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| 2 | 2 | | EXPLANATION-Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in this bill is not enacted |
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| 3 | 3 | | and is intended to be omitted in the law. |
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| 4 | 4 | | FIRST REGULAR SESSION |
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| 5 | 5 | | SENATE BILL NO. 642 |
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| 6 | 6 | | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 7 | 7 | | INTRODUCED BY SENATOR HUDSON. |
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| 8 | 8 | | 2574S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary |
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| 9 | 9 | | AN ACT |
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| 10 | 10 | | To repeal section 162.203, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to training |
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| 11 | 11 | | requirements for school board members. |
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| 13 | 13 | | Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | Section A. Section 162.203, RSMo, is repealed and one new 1 |
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| 15 | 15 | | section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 162.203, 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | to read as follows:3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | 162.203. 1. Board members initially elected or 1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | appointed under section 162.291, 162.459, 162.471, or 2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | 162.581 after August 28, 1993, in addition to the 3 |
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| 20 | 20 | | qualifications prescribed in those sections, shall 4 |
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| 21 | 21 | | successfully complete orientation and training requireme nts 5 |
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| 22 | 22 | | within one year of the date of the election or appointment. 6 |
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| 23 | 23 | | The orientation and training shall consist of at least 7 |
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| 24 | 24 | | eighteen hours and thirty minutes with the cost of such 8 |
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| 25 | 25 | | training to be paid by the district. 9 |
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| 26 | 26 | | 2. The orientation and training r equired under 10 |
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| 27 | 27 | | subsection 1 of this section shall include two hours and 11 |
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| 28 | 28 | | thirty minutes of training that provides up -to-date and 12 |
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| 29 | 29 | | reliable information on identifying signs of sexual abuse in 13 |
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| 30 | 30 | | children and danger signals of potentially abusive 14 |
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| 31 | 31 | | relationships between children and adults. The training 15 |
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| 32 | 32 | | shall emphasize how to establish an atmosphere of trust so 16 |
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| 33 | 33 | | that students feel their school has concerned adults with 17 |
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| 34 | 34 | | whom students can feel comfortable discussing matters 18 SB 642 2 |
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| 35 | 35 | | related to abuse. If, before August 28, 2019, a board 19 |
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| 36 | 36 | | member completed the orientation and training requirements 20 |
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| 37 | 37 | | of this section as they existed before August 28, 2019, the 21 |
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| 38 | 38 | | board member shall not be required to complete any 22 |
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| 39 | 39 | | additional training other than the refresher training 23 |
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| 40 | 40 | | described in subsection 3 of this section. 24 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 3. Any school board member serving a term as of August 25 |
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| 42 | 42 | | 28, 2019, or elected or appointed after August 28, 2019, 26 |
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| 43 | 43 | | shall complete at least one hour of refresher training each 27 |
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| 44 | 44 | | year of any term in office; except that, the refresher 28 |
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| 45 | 45 | | training shall not be required in the year in which the 29 |
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| 46 | 46 | | member completes the initial orientation and training under 30 |
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| 47 | 47 | | subsection 1 of this section. The refresher training shall 31 |
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| 48 | 48 | | address concepts covered in the initial training including, 32 |
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| 49 | 49 | | but not limited to, the prevention of sexual abuse of 33 |
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| 50 | 50 | | children. 34 |
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| 51 | 51 | | 4. All programs providing the orientation and training 35 |
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| 52 | 52 | | required under the provisions of this section shall be 36 |
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| 53 | 53 | | offered by a statewide association organized for the benefit 37 |
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| 54 | 54 | | of members of boards of education [or] and be approved by 38 |
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| 55 | 55 | | the state board of education. 39 |
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