 60 | | 482017,orseconddegreeassaultundersection565.052; |
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| 61 | 61 | | 49 (16)Rapeintheseconddegreeundersection566.031; |
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| 62 | 62 | | 50 (17)Feloniousrestraintundersection565.120asitexistedpriortoJanuary1,2017, |
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| 63 | 63 | | 51orkidnappingintheseconddegreeundersection565.120; |
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| 64 | 64 | | 52 (18)Propertydamageinthefirstdegreeundersection569.100; |
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| 65 | 65 | | 53 (19)Thepossessionofaweaponunderchapter571; |
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| 66 | 66 | | HB1220 2 54 (20)Childmolestationinthefirstdegreepursuanttosection566.067asitexisted |
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| 67 | 67 | | 55priortoJanuary1,2017,orchildmolestationinthefirst,second,orthirddegreepursuantto |
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| 68 | 68 | | 56section566.067,566.068,or566.069; |
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| 69 | 69 | | 57 (21)Sodomyintheseconddegreepursuanttosection566.061; |
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| 70 | 70 | | 58 (22)Sexualmisconductinvolvingachildpursuanttosection566.083; |
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| 71 | 71 | | 59 (23)Sexualabuseinthefirstdegreepursuanttosection566.100; |
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| 72 | 72 | | 60 (24)Harassmentundersection565.090asitexistedpriortoJanuary1,2017,or |
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| 73 | 73 | | 61harassmentinthefirstdegreeundersection565.090;or |
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| 74 | 74 | | 62 (25)Stalkingundersection565.225asitexistedpriortoJanuary1,2017,orstalking |
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| 75 | 75 | | 63inthefirstdegreeundersection565.225; |
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| 76 | 76 | | 64 |
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| 77 | 77 | | 65committedonschoolproperty,includingbutnotlimitedtoactionsonanyschoolbusin |
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| 78 | 78 | | 66serviceonbehalfofthedistrictorwhileinvolvedinschoolactivities.Thepolicyshallrequire |
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| 79 | 79 | | 67thatanyportionofastudent'sindividualizededucationprogramthatisrelatedto |
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| 80 | 80 | | 68demonstratedorpotentiallyviolentbehaviorshallbeprovidedtoanyteacherandother |
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| 81 | 81 | | 69schooldistrictemployeeswhoaredirectlyresponsibleforthestudent'seducationorwho |
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| 82 | 82 | | 70otherwiseinteractwiththestudentonaneducationalbasiswhileactingwithinthescopeof |
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| 83 | 83 | | 71theirassignedduties.Thepolicyshallalsocontaintheconsequencesoffailuretoobey |
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| 84 | 84 | | 72standardsofconductsetbythelocalboardofeducation,andtheimportanceofthestandards |
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| 85 | 85 | | 73tothemaintenanceofanatmospherewhereorderlylearningispossibleandencouraged. |
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| 86 | 86 | | 74 3.Thepolicyshallprovidethatanystudentwhoisonsuspensionforanyofthe |
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| 87 | 87 | | 75offenseslistedinsubsection2ofthissectionoranyactofviolenceordrug-relatedactivity |
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| 88 | 88 | | 76definedbyschooldistrictpolicyasaseriousviolationofschooldisciplinepursuantto |
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| 89 | 89 | | 77subsection9ofthissectionshallhaveasaconditionofhisorhersuspensiontherequirement |
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| 90 | 90 | | 78thatsuchstudentisnotallowed,whileonsuchsuspension,tobewithinonethousandfeetof |
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| 91 | 91 | | 79anyschoolpropertyintheschooldistrictwheresuchstudentattendedschooloranyactivity |
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| 92 | 92 | | 80ofthatdistrict,regardlessofwhetherornottheactivitytakesplaceondistrictpropertyunless: |
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| 93 | 93 | | 81 (1)Suchstudentisunderthedirectsupervisionofthestudent'sparent,legalguardian, |
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| 94 | 94 | | 82orcustodianandthesuperintendentorthesuperintendent'sdesigneehasauthorizedthe |
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| 95 | 95 | | 83studenttobeonschoolproperty; |
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| 96 | 96 | | 84 (2)Suchstudentisunderthedirectsupervisionofanotheradultdesignatedbythe |
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| 97 | 97 | | 85student'sparent,legalguardian,orcustodian,inadvance,inwriting,totheprincipalofthe |
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| 98 | 98 | | 86schoolwhichsuspendedthestudentandthesuperintendentorthesuperintendent'sdesignee |
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| 99 | 99 | | 87hasauthorizedthestudenttobeonschoolproperty; |
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| 100 | 100 | | 88 (3)Suchstudentisenrolledinandattendinganalternativeschoolthatislocated |
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| 101 | 101 | | 89withinonethousandfeetofapublicschoolintheschooldistrictwheresuchstudentattended |
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| 102 | 102 | | 90school;or |
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| 103 | 103 | | HB1220 3 91 (4)Suchstudentresideswithinonethousandfeetofanypublicschoolintheschool |
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| 104 | 104 | | 92districtwheresuchstudentattendedschoolinwhichcasesuchstudentmaybeontheproperty |
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| 105 | 105 | | 93ofhisorherresidencewithoutdirectadultsupervision. |
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| 106 | 106 | | 94 4.Anystudentwhoviolatestheconditionofsuspensionrequiredpursuantto |
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| 107 | 107 | | 95subsection3ofthissectionmaybesubjecttoexpulsionorfurthersuspensionpursuanttothe |
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| 108 | 108 | | 96provisionsofsections167.161,167.164,and167.171.Inmakingthisdetermination |
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| 109 | 109 | | 97considerationshallbegiventowhetherthestudentposesathreattothesafetyofanychildor |
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| 110 | 110 | | 98schoolemployeeandwhethersuchstudent'sunsupervisedpresencewithinonethousandfeet |
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| 111 | 111 | | 99oftheschoolisdisruptivetotheeducationalprocessorunderminestheeffectivenessofthe |
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| 112 | 112 | | 100school'sdisciplinarypolicy.Removalofanypupilwhoisastudentwithadisabilityissubject |
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| 113 | 113 | | 101tostateandfederalproceduralrights.Thissectionshallnotlimitaschooldistrict'sabilityto: |
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| 114 | 114 | | 102 (1)Prohibitallstudentswhoaresuspendedfrombeingonschoolpropertyor |
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| 115 | 115 | | 103attendinganactivitywhileonsuspension; |
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| 116 | 116 | | 104 (2)Disciplinestudentsforoff-campusconductthatnegativelyaffectstheeducational |
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| 117 | 117 | | 105environmenttotheextentallowedbylaw. |
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| 118 | 118 | | 106 5.Thepolicyshallprovideforasuspensionforaperiodofnotlessthanoneyear,or |
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| 119 | 119 | | 107expulsion,forastudentwhoisdeterminedtohavebroughtaweapontoschool,includingbut |
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| 120 | 120 | | 108notlimitedtotheschoolplaygroundortheschoolparkinglot,broughtaweapononaschool |
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| 121 | 121 | | 109busorbroughtaweapontoaschoolactivitywhetheronoroffoftheschoolpropertyin |
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| 122 | 122 | | 110violationofdistrictpolicy,exceptthat: |
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| 123 | 123 | | 111 (1)Thesuperintendentor,inaschooldistrictwithnohighschool,theprincipalofthe |
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| 124 | 124 | | 112schoolwhichsuchchildattendsmaymodifysuchsuspensiononacase-by-casebasis;and |
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| 125 | 125 | | 113 (2)Thissectionshallnotpreventtheschooldistrictfromprovidingeducational |
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| 126 | 126 | | 114servicesinanalternativesettingtoastudentsuspendedundertheprovisionsofthissection. |
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| 127 | 127 | | 115 6.Forthepurposeofthissection,theterm"weapon"shallmeanafirearmasdefined |
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| 128 | 128 | | 116under18U.S.C.Section921andthefollowingitems,asdefinedinsection571.010:a |
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| 129 | 129 | | 117blackjack,aconcealablefirearm,anexplosiveweapon,afirearm,afirearmsilencer,agas |
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| 130 | 130 | | 118gun,aknife,knuckles,amachinegun,aprojectileweapon,arifle,ashotgun,aspringgunor |
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| 131 | 131 | | 119aswitchbladeknife;exceptthatthissectionshallnotbeconstruedtoprohibitaschoolboard |
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| 132 | 132 | | 120fromadoptingapolicytoallowaCivilWarreenactortocarryaCivilWareraweaponon |
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| 133 | 133 | | 121schoolpropertyforeducationalpurposessolongasthefirearmisunloaded.Thelocalboard |
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| 134 | 134 | | 122ofeducationshalldefineweaponinthedisciplinepolicy.Suchdefinitionshallincludethe |
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| 135 | 135 | | 123weaponsdefinedinthissubsectionbutmayalsoincludeotherweapons. |
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| 136 | 136 | | 124 7.Allschooldistrictpersonnelresponsibleforthecareandsupervisionofstudents |
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| 137 | 137 | | 125areauthorizedtoholdeverypupilstrictlyaccountableforanydisorderlyconductinschoolor |
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| 138 | 138 | | 126onanypropertyoftheschool,onanyschoolbusgoingtoorreturningfromschool,during |
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| 139 | 139 | | 127school-sponsoredactivities,orduringintermissionorrecessperiods. |
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| 140 | 140 | | HB1220 4 128 8.Teachersandotherauthorizeddistrictpersonnelinpublicschoolsresponsiblefor |
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| 141 | 141 | | 129thecare,supervision,anddisciplineofschoolchildren,includingvolunteersselectedwith |
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| 142 | 142 | | 130reasonablecarebytheschooldistrict,shallnotbecivillyliablewhenactinginconformity |
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| 143 | 143 | | 131withtheestablishedpoliciesdevelopedbyeachboard,includingbutnotlimitedtopoliciesof |
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| 144 | 144 | | 132studentdisciplineorwhenreportingtohisorhersupervisororotherpersonasmandatedby |
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| 145 | 145 | | 133statelawactsofschoolviolenceorthreatenedactsofschoolviolence,withinthecourseand |
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| 146 | 146 | | 134scopeofthedutiesoftheteacher,authorizeddistrictpersonnelorvolunteer,whensuch |
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| 147 | 147 | | 135individualisactinginconformitywiththeestablishedpoliciesdevelopedbytheboard. |
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| 148 | 148 | | 136Nothinginthissectionshallbeconstruedtocreateanewcauseofactionagainstsuchschool |
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| 149 | 149 | | 137district,ortorelievetheschooldistrictfromliabilityforthenegligentactsofsuchpersons. |
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| 150 | 150 | | 138 9.Eachschoolboardshalldefineinitsdisciplinepolicyactsofviolenceandany |
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| 151 | 151 | | 139otheractsthatconstituteaseriousviolationofthatpolicy."Actsofviolence"asdefinedby |
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| 152 | 152 | | 140schoolboardsshallincludebutnotbelimitedtoexertionofphysicalforcebyastudentwith |
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| 153 | 153 | | 141theintenttodoseriousbodilyharmtoanotherpersonwhileonschoolproperty,includinga |
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| 154 | 154 | | 142schoolbusinserviceonbehalfofthedistrict,orwhileinvolvedinschoolactivities.School |
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| 155 | 155 | | 143districtsshallforeachstudentenrolledintheschooldistrictcompileandmaintainrecordsof |
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| 156 | 156 | | 144anyseriousviolationofthedistrict'sdisciplinepolicy.Suchrecordsshallbemadeavailable |
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| 157 | 157 | | 145toteachersandotherschooldistrictemployeeswithaneedtoknowwhileactingwithinthe |
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| 158 | 158 | | 146scopeoftheirassignedduties,andshallbeprovidedasrequiredinsection167.020toany |
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| 159 | 159 | | 147schooldistrictinwhichthestudentsubsequentlyattemptstoenroll. |
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| 160 | 160 | | 148 10.Spanking,whenadministeredbycertificatedpersonnelandinthepresenceofa |
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| 161 | 161 | | 149witnesswhoisanemployeeoftheschooldistrict,ortheuseofreasonableforcetoprotect |
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| 162 | 162 | | 150personsorproperty,whenadministeredbypersonnelofaschooldistrictinareasonable |
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| 163 | 163 | | 151mannerinaccordancewiththelocalboardofeducation'swrittenpolicyofdiscipline,isnot |
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| 164 | 164 | | 152abusewithinthemeaningofchapter210. |
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| 165 | 165 | | 153 11.Uponreceiptofanyreportsofchildabusebythechildren'sdivisionpursuantto |
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| 166 | 166 | | 154sections210.110to210.165whichallegedlyinvolvepersonnelofaschooldistrict,the |
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| 167 | 167 | | 155children'sdivisionshallnotifythesuperintendentofschoolsofthedistrictor,iftheperson |
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| 168 | 168 | | 156namedintheallegedincidentisthesuperintendentofschools,thepresidentoftheschool |
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| 169 | 169 | | 157boardoftheschooldistrictwheretheallegedincidentoccurred. |
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| 170 | 170 | | 158 12.(1)Inordertoensurethesafetyofallstudents,shouldastudentbeexpelledfor |
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| 171 | 171 | | 159bringingaweapontoschool,violentbehavior,orforanactofschoolviolence,thatstudent |
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| 172 | 172 | | 160shallnot,forthepurposesoftheaccreditationprocessoftheMissourischoolimprovement |
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| 173 | 173 | | 161plan,beconsideredadropoutorbeincludedinthecalculationofthatdistrict'seducational |
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| 174 | 174 | | 162persistenceratio. |
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| 175 | 175 | | 163 (2)Forthe2025-26schoolyearandallsubsequentschoolyears,ifastudentis |
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| 176 | 176 | | 164suspended,expelled,orunilaterallyremovedtoaninterimeducationalsettingforanact |
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| 177 | 177 | | HB1220 5 165ofschoolviolenceasrequiredunderaschooldistrict'sdisciplinepolicy,suchstudent's |
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| 178 | 178 | | 166suspension,expulsion,orremovalshallnotbereportedforanycalculationsoftheschool |
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| 179 | 179 | | 167district'sattendanceorenrollmentdataforthepurposesoftheaccreditationprocessof |
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| 180 | 180 | | 168theMissourischoolimprovementprogramoritssuccessoraccreditationprogram. |
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| 181 | 181 | | âś” |
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| 182 | 182 | | HB1220 6 |
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