Missouri 2025 Regular Session

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11 FIRSTREGULARSESSION
22 HOUSEBILLNO.250
33 103RDGENERALASSEMBLY
44 INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVEBOSLEY.
55 0674H.01I DANARADEMANMILLER,ChiefClerk
66 ANACT
77 Toamendchapters160and213,RSMo,byaddingtheretotwonewsectionsrelatingto
88 discriminatorypractices.
99 BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows:
1010 SectionA.Chapters160and213,RSMo,areamendedbyaddingtheretotwonew
1111 2sections,tobeknownassections160.082and213.012,toreadasfollows:
1212 160.082.1.Asusedinthissection,thefollowingtermsmean:
1313 2 (1)"Educationalinstitution",anypublicorprivateprekindergartenprogram,
1414 3publicorprivateelementaryorsecondaryschool,orpublicorprivateschoolboardor
1515 4otherschooladministrativebody;
1616 5 (2)"Protectivehairstyles",includes,butisnotlimitedto,suchhairstylesas
1717 6braids,locks,andtwists;
1818 7 (3)"Race",includes,butisnotlimitedto,traitshistoricallyassociatedwithrace
1919 8including,butnotlimitedto,hairtextureandprotectivehairstyles."Race"includesa
2020 9perceptionthatapersonisassociatedwithanotherpersonwhohas,orisperceivedto
2121 10have,anyqualitiesrelatingtorace;
2222 11 (4)"Statefinancialassistance",anyfundsorotherformoffinancialaid
2323 12appropriatedorauthorizedunderthelawsofthisstate,orunderanyfederallaw
2424 13administeredbyanystateagency,forthepurposeofprovidingassistancetoany
2525 14educationalinstitutionforitsownbenefitorforthebenefitofanypupilsadmittedtothe
2626 15educationalinstitution."Statefinancialassistance"includes,butisnotlimitedto,allof
2727 16thefollowing:
2828 17 (a)Grantsofstateproperty,oranyinteresttherein;
2929 EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis
3030 intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 18 (b)Provisionoftheservicesofstatepersonnel;and
3131 19 (c)Fundsprovidedbycontract,taxrebate,appropriation,allocation,or
3232 20formula;
3333 21 (5)"Statestudentfinancialaid",anyfundsorotherformoffinancialaid
3434 22appropriatedorauthorizedunderthelawsofthisstate,orunderanyfederallaw
3535 23administeredbyanystateagency,forthepurposeofprovidingassistancedirectlytoany
3636 24studentadmittedtoaneducationalinstitution."Statestudentfinancialaid"includes,
3737 25butisnotlimitedto,scholarships,loans,grants,orwages.
3838 26 2.Nopersonshallbesubjectedtodiscriminationonthebasisofraceinany
3939 27programoractivityconductedbyaneducationalinstitutionthatreceivesorbenefits
4040 28fromstatefinancialassistanceorenrollspupilswhoreceivestatestudentfinancialaid.
4141 29 3.Theprovisionsofsubsection2ofthissectionshallnotapplytoaneducational
4242 30institutionthatiscontrolledbyareligiousorganizationiftheapplicationofsuch
4343 31provisionswouldnotbeconsistentwiththereligioustenetsofthatorganization.
4444 213.012.Asusedinthischapter,theterm"race"includestraitshistorically
4545 2associatedwithraceincluding,butnotlimitedto,hairtextureandprotectivehairstyles.
4646 3Theterm"protectivehairstyles"includes,butisnotlimitedto,suchhairstylesasbraids,
4747 4locks,andtwists.
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