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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 1640
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBL Y
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENT A TIVE OVERCAST .
4746H.02I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
T o amend chapter 173, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to accommodations
for admissions tests.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 173, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be
2 known as section 173.068, to read as follows:
173.068. 1. As used in this section, the following terms mean:
2 (1) "Disabled applicant", an individual with a documented lifelong disability or
3 static disability;
4 (2) "Lifelong disability", an underlying neurodeve lopmental or medical
5 condition that persists acr oss the individual's lifespan. Such conditions are
6 nonpr ogress ive in nature, though symptoms may be mitigated or managed thr ough
7 appr opriate interventions. Lifelong disabilities include, but ar e not limited to, specific
8 learning disabilities such as dyslexia, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD),
9 and autism spectrum disorder (ASD);
10 (3) "Public institution of higher education", a community college, state college,
11 or state university located in Missouri that recei ves state moneys;
12 (4) "Standardized applicant examination" includes, but is not limited to, the
13 following:
14 (a) Advanced Placement (AP) exams;
15 (b) American College T esting pr ogram examination (ACT);
16 (c) Classic Learning T est (CL T);
17 (d) Graduate Management Admission T est (GMA T);
EXPLANA TION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is
intended to be omitted from the law . Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.
18 (e) Law School Admission T est (LSA T);
19 (f) Medical College Admission T est (MCA T);
20 (g) Pr eliminary Scholastic Aptitude T est/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying
21 T est (PSA T/NMSQT); and
22 (h) Scholastic Aptitude T est (SA T);
23 (5) "Static disability , a nonprog res sive condition in which the underlying
24 impairment and its inher ent severity rem ain stable over time. A static disability is
25 characterized by a fixed level of functional limitation that does not substantially
26 impr ove, deteriorate, or change in natur e, even though the individual's performance,
27 skills, or adaptive strategies may develop thr ough intervention or experience.
28 2. For the 2027-28 academic year and all subsequent academic years, a public
29 institution of higher education shall not accept standardized applicant examination
30 scor es fr om an entity that req uires a disabled applicant to have taken a compreh ensive
31 test for a documented disability within the two years before the date of the standardized
32 applicant examination in order for the disabled applicant to r eceive allowed
3 3 accommodations under:
34 (1) The federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), 20 U.S.C.
35 Section 1400 et seq., as amended;
36 (2) Section 504 of the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. Section 794,
37 as amended; or
38 (3) The federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. Section 12101
39 et seq., as amended.
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