FIRSTREGULARSESSION
HOUSEBILLNO.38
103RDGENERALASSEMBLY
INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVEBILLINGTON.
0233H.01I DANARADEMANMILLER,ChiefClerk
ANACT
Toamendchapter167,RSMo,byaddingtheretoonenewsectionrelatingtoschool
employeesandindependentcontractors.
BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows:
SectionA.Chapter167,RSMo,isamendedbyaddingtheretoonenewsection,tobe
2knownassection167.174,toreadasfollows:
167.174.1.Asusedinthissection,thefollowingtermsmean:
2 (1)"Biologicalsex",thebiologicalsexaslistedonanindividual'soriginalbirth
3certificateorabirthcertificateamendedundersection193.215forareasonnotrelated
4toascrivener'serror;
5 (2)"Employee",anindividualwhoworksinanycapacityforanypublicschool,
6whetherperformanceofsuchworkisvoluntaryorpaid,suchasateacher,
7administrator,janitor,cafeteriaworker,orotherindividual;
8 (3)"Independentcontractor",anindividualwhoisnotanemployeebutwho
9worksinanycapacityforapublicschoolunderacontractbetweensuchindividualor
10suchindividual'semployerandsuchpublicschool,schoolboard,employeeofsuch
11publicschoolorschoolboard,oramemberofsuchschoolboard;
12 (4)"Parent",aparent,guardian,orotherpersonhavingcontrolorcustodyofa
13student;
14 (5)"Publicschool",thesamemeaningasinsection160.011;
15 (6)"Schoolboard",thesamemeaningasinsection160.011;
16 (7)"Student",anindividualwhoisundereighteenyearsofageorhasnotbeen
17otherwiseemancipatedunderstatelaw.
EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis
intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 18 2.Noemployeeorindependentcontractorshallknowinglyaddress,identify,or
19refertoastudentbypronounsthataredifferentfromthepronounsthatalignwithsuch
20student'sbiologicalsexunlessthepublicschoolorschoolboardreceiveswritten
21permissionfromthestudent'sparent.
22 3.Nopublicschoolorschoolboardshallrequireanemployeeorindependent
23contractortoaddress,identify,orrefertoanindividualbypronounsthataredifferent
24fromthepronounsthatalignwithsuchindividual'sbiologicalsexifsuchusageis
25contrarytosuchemployee'sorindependentcontractor'sreligiousormoralconvictions.
26 4.Eachpublicschoolandschoolboardshalladoptandimplementapolicythat
27issubstantiallysimilartotheprovisionsofthissection.
28 5.Nothinginthissectionshallbeconstruedtoprohibitanemployeeor
29independentcontractorfromdiscussinganymattersofpublicconcernoutsidethe
30contextofsuchemployee'sorindependentcontractor'sofficialduties.
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