All Education, Elementary And Secondary Legislation - Missouri

SCS/SB 1167 - This act modifies various provisions relating to members of the military forces and their families. The act: Adds the chair of the Missouri Veterans' Commission, or a designee, as an ex officio member of the Missouri military preparedness and enhancement commission, and provides that the Military preparedness and enhancement commission's duties include developing methods to improve the prosperity and employment opportunities of retired military members and the families of former military members. Section 41.1010. Adds the chair of the Missouri military preparedness and enhancement commission, or a designee, as an ex officio member of the Missouri veterans' commission, and provides that the Missouri military preparedness and enhancement commission shall assist all veterans who are legal residents of Missouri. Section 42.007. Allows military dependents who do not meet our state's age requirements to enter kindergarten or first grade if the child has completed an [...]

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SB 1163 - This act modifies the school bus endorsement criminal background check procedure. Under this act, each school district shall require from the authorized representative of any company contracting with it a certified statement certifying that all persons operating school buses have submitted themselves to a criminal history repository and criminal history files search as prescribed by the highway patrol and the FBI and that the results of those searches have not disqualified the applicants from receiving a school bus endorsement. Under the current law, the onus is on the school district to ensure that a criminal background check is conducted for school bus drivers (Section 168.133). Under the act, the highway patrol must provide a record of clearance or denial for any applicant for a school bus endorsement for certain convictions (drug convictions, child abuse, prostitution, weapon offenses, pornography, robbery, arson, burglary). The highway patrol is authorized to obtain [...]

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SB 1052 - This act directs revenue derived from the loss limit repeal and the imposition of an education allowance to the newly created Educational Opportunities for Missouri's Children Fund. Upon appropriation, the first twenty-five million dollars in the fund will be allocated to the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education for the A+ Schools program, provided that such program is expanded to all Missouri high schools. The remaining moneys in the fund will be allocated equally among the Early Childhood Development, Education and Care Fund, and the First Steps program. The act renders the following alterations to the state's gaming policy: • Repeals the maximum loss limit of five hundred dollars per individual player per gambling excursion; • Institutes a cap of thirteen licenses to operate excursion gambling boats in the state; • Imposes an education allowance of one percent on adjusted gross receipts in excess of forty million dollars for gaming licensees;• States [...]

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