| 1 | 1 | | FIRSTREGULARSESSION |
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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSEBILLNO.1393 |
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| 3 | 3 | | 103RDGENERALASSEMBLY |
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| 4 | 4 | | INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVEHURLBERT. |
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| 5 | 5 | | 2756H.01I JOSEPHENGLER,ChiefClerk |
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| 6 | 6 | | ANACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | Toamendchapter162,RSMo,byaddingtheretoonenewsectionrelatingtoreleasedtime |
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| 8 | 8 | | courses. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SectionA.Chapter162,RSMo,isamendedbyaddingtheretoonenewsection,tobe |
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| 11 | 11 | | 2knownassection162.059,toreadasfollows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | 162.059.1.Thissectionshallbeknownandmaybecitedasthe"Missouri |
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| 13 | 13 | | 2ReleasedTimeEducationAct". |
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| 14 | 14 | | 3 2.Asusedinthissection,thefollowingtermsmean: |
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| 15 | 15 | | 4 (1)"Parent",aparent,legalguardian,orotherpersonhavingcontrol,custody, |
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| 16 | 16 | | 5orchargeofchild; |
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| 17 | 17 | | 6 (2)"Releasedtimecourse",acourseinreligiousinstructiontaughtbyan |
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| 18 | 18 | | 7independentsponsoringentitythatastudentisexcusedfromschooltoattend; |
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| 19 | 19 | | 8 (3)"Schooldistrict",thesamedefinitionasinsection160.011. |
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| 20 | 20 | | 9 3.Aschooldistrictshalladoptapolicyasprovidedinthissectiontoexcusea |
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| 21 | 21 | | 10studentfromschooltoattendareleasedtimecourse.Suchpolicyshallnotinterfere |
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| 22 | 22 | | 11withtheabilityofastudent'sparenttorequestoraccessareleasedtimecourseforthe |
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| 23 | 23 | | 12student. |
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| 24 | 24 | | 13 4.Aschooldistrictshall,upontherequestofastudent'sparent,excuseastudent |
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| 25 | 25 | | 14underitsjurisdictionfromschooltoattendareleasedtimecourseforatleastonehour |
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| 26 | 26 | | 15perweekbutnotmorethanfivehoursperweekifthefollowingrequirementsaremet: |
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| 27 | 27 | | 16 (1)Thestudent'sparentgiveswrittenconsentforthestudenttoattendthe |
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| 28 | 28 | | 17releasedtimecourse; |
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| 29 | 29 | | EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis |
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| 30 | 30 | | intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 18 (2)Theentitysponsoringthereleasedtimecoursemaintainsattendancerecords |
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| 31 | 31 | | 19andmakesthemavailabletotheschooldistrictthestudentattends; |
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| 32 | 32 | | 20 (3)Transportationtoandfromtheplaceofinstructionincluding,butnotlimited |
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| 33 | 33 | | 21to,transportationforstudentswithdisabilities,isthecompleteresponsibilityofthe |
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| 34 | 34 | | 22sponsoringentity,parent,orstudent; |
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| 35 | 35 | | 23 (4)Thesponsoringentitymakesprovisionsforandassumesliabilityforthe |
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| 36 | 36 | | 24studentwhileunderthecontrolofthesponsoringentity; |
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| 37 | 37 | | 25 (5)Noschooldistrictmoneysotherthandeminimisadministrativecostsare |
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| 38 | 38 | | 26expendedinprovidingthereleasedtimecourse; |
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| 39 | 39 | | 27 (6)Releasedtimecoursesshallnotbeheldonschooldistrictpropertyunless |
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| 40 | 40 | | 28permittedunderaneutralpolicyofequalaccessopeningschooldistrictpropertyforuse |
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| 41 | 41 | | 29bycommunitygroups;and |
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| 42 | 42 | | 30 (7)Thestudentassumesresponsibilityforanymissedschoolwork. |
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| 43 | 43 | | 31 5.Notwithstandinganyotherprovisionoflawtothecontrary,anyperiodfor |
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| 44 | 44 | | 32whichastudentisexcusedtoattendareleasedtimecourseshallbeconsideredasthe |
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| 45 | 45 | | 33studentattendingthepublicschoolfromwhichthestudentisexcusedforthepurposes |
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| 46 | 46 | | 34ofcalculatingstateaidforsuchschoolandsatisfyingattendancerequirements. |
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| 47 | 47 | | 35 6.Noprovisionofthissectionshallbeconstruedtodenyareleasedtimecourse |
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| 48 | 48 | | 36orthesponsoringentityequalaccesstomoneys,benefits,orservicesthattheschool |
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| 49 | 49 | | 37districtprovidesormakesavailabletocommunitygroupsorotherindependententities. |
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| 50 | 50 | | 38 7.(1)Aschooldistrictshalladoptapolicythatawardsacademiccreditforthe |
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| 51 | 51 | | 39completionofareleasedtimecourseandrecognizesthecreditsofanindependently |
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| 52 | 52 | | 40accreditedproviderofreleasedtimecourses. |
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| 53 | 53 | | 41 (2)Indetermininghowmuchcredittoawardforcompletionofsuchacourse, |
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| 54 | 54 | | 42theschooldistrictshallevaluatethecoursebasedonpurelysecularcriteriathatare |
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| 55 | 55 | | 43substantiallythesamecriteriausedtoevaluatesimilarcoursesforpurposesof |
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| 56 | 56 | | 44determininghowmuchcredittoawardforsuchcourse.Thedecisiontoawardcredit |
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| 57 | 57 | | 45forareleasedtimecourseshallbeneutralto,andshallnotinvolveanytestfor,religious |
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| 58 | 58 | | 46contentordenominationalaffiliation. |
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| 59 | 59 | | 47 (3)Forpurposesofthissection,secularcriteriainclude,butarenotlimitedto, |
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| 60 | 60 | | 48thefollowing: |
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| 61 | 61 | | 49 (a)Thenumberofhoursofclassroominstructiontime; |
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| 62 | 62 | | 50 (b)Areviewofthecoursesyllabusthatreflectscourserequirementsand |
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| 63 | 63 | | 51materialsused; |
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| 64 | 64 | | 52 (c)Themethodsofassessmentusedinthecourse;and |
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| 65 | 65 | | 53 (d)Thequalificationsofthecourseinstructor. |
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| 66 | 66 | | HB1393 2 54 8.Anypersonororganizationaggrievedbyaviolationofthissectionmaybring |
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| 67 | 67 | | 55anactionagainsttheschooldistrictresponsiblefortheviolationandseekappropriate |
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| 68 | 68 | | 56reliefincluding,butnotlimitedto,injunctiverelief,monetarydamages,reasonable |
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| 69 | 69 | | 57attorney'sfees,andcourtcosts. |
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| 70 | 70 | | âś” |
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| 71 | 71 | | HB1393 3 |
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