All Education, Higher 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 1036 - Under the provisions of this act, the Coordinating Board for Higher Education will provide up to twenty-five tuition grants to the surviving spouses and children of any member of the military who served in armed combat and who was killed in the line of duty and who was, at the time of enlistment and death, a citizen of Missouri. The grants will pay up to fifty percent of the survivors' tuition costs, the actual cost of books up to five hundred dollars per semester, and up to two thousand dollars per semester for room and board. Such grants will continue to be awarded annually to eligible recipients as long as the recipient achieves and maintains a cumulative grade point average of at least two and one-half on a four point scale, or its equivalent. If the waiting list of eligible survivors exceeds fifty, the coordinating board may petition the general assembly to expand the quota, or shall extend the eligibility of those on the waiting list. The act delineates specific eligibility [...]

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HCS/SCS/SB 942 - This act modifies provisions pertaining to the administration of agriculture incentives and programs. SECTION 135.633 - Tax Credit for MELO AccreditationThis act creates a tax credit for odor abatement activities by concentrated animal feeding operations. The tax credit shall be equal to either: 1) the lesser of fifty percent of the eligible expense incurred by a producer to achieve Managed Environment Livestock Operation (MELO) accreditation or fifty thousand dollars; or 2) the lesser of seventy-five percent of the eligible expense incurred by a producer to meet preferred environmental practices or seventy-five thousand dollars. The cumulative amount of tax credits issued by the Missouri Agricultural and Small Business Development Authority to all taxpayers in any fiscal year shall not exceed $300,000. The Department of Agriculture shall promulgate rules to create the MELO accreditation program. The provisions of this section shall expire three years from the effective [...]

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HCS/SS/SCS/SB 726 - This act modifies provisions relating to child care facilities.QUALITY RATING SYSTEM This act requires the Department of Social Services in collaboration with the Departments of Health and Senior Services, Elementary and Secondary Education, and Mental Health to develop by September 1, 2008, a quality rating system for early childhood and before-and after-school programs licensed by the Department of Health and Senior Services that operate in this state. The licensing of such facilities shall be the baseline, while the highest rating includes accreditation. The departments shall utilize the model from the existing Missouri quality rating system pilots developed by the University of Missouri Center for Family Policy and Research to establish the system. The system will allow consumers and parents to evaluate and select high quality programs and creates a system of accountability for policymakers and those who fund such programs. By July 1, 2011, all licensed [...]

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SB 815 - The act creates the Farm Mentoring and Education Authority, which shall be housed within the University of Missouri Extension Service. The Authority shall administer the Farm Mentoring and Education program, which consists of educational programming aimed at helping individuals plan and begin sustainable farm enterprises. The act provides guiding principles for the provision of the educational programming. The act creates the Farm Mentoring and Education Fund to be administered by the Authority. The act authorizes the General Assembly to appropriate up to $99,000 to the fund per fiscal year. The fund shall be utilized for the educational programming and for salaries for a program director and staff. Any balance in the fund at the end of each biennium in excess of 200% of the previous year's expenditures shall be transferred to the general revenue fund. The Authority shall rotate the administration of the educational programming to a different extension service region each [...]

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HCS/SCS/SB 830 - This act shall be known as the "Missouri Returning Heroes' Education Act," and provides that all public institutions of higher education that receive any state funds appropriated by the general assembly shall limit the tuition charged to combat veterans to fifty dollars per credit hour, for any program leading to a certificate, or an associate or baccalaureate degree. A "combat veteran” is any person who served in armed combat after September 11, 2001, who was a Missouri resident when first entering the military, and who was discharged from military service under honorable conditions. An eligible combat veteran shall receive the tuition limitation as long as the veteran achieves and maintains a cumulative grade point average of at least two and one-half points on a four point scale, or its equivalent. The eligibility period for the tuition limitation shall expire ten years from the date of the veteran's last discharge from service. The Coordinating Board for Higher [...]

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