FIRSTREGULARSESSION
HOUSEBILLNO.267
103RDGENERALASSEMBLY
INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVESHIELDS.
0757H.01I DANARADEMANMILLER,ChiefClerk
ANACT
Torepealsection168.025,RSMo,andtoenactinlieuthereofonenewsectionrelatingto
teacherexternships.
BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows:
SectionA.Section168.025,RSMo,isrepealedandonenewsectionenactedinlieu
2thereof,tobeknownassection168.025,toreadasfollows:
168.025.1.Forpurposesofthissection,"teacherexternship"meansanexperiencein
2whichateacher,supervisedbyhisorherschoolorschooldistrict,gainspracticalexperience
3atabusinesslocatedinMissourithroughobservationandinteractionwithemployersand
4employees.
5 2.Thedepartmentofeconomicdevelopmentandthedepartmentofelementaryand
6secondaryeducationshalldevelopandrecommend:
7 (1)Requirementsforteacherexternshipsthatcanbeconsideredtheequivalentofthe
8completionofcredithoursingraduate-levelcoursesforpurposesofsalaryschedules;and
9 (2)Anequivalencyschedulethatsetsforththenumberofcredithoursingraduate-
10levelcoursesthatshallbeconsideredequivalenttoandawardedforeachtypeofteacher
11externship.Toclassifyteacherexternshipsanddeterminethenumberofcredithoursthat
12wouldbeappropriateforeachtype,thelengthoftheteacherexternship,thepractical
13experiencegained,oranyotherfactordeemedrelevantmaybeconsidered.
14 3.Thedepartmentofeconomicdevelopmentandthedepartmentofelementaryand
15secondaryeducationshalladoptandpublishontheirwebsites,beforeJuly1,2020,
16requirementsforteacherexternshipsthatcanbeconsideredtheequivalentofthecompletion
17ofcredithoursingraduate-levelcoursesforpurposesofsalaryschedulesandanequivalency
EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis
intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 18scheduleasdescribedinsubsection2ofthissection.Anyteacherexternshipthatmeetsthe
19publishedrequirementsshallbeknownasandconsideredacertifiedteacherexternshipfor
20purposesofthissection.
21 4.Ifaschooldistrictorcharterschoolusesasalaryscheduleinwhichateacher
22receivesahighersalaryifheorshehasearnedcredithoursingraduate-levelcourses,the
23schooldistrictorcharterschoolshallconsideranyteacherwhohascompletedacertified
24teacherexternshiptohavecompletedcredithoursingraduate-levelcoursesonitssalary
25scheduleinthemannerprescribedbytheequivalencyscheduledevelopedunderthissection
26andcompensatetheteacheraccordingly.
27 5.Thedepartmentofelementaryandsecondaryeducationandthedepartmentof
28economicdevelopmentmaypromulgaterulestoimplementtheprovisionsofthissection.
29Anyruleorportionofarule,asthattermisdefinedinsection536.010,thatiscreatedunder
30theauthoritydelegatedinthissectionshallbecomeeffectiveonlyifitcomplieswithandis
31subjecttoalloftheprovisionsofchapter536and,ifapplicable,section536.028.Thissection
32andchapter536arenonseverable,andifanyofthepowersvestedwiththegeneralassembly
33pursuanttochapter536toreview,todelaytheeffectivedate,ortodisapproveandannula
34rulearesubsequentlyheldunconstitutional,thenthegrantofrulemakingauthorityandany
35ruleproposedoradoptedafterAugust28,2019,shallbeinvalidandvoid.
36 [6.Undersection23.253oftheMissourisunsetact:
37 (1)Theprovisionsofthenewprogramauthorizedunderthissectionshall
38automaticallysunsetfiveyearsafterAugust28,2019,unlessreauthorizedbyanactofthe
39generalassembly;
40 (2)Ifsuchprogramisreauthorized,theprogramauthorizedunderthissectionshall
41automaticallysunsettenyearsaftertheeffectivedateofthereauthorizationofthissection;
42and
43 (3)ThissectionshallterminateonSeptemberfirstofthecalendaryearimmediately
44followingthecalendaryearinwhichtheprogramauthorizedunderthissectionissunset.]
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