| 1 | 1 | | FIRSTREGULARSESSION |
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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSEBILLNO.1324 |
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| 3 | 3 | | 103RDGENERALASSEMBLY |
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| 4 | 4 | | INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVEFOGLE. |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1487H.01I JOSEPHENGLER,ChiefClerk |
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| 6 | 6 | | ANACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | Torepealsections166.700and166.720,RSMo,andtoenactinlieuthereoftwonewsections |
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| 8 | 8 | | relatingtoMissouriempowermentscholarshipaccounts. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SectionA.Sections166.700and166.720,RSMo,arerepealedandtwonewsections |
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| 11 | 11 | | 2enactedinlieuthereof,tobeknownassections166.700and166.720,toreadasfollows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | 166.700.Asusedinsections166.700to166.720,thefollowingtermsmean: |
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| 13 | 13 | | 2 (1)"Curriculum",acompletecourseofstudyforaparticularcontentareaorgrade |
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| 14 | 14 | | 3level,includinganysupplementalmaterials; |
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| 15 | 15 | | 4 (2)"District",thesamemeaningasusedinsection160.011; |
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| 16 | 16 | | 5 (3)"Educationalassistanceorganization",thesamemeaningasusedinsection |
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| 17 | 17 | | 6135.712; |
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| 18 | 18 | | 7 (4)"Illegalalien",anypersonwhoisnotlawfullypresentintheUnitedStatesorany |
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| 19 | 19 | | 8personwhogainedillegalentryintotheUnitedStates; |
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| 20 | 20 | | 9 (5)"Parent",thesamemeaningasusedinsection135.712; |
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| 21 | 21 | | 10 (6)"Privateschool",aschoolthatisnotapartofthepublicschoolsystemofthestate |
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| 22 | 22 | | 11ofMissouriandthatchargestuitionfortherenderingofelementaryorsecondaryeducational |
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| 23 | 23 | | 12services; |
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| 24 | 24 | | 13 (7)"Program",thesamemeaningasusedinsection135.712; |
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| 25 | 25 | | 14 (8)"Qualifiedschool",anFPEschooloranyofthefollowingentitiesthatis |
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| 26 | 26 | | 15incorporatedinMissouriandthatdoesnotdiscriminateonthebasisofrace,color,religion, |
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| 27 | 27 | | 16sexualorientation,genderidentityorexpression,ornationalorigin: |
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| 28 | 28 | | 17 (a)Acharterschoolasdefinedinsection160.400; |
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| 29 | 29 | | EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis |
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| 30 | 30 | | intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 18 (b)Aprivateschool; |
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| 31 | 31 | | 19 (c)Apublicschoolasdefinedinsection160.011;or |
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| 32 | 32 | | 20 (d)Apublicorprivatevirtualschool; |
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| 33 | 33 | | 21 (9)"Qualifiedstudent",anyelementaryorsecondaryschoolstudentwhoisaresident |
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| 34 | 34 | | 22ofthisstate,whoisnotanillegalalien,andwho: |
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| 35 | 35 | | 23 (a)Hasanapproved"individualizededucation[plan] program" (IEP)developed |
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| 36 | 36 | | 24underthefederalIndividualswithDisabilitiesEducationAct(IDEA),20U.S.C.Section1400 |
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| 37 | 37 | | 25etseq.,asamended;or |
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| 38 | 38 | | 26 (b)Isamemberofahouseholdwhosetotalannualincomedoesnotexceedanamount |
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| 39 | 39 | | 27equaltothreehundredpercentoftheincomestandardusedtoqualifyforfreeandreduced |
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| 40 | 40 | | 28pricelunches,andthatmeetsatleastoneofthefollowingqualifications: |
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| 41 | 41 | | 29 a.Attendedapublicschoolasafull-timestudentforatleastonesemesterduringthe |
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| 42 | 42 | | 30previoustwelvemonths; |
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| 43 | 43 | | 31 b.Isachildwhoiseligibletobeginkindergartenorfirstgradeundersections160.051 |
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| 44 | 44 | | 32to160.055;or |
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| 45 | 45 | | 33 c.Isasiblingofaqualifiedstudentwhoreceivedascholarshipgrantintheprevious |
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| 46 | 46 | | 34schoolyearandwillreceiveascholarshipgrantinthecurrentschoolyear. |
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| 47 | 47 | | 166.720.1.Sections166.700to166.720shallnotbeconstruedtopermitany |
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| 48 | 48 | | 2governmentalagencytoexercisecontrolorsupervisionoveranyqualifiedschoolinwhicha |
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| 49 | 49 | | 3qualifiedstudentenrollsotherthanaqualifiedschoolthatisapublicschool. |
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| 50 | 50 | | 4 2.Aqualifiedschool,otherthanaqualifiedschoolthatisapublicschool,thataccepts |
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| 51 | 51 | | 5apaymentfromaparentundersections166.700to166.720shallnotbeconsideredanagent |
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| 52 | 52 | | 6ofthestateorfederalgovernmentduetoitsacceptanceofthepayment. |
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| 53 | 53 | | 7 3.[A]Anotherwisequalifiedschool[shallnotberequiredtoalterits]that |
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| 54 | 54 | | 8subscribestoorfollowsanycreed,practices,admissionspolicy,orcurriculum[inorderto |
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| 55 | 55 | | 9acceptstudentswhoseparentspaytuitionorfeesfromaMissouriempowermentscholarship |
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| 56 | 56 | | 10account] thatdiscriminatesagainstanindividualbasedonsuchindividual'srace,color, |
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| 57 | 57 | | 11religion,sexualorientation,genderidentityorexpression,ornationaloriginshallnotbe |
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| 58 | 58 | | 12deemedtobeeligibletoparticipateasaqualifiedschool. |
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| 59 | 59 | | 13 4.(1)AnyqualifiedstudentreceivingaMissouriempowermentscholarshipwho |
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| 60 | 60 | | 14leavesapublicschoolorcharterschool,assuchtermsaredefinedinchapter160,inthe |
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| 61 | 61 | | 15qualifiedstudent'sresidentschooldistricttoenrollinaqualifiedschoolthatisnotthe |
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| 62 | 62 | | 16qualifiedstudent'sresidentschooldistrictshallcontinuetobecountedintheresidentpublic |
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| 63 | 63 | | 17schoolorcharterschool'sweightedaveragedailyattendanceasaresidentstudentforthe |
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| 64 | 64 | | 18purposesofdeterminingstateandfederalaidforthequalifiedstudent'sresidentschooldistrict |
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| 65 | 65 | | 19orcharterschool. |
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| 66 | 66 | | 20 (2)Thequalifiedstudentwillcontinuetobecountedforsuchpurposeasprovided: |
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| 67 | 67 | | HB1324 2 21 (a)Forfiveyearsafterthequalifiedstudentnolongerattendsschoolinthequalified |
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| 68 | 68 | | 22student'sresidentschooldistrict; |
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| 69 | 69 | | 23 (b)Untilanycalendaryearthatthequalifiedstudentnolongerreceivesgrantmoney |
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| 70 | 70 | | 24intheirscholarshipaccount; |
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| 71 | 71 | | 25 (c)Untilthequalifiedstudentiscountedintheweightedaveragedailyattendancefor |
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| 72 | 72 | | 26apublicschoolorcharterthattheyarearesidentstudentin;or |
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| 73 | 73 | | 27 (d)Untilthequalifiedstudentgraduates. |
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| 74 | 74 | | 28 (3)Theeducationalassistanceorganizationandthestatetreasurershallprovidethe |
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| 75 | 75 | | 29necessaryinformationtothedepartmentofelementaryandsecondaryeducationtoallowthe |
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| 76 | 76 | | 30federalandstateaidtocontinuetothepublicschoolorcharterschoolinthequalified |
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| 77 | 77 | | 31student'sresidentschooldistrictpreviouslyattendedbythequalifiedstudent. |
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| 78 | 78 | | 32 (4)TheprovisionsofthissubsectionshallterminatefiveyearsafterAugust28,2021. |
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| 79 | 79 | | 33 5.Inanylegalproceedingchallengingtheapplicationofsections166.700to166.720 |
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| 80 | 80 | | 34toaqualifiedschool,thestateshallbeartheburdenofestablishingthatthelawisnecessary |
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| 81 | 81 | | 35anddoesnotimposeanyundueburdenonqualifiedschools. |
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| 82 | 82 | | 36 6.Theprovisionsofsection23.253oftheMissourisunsetactshallnotapplyto |
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| 83 | 83 | | 37sections166.700to166.720. |
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| 84 | 84 | | âś” |
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| 85 | 85 | | HB1324 3 |
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