| 7 | 6 | | ANACT |
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| 8 | 7 | | Toamendchapter173,RSMo,byaddingtheretotwonewsectionsrelatingtostudent |
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| 9 | 8 | | associationsatpublicinstitutionsofhigherlearning. |
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| 10 | 9 | | BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows: |
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| 11 | 10 | | SectionA.Chapter173,RSMo,isamendedbyaddingtheretotwonewsections,tobe |
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| 12 | 11 | | 2knownassections173.1555and173.1556,toreadasfollows: |
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| 13 | 12 | | 173.1555.Asusedinthissectionandsection173.1556,thefollowingtermsmean: |
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| 14 | 13 | | 2 (1)"Adverseaction",anyactionorpolicythatdeniesabelief-basedstudent |
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| 15 | 14 | | 3associationanybenefitavailabletootherstudentassociationsororganizationsorthat |
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| 16 | 15 | | 4otherwisediscriminateswithrespecttoanysuchbenefit; |
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| 17 | 16 | | 5 (2)"Belief-basedstudentassociation"includes,butisnotlimitedto,anypolitical |
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| 18 | 17 | | 6orideologicalstudentassociationoranyreligiousstudentassociation; |
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| 19 | 18 | | 7 (3)"Benefit",recognition,registration,theuseoffacilitiesofapublicinstitution |
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| 20 | 19 | | 8ofhigherlearningformeetingsorspeakingpurposes,theuseofchannelsof |
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| 21 | 20 | | 9communicationofapublicinstitutionofhigherlearning,orsuchotherassistance, |
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| 22 | 21 | | 10aid,oradvantageasismadeavailabletostudentassociationsbyapublicinstitutionof |
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| 23 | 22 | | 11higherlearning; |
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| 24 | 23 | | 12 (4)"Publicinstitutionofhigherlearning",anystatepostsecondaryeducational |
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| 25 | 24 | | 13institutiongovernedorsupervisedbyaboarderectedunderchapter172,174,175,or |
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| 26 | 25 | | 14178;aboardoftrusteesofacommunitycollege;oranystateboardforanyother |
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| 27 | 26 | | 15technicalschool. |
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| 28 | 27 | | EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis |
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| 29 | 28 | | intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 173.1556.1.(1)Nopublicinstitutionofhigherlearningshalltakeanyadverse |
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| 30 | 29 | | 2actionagainstabelief-basedstudentassociationoranapplicanttoberecognizedas |
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| 31 | 30 | | 3such: |
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| 32 | 31 | | 4 (a)Becausesuchassociationispolitical,ideological,orreligious; |
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| 33 | 32 | | 5 (b)Onthebasisofsuchassociation'sviewpointorexpressionoftheviewpointby |
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| 34 | 33 | | 6theassociationortheassociation'smembers;or |
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| 35 | 34 | | 7 (c)Basedonsuchassociation'srequirementthattheassociation'sleadersbe |
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| 36 | 35 | | 8committedtofurtheringtheassociation'smissionorthattheassociation'sleaders |
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| 37 | 36 | | 9adheretotheassociation'ssincerelyheldbeliefs,sincerepracticerequirements,or |
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| 38 | 37 | | 10sincerestandardsofconduct. |
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| 39 | 38 | | 11 (2)Leadersreferredtoinparagraph(c)ofsubdivision(1)ofthissubsectionshall |
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| 40 | 39 | | 12include,butnotbelimitedto,anypersonwhoholdsapositionwithintheassociation |
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| 41 | 40 | | 13thatauthorizessuchpersontoparticipateintheleadershiporgovernanceofthe |
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| 42 | 41 | | 14associationorinestablishingcriteriafortheassociation'sleadershiporgovernance. |
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| 43 | 42 | | 15 (3)Themission,beliefs,practicerequirements,andstandardsofconduct |
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| 44 | 43 | | 16referredtoinparagraph(c)ofsubdivision(1)ofthissubsectionshallbeinterpretedas |
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| 45 | 44 | | 17definedbytheassociation. |
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| 46 | 45 | | 18 2.Anybelief-basedstudentassociationorapplicanttoberecognizedassuchthat |
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| 47 | 46 | | 19hasbeenaggrievedasaresultofaviolationorthreatenedviolationofsubsection1of |
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| 48 | 47 | | 20thissectionmayassertthatviolationorthreatenedviolationasaclaimordefenseina |
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| 49 | 48 | | 21judicialproceedingorinanadministrativeproceedinginvolvingthepublicinstitutionof |
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| 50 | 49 | | 22higherlearningandobtainappropriaterelief. |
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| 51 | 50 | | âś” |
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| 52 | 51 | | HB875 2 |
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