Changes a pilot agricultural education program in elementary schools to a statewide program

5237S.06F
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SENATE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
HOUSE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
HOUSE BILLS NOS. 2097 & 1905
AN ACT
To repeal sections 23.295, 135.713, 135.714, 135.715,
135.716, 135.719, 160.575, 161.106, 162.261, 162.720,
166.700, 166.705, 166.710, 166.715, 174.300, 174.332,
174.450, 174.453, 174.610, 175.020, 178.530, 178.550,
178.585, 178.632, 186.019, 288.040, 620.010, 620.484,
620.490, 620.511, 620.512, and 620.513, RSMo, section
167.910 as enacted by house bill no. 1606, ninety -
ninth general assembly, second regular session, and
section 167.910 as enacted by house bill no. 1415,
ninety-ninth general assembly, seco nd regular
session, and section 210.1700 as enacted by
conference committee substitute for senate substitute
for senate bill no. 1421, one hundred third general
assembly, second regular session, and to enact in
lieu thereof thirty -six new sections relating to
education, with penalty provisions, an effective date
for certain sections, and a severability clause.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Sections 23.295, 135.713, 135.714, 135.715, 1
135.716, 135.719, 160.575, 161.106, 162.261, 162.720, 166.700, 2
166.705, 166.710, 166.715, 174.300, 174.332, 174.450, 174.453, 3
174.610, 175.020, 178.530, 178.550, 178.585, 178.632, 186.019, 4
288.040, 620.010, 620.484, 620.490, 620.511, 620.512, and 5
620.513, RSMo, and section 167.910 as enacted by house bill no. 6
1606, ninety-ninth general assembly, second regular session, 7
and section 167.910 as enacted by house bill no. 1415, ninety-8

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ninth general assembly, second regular session, and section 9
210.1700 as enacted by conference committee substitute for 10
senate substitute for senate bill no. 1421, one hundred third 11
general assembly, second regular session, are repealed and 12
thirty-six new sections enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as 13
sections 23.295, 67.5420, 135.713, 135.714, 135.715, 135.716, 14
135.719, 160.575, 161.106, 162.261, 162.720, 166.700, 166.705, 15
166.710, 166.715, 173.2565, 173.2566, 173.2570, 173.2571, 16
173.2572, 174.300, 174.332, 174.450, 174.453, 174.610, 175.020, 17
178.530, 178.550, 178.585, 178.632, 186.019, 210.1700, 288.040, 18
620.010, 1, and 2, to read as follows:19
23.295. If an employee is displaced because a program 1
is sunset, reorganized, or continued, the state agency and 2
the [division] office of workforce development in the 3
department of [economic] higher education and workforce 4
development shall make a reasonable effort to relocate the 5
displaced employee. 6
67.5420. 1. As used in this section, the following 1
terms shall mean: 2
(1) "Board", the board of directors appointed pursuant 3
to section 210.861; 4
(2) "Child care provider", any entity that is licensed 5
under section 210.221 and that provides early childhood 6
education services; 7
(3) "City", any city not within a county; 8
(4) "Early childhood education services", the same as 9
defined in section 161.244, which may include transportation 10
related to such services; 11
(5) "Early childhood education service provider", any 12
public school or charter school that is contracted with the 13
department of elementary and secondary education to provide 14
early childhood education services that adhere to the 15
quality standards as provided in section 161.213. 16

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2. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the 17
contrary, all revenues generated by any tax imposed by a 18
city and approved by the voters for the purposes of 19
establishing an early childhood education and child care 20
services fund to improve the quality of, affordability of, 21
and access to early childhood development programs and child 22
care for children aged five years and younger shall be 23
deposited in the city treasury to the credit of a special 24
"Early Childhood Education and Child Care Fund" to 25
accomplish the purposes set out in this section and shall be 26
used for no other purpose. 27
3. The administrative control and management of the 28
funds in the early childhood education and child care fund 29
and all programs to be funded therefrom shall rest solely 30
with the board and shall be expended for early childhood 31
education services and child care services. The board shall 32
not be mandated to expend funds by an act of the general 33
assembly without a majority vote of the voters of the city. 34
The board shall use or disburse the funds in the early 35
childhood education and child care fund to provide and 36
administer programs improving the quality, affordability, 37
and access to early childhood development and child care 38
programs for children aged five years and younger. The 39
funds may be used for early childhood education services 40
provided by early childhood education service providers and 41
child care providers. 42
4. (1) The board may contract with any provider to 43
provide early childhood education services and child care 44
services and may place conditions on the use of such funds. 45
The board shall reserve the right to audit the expenditure 46
of any and all funds. The board may establish eligibility 47
standards for the receipt and use of such funds. No member 48
of the board shall serve on the governing body, have any 49

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financial interest in, or be employed by any entity that is 50
a recipient of funds from the early childhood education and 51
child care fund. 52
(2) Funds expended by the board pursuant to this 53
section shall be expended in the following order of priority: 54
(a) For children in financial or familial need, as 55
determined by the board; 56
(b) For all other services provided pursuant to this 57
section. 58
(3) In addition to the priorities provided in 59
subdivision (2) of this subsection, a child care provider 60
shall prioritize the placement of children from families who 61
can document that they are on a waitlist for the department 62
of elementary and secondary education's child care subsidy 63
program. 64
5. The board shall only provide funding for early 65
childhood education services or child care services to 66
providers who serve children residing in the city. 67
6. The board may accept any gift of property or moneys 68
for the use and benefit of the persons to be served through 69
the programs established and funded under this section and 70
may sell or exchange any such property so long as such sale 71
or exchange is in the best interests of the programs 72
provided under this section and the proceeds from such sale 73
or exchange are used exclusively to fund such programs. The 74
board may solicit, accept, and expend grants from private or 75
public entities and enter into agreements to effectuate such 76
grants so long as the transaction is in the best interest of 77
the programs provided by the board and the proceeds are used 78
exclusively to fund such programs. 79
7. The provisions of subsections 3 to 6 of section 80
210.861 shall not apply to revenues deposited into the early 81

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childhood education and child care fund and administered 82
pursuant to this subsection. 83
135.713. 1. Any taxpayer who makes a qualifying 1
contribution to an educational assistance organization after 2
August 28, 2021, may claim a credit against the tax 3
otherwise due under chapter 143, other than taxes withheld 4
under sections 143.191 to 143.265, and chapter 153 in an 5
amount equal to one hundred percent of the amount the 6
taxpayer contributed during the tax year for which the 7
credit is claimed. No taxpayer shall claim a credit 8
pursuant to sections 135.712 to 135.719 for any contribution 9
made by the taxpayer, or an agent of the taxpayer, on behalf 10
of the taxpayer's dependent or, in the case of a business 11
taxpayer, on behalf of the business's agent's dependent. 12
2. The amount of the tax credit claimed shall not 13
exceed fifty percent of the taxpayer's state tax liability 14
for the tax year for which the credit is claimed. The 15
[state treasurer] department of elementary and secondary 16
education shall certify the tax credit amount to the 17
taxpayer. A taxpayer may carry the credit forward to any of 18
his or her four subsequent tax years. All tax credits 19
authorized pursuant to the program shall not be transferred, 20
sold, or assigned, and are not refundable. 21
3. The cumulative amount of tax credits that may be 22
allocated to all taxpayers contributing to educational 23
assistance organizations in any one calendar year shall not 24
exceed a maximum of seventy-five million dollars. Such 25
maximum amount shall be annually adjusted by the [state 26
treasurer] department of elementary and secondary education 27
in an amount equal to the percent increase or decrease in 28
the amount of state aid distributed to school districts 29
pursuant to the provisions of section 163.031 in the current 30
fiscal year as compared to such amount in the preceding 31

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fiscal year, rounded to the nearest thousandth. The [state 32
treasurer] department of elementary and secondary education 33
shall establish a procedure by which, from the beginning of 34
the calendar year until August first, the cumulative amount 35
of tax credits shall be allocated on a first-come, first- 36
served basis among all educational assistance 37
organizations. If an educational assistance organization 38
fails to use all, or some percentage to be determined by the 39
[state treasurer] department of elementary and secondary 40
education, of its allocated tax credits during this period, 41
the [state treasurer] department of elementary and secondary 42
education may reallocate these unused tax credits to those 43
educational assistance organizations that have used all, or 44
some percentage to be determined by the [state treasurer] 45
department of elementary and secondary education, of their 46
allocated tax credits during this period. The [state 47
treasurer] department of elementary and secondary education 48
may establish more than one period and reallocate more than 49
once during each calendar year. The [state treasurer] 50
department of elementary and secondary education shall 51
establish the procedure described in this subsection in such 52
a manner as to ensure that taxpayers can claim all the tax 53
credits possible up to the cumulative amount of tax credits 54
available for the calendar year. 55
4. A taxpayer who makes a contribution to an education 56
assistance organization shall not designate the student who 57
will receive a scholarship grant. 58
5. The provisions of sections 135.712 to 135.719 and 59
sections 166.700 to 166.720 shall be effective in any fiscal 60
year immediately after any fiscal year in which the amount 61
appropriated for pupil transportation pursuant to section 62
163.161 equals or exceeds forty percent of the projected 63
amount necessary to fully fund transportation aid funding 64

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for fiscal year 2021. If the amount appropriated for 65
transportation pursuant to section 163.161 in any succeeding 66
year falls below such amount, no additional scholarships for 67
newly qualified students shall be awarded. 68
135.714. 1. Each educational assistance organization 1
shall: 2
(1) Notify the [state treasurer] department of 3
elementary and secondary education of such organization's 4
intent to provide scholarship accounts to qualified students; 5
(2) Demonstrate to the [state treasurer] department of 6
elementary and secondary education that such organization is 7
exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(c)(3) of 8
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended; 9
(3) Provide a [state treasurer-approved] receipt 10
approved by the department of elementary and secondary 11
education to taxpayers for contributions made to the 12
organization; 13
(4) Ensure that grants are distributed to scholarship 14
accounts of qualified students in the following order: 15
(a) Qualified students who received a scholarship 16
grant in the previous school year; 17
(b) Qualified students who are siblings of qualified 18
students who will receive a scholarship grant in the current 19
school year; 20
(c) Qualified students that have an approved 21
"individualized education plan" (IEP) developed under the 22
federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), 23
20 U.S.C. Section 1400, et seq., as amended, or who have 24
been diagnosed with dyslexia, as the term "dyslexia" is 25
defined in section 633.420; 26
(d) Qualified students who are eligible for free lunch 27
as approved by the department of elementary and secondary 28
education in accordance with federal regulations and who 29

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reside in an unaccredited or provisionally accredited school 30
district; 31
(e) Qualified students who are eligible for reduced 32
price lunch as approved by the department of elementary and 33
secondary education in accordance with federal regulations 34
and who reside in an unaccredited or provisionally 35
accredited school district; 36
(f) Qualified students who are eligible for free lunch 37
as approved by the department of elementary and secondary 38
education in accordance with federal regulations; 39
(g) Qualified students who are eligible for reduced 40
price lunch as approved by the department of elementary and 41
secondary education in accordance with federal regulations; 42
(h) Qualified students who are active duty military 43
dependents who have relocated to Missouri and are enrolling 44
in a school in the state for the first time; and 45
(i) All other qualified students; 46
(5) Ensure that: 47
(a) One hundred percent of such organization's 48
revenues from interest or investments is spent on 49
scholarship accounts; 50
(b) At least ninety percent of such organization's 51
revenues from qualifying contributions is spent on 52
scholarship accounts; and 53
(c) [Marketing and] Administrative expenses do not 54
exceed the following limits of such organization's remaining 55
revenue from contributions: 56
a. Ten percent for the first two hundred fifty 57
thousand dollars; 58
b. Eight percent for the next five hundred thousand 59
dollars; and 60
c. Three percent thereafter; 61

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(6) (a) Distribute scholarship account payments 62
either four times per year or in a single lump sum at the 63
beginning of the year as requested by the parent of a 64
qualified student, based on the state adequacy target as 65
defined in section 163.011 and calculated by the department 66
of elementary and secondary education, subject to the 67
following total grant amount limits: 68
a. For a qualified student who meets the criteria to 69
be included in a school district's limited English 70
proficiency pupil count as set forth in subdivision (8) of 71
section 163.011, not more than one hundred sixty percent of 72
the state adequacy target; 73
b. For a qualified student who is eligible for free or 74
reduced price lunch as approved by the department of 75
elementary and secondary education in accordance with 76
federal regulations, not more than one hundred twenty-five 77
percent of the state adequacy target; 78
c. For a qualified student who has an approved 79
individualized education plan developed under the federal 80
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), 20 81
U.S.C. Section 1400, et seq., as amended, not more than one 82
hundred seventy-five percent of the state adequacy target; 83
and 84
d. For all other qualified students, not more than the 85
state adequacy target; 86
(b) Scholarship account payments distributed under 87
this subdivision shall be in the form of a deposit into the 88
scholarship account of the qualified student; 89
(7) Provide the [state treasurer] department of 90
elementary and secondary education, upon request, with 91
criminal background checks on all such organization's 92
employees and board members and exclude from employment or 93

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governance any individual who might reasonably pose a risk 94
to the appropriate use of contributed funds; 95
(8) Demonstrate such organization's financial 96
accountability by: 97
(a) Submitting to the [state treasurer] department of 98
elementary and secondary education annual audit financial 99
statements by a certified public accountant within six 100
months of the end of the educational assistance 101
organization's fiscal year; and 102
(b) Having [an] the state auditor certify that the 103
report is free of material misstatements; and 104
(9) Ensure that participating students take the state 105
achievement tests or nationally norm-referenced tests that 106
measure learning gains in math and English language arts, 107
and provide for value-added assessment, in grades that 108
require testing under the statewide assessment system set 109
forth in section 160.518; 110
(10) Allow costs of the testing requirements to be 111
covered by the scholarships distributed by the educational 112
assistance organization; 113
(11) Provide the parents of each student who was 114
tested with a copy of the results of the tests on an annual 115
basis, beginning with the first year of testing; 116
(12) Provide the test results to [the state treasurer 117
,] the department of elementary and secondary education[, 118
and the board established in section 135.715 ]on an annual 119
basis, beginning with the first year of testing; 120
(13) Report student information that would allow [the 121
state treasurer,] the department of elementary and secondary 122
education[, and the board established in section 135.715] to 123
aggregate data by grade level, gender, family income level, 124
and race; 125

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(14) Provide rates of high school graduation, college 126
attendance, and college graduation for participating 127
students to the [state treasurer, the] department of 128
elementary and secondary education[, and the board 129
established in section 135.715] in a manner consistent with 130
nationally recognized standards; 131
(15) Provide to the [state treasurer, the] department 132
of elementary and secondary education[, and the board 133
established in section 135.715] the results from an annual 134
parental satisfaction survey, including information about 135
the number of years that the parent's child has participated 136
in the scholarship program. The annual satisfaction survey 137
shall ask parents of scholarship students to express: 138
(a) Their level of satisfaction with the child's 139
academic achievement, including academic achievement at the 140
schools the child attends through the scholarship program 141
versus academic achievement at the school previously 142
attended; 143
(b) Their level of satisfaction with school safety at 144
the schools the child attends through the scholarship 145
program versus safety at the schools previously attended; 146
(16) Demonstrate such organization's financial 147
viability, if such organization is to receive donations of 148
fifty thousand dollars or more during the school year, by 149
filing with the [state treasurer] department of elementary 150
and secondary education before the start of the school year 151
a surety bond payable to the state in an amount equal to the 152
aggregate amount of contributions expected to be received 153
during the school year or other financial information that 154
demonstrates the financial viability of the educational 155
assistance organization. 156
2. The annual audit required under this section shall 157
include: 158

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(1) The name and address of the educational assistance 159
organization; 160
(2) The name and address of each qualified student for 161
whom a parent opened a scholarship account with the 162
organization; 163
(3) The total number and total dollar amount of 164
contributions received during the previous calendar year; and 165
(4) The total number and total dollar amount of 166
scholarship accounts opened during the previous calendar 167
year. 168
3. The [state treasurer] department of elementary and 169
secondary education shall: 170
(1) Ensure compliance with all student privacy laws 171
for data in the [state treasurer's] department's possession; 172
(2) Collect all test results; 173
(3) Provide the test results and associated learning 174
gains to the public via a state website after the third year 175
of test and test-related data collection. The findings 176
shall be aggregated by the students' grade level, gender, 177
family income level, number of years of participation in the 178
scholarship program, and race; and 179
(4) Provide graduation rates to the public via a state 180
website after the third year of test and test-related data 181
collection. 182
4. The [state treasurer] department of elementary and 183
secondary education shall cause the following information to 184
be posted on the [state treasurer's] department's website 185
annually, provided that no personally identifiable 186
information of any student is released: 187
(1) The number of students who have been awarded a 188
scholarship to date and the number of students who have been 189
awarded a scholarship in the current school year; 190

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(2) The number of scholarship recipients enrolled in 191
each qualified school, along with the number of recipients 192
who qualify for free and reduced price lunch and the number 193
of recipients who receive special education services and the 194
type of special education services received. Such 195
information shall be broken down by school year and the 196
total to date; 197
(3) The total number of scholarship recipients who are 198
eligible for free and reduced price lunch as approved by the 199
department of elementary and secondary education in 200
accordance with federal guidelines, broken down by school 201
year and the total to date; 202
(4) The total number of scholarship recipients who 203
have an individualized education plan (IEP) developed under 204
the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 20 205
U.S.C. Section 1400, et seq., as amended, broken down by 206
school year and the total to date; 207
(5) The number of scholarship recipients who have 208
received a grant from each educational assistance 209
organization, broken down by school year and the total to 210
date; 211
(6) The student test scores required to be posted 212
online pursuant to subdivision (3) of subsection 3 of this 213
section; 214
(7) The results of the parent satisfaction survey 215
required annually pursuant to subdivision (15) of subsection 216
1 of this section; 217
(8) The average dollar amount of a scholarship grant 218
for all students who participate in the program; 219
(9) The average dollar amount of a scholarship grant 220
for all students who participate in the program and who have 221
an IEP; 222

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(10) The average duration of a student's participation 223
in the program; 224
(11) The number of students who are in their first 225
year of participation in the program; 226
(12) A list of the educational assistance 227
organizations that make contributions to the empowerment 228
scholarship accounts of students enrolled in each qualified 229
school; and 230
(13) The total amount of money that has been remitted 231
from qualified students' empowerment scholarship accounts to 232
each qualified school, broken down by school year and the 233
total aggregate amount. 234
5. An educational assistance organization may contract 235
with private financial management firms to manage 236
scholarship accounts with the supervision of the [state 237
treasurer] department of elementary and secondary education, 238
provided that all laws and regulations that apply to 239
employees of such educational assistance organization shall 240
also apply to the actions of any employees of the management 241
firm while they are conducting work relating to the direct 242
decision-making of the operation of such educational 243
assistance organization. 244
6. The program shall not be marketed, advertised, 245
promoted, or otherwise publicized by the department of 246
elementary and secondary education except to the extent 247
strictly necessary for the routine administration of the 248
program and not for promotion or outreach. 249
135.715. 1. The cumulative amount of tax credits that 1
may be allocated to all taxpayers contributing to 2
educational assistance organizations in the first year of 3
the program shall not exceed twenty-five million dollars. 4
2. The [state treasurer] department of elementary and 5
secondary education shall limit the number of educational 6

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assistance organizations that are certified to administer 7
scholarship accounts to no more than ten such organizations 8
in any single school year. If the total contributions to 9
educational assistance organizations exceed twenty-five 10
million dollars in any school year, the [state treasurer] 11
department of elementary and secondary education may certify 12
one additional educational assistance organization to 13
administer scholarship accounts. No more than seven of such 14
organizations shall have their principal place of business 15
in: 16
(1) A county of the first classification with more 17
than two hundred sixty thousand but fewer than three hundred 18
thousand inhabitants; 19
(2) A county with a charter form of government and 20
with more than six hundred thousand but fewer than seven 21
hundred thousand inhabitants; 22
(3) A county with a charter form of government and 23
with more than three hundred thousand but fewer than four 24
hundred fifty thousand inhabitants; 25
(4) A county with a charter form of government and 26
with more than nine hundred fifty thousand inhabitants; or 27
(5) A city not within a county. 28
3. [The state treasurer may delegate any duties 29
assigned to the state treasurer under sections 135.712 to 30
135.719 and sections 166.700 to 166.720 to the "Missouri 31
Empowerment Scholarship Accounts Board", which is hereby 32
established. The Missouri empowerment scholarship accounts 33
board shall consist of the state treasurer, who shall serve 34
as chair, the commissioner of the department of higher 35
education and workforce development, the commissioner of 36
education, one member appointed by the president pro tempore 37
of the senate, one member appointed by the speaker of the 38
house of representatives, one member appointed by the 39

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governor with the advice and consent of the senate, and one 40
member appointed by the six aforementioned board members who 41
is an employee of an educational assistance organization and 42
whose responsibilities are directly related to such 43
organization's involvement in the empowerment scholarship 44
accounts program. The appointed members shall serve terms 45
of four years or until their successors have been appointed 46
and qualified. The board shall have all powers and duties 47
assigned to the state treasurer under sections 135.712 to 48
135.719 and sections 166.700 to 166.720 that are delegated 49
to the board by the state treasurer. The board shall assist 50
the state treasurer with data collection, collaboration with 51
the department of elementary and secondary education, making 52
recommendations to the state treasurer regarding the 53
promulgation of rules concerning the program. Members of 54
the board shall not receive compensation for their service, 55
but may receive reimbursement for necessary expenses. 56
4. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 7 of 57
section 135.716 to the contrary,] Four percent of the total 58
qualifying contributions received by each educational 59
assistance organization per calendar year shall be deposited 60
in the Missouri empowerment scholarship accounts fund to be 61
used by the [state treasurer] department of elementary and 62
secondary education for [marketing and] actual 63
administrative expenses or the costs incurred in 64
administering the program, whichever is less. The 65
department of elementary and secondary education shall 66
establish procedures to ensure the percentage of funds for 67
administration of the program is directed to the department 68
in a timely manner with the necessary information to verify 69
the correct amount has been transmitted. 70
[5.] 4. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision 71
(5) of subsection 2 of section 135.712 to the contrary, the 72

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term "qualifying contribution" shall mean a donation of 73
cash, including, but not limited to, checks drawn on a 74
banking institution located in the continental United States 75
in U.S. dollars (other than cashier checks, or third-party 76
checks exceeding ten thousand dollars), money orders, 77
payroll deductions, and electronic fund transfers. This 78
term shall not include stocks, bonds, other marketable 79
securities, or property. 80
135.716. 1. The [state treasurer] department of 1
elementary and secondary education shall provide a 2
standardized format for a receipt to be issued by an 3
educational assistance organization to a taxpayer to 4
indicate the value of a contribution received. The 5
department of revenue shall require a taxpayer to provide a 6
copy of this receipt if claiming the tax credit authorized 7
by the program. 8
2. The [state treasurer] department of elementary and 9
secondary education shall provide a standardized format for 10
educational assistance organizations to report the 11
information required in subsection 1 of this section. 12
3. The [state treasurer] department of elementary and 13
secondary education or state auditor may conduct an 14
investigation if the [state treasurer] department of 15
elementary and secondary education possesses evidence of 16
fraud committed by the educational assistance organization. 17
4. The [state treasurer] department of elementary and 18
secondary education may bar an educational assistance 19
organization from participating in the program if the [state 20
treasurer] department establishes that the educational 21
assistance organization has intentionally and substantially 22
failed to comply with the requirements of section 135.714. 23
If the [state treasurer] department bars an educational 24
assistance organization from the program under this 25

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subsection, the organization shall notify affected qualified 26
students and their parents of the decision as soon as 27
possible after the decision is made. 28
5. The state treasurer shall issue a report on the 29
state of the program five years after it goes into effect. 30
The report shall include, but is not limited to: 31
(1) Information regarding the finances of the 32
educational assistance organizations; and 33
(2) Educational outcomes of qualified students. 34
6. (1) There is hereby created in the state treasury 35
the "Missouri Empowerment Scholarship Accounts Fund", which 36
shall consist of moneys collected under this section. The 37
state treasurer shall be custodian of the fund. In 38
accordance with sections 30.170 and 30.180, the state 39
treasurer may approve disbursements. The fund shall be a 40
dedicated fund, and moneys in the fund shall be used solely 41
by the [state treasurer] department of elementary and 42
secondary education for the purposes of sections 135.712 to 43
135.719. 44
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 33.080 45
to the contrary, any moneys remaining in the fund at the end 46
of the biennium shall not revert to the credit of the 47
general revenue fund. 48
(3) The state treasurer shall invest moneys in the 49
fund in the same manner as other funds are invested. Any 50
interest and moneys earned on such investments shall be 51
credited to the fund. 52
[7. Two percent of the total qualifying contributions 53
received by each educational assistance organization per 54
calendar year shall be deposited in the Missouri empowerment 55
scholarship accounts fund to be used by the state treasurer 56
for marketing and administrative expenses or the costs 57
incurred in administering the program, whichever is less. 58

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The state treasurer shall establish procedures to ensure 59
the percentage of funds for administration of the program is 60
directed to the state treasurer in a timely manner with the 61
necessary information to verify the correct amount has been 62
transmitted.] 63
135.719. 1. The [state treasurer] department of 1
elementary and secondary education and the department of 2
revenue may promulgate rules to implement the provisions of 3
sections 135.712 to 135.719. Any rules in effect on July 1, 4
2027, shall remain in effect until repealed or modified by 5
the department of elementary and secondary education or the 6
department of revenue. Any rule or portion of a rule, as 7
that term is defined in section 536.010, that is created 8
under the authority delegated in this section shall become 9
effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of 10
the provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 11
536.028. This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and 12
if any of the powers vested with the general assembly 13
pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective 14
date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently 15
held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking 16
authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 17
2021, shall be invalid and void. 18
2. The provisions of section 23.253 of the Missouri 19
sunset act shall not apply to sections 135.712 to 135.719. 20
160.575. 1. The department of elementary and 1
secondary education shall develop a "ready to work" 2
endorsement program that enables high schools to endorse a 3
certificate for students who meet certain standards that 4
demonstrate that such students are deemed ready to work. 5
The program shall be available no later than June 30, 2007. 6
2. The program shall include, but not be limited to, 7
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(1) Voluntary participation by high school seniors who 9
choose to participate; 10
(2) Academic components; 11
(3) Work readiness components; 12
(4) Assessment tools and techniques for a third-party, 13
independent, and objective assessment and endorsement of 14
individual student achievement through an existing workforce 15
investment service delivery system; and 16
(5) An easily identifiable guarantee to potential 17
employers that the entry-level employee is ready to work. 18
3. In developing such standards, the department shall 19
involve representatives of the [division] office of 20
workforce development, employers, students, career center 21
providers, local workforce investment boards, and school 22
district personnel. 23
161.106. 1. The department of elementary and 1
secondary education shall provide staffing support including 2
but not limited to statewide coordination for career and 3
technical student organizations' (CTSO) activities that are 4
an integral part of the instructional educational curriculum 5
for [career and technical education programs approved by the 6
department] department-approved CTSOs. Such [career and 7
technical organizations] CTSOs shall [include, but not be 8
limited to,] be the nationally recognized organizations of 9
DECA, FBLA, FFA, FCCLA, HOSA, PAS, SkillsUSA, and TSA. Any 10
other CTSO that meets the criteria defined by the department 11
of elementary and secondary education may be provided 12
staffing support subject to appropriation. Any CTSO 13
receiving staffing support under this subsection shall be an 14
agency of the state for purposes of sections 105.711 to 15
105.726 and 105.1070 to 105.1079. 16
2. The department of elementary and secondary 17
education shall handle the funds from the career and 18

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technical student organizations, with department personnel 19
maintaining responsibility for the receipt and disbursement 20
of funds. The department may ensure accountability and 21
transparency by requiring the career and technical student 22
organizations to provide sworn affidavits annually by 23
personnel in the organization who are responsible for such 24
funds as to the proper receipt and disbursement of such 25
funds. 26
162.261. 1. The government and control of a seven- 1
director school district, other than an urban district, is 2
vested in a board of education of seven members, who hold 3
their office for three years, except as provided in sections 4
162.241 and 162.563, and until their successors are duly 5
elected and qualified. Any vacancy occurring in the board 6
shall be filled by the remaining members of the board; 7
except that if there are more than two vacancies at any one 8
time, the county commission upon receiving written notice of 9
the vacancies shall fill the vacancies by appointment. If 10
there are more than two vacancies at any one time in a 11
county without a county commission, the county executive 12
upon receiving written notice of the vacancies shall fill 13
the vacancies, with the advice and consent of the county 14
council, by appointment. The person appointed shall hold 15
office until the next municipal election, when a director 16
shall be elected for the unexpired term. 17
2. No seven-director, urban, or metropolitan school 18
district board of education shall hire a spouse of any 19
member of such board for a vacant or newly created position 20
unless the position has been advertised pursuant to board 21
policy and the superintendent of schools submits a written 22
recommendation for the employment of the spouse to the board 23
of education. The names of all applicants as well as the 24

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name of the applicant hired for the position shall be 25
included in the board minutes. 26
3. The provisions of Article VII, Section 6 of the 27
Missouri Constitution apply to school districts. 28
4. Any school board member of a seven-director, urban, 29
or metropolitan school district in this state who by virtue 30
of office willfully and intentionally awards a contract for 31
goods or services to any relative within the third degree, 32
by consanguinity or affinity, may be subject to a fine of 33
five thousand dollars or ouster from office. The attorney 34
general or prosecuting or circuit attorney may bring a cause 35
of action in a court with proper jurisdiction to enforce 36
this subsection. 37
162.720. 1. (1) This subdivision shall apply to all 1
school years ending before July 1, 2024. Where a sufficient 2
number of children are identified as gifted and their 3
development requires programs or services beyond the level 4
of those ordinarily provided in regular public school 5
programs, districts may establish special programs for such 6
gifted children. 7
(2) For school year 2024-25 and all subsequent school 8
years, if three percent or more of students enrolled in a 9
school district are identified as gifted and their 10
development requires programs or services beyond the level 11
of those ordinarily provided in regular public school 12
programs, the district shall establish a state-approved 13
gifted program for gifted children. 14
2. For school year 2024-25 and all subsequent school 15
years, any teacher providing gifted services to students in 16
districts with an average daily attendance of more than 17
three hundred fifty students shall be certificated in gifted 18
education. In districts with an average daily attendance of 19
three hundred fifty students or fewer, any teacher providing 20

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gifted services shall not be required to be certificated to 21
teach gifted education but such teacher shall annually 22
participate in at least six clock hours of professional 23
development focused on gifted services. The school district 24
shall pay for such professional development focused on 25
gifted services. 26
3. The state board of education shall determine 27
standards for such gifted programs and gifted services. 28
Approval of gifted programs shall be made by the state 29
department of elementary and secondary education based upon 30
project applications submitted at a time and in a form 31
determined by the department of elementary and secondary 32
education. 33
4. (1) For the 2027-28 school year and all subsequent 34
school years, each school district shall provide universal 35
screenings for all students at least once before the 36
beginning of grade three for the purpose of screening for 37
gifted students. Such screenings shall: 38
(a) Provide a body of current, valid, and reliable 39
evidence from a minimum of two areas including, but not 40
limited to: 41
a. General mental ability testing; 42
b. Academic achievement; 43
c. Creativity; 44
d. Reasoning; 45
e. Problem solving; 46
f. Parent, teacher, student, or self-referrals; and 47
g. Other evidence of gifts and talents; and 48
(b) Be reviewed by a minimum of three staff members 49
trained in gifted education, administration, or assessment, 50
or a combination of such areas for a referral for formal 51
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(2) No district shall identify a child as gifted based 53
solely on the child's participation in an advanced placement 54
course or international baccalaureate course. 55
(3) Districts shall identify a child as gifted only if 56
the child meets the definition of gifted children as 57
provided in section 162.675. 58
(4) A child's failure to meet criteria on a single 59
screening or assessment tool shall not prevent further data 60
collection or consideration for gifted identification of 61
such child. 62
5. [Any district with a gifted education program 63
approved under subsection 3 of this section] For the 2026-27 64
school year and all subsequent school years, each school 65
district shall have a policy, approved by the board of 66
education of the district, that establishes a process: 67
(1) For the universal screening of students for gifted 68
program selection; 69
(2) For providing annual notification to parents and 70
guardians of such screening process; 71
(3) For identifying students for the gifted program 72
and notifying parents and guardians of the criteria the 73
district uses for the identification of students for the 74
gifted program, provided that such criteria shall be guided 75
by recommendations from the advisory council on the 76
education of gifted and talented children established under 77
section 161.249 and the standards established by the state 78
board of education; and 79
(4) That outlines the procedures and conditions under 80
which parents or guardians may request a review of the 81
decision that their child did not qualify to receive 82
services through the district's gifted education program. 83
6. School districts and school district employees 84
shall be immune from liability for any and all acts or 85

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omissions relating to the decision that a child did not 86
qualify to receive services through the district's gifted 87
education program. 88
7. The department of elementary and secondary 89
education may promulgate all necessary rules and regulations 90
for the implementation and administration of this section. 91
Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in 92
section 536.010, that is created under the authority 93
delegated in this section shall become effective only if it 94
complies with and is subject to all of the provisions of 95
chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 536.028. This 96
section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and if any of the 97
powers vested with the general assembly pursuant to chapter 98
536 to review, to delay the effective date, or to disapprove 99
and annul a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, 100
then the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed 101
or adopted after August 28, 2022, shall be invalid and void. 102
166.700. As used in sections 166.700 to 166.720, the 1
following terms mean: 2
(1) "Curriculum", a complete course of study for a 3
particular content area or grade level, including any 4
supplemental materials; 5
(2) "District", the same meaning as used in section 6
160.011; 7
(3) "Educational assistance organization", the same 8
meaning as used in section 135.712; 9
(4) "Illegal alien", any person who is not lawfully 10
present in the United States or any person who gained 11
illegal entry into the United States; 12
(5) "Parent", the same meaning as used in section 13
135.712; 14
(6) "Private school", a school that is not a part of 15
the public school system of the state of Missouri and that 16

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charges tuition for the rendering of elementary or secondary 17
educational services; 18
(7) "Program", the same meaning as used in section 19
135.712; 20
(8) "Qualified school", an FPE school or any of the 21
following entities that is incorporated in Missouri and that 22
does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, or 23
national origin: 24
(a) A charter school as defined in section 160.400; 25
(b) A private school; 26
(c) A public school as defined in section 160.011; or 27
(d) A public or private virtual school; 28
(9) "Qualified student", any elementary or secondary 29
school student who is a resident of this state, who is not 30
an illegal alien, and who: 31
(a) Has an approved "individualized education plan" 32
(IEP) developed under the federal Individuals with 33
Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), 20 U.S.C. Section 1400 et 34
seq., as amended, in accordance with rules of the state 35
board of education or with the applicable rules of another 36
state, or who has been diagnosed with dyslexia, as the term 37
"dyslexia" is defined in section 633.420, by a licensed or 38
state-certified professional who is qualified by training 39
and experience to diagnose dyslexia and who is acting within 40
such professional's lawful scope of practice; or who has 41
received a diagnosis of a disability from a physician who is 42
licensed under chapter 334, a psychologist who is licensed 43
under chapter 337, or a mental health professional as 44
defined in section 632.005, while acting within such 45
individual's lawful scope of practice; or who has received a 46
diagnosis of a disability from a physician who holds an 47
active license issued by another state or territory of the 48

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United States, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth 49
of Puerto Rico; or 50
(b) Is a member of a household whose total annual 51
income does not exceed an amount equal to three hundred 52
percent of the income standard used to qualify for free and 53
reduced price lunches, and that meets at least one of the 54
following qualifications: 55
a. Attended a public school as a full-time student for 56
at least one semester during the previous twelve months; 57
b. Is a child who is eligible to begin kindergarten or 58
first grade under sections 160.051 to 160.055; or 59
c. Is a sibling of a qualified student who received a 60
scholarship grant in the previous school year and will 61
receive a scholarship grant in the current school year. 62
166.705. 1. A parent of a qualified student may 1
establish a Missouri empowerment scholarship account for the 2
student by entering into a written agreement with an 3
educational assistance organization. The agreement shall 4
provide that: 5
(1) The qualified student shall enroll in a qualified 6
school and receive an education in at least the subjects of 7
English language arts, mathematics, social studies, and 8
science; 9
(2) Except for a qualified student who is in the 10
custody of the state, the qualified student shall not be 11
enrolled in a public school operated by, or a charter school 12
located within, the qualified student's district of 13
residence and shall release the district of residence from 14
all obligations to educate the qualified student while the 15
qualified student is enrolled in the program. This 16
subdivision shall not be construed to relieve the student's 17
district of residence from the obligation to conduct an 18
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(3) The qualified student shall receive a grant, in 20
the form of moneys deposited in accordance with section 21
135.714, in the qualified student's Missouri empowerment 22
scholarship account; 23
(4) The moneys deposited in the qualified student's 24
Missouri empowerment scholarship account shall be used only 25
for the following expenses of the qualified student: 26
(a) Tuition or fees at a qualified school; 27
(b) Textbooks required by a qualified school; 28
(c) Educational therapies or services from a licensed 29
or accredited practitioner or provider including, but not 30
limited to, licensed or accredited paraprofessionals or 31
educational aides; 32
(d) Tutoring services; 33
(e) Curriculum; 34
(f) Tuition or fees for a private virtual school; 35
(g) Fees for a nationally standardized norm-referenced 36
achievement test, advanced placement examinations, 37
international baccalaureate examinations, or any 38
examinations related to college or university admission; 39
(h) Fees for management of the Missouri empowerment 40
scholarship account by firms selected by the educational 41
assistance organization; 42
(i) Services provided by a public school including, 43
but not limited to, individual classes and extracurricular 44
programs; 45
(j) Computer hardware or other technological devices 46
that are used to help meet the qualified student's 47
educational needs and that are approved by an educational 48
assistance organization; 49
(k) Fees for summer education programs and specialized 50
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(l) Transportation costs for mileage to and from a 52
qualified school; and 53
(5) Moneys deposited in the qualified student's 54
Missouri empowerment scholarship account shall not be used 55
for the following: 56
(a) Consumable educational supplies including, but not 57
limited to, paper, pens, pencils, or markers; 58
(b) Tuition at a private school located outside of the 59
state of Missouri; and 60
(c) Payments or reimbursements to any person related 61
within the third degree of consanguinity or affinity to a 62
qualified student. 63
2. Missouri empowerment scholarship accounts are 64
renewable on an annual basis upon request of the parent of a 65
qualified student. Notwithstanding any changes to the 66
qualified student's multidisciplinary evaluation team plan, 67
a student who has previously qualified for a Missouri 68
empowerment scholarship account shall remain eligible to 69
apply for renewal until the student completes high school 70
and submits scores to the [state treasurer] department of 71
elementary and secondary education from a nationally 72
standardized norm-referenced achievement test, advanced 73
placement examination, international baccalaureate 74
examination, or any examination related to college or 75
university admission purchased with Missouri empowerment 76
scholarship account funds. 77
3. A signed agreement under this section shall satisfy 78
the compulsory school attendance requirements of section 79
167.031. 80
4. A qualified school or a provider of services 81
purchased under this section shall not share, refund, or 82
rebate any Missouri empowerment scholarship account moneys 83
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5. If a qualified student withdraws from the program 85
by enrolling in a school other than a qualified school or is 86
disqualified from the program under the provisions of 87
section 166.710, the qualified student's Missouri 88
empowerment scholarship account shall be closed and any 89
remaining funds shall be returned to the educational 90
assistance organization for redistribution to other 91
qualified students. Under such circumstances, the 92
obligation to provide an education for such student shall 93
transfer back to the student's district of residence. 94
6. Any funds remaining in a qualified student's 95
Missouri empowerment scholarship account at the end of a 96
school year shall remain in the account and shall not be 97
returned to the educational assistance organization. Any 98
funds remaining in a qualified student's Missouri 99
empowerment scholarship account upon graduation from a 100
qualified school shall be returned to the educational 101
assistance organization for redistribution to other 102
qualified students. 103
7. Moneys received under sections 166.700 to 166.720 104
shall not constitute Missouri taxable income to the parent 105
of the qualified student. 106
166.710. 1. Beginning in the [2023-24] 2027-28 school 1
year and continuing thereafter, the state [treasurer] 2
auditor shall conduct or contract for annual audits, and may 3
conduct or contract for random and quarterly audits as 4
needed, of Missouri empowerment scholarship accounts to 5
ensure compliance with the requirements of subsection 1 of 6
section 166.705. 7
2. A parent, qualified student, or vendor may be 8
disqualified from program participation if the [state 9
treasurer] commissioner of education, or the [state 10
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committed an intentional program violation consisting of any 12
misrepresentation or other act that materially violates any 13
law or rule governing the program. The [state treasurer] 14
department of elementary and secondary education may remove 15
any parent or qualified student from eligibility for a 16
Missouri empowerment scholarship account. A parent may 17
appeal the [state treasurer's] department's decision to the 18
administrative hearing commission. A parent may appeal the 19
administrative hearing commission's decision to the circuit 20
court of the county in which the student resides. 21
3. The [state treasurer] department of elementary and 22
secondary education may refer cases of substantial misuse of 23
moneys to the attorney general for investigation if the 24
[state treasurer] department of elementary and secondary 25
education obtains evidence of fraudulent use of an account. 26
4. The [state treasurer] department of elementary and 27
secondary education shall promulgate rules containing the 28
following to implement and administer the program: 29
(1) Procedures for conducting examinations of use of 30
account funds; 31
(2) Procedures for conducting random, quarterly, and 32
annual reviews of accounts; 33
(3) Creation of an online anonymous fraud reporting 34
service; 35
(4) Creation of an anonymous telephone hotline for 36
fraud reporting; and 37
(5) A surety bond requirement for educational 38
assistance organizations. 39
5. Any rules in effect on July 1, 2027, shall remain 40
in effect until repealed or modified by the department of 41
elementary and secondary education. 42
6. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is 43
defined in section 536.010, that is created under the 44

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authority delegated in this section shall become effective 45
only if it complies with and is subject to all of the 46
provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 47
536.028. This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and 48
if any of the powers vested with the general assembly 49
pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective 50
date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently 51
held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking 52
authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 53
2021, shall be invalid and void. 54
166.715. 1. A person commits a class A misdemeanor if 1
the person is found to have knowingly used moneys granted 2
under section 135.714 for purposes other than those provided 3
for in sections 166.700 to 166.720. 4
2. No financial institution shall be liable in any 5
civil action for providing a scholarship account's financial 6
information to the [state treasurer] department of 7
elementary and secondary education unless the information 8
provided is false and the financial institution providing 9
the false information does so knowingly and with malice. 10
[620.484.] 173.2565. The provisions of the Wagner- 1
Peyser Act (29 U.S.C.A. Sec. 49 et seq.), as amended, are 2
hereby accepted by this state and the [division] office of 3
workforce development of the department of [economic] higher 4
education and workforce development is hereby designated and 5
constituted the agency of this state for the purposes of 6
said act. The [division] office shall establish and 7
maintain free public employment offices in such number and 8
in such places as may be necessary for the proper 9
administration of this chapter and for the purposes of 10
performing such functions as are within the purview of the 11
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[620.490.] 173.2566. The department of [economic] 1
higher education and workforce development shall promulgate 2
rules providing for the coordination of state and federal 3
job training resources administered by the department of 4
[economic] higher education and workforce development, 5
including the local workforce investment areas established 6
in the state to administer federal funds pursuant to the 7
federal Workforce [Investment] Innovation and Opportunity 8
Act (WIOA), Pub. L. 113-128, as amended, or its successor, 9
for the provision of assistance to businesses in this state 10
relating to the creation of new jobs in the state. The 11
department shall include in these rules the methods to be 12
followed by any business engaged in the creation of new jobs 13
in state to ensure that economically disadvantaged citizens 14
receive opportunities for employment in the new jobs 15
created. No rule or portion of a rule promulgated pursuant 16
to the authority of this section shall become effective 17
unless it has been promulgated pursuant to the provisions of 18
section 536.024. 19
[620.511.] 173.2570. 1. There is hereby established 1
the "Missouri Workforce Development Board", formerly known 2
as the Missouri workforce investment board, and hereinafter 3
referred to as "the board" in sections [620.511 to 620.513] 4
173.2570 to 173.2572. 5
2. The purpose of the board is to provide workforce 6
investment activities, through statewide and local workforce 7
investment systems, that increase the employment, retention, 8
and earnings of participants, and increase occupational 9
skill attainment by participants, and, as a result, improve 10
the quality of the workforce, reduce welfare dependency, and 11
enhance the productivity and competitiveness of the state of 12
Missouri. The board shall be the state's advisory board 13
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3. The board shall meet the requirements of the 15
federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, 16
hereinafter referred to as the "WIOA", P.L. 113-128, as 17
amended. Should another federal law supplant the WIOA, all 18
references in sections [620.511 to 620.513] 173.2570 to 19
173.2572 to the WIOA shall apply as well to the new federal 20
law. 21
4. Composition of the board shall comply with the 22
WIOA. Board members appointed by the governor shall be 23
subject to the advice and consent of the senate. Consistent 24
with the requirements of the WIOA, the governor shall 25
designate one member of the board to be its chairperson. 26
5. Each member of the board shall serve for a term of 27
four years, subject to the pleasure of the governor, and 28
until a successor is duly appointed. In the event of a 29
vacancy on the board, the vacancy shall be filled in the 30
same manner as the original appointment and said replacement 31
shall serve the remainder of the original appointee's 32
unexpired term. 33
6. Of the members initially appointed to the WIOA, 34
formerly known as the WIA, board, one-fourth shall be 35
appointed for a term of four years, one-fourth shall be 36
appointed for a term of three years, one-fourth shall be 37
appointed for a term of two years, and one-fourth shall be 38
appointed for a term of one year. 39
7. WIOA board members shall receive no compensation, 40
but shall be reimbursed for all necessary expenses actually 41
incurred in the performance of their duties. 42
8. The department may include on its website a list of 43
the names of the members of the board, including the names 44
of members of local workforce development boards, along with 45
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[620.512.] 173.2571. 1. The board shall establish 1
bylaws governing its organization, operation, and procedure 2
consistent with sections [620.511 to 620.513] 173.2570 to 3
173.2572, and consistent with the WIOA. 4
2. The board shall meet at least four times each year 5
at the call of the chairperson. 6
3. In order to assure objective management and 7
oversight, the board shall not operate programs or provide 8
services directly to eligible participants, but shall exist 9
solely to plan, coordinate, and monitor the provisions of 10
such programs and services. A member of the board may not 11
vote on a matter under consideration by the board that 12
regards the provision of services by the member or by an 13
entity that the member represents or would provide direct 14
financial benefit to the member or the immediate family of 15
the member. A member of the board may not engage in any 16
other activity determined by the governor to constitute a 17
conflict of interest. 18
4. The composition and the roles and responsibilities 19
of the board membership may be amended to comply with any 20
succeeding federal or state legislative or regulatory 21
requirements governing workforce investment activities, 22
except that the procedure for such change shall be outlined 23
in state rules and regulations and adopted in the bylaws of 24
the board. 25
5. The department of [economic] higher education and 26
workforce development, office of workforce development, 27
shall provide professional, technical, and clerical staff 28
for the board. 29
6. The board may promulgate any rules and regulations 30
necessary to administer the provisions of sections [620.511 31
to 620.513] 173.2570 to 173.2572. Any rule or portion of a 32
rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, that is 33

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created under the authority delegated in this section shall 34
become effective only if it complies with and is subject to 35
all of the provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, 36
section 536.028. This section and chapter 536 are 37
nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the 38
general assembly pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay 39
the effective date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are 40
subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of 41
rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted after 42
August 28, 2007, shall be invalid and void. 43
[620.513.] 173.2572. 1. The board shall assist the 1
governor with the functions described in Section 101(d) of 2
the WIOA, 29 U.S.C. Section [311d] 3111(d), and any 3
regulations issued pursuant to the WIOA. 4
2. The board shall submit an annual report of its 5
activities to the governor, the speaker of the house of 6
representatives, and the president pro tem of the senate no 7
later than January thirty-first of each year. 8
3. Nothing in sections [620.511 to 620.513] 173.2570 9
to 173.2572 shall be construed to require or allow the board 10
to assume or supersede the statutory authority granted to, 11
or impose any duties or requirements on, the state 12
coordinating board for higher education, the governing 13
boards of the state's public colleges and universities, the 14
state board of education, or any local educational agencies. 15
174.300. 1. Prior to October 17, 1978, the governor 1
shall, with the advice and consent of the senate, appoint a 2
six-member board of regents to assume the general control 3
and management of Harris-Stowe College. The members of the 4
board shall serve for terms of six years each, except for 5
the members first appointed, two of whom shall serve two- 6
year terms, two of whom shall serve four-year terms, and two 7
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the regents shall be affiliated with any one political party 9
or reside in the city in which the institution's principal 10
administrative office is located. 11
2. On and after August 28, 2005, Harris-Stowe State 12
College shall be known as Harris-Stowe State University, and 13
the provisions contained in subsection 1 of this section 14
shall continue to apply to the institution. 15
174.332. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 1
174.050 to the contrary, the board of regents of Northwest 2
Missouri State University shall be composed of nine members, 3
eight of whom shall be voting members and one who shall be a 4
nonvoting member. Not more than four voting members shall 5
belong to any one political party[. Not more than two 6
voting members shall be residents of the same county. The 7
appointed members of the board serving on August 28, 2008, 8
shall continue to serve until the expiration of the terms 9
for which the appointed members were appointed and until 10
such time a successor is duly appointed. 11
2. The board of regents shall be appointed as follows: 12
(1) Six voting members shall be residents of the 13
university's historic statutory service region, provided at 14
least one member shall be a resident of Nodaway County. For 15
the sole purpose of determining the composition of the board 16
of regents, the university's historic statutory service 17
region shall consist of the counties of Atchison, Andrew, 18
Caldwell, Carroll, Clay, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry, 19
Grundy, Harrison, Holt, Livingston, Mercer, Nodaway, Ray, 20
and Worth; 21
(2) Two voting members shall be residents of a county 22
in the state that is outside the university's historic 23
statutory service region, as described in subdivision (1) of 24
this subsection, provided these two members shall not be 25
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(3)] or reside in the county in which the institution's 27
principal administrative office is located. One nonvoting 28
member shall be a full-time student of the university, a 29
United States citizen, and a resident of Missouri. 30
[3.] 2. A majority of the voting members of the board 31
shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business; 32
however, no appropriation of money nor any contract that 33
shall require any appropriation or disbursement of money 34
shall be made, nor teacher employed or dismissed, unless a 35
majority of the voting members of the board vote for the 36
same. 37
[4.] 3. Except as specifically provided in this 38
section, the appointments and terms of office for the voting 39
and nonvoting members of the board, and all other duties and 40
responsibilities of the board, shall comply with the 41
provisions of state law regarding boards of regents. 42
174.450. 1. Except as provided in subsections 2, [6] 1
3, and [7] 4 of this section, the governing board of the 2
University of Central Missouri, Missouri State University, 3
Missouri Southern State University, Missouri Western State 4
University, and of each other public institution of higher 5
education which, through the procedures established in 6
subdivision (8) or (9) of section 173.030, is charged with a 7
statewide mission shall be a board of governors consisting 8
of eight members, composed of seven voting members and one 9
nonvoting member as provided in sections 174.453 and 10
174.455, who shall be appointed by the governor of Missouri, 11
by and with the advice and consent of the senate. No person 12
shall be appointed a voting member who is not a citizen of 13
the United States and who has not been a resident of the 14
state of Missouri for at least two years immediately prior 15
to such appointment. Not more than four voting members 16
shall belong to any one political party. The appointed 17

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members of the board of regents serving on the date of the 18
statutory mission change shall become members of the board 19
of governors on the effective date of the statutory mission 20
change and serve until the expiration of the terms for which 21
such members were appointed. The board of regents of any 22
such institution shall be abolished on the effective date of 23
the statutory mission change, as prescribed in subdivision 24
(8) or (9) of section 173.030. 25
2. The governing board of Missouri State University, a 26
public institution of higher education charged with a 27
statewide mission in public affairs, shall be a board of 28
governors of ten members, composed of nine voting members 29
and one nonvoting member, who shall be appointed by the 30
governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate. 31
The nonvoting member shall be a student selected in the same 32
manner as prescribed in section 174.055. [At least one but 33
no more than two voting members shall be appointed to the 34
board from each congressional district, and] Of the nine 35
voting members appointed to the board, no fewer than seven 36
members shall each be residents of different congressional 37
districts of this state; provided that no more than one 38
member shall be appointed from any one congressional 39
district. In addition to the seven members appointed to 40
represent different congressional districts, two members 41
shall be appointed at-large and shall not be required to 42
reside in a congressional district not otherwise represented 43
on the board. Every member of the board shall be a citizen 44
of the United States, and a resident of this state for at 45
least two years prior to the member's appointment. No more 46
than five voting members shall belong to any one political 47
party. The term of office of the governors shall be six 48
years, except as provided in this subsection. The term of 49

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office for those appointed hereafter shall end January first 50
in years ending in an odd number. 51
3. [If a voting member of the board of governors of 52
Missouri State University is found by unanimous vote of the 53
other governors to have moved such governor's residence from 54
the district from which such governor was appointed, then 55
the office of such governor shall be forfeited and 56
considered vacant. 57
4. Should the total number of Missouri congressional 58
districts be altered, all members of the board of governors 59
of Missouri State University shall be allowed to serve the 60
remainder of the term for which such members were appointed. 61
5. Should the boundaries of any congressional 62
districts be altered in a manner that displaces a member of 63
the board of governors of Missouri State University from the 64
congressional district from which the member was appointed, 65
the member shall be allowed to serve the remainder of the 66
term for which the member was appointed. 67
6.] The governing board of Missouri Southern State 68
University shall be a board of governors consisting of nine 69
members, composed of eight voting members and one nonvoting 70
member as provided in sections 174.453 and 174.455, who 71
shall be appointed by the governor of Missouri, by and with 72
the advice and consent of the senate. No person shall be 73
appointed a voting member who is not a citizen of the United 74
States and who has not been a resident of the state of 75
Missouri for at least two years immediately prior to such 76
appointment. Not more than four voting members shall belong 77
to any one political party or reside in the county in which 78
the institution's principal administrative office is located. 79
[7.] 4. The governing board of Northwest Missouri 80
State University shall be a board of regents as provided in 81
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5. Not more than three voting members of the governing 83
board of the University of Central Missouri shall reside in 84
the county in which the institution's principal 85
administrative office is located. 86
174.453. 1. Except as provided in section 174.450 and 1
in [subsection] subsections 4, 5, and 6 of this section, the 2
board of governors shall be appointed as follows: 3
(1) Five voting members shall be selected from the 4
counties comprising the institution's historic statutory 5
service region as described in section 174.010, except that 6
no more than two members shall be appointed from any one 7
county with a population of less than two hundred thousand 8
inhabitants; 9
(2) Two voting members shall be selected from any of 10
the counties in the state which are outside of the 11
institution's historic service region; and 12
(3) One nonvoting member who is a student shall be 13
selected in the same manner as prescribed in section 174.055. 14
2. The term of service of the governors shall be as 15
follows: 16
(1) The voting members shall be appointed for terms of 17
six years; and 18
(2) The nonvoting student member shall serve a two- 19
year term. 20
3. Members of any board of governors selected pursuant 21
to this section and in office on May 13, 1999, shall serve 22
the remainder of their unexpired terms. 23
4. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 1 of 24
this section, the board of governors of Missouri Southern 25
State University shall be appointed as follows: 26
(1) [Six voting members shall be selected from any of 27
the following counties: Barton, Jasper, Newton, McDonald, 28

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Dade, Lawrence, and Barry provided that no more than three 29
of these six members shall be appointed from any one county; 30
(2) Two voting members shall be selected from any of 31
the counties in the state which are outside of the counties 32
articulated in subdivision (1) of this subsection; 33
(3)] Not more than four voting members shall be 34
selected who reside in the county in which the institution's 35
principal administrative office is located; and 36
(2) One nonvoting member who is a student shall be 37
selected in the same manner as prescribed in section 38
174.055[; and 39
(4) The provisions of subdivisions (1) and (2) of this 40
subsection shall only apply to board members first appointed 41
after August 28, 2004]. 42
5. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 1 of 43
this section, the board of governors of Missouri Western 44
State University shall be composed of eight members 45
appointed as follows: 46
(1) Five voting members shall be selected from any of 47
the following counties: Buchanan, Platte, Clinton, Andrew, 48
and DeKalb; 49
(2) One nonvoting member who is a student shall be 50
selected in the same manner as prescribed in section 51
174.055; and 52
(3) The provisions of subdivisions (1) and (2) of this 53
subsection shall only apply to board members first appointed 54
after August 28, 2005. 55
6. [(1)] Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 56
1 of this section to the contrary, the board of governors of 57
Southeast Missouri State University shall be appointed as 58
follows: 59

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[(a) Two voting members shall be selected from any of 60
the following counties: Butler, Dunklin, Mississippi, New 61
Madrid, Pemiscot, Scott, or Stoddard; 62
(b) Two voting members shall be selected from any of 63
the following counties: Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Madison, 64
Perry, Ste. Genevieve, or St. Francois; 65
(c) Two voting members shall be selected from any of 66
the following counties or areas: Franklin, Jefferson, 67
Lincoln, St. Charles, St. Louis, St. Louis City, or Warren; 68
(d) One voting member shall be selected from one of 69
the counties in the state; and 70
(e)] (1) Seven voting members shall be selected, not 71
more than three of whom shall reside in the county in which 72
the institution's principal administrative office is 73
located; and 74
(2) One nonvoting member who is a student shall be 75
selected in the same manner as provided in section 174.055. 76
[(2) The provisions of paragraphs (a) to (c) of 77
subdivision (1) of this subsection shall only apply to board 78
members first appointed after August 28, 2021.] 79
174.610. The governing board of the Truman State 1
University shall be a board of governors consisting of ten 2
members, composed of seven voting members and three 3
nonvoting members as provided in section 174.620, who shall 4
be appointed by the governor of Missouri, by and with the 5
advice and consent of the senate. No person shall be 6
appointed a voting governor who is not a citizen of the 7
United States and who has not been a resident of the state 8
of Missouri for at least two years immediately prior to such 9
person's appointment. Not more than four voting governors 10
shall belong to any one political party. Not more than 11
three voting governors shall reside in the county in which 12
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located. The appointed members of the board of regents 14
serving on January 1, 1986, shall become members of the 15
board of governors on January 1, 1986, and serve until the 16
expiration of the terms for which they were appointed. 17
175.020. The board of curators of Lincoln University 1
of Missouri shall hereafter consist of nine members who 2
shall be appointed by the governor, by and with the advice 3
and consent of the senate. No person shall be appointed a 4
curator who shall not be a citizen of the United States and 5
who shall not have been a resident of the state of Missouri 6
two years next prior to his or her appointment. Not more 7
than five curators shall belong to any one political party, 8
and not more than four curators shall reside in the county 9
in which the institution's principal administrative office 10
is located. 11
178.530. 1. The state board of education shall 1
establish standards and annually inspect, as a basis for 2
approval, all public prevocational, vocational schools, 3
State Technical College of Missouri, departments and classes 4
receiving state or federal moneys for giving training in 5
agriculture, industrial, home economics and commercial 6
subjects and all schools, departments and classes receiving 7
state or federal moneys for the preparation of teachers and 8
supervisors of such subjects. The public prevocational and 9
vocational schools, State Technical College of Missouri, 10
departments, and classes, and the training schools, 11
departments and classes are entitled to the state or federal 12
moneys so long as they are approved by the state board of 13
education, as to site, plant, equipment, qualifications of 14
teachers, admission of pupils, courses of study and methods 15
of instruction. All disbursements of state or federal 16
moneys for the benefit of the approved prevocational and 17
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departments and classes shall be made semiannually. The 19
school board of each approved school or the governing body 20
of State Technical College of Missouri shall file a report 21
with the state board of education at the times and in the 22
form that the state board requires. Upon receipt of a 23
satisfactory report, the state board of education shall 24
certify to the commissioner of administration for [his] the 25
commissioner's approval the amount of the state and federal 26
moneys due the school district or State Technical College of 27
Missouri. The amount due the school district shall be 28
certified by the commissioner of administration and proper 29
warrant therefor shall be issued to the district treasurer 30
or State Technical College of Missouri. 31
2. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 1 of 32
this section, the state board of education shall establish 33
standards for agricultural education that may be adopted by 34
a private school accredited by an agency recognized by the 35
United States Department of Education as an accreditor of 36
private schools that wishes to provide quality vocational 37
programming outside the requirements of, but consistent 38
with, the federal Vocational Education Act. Such standards 39
shall be sufficient to qualify a private school to apply to 40
the state chapter for approval of a local chapter of a 41
federally chartered national agricultural education 42
association on a form developed for that purpose by the 43
department of elementary and secondary education without 44
eligibility to receive state or federal funding for 45
agricultural vocational education. The provisions of this 46
subsection shall not be construed to create eligibility for 47
a private school to receive state or federal funding for 48
agricultural vocational education, but shall not prohibit a 49
private school from receiving state or federal funds for 50
which such private school would otherwise be eligible for 51

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agricultural vocational education. Any such private school 52
shall reimburse the department annually for the cost of 53
oversight and maintenance of the program. 54
3. (1) The department of elementary and secondary 55
education, through its agricultural education section, shall 56
be authorized to establish a [pilot] program, beginning in 57
the [2020-21] 2027-28 school year, to provide for 58
agricultural education in elementary schools in the state. 59
[The purpose of the pilot program shall be to determine 60
whether and how to implement an elementary agricultural 61
education program statewide.] 62
(2) (a) The department, through its employees who 63
work in the agricultural education section, [is authorized 64
to select from among applications submitted by the public 65
elementary schools a minimum of sixteen public elementary 66
schools for participation in the pilot program. The 67
department] shall develop [an application] a process for 68
public elementary schools to [apply to] participate in the 69
[pilot] program. 70
(b) The local school board for each elementary school 71
[selected] that elects to be in the [pilot] program shall 72
agree to implement and fully fund an elementary agricultural 73
education program in such school and [to continue to provide 74
such elementary agricultural education program for a period 75
no shorter than three years. The local school district] may 76
employ an agricultural education teacher to provide such 77
program for the elementary school. 78
(3) The department, through its employees who work in 79
the agricultural education section, [and local school 80
districts] shall [collaborate to] establish [the] 81
instructional [model] models for [each] the elementary 82
agricultural education program in conjunction and 83
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and organizations that promote and support Missouri 85
agriculture. Such instructional [model] models shall be 86
grade-appropriate and include instruction in an organized 87
classroom, collaborative learning experiences through 88
investigation and inquiry, including laboratory and site- 89
based learning activities, and personal, leadership, and 90
career development opportunities. 91
(4) The department, through its agricultural education 92
section, shall provide for a program evaluation regarding 93
the success and impact of the [pilot] program [upon 94
completion of the third year of the pilot program] and shall 95
report the results of such evaluation [to the relevant house 96
and senate committees on agriculture and education] on the 97
department's website. 98
4. The department shall maintain an adequate number of 99
full-time employees, certified in agricultural education and 100
distributed regionally throughout the state, to provide 101
accountability for program delivery of agricultural 102
education, to continue to develop and maintain pertinent 103
agricultural education instructional models and standards, 104
to assist local school districts on matters related to 105
agricultural education, and to coordinate regional and 106
statewide activities supporting K-12 agricultural education 107
programming. 108
5. Nothing in this section shall be construed to 109
require public elementary schools to participate in the 110
[pilot] program. 111
6. The requirements of section 160.514 shall not apply 112
to the provisions of this section. 113
178.550. 1. This section shall be known and may be 1
cited as the "Career and Technical Education Student 2
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and Technical Education Advisory Council" within the 4
department of elementary and secondary education. 5
2. The advisory council shall be composed of [sixteen 6
members who shall be] Missouri residents. The director of 7
the department of economic development and the commissioner 8
of higher education, or [his or her designee] their 9
designees, shall be [a member] members. The commissioner of 10
education, in collaboration with appropriate stakeholders, 11
shall appoint the following members: 12
(1) A director or administrator of a career and 13
technical education center; 14
(2) [An individual from the business community with a 15
background in commerce] Four individuals from business and 16
commerce; 17
(3) A representative from State Technical College of 18
Missouri; 19
(4) Three current or retired career and technical 20
education teachers who also serve or served as an advisor to 21
any of the nationally recognized career and technical 22
education student organizations of: 23
(a) DECA; 24
(b) Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA); 25
(c) FFA; 26
(d) Family, Career and Community Leaders of America 27
(FCCLA); 28
(e) [Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA)] 29
HOSA-Future Health Professionals; 30
(f) SkillsUSA; or 31
(g) Technology Student Association (TSA); 32
(5) A representative from a business organization, 33
association of businesses, or a business coalition; 34
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(7) A representative from [Southeast Missouri State 36
University or the University of Central] a Missouri four- 37
year college or university; 38
(8) An individual participating in an apprenticeship 39
recognized by the department of labor and industrial 40
relations or approved by the United States Department of 41
Labor's Office of Apprenticeship; 42
(9) A school administrator or school superintendent of 43
a school that offers career and technical education; and 44
(10) A student-services representative, who may serve 45
in a school counseling or career resource educator position. 46
3. Members appointed by the commissioner of education 47
shall serve a term of [five] three years [except for the 48
initial appointments, which shall be for the following 49
lengths: 50
(1) One member shall be appointed for a term of one 51
year; 52
(2) Two members shall be appointed for a term of two 53
years; 54
(3) Two members shall be appointed for a term of three 55
years; 56
(4) Three members shall be appointed for a term of 57
four years; 58
(5) Three members shall be appointed for a term of 59
five years] and shall serve no more than two terms. 60
4. Four members shall be from the general assembly. 61
The president pro tempore of the senate shall appoint two 62
members of the senate of whom not more than one shall be of 63
the same party. The speaker of the house of representatives 64
shall appoint two members of the house of representatives of 65
whom not more than one shall be of the same party. The 66
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until such time as they resign, are no longer members of the 68
general assembly, or are replaced by new appointments. 69
5. The advisory council shall have [three] nonvoting 70
ex officio members[: 71
(1) A director of guidance and counseling services at 72
the department of elementary and secondary education, or a 73
similar position if such position ceases to exist; 74
(2) The director of the division of workforce 75
development; and 76
(3) A member of the coordinating board for higher 77
education, as selected by the coordinating board], all of 78
whom shall be employees of the department of elementary and 79
secondary education selected by the commissioner of 80
education. 81
6. The assistant commissioner for the office of 82
college and career readiness of the department of elementary 83
and secondary education shall provide staff assistance to 84
the advisory council. 85
7. The advisory council shall meet at least [four] two 86
times annually. The advisory council may make all rules it 87
deems necessary to enable it to conduct its meetings, elect 88
its officers, and set the terms and duties of its officers. 89
The advisory council shall elect from among its members a 90
[chairperson] chair, vice [chairperson] chair, a secretary- 91
reporter, and such other officers as it deems necessary. 92
Members of the advisory council shall serve without 93
compensation but may be reimbursed for actual expenses 94
necessary to the performance of their official duties for 95
the advisory council. 96
8. Any business to come before the advisory council 97
shall be available on the advisory council's internet 98
website [at least seven business days prior to the start of 99
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records of any decisions, votes, exhibits, or outcomes shall 101
be available on the advisory council's internet website 102
within forty-eight hours following the conclusion of every 103
meeting. [Any materials prepared for the members shall be 104
delivered to the members at least five days before the 105
meeting, and to the extent such materials are public records 106
as defined in section 610.010 and are not permitted to be 107
closed under section 610.021, shall be made available on the 108
advisory council's internet website at least five business 109
days in advance of the meeting. 110
9. The advisory council shall make an annual written 111
report to the state board of education and the commissioner 112
of education regarding the development, implementation, and 113
administration of the state budget for career and technical 114
education. 115
10. The advisory council shall annually submit written 116
recommendations to the state board of education and the 117
commissioner of education regarding the oversight and 118
procedures for the handling of funds for student career and 119
technical education organizations. 120
11.] 9. The advisory council shall: 121
(1) Develop a comprehensive statewide short- and long- 122
range strategic plan for career and technical education; 123
(2) Identify service gaps and provide advice on 124
methods to close such gaps as they relate to youth and adult 125
employees, workforce development, and employers on training 126
needs; 127
(3) Confer with public and private entities for the 128
purpose of promoting and improving career and technical 129
education; 130
(4) Identify legislative recommendations to improve 131
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(5) Promote coordination of existing career and 133
technical education programs; 134
(6) Adopt, alter, or repeal by its own bylaws, rules 135
and regulations governing the manner in which its business 136
may be transacted. 137
[12.] 10. For purposes of this section, the department 138
of elementary and secondary education shall provide such 139
documentation and information as to allow the advisory 140
council to be effective. 141
[13.] 11. For purposes of this section, "advisory 142
council" shall mean the career and technical education 143
advisory council. 144
178.585. 1. Under rules and regulations of the state 1
board of education, the commissioner of education, in 2
cooperation with the [director of the division] office of 3
workforce development of the department of [economic] higher 4
education and workforce development, shall establish 5
procedures to provide grants to public high schools, 6
vocational-technical schools, State Technical College of 7
Missouri, and community colleges solely for the purpose of 8
new programs, curriculum enhancement, equipment and 9
facilities so as to upgrade vocational and technical 10
education in the state. 11
2. Each vocational-technical school, community 12
college, State Technical College of Missouri, and school 13
district of any public high school receiving a grant 14
authorized by this section shall have an advisory committee 15
composed of local business persons, labor leaders, parents, 16
senior citizens, community leaders and teachers to establish 17
a plan to ensure that students who graduate from the 18
vocational-technical school, community college, State 19
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to a four-year college or high-wage job with workplace-skill 21
development opportunities. 22
3. The [director of the] department of [economic] 23
higher education and workforce development shall provide 24
annually to the commissioner of education a listing of 25
demand occupations in the state including substate 26
projections. The listing shall include those occupations 27
for which, in the judgment of the [director of the] 28
department of [economic] higher education and workforce 29
development, there is a critical shortage to meet present or 30
future employment needs necessary to the economic growth and 31
competitiveness of the state. 32
4. In any fiscal year, at least seventy-five percent 33
of all moneys for the grant awards authorized by this 34
section shall be to public high schools, vocational- 35
technical schools, State Technical College of Missouri, or 36
community colleges for new programs, curriculum enhancement 37
or equipment necessary to address demand occupations 38
identified pursuant to subsection 3 of this section. 39
178.632. The governing board of State Technical 1
College of Missouri shall be a board of regents composed of 2
seven voting members and one nonvoting student member. Such 3
members shall be appointed by the governor with the advice 4
and consent of the senate after August 28, 1995, and after 5
the conditions of section 178.631 are satisfied. No person 6
shall be appointed to the board who is not a citizen of the 7
United States and who has not been a resident of the state 8
of Missouri for at least two years immediately prior to his 9
appointment. Not less than three voting members shall 10
belong to one of the two major political parties and not 11
less than three shall belong to the other major political 12
party. Not more than [two voting members shall reside in 13
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voting members shall reside in the county in which the 15
institution's principal administrative office is located. 16
186.019. 1. Prior to April first of each year, 1
starting in 1992, the information described in subdivisions 2
(1), (2), (3) and (4) of this subsection shall be delivered 3
in report form to the Missouri women's council, the 4
governor's office, the secretary of the senate, and the 5
chief clerk of the house of representatives. The 6
information shall apply only to activities which occurred 7
during the previous calendar year. Reports shall be 8
required from the following: 9
(1) The department of labor and industrial relations, 10
and the [division] office of workforce development of the 11
department of [economic] higher education and workforce 12
development, who shall assemble all available data and 13
report on all business start-ups and business failures which 14
are fifty-one percent or more owned by women. The reports 15
shall distinguish, as best as possible, those businesses 16
which are sole proprietorships, partnerships, or 17
corporations; 18
(2) The department of economic development, who shall 19
assemble all available data and report on financial 20
assistance or other incentives given to all businesses which 21
are fifty-one percent or more owned by women. The report 22
shall contain information relating to assistance or 23
incentives awarded for the retention of existing businesses, 24
the expansion of existing businesses, or the start-up of new 25
businesses; 26
(3) The department of revenue, who shall assemble all 27
available data and report on the number, gross receipts and 28
net income of all businesses which are fifty-one percent or 29
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businesses which are sole proprietorships, partnerships or 31
corporations; 32
(4) The division of purchasing of the office of 33
administration, who shall assemble all available data and 34
report on businesses which are fifty-one percent or more 35
owned by women which are recipients of contracts awarded by 36
the state of Missouri. 37
2. Prior to December first of each year, starting in 38
1990, the information described in subdivisions (1) and (2) 39
of this subsection shall be delivered in report form to the 40
Missouri women's council, the governor's office, the 41
secretary of the senate, and the chief clerk of the house of 42
representatives. The information shall apply only to 43
activities which occurred during the previous school year. 44
Reports shall be required from the following: 45
(1) The department of elementary and secondary 46
education shall assemble all available data from the 47
Vocational and Education Data System (VEDS) on class 48
enrollments by Instruction Program Codes (CIP); by secondary 49
and postsecondary schools; and, secondary, postsecondary, 50
and adult level classes; and by gender. This data shall 51
also be reported by classes of traditional and 52
nontraditional occupational areas; 53
(2) The coordinating board for higher education shall 54
assemble all available data and report on higher education 55
degrees awarded by academic discipline; type of degree; type 56
of school; and gender. All available data shall also be 57
reported on salaries received upon completion of degree 58
program and subsequent hire, as well as any data available 59
on follow-up salaries. 60
[210.1700. 1. As used in this section, 1
the following terms mean: 2
(1) "Overnight camp", a program operated 3
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hours between 9:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. but not 5
for two or more sequential overnights; 6
(2) "Residential camp", a program operated 7
by a person or organization that includes the 8
hours between 9:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. for two or 9
more sequential overnights. 10
2. Each overnight camp or residential camp 11
staff member or volunteer who is eighteen years 12
of age or older shall have received a qualifying 13
criminal background check as defined in 14
210.1080.] 15
210.1700. 1. As used in this section, "residential 1
camp" means a program operated by a person or organization 2
that includes the hours between 9:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. for 3
two or more sequential overnights. 4
2. Each residential camp staff member or volunteer who 5
is eighteen years of age or older shall be subject to a 6
criminal background check prior to commencing employment or 7
volunteer service. Such criminal background check shall 8
include: 9
(1) A search of the National Crime Information 10
Center's National Sex Offender Registry; and 11
(2) A search of the following data sources in Missouri 12
and each state where such staff member or volunteer has 13
resided during the preceding five years, where such data 14
sources are available: 15
(a) The state name-based criminal registry or 16
repository; and 17
(b) The state name-based sex offender registry or 18
repository. 19
3. Upon completion of the background check, any staff 20
member or volunteer who is eighteen years of age or older 21
shall be ineligible for employment or service if such person: 22
(a) Is registered, or is required to be registered, on 23
a state sex offender registry or repository or the National 24
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(b) Has pled guilty or nolo contendere to or been 26
found guilty of any of the offenses listed in paragraphs (a) 27
to (k) of subdivision (5) of subsection 4 of section 28
210.1080 or any similar offense in any federal, state, 29
municipal, or other court of similar jurisdiction of which 30
the camp has knowledge. 31
288.040. 1. A claimant who is unemployed and has been 1
determined to be an insured worker shall be eligible for 2
benefits for any week only if the deputy finds that: 3
(1) The claimant has registered for work at and 4
thereafter has continued to report at an employment office 5
in accordance with such regulations as the division may 6
prescribe; 7
(2) The claimant is able to work and is available for 8
work. No person shall be deemed available for work unless 9
such person has been and is actively and earnestly seeking 10
work. Upon the filing of an initial or renewed claim, and 11
prior to the filing of each weekly claim thereafter, the 12
deputy shall notify each claimant of the number of work 13
search contacts required to constitute an active search for 14
work. Unless the deputy directs otherwise, a claimant shall 15
make a minimum of three work search contacts during any week 16
for which he or she claims benefits. No person shall be 17
considered not available for work, pursuant to this 18
subdivision, solely because he or she is a substitute 19
teacher or is on jury duty. A claimant shall not be 20
determined to be ineligible pursuant to this subdivision 21
because of not actively and earnestly seeking work if: 22
(a) The claimant is participating in training approved 23
pursuant to Section 236 of the Trade Act of 1974, as 24
amended, (19 U.S.C.A. Sec. 2296, as amended); 25
(b) The claimant is temporarily unemployed through no 26
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within eight weeks of his or her first day of unemployment; 28
however, upon application of the employer responsible for 29
the claimant's unemployment, such eight-week period may be 30
extended not to exceed a total of sixteen weeks at the 31
discretion of the director; 32
(3) The claimant has reported to an office of the 33
division as directed by the deputy, but at least once every 34
four weeks, except that a claimant shall be exempted from 35
the reporting requirement of this subdivision if: 36
(a) The claimant is claiming benefits in accordance 37
with division regulations dealing with partial or temporary 38
total unemployment; or 39
(b) The claimant is temporarily unemployed through no 40
fault of his or her own and has a definite recall date 41
within eight weeks of his or her first day of unemployment; 42
or 43
(c) The director of the division of employment 44
security has determined that the claimant belongs to a group 45
or class of workers whose opportunities for reemployment 46
will not be enhanced by reporting, or is prevented from 47
reporting due to emergency conditions that limit access by 48
the general public to an office that serves the area where 49
the claimant resides, but only during the time such 50
circumstances exist. 51
Ineligibility pursuant to this subdivision shall begin 52
on the first day of the week which the claimant was 53
scheduled to claim and shall end on the last day of the week 54
preceding the week during which the claimant does report to 55
the division's office; 56
(4) Prior to the first week of a period of total or 57
partial unemployment for which the claimant claims benefits 58
he or she has been totally or partially unemployed for a 59
waiting period of one week. No more than one waiting week 60

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will be required in any benefit year. During calendar year 61
2008 and each calendar year thereafter, the one-week waiting 62
period shall become compensable once his or her remaining 63
balance on the claim is equal to or less than the 64
compensable amount for the waiting period. No week shall be 65
counted as a week of total or partial unemployment for the 66
purposes of this subsection unless it occurs within the 67
benefit year which includes the week with respect to which 68
the claimant claims benefits; 69
(5) The claimant has made a claim for benefits within 70
fourteen days from the last day of the week being claimed. 71
The fourteen-day period may, for good cause, be extended to 72
twenty-eight days; 73
(6) The claimant has reported to an employment office 74
to participate in a reemployment assessment and reemployment 75
services as directed by the deputy or designated staff of an 76
employment office, unless the deputy determines that good 77
cause exists for the claimant's failure to participate in 78
such reemployment assessment and reemployment services. For 79
purposes of this section, "reemployment services" may 80
include, but not be limited to, the following: 81
(a) Providing an orientation to employment office 82
services; 83
(b) Providing job search assistance; and 84
(c) Providing labor market statistics or analysis; 85
Ineligibility under this subdivision shall begin on the 86
first day of the week which the claimant was scheduled to 87
report for the reemployment assessment or reemployment 88
services and shall end on the last day of the week preceding 89
the week during which the claimant does report in person to 90
the employment office for such reemployment assessment or 91
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(7) The claimant is participating in reemployment 93
services, such as job search assistance services, as 94
directed by the deputy if the claimant has been determined 95
to be likely to exhaust regular benefits and to need 96
reemployment services pursuant to a profiling system 97
established by the division, unless the deputy determines 98
that: 99
(a) The individual has completed such reemployment 100
services; or 101
(b) There is justifiable cause for the claimant's 102
failure to participate in such reemployment services. 103
2. A claimant shall be ineligible for waiting week 104
credit or benefits for any week for which the deputy finds 105
he or she is or has been suspended by his or her most recent 106
employer for misconduct connected with his or her work. 107
Suspensions of four weeks or more shall be treated as 108
discharges. 109
3. (1) Benefits based on "service in employment", 110
described in subsections 7 and 8 of section 288.034, shall 111
be payable in the same amount, on the same terms and subject 112
to the same conditions as compensation payable on the basis 113
of other service subject to this law; except that: 114
(a) With respect to service performed in an 115
instructional, research, or principal administrative 116
capacity for an educational institution, benefits shall not 117
be paid based on such services for any week of unemployment 118
commencing during the period between two successive academic 119
years or terms, or during a similar period between two 120
regular but not successive terms, or during a period of paid 121
sabbatical leave provided for in the individual's contract, 122
to any individual if such individual performs such services 123
in the first of such academic years (or terms) and if there 124
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will perform services in any such capacity for any 126
educational institution in the second of such academic years 127
or terms; 128
(b) With respect to services performed in any capacity 129
(other than instructional, research, or principal 130
administrative capacity) for an educational institution, 131
benefits shall not be paid on the basis of such services to 132
any individual for any week which commences during a period 133
between two successive academic years or terms if such 134
individual performs such services in the first of such 135
academic years or terms and there is a contract or a 136
reasonable assurance that such individual will perform such 137
services in the second of such academic years or terms; 138
(c) With respect to services described in paragraphs 139
(a) and (b) of this subdivision, benefits shall not be paid 140
on the basis of such services to any individual for any week 141
which commences during an established and customary vacation 142
period or holiday recess if such individual performed such 143
services in the period immediately before such vacation 144
period or holiday recess, and there is reasonable assurance 145
that such individual will perform such services immediately 146
following such vacation period or holiday recess; 147
(d) With respect to services described in paragraphs 148
(a) and (b) of this subdivision, benefits payable on the 149
basis of services in any such capacity shall be denied as 150
specified in paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of this 151
subdivision to any individual who performed such services at 152
an educational institution while in the employ of an 153
educational service agency, and for this purpose the term 154
"educational service agency" means a governmental agency or 155
governmental entity which is established and operated 156
exclusively for the purpose of providing such services to 157
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(2) If compensation is denied for any week pursuant to 159
paragraph (b) or (d) of subdivision (1) of this subsection 160
to any individual performing services at an educational 161
institution in any capacity (other than instructional, 162
research or principal administrative capacity), and such 163
individual was not offered an opportunity to perform such 164
services for the second of such academic years or terms, 165
such individual shall be entitled to a retroactive payment 166
of the compensation for each week for which the individual 167
filed a timely claim for compensation and for which 168
compensation was denied solely by reason of paragraph (b) or 169
(d) of subdivision (1) of this subsection. 170
4. (1) A claimant shall be ineligible for waiting 171
week credit, benefits or shared work benefits for any week 172
for which he or she is receiving or has received 173
remuneration exceeding his or her weekly benefit amount or 174
shared work benefit amount in the form of: 175
(a) Compensation for temporary partial disability 176
pursuant to the workers' compensation law of any state or 177
pursuant to a similar law of the United States; 178
(b) A governmental or other pension, retirement or 179
retired pay, annuity, or other similar periodic payment 180
which is based on the previous work of such claimant to the 181
extent that such payment is provided from funds provided by 182
a base period or chargeable employer pursuant to a plan 183
maintained or contributed to by such employer; but, except 184
for such payments made pursuant to the Social Security Act 185
or the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 (or the corresponding 186
provisions of prior law), the provisions of this paragraph 187
shall not apply if the services performed for such employer 188
by the claimant after the beginning of the base period (or 189
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for or increase the amount of such pension, retirement or 191
retired pay, annuity or similar payment. 192
(2) If the remuneration referred to in this subsection 193
is less than the benefits which would otherwise be due, the 194
claimant shall be entitled to receive for such week, if 195
otherwise eligible, benefits reduced by the amount of such 196
remuneration, and, if such benefit is not a multiple of one 197
dollar, such amount shall be lowered to the next multiple of 198
one dollar. 199
(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivisions (1) 200
and (2) of this subsection, if a claimant has contributed in 201
any way to the Social Security Act or the Railroad 202
Retirement Act of 1974, or the corresponding provisions of 203
prior law, no part of the payments received pursuant to such 204
federal law shall be deductible from the amount of benefits 205
received pursuant to this chapter. 206
5. A claimant shall be ineligible for waiting week 207
credit or benefits for any week for which or a part of which 208
he or she has received or is seeking unemployment benefits 209
pursuant to an unemployment insurance law of another state 210
or the United States; provided, that if it be finally 211
determined that the claimant is not entitled to such 212
unemployment benefits, such ineligibility shall not apply. 213
6. (1) A claimant shall be ineligible for waiting 214
week credit or benefits for any week for which the deputy 215
finds that such claimant's total or partial unemployment is 216
due to a stoppage of work which exists because of a labor 217
dispute in the factory, establishment or other premises in 218
which such claimant is or was last employed. In the event 219
the claimant secures other employment from which he or she 220
is separated during the existence of the labor dispute, the 221
claimant must have obtained bona fide employment as a 222
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two weeks in such subsequent employment to terminate his or 224
her ineligibility. If, in any case, separate branches of 225
work which are commonly conducted as separate businesses at 226
separate premises are conducted in separate departments of 227
the same premises, each such department shall for the 228
purposes of this subsection be deemed to be a separate 229
factory, establishment or other premises. This subsection 230
shall not apply if it is shown to the satisfaction of the 231
deputy that: 232
(a) The claimant is not participating in or financing 233
or directly interested in the labor dispute which caused the 234
stoppage of work; and 235
(b) The claimant does not belong to a grade or class 236
of workers of which, immediately preceding the commencement 237
of the stoppage, there were members employed at the premises 238
at which the stoppage occurs, any of whom are participating 239
in or financing or directly interested in the dispute. 240
(2) "Stoppage of work" as used in this subsection 241
means a substantial diminution of the activities, production 242
or services at the establishment, plant, factory or premises 243
of the employing unit. This definition shall not apply to a 244
strike where the employees in the bargaining unit who 245
initiated the strike are participating in the strike. Such 246
employees shall not be eligible for waiting week credit or 247
benefits during the period when the strike is in effect, 248
regardless of diminution, unless the employer has been found 249
guilty of an unfair labor practice by the National Labor 250
Relations Board or a federal court of law for an act or 251
actions preceding or during the strike. 252
7. On or after January 1, 1978, benefits shall not be 253
paid to any individual on the basis of any services, 254
substantially all of which consist of participating in 255
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participate, for any week which commences during the period 257
between two successive sport seasons (or similar periods) if 258
such individual performed such services in the first of such 259
seasons (or similar periods) and there is a reasonable 260
assurance that such individual will perform such services in 261
the later of such seasons (or similar periods). 262
8. Benefits shall not be payable on the basis of 263
services performed by an alien, unless such alien is an 264
individual who was lawfully admitted for permanent residence 265
at the time such services were performed, was lawfully 266
present for purposes of performing such services, or was 267
permanently residing in the United States under color of law 268
at the time such services were performed (including an alien 269
who was lawfully present in the United States as a result of 270
the application of the provisions of Section 212(d)(5) of 271
the Immigration and Nationality Act). 272
(1) Any data or information required of individuals 273
applying for benefits to determine whether benefits are not 274
payable to them because of their alien status shall be 275
uniformly required from all applicants for benefits. 276
(2) In the case of an individual whose application for 277
benefits would otherwise be approved, no determination that 278
benefits to such individual are not payable because of such 279
individual's alien status shall be made except upon a 280
preponderance of the evidence. 281
9. A claimant shall be ineligible for waiting week 282
credit or benefits for any week such claimant has an 283
outstanding penalty which was assessed based upon an 284
overpayment of benefits, as provided for in subsection 9 of 285
section 288.380. 286
10. The directors of the division of employment 287
security and the [division] office of workforce development 288
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representatives, and the president pro tem of the senate no 290
later than October 15, 2006, a report outlining their 291
recommendations for how to improve work search verification 292
and claimant reemployment activities. The recommendations 293
shall include, but not limited to how to best utilize 294
"greathires.org", and how to reduce the average duration of 295
unemployment insurance claims. Each calendar year 296
thereafter, the directors shall submit a report containing 297
their recommendations on these issues by December thirty- 298
first of each year. 299
11. For purposes of this section, a claimant may 300
satisfy reporting requirements provided under this section 301
by reporting by internet communication or any other means 302
deemed acceptable by the division of employment security. 303
620.010. 1. There is hereby created a "Department of 1
Economic Development" to be headed by a director appointed 2
by the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the 3
senate. All of the general provisions, definitions and 4
powers enumerated in section 1 of the Omnibus State 5
Reorganization Act of 1974 shall continue to apply to this 6
department and its divisions, agencies and personnel. 7
2. The powers, duties and functions vested in the 8
public service commission, chapters 386, 387, 388, 389, 390, 9
392, 393, and others, and the administrative hearing 10
commission, sections 621.015 to 621.198 and others, are 11
transferred by type III transfers to the department of 12
economic development. The director of the department is 13
directed to provide and coordinate staff and equipment 14
services to these agencies in the interest of facilitating 15
the work of the bodies and achieving optimum efficiency in 16
staff services common to all the bodies. Nothing in the 17
Reorganization Act of 1974 shall prevent the chairman of the 18
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requests or from explaining or clarifying its budget 20
requests to the governor or general assembly. 21
3. The powers, duties and functions vested in the 22
office of the public counsel are transferred by type III 23
transfer to the department of economic development. Funding 24
for the general counsel's office shall be by general revenue. 25
4. The public service commission is authorized to 26
employ such staff as it deems necessary for the functions 27
performed by the general counsel other than those powers, 28
duties and functions relating to representation of the 29
public before the public service commission. 30
5. All the powers, duties and functions vested in the 31
tourism commission, chapter 258 and others, are transferred 32
to the "Division of Tourism", which is hereby created, by 33
type III transfer. 34
6. All the powers, duties and functions of the 35
department of community affairs, chapter 251 and others, not 36
otherwise assigned, are transferred by type I transfer to 37
the department of economic development, and the department 38
of community affairs is abolished. The director of the 39
department of economic development may assume all the duties 40
of the director of community affairs or may establish within 41
the department such subunits and advisory committees as may 42
be required to administer the programs so transferred. The 43
director of the department shall appoint all members of such 44
committees and heads of subunits. 45
7. The Missouri housing development commission, 46
chapter 215, is assigned to the department of economic 47
development, but shall remain a governmental instrumentality 48
of the state of Missouri and shall constitute a body 49
corporate and politic. 50
8. [All the authority, powers, duties, functions, 51
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pertinent vestiges of the division of manpower planning of 53
the department of social services are transferred by a type 54
I transfer to the "Division of Workforce Development", which 55
is hereby created, within the department of economic 56
development. The division of manpower planning within the 57
department of social services is abolished. The provisions 58
of section 1 of the Omnibus State Reorganization Act of 59
1974, Appendix B, relating to the manner and procedures for 60
transfers of state agencies shall apply to the transfers 61
provided in this section. 62
9. All the authority, powers, functions, records, 63
personnel, property, contracts, matters pending and other 64
pertinent vestiges of the division of employment security 65
within the department of labor and industrial relations 66
related to job training and labor exchange that are funded 67
with or based upon Wagner-Peyser funds, and other federal 68
and state workforce development programs administered by the 69
division of employment security are transferred by a type I 70
transfer to the division of workforce development within the 71
department of economic development. 72
10.] Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is 73
defined in section 536.010, that is created under the 74
authority delegated in this section shall become effective 75
only if it complies with and is subject to all of the 76
provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 77
536.028. This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and 78
if any of the powers vested with the general assembly 79
pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective 80
date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently 81
held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking 82
authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 83
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Section 1. 1. For purposes of this section, 1
"activities association" means any nonprofit statewide 2
organization that satisfies the following criteria: 3
(1) The organization facilitates interscholastic 4
activities for secondary school students, including, but not 5
limited to, interscholastic athletic activities; 6
(2) More than fifty percent of the activities 7
facilitated by the organization are interscholastic athletic 8
activities; and 9
(3) The organization's members include at least one 10
public school or school district that pays any fees to such 11
association, including, but not limited to, activity 12
participation fees, tournament registration fees, membership 13
fees, or any other fees or payments relating to membership 14
in the organization or participation in any activities 15
facilitated by the organization; 16
(4) The term "activities association" does not include 17
organizations that do not facilitate interscholastic 18
athletic activities. Such organizations may include, but 19
are not limited to, career and technical student 20
organizations, academic honor societies, service 21
organizations, leadership organizations, or other student 22
clubs or organizations that do not facilitate 23
interscholastic athletic activities. 24
2. No student shall be declared ineligible to 25
participate in an interscholastic activity or competition, 26
including, but not limited to, an interscholastic athletic 27
activity or competition, solely as a result of school 28
district consolidation or closing a school under section 29
162.223. A student who is assigned or reassigned to attend 30
a different school district, public school, or attendance 31
center as a consequence of such consolidation shall be 32
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eligibility under any applicable rules governing student 34
participation in interscholastic activities or competitions, 35
regardless of the school to which the student transfers in 36
the year of consolidation or the following year. 37
3. A school district shall not be a member of, or 38
remit any funds to, an activities association that would 39
cause such school district to violate subsection 2 of this 40
section. 41
Section 2. 1. This section shall be known and may be 1
cited as the "Missouri Taxpayer Debt Relief and School 2
Facilities Act". It is the intent of the general assembly 3
through the Missouri taxpayer debt relief and school 4
facilities act to: 5
(1) Provide state support for public school facility 6
projects that are currently funded by local property 7
taxpayers; and 8
(2) Reduce the property tax burden on Missouri 9
taxpayers by lowering the amount of bonded indebtedness and 10
property tax levies of school districts that need to finance 11
necessary capital improvements in academic facilities. 12
2. As used in this section, the following terms mean: 13
(1) "Academic facility", a building or space, and 14
related portions of the physical plant and grounds, where 15
public school students receive instruction that is an 16
integral part of an adequate public education program, 17
including classrooms, libraries, laboratories, and related 18
support spaces, but excluding: 19
(a) Central or district administration buildings; 20
(b) Noninstructional warehouses, bus barns, and 21
maintenance facilities; 22
(c) Athletic stadiums and similar competition venues, 23
except to the extent a portion of such facilities is 24
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(d) Facilities leased from or by the district, unless 26
otherwise provided by rule of the commission; 27
(2) "Commission", the Missouri commission on academic 28
facilities established in this section; 29
(3) "Facility condition index", a ratio that compares 30
the cost of repairing or renovating an academic facility to 31
the cost of replacing such facility, as determined by the 32
commission by rule; 33
(4) "Fiscal capacity", the relative ability of a 34
school district to raise local resources for capital 35
projects, as determined by the commission, which may include 36
consideration of a district's property tax base, income 37
levels, existing debt service, and other factors the 38
commission deems appropriate; 39
(5) "Immediate repair project", an academic facilities 40
project that addresses an existing condition that presents a 41
substantial and imminent danger to the health or safety of 42
occupants, a serious deficiency in structural integrity or 43
major building systems, or an urgent need to comply with 44
applicable building, fire, or accessibility code 45
requirements; 46
(6) "Local resources", the portion of the cost of a 47
project to be funded from revenues of the school district, 48
including proceeds of bonds, capital levies, or other 49
locally controlled funds, but excluding any moneys received 50
from the Missouri academic facilities partnership fund; 51
(7) "Maintenance, repair, and renovation", any 52
activity, improvement, or work on an academic facility that 53
maintains, conserves, or restores the condition or 54
efficiency of the facility, including, but not limited to, 55
roof repair or replacement, HVAC, electrical, plumbing, 56
interior finishes, accessibility improvements, and code 57
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(8) "New construction", any improvement that brings an 59
academic facility to a better condition or efficiency, 60
including construction of a new building, additions to an 61
existing building, or major alterations that significantly 62
change capacity or function; 63
(9) "Operating levy for school purposes", as such term 64
is defined in section 163.011 or any successor provision; 65
(10) "Performance levy", as such term is defined in 66
section 163.011 or any successor provision; 67
(11) "Project", an undertaking by a school district 68
involving maintenance, repair, and renovation, new 69
construction, or any combination thereof, with respect to 70
one or more academic facilities; 71
(12) "School district" or "district", any public 72
school district organized under the laws of this state. 73
3. There is hereby created the "Missouri Commission on 74
Academic Facilities". The commission shall be housed within 75
the department of elementary and secondary education for 76
administrative purposes, and such department shall provide 77
staff and administrative support to the commission. 78
Appointed members of the commission shall serve six-year 79
terms, and all members of the commission shall serve without 80
compensation but may be reimbursed for necessary expenses 81
incurred in the performance of their duties. The commission 82
shall consist of the following seven members, who shall have 83
demonstrated experience in public school administration, 84
school facility planning or construction, or public finance: 85
(1) The commissioner of education or the 86
commissioner's designee; 87
(2) Two members appointed by the governor, not more 88
than one from the same political party; 89
(3) One member appointed by the president pro tempore 90
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(4) One member appointed by the senate minority 92
leader; and 93
(5) Two members appointed by the speaker of the house 94
of representatives, not more than one from the same 95
political party. 96
4. The commission shall: 97
(1) Administer the Missouri academic facilities 98
partnership fund and implement this section; 99
(2) Adopt rules to implement this section, including 100
rules establishing: 101
(a) Application procedures and timelines; 102
(b) Project evaluation criteria and scoring systems; 103
(c) Project categories and definitions that, at a 104
minimum, distinguish projects that address health, safety, 105
and code compliance needs; major maintenance, repair, 106
renovation, and replacement projects; and new construction, 107
additions, and space or capacity projects; 108
(d) Facility standards and a facility condition index 109
methodology; 110
(e) Reporting, monitoring, and audit requirements; and 111
(f) A methodology for state and local cost sharing 112
based on district fiscal capacity; 113
(3) Review and approve or disapprove school district 114
applications for state financial participation in academic 115
facilities projects; 116
(4) Determine, for each approved project, the state 117
share and local share of eligible project costs in 118
accordance with the cost sharing methodology established 119
under this section; 120
(5) Apply the priorities and factors set forth in this 121
section and annually adopt a statewide prioritized list of 122
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(6) Monitor the use of state funds and project 124
completion and require such reports and audits from school 125
districts as are necessary to ensure compliance with this 126
section and rules adopted under it. 127
5. Except as expressly provided in this section, all 128
procedures, standards, criteria, and scoring systems 129
governing applications for and awards of state financial 130
participation shall be determined by the commission by rule 131
and may be modified over time as the commission deems 132
necessary to prudently and resourcefully expend state funds. 133
6. The commission shall establish, by rule, a 134
methodology for determining the relative fiscal capacity of 135
each school district to provide local resources for academic 136
facilities projects and the respective state and local 137
shares of eligible project costs for districts that receive 138
state financial participation. In developing this 139
methodology, the commission shall consider measures of 140
district fiscal capacity that may include, but need not be 141
limited to, assessed valuation, property wealth per pupil, 142
income levels, the district's operating levy, existing debt 143
service obligations, and other indicators of the ability to 144
raise local capital. The commission shall ensure that 145
districts with lower fiscal capacity and higher operating 146
levies generally qualify for higher effective state support 147
than districts with higher fiscal capacity and lower 148
operating levies. The commission shall, by rule, establish 149
minimum and maximum state participation percentages for 150
eligible project costs and may differentiate such 151
percentages among project categories described in this 152
section. 153
7. (1) There is hereby created in the state treasury 154
the "Missouri School Facilities Partnership Fund", which 155
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and any other moneys authorized by law to be deposited in 157
the fund. The state treasurer shall be custodian of the 158
fund. In accordance with sections 30.170 and 30.180, the 159
state treasurer may approve disbursements. The fund shall 160
be a dedicated fund and, upon appropriation, moneys in this 161
fund shall be used solely to provide state financial 162
participation in eligible academic facilities projects for 163
school districts under this section and to pay the 164
reasonable administrative costs of the department of 165
elementary and secondary education and the commission 166
established in this section. 167
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 33.080 168
to the contrary, any moneys remaining in the fund at the end 169
of the biennium shall not revert to the credit of the 170
general revenue fund. 171
(3) The state treasurer shall invest moneys in the 172
fund in the same manner as other funds are invested. Any 173
interest and moneys earned on such investments shall be 174
credited to the fund. 175
8. Notwithstanding any provision of this section to 176
the contrary, a school district may apply to the commission 177
for state financial participation in an academic facilities 178
project only if: 179
(1) The district has adopted and submitted to the 180
commission a long range facilities plan in a form approved 181
by the commission; 182
(2) The proposed project is consistent with that plan 183
and with applicable facility standards established by the 184
commission; and 185
(3) The district's current operating levy for school 186
purposes is at or above the performance levy, or the 187
district's operating levy for school purposes was at or 188
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four fiscal years but was reduced below such levy amount due 190
to a constitutionally mandated rollback. 191
9. In each funding cycle, the commission shall award 192
state financial participation in accordance with the 193
following priorities: 194
(1) First order priority shall be given to projects 195
that address substantial and imminent dangers to health or 196
safety, serious deficiencies in structural integrity or 197
major building systems, or urgent compliance with building, 198
fire, or accessibility codes in academic facilities, 199
including immediate repair projects; 200
(2) Second order priority shall be given to projects 201
that create substantial and demonstrable efficiencies in the 202
ongoing costs of operation of a school district, including, 203
but not limited to, projects that reduce utility or 204
maintenance costs, improve energy efficiency, or modernize 205
facilities in connection with voluntary consolidation, 206
annexation, or cooperative reorganization of districts or 207
attendance centers; 208
(3) Third order priority shall be given to projects 209
that remedy significant facility condition deficiencies, 210
extend the useful life of academic facilities, or replace 211
facilities whose facility condition index exceeds a 212
threshold established by the commission; and 213
(4) Fourth order priority shall be given to projects 214
that provide additional capacity or reconfigured space 215
necessary to accommodate enrollment growth, eliminate 216
excessive reliance on temporary classrooms, or support 217
educationally required programmatic changes. 218
10. Within and among the priority categories 219
established in subsection 9 of this section, the commission 220
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the following factors, in such manner and relative weight as 222
the commission shall establish by rule: 223
(1) The severity of the facility need and the 224
educational impact of the project, including facility 225
condition, educational adequacy, and enrollment pressures; 226
(2) The school district's fiscal capacity, so that 227
districts with lower fiscal capacity receive higher 228
effective state support; 229
(3) The school district's operating levy, so that 230
districts with higher levies receive higher effective state 231
support to lower or mitigate increases in the amount of 232
property taxes residents must pay than districts with lower 233
operating levies; 234
(4) The extent to which the district is already 235
relying on local funding effort, prioritizing districts that 236
receive less than half of their total revenue from state 237
sources, including: 238
(a) Existing debt service millage or equivalent local 239
levy for capital purposes; and 240
(b) The proportion of total operating and capital 241
revenues derived from local sources; 242
(5) The availability or lack of additional local 243
bonding capacity for facilities purposes, including 244
districts that are at, or within a threshold established by 245
the commission of, the maximum bonded indebtedness level 246
permitted by law or commission policy, or that can otherwise 247
demonstrate insufficient remaining bonding capacity to 248
address critical facility needs without state participation; 249
(6) The degree of local matching commitment associated 250
with the project, including: 251
(a) Local cash or in-kind contributions, including 252
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and maintenance reserve fund, or other local capital 254
sources; and 255
(b) Local actions that provide property tax relief to 256
district residents in connection with the project, such as: 257
a. Reducing existing or planned debt service levies 258
due to state participation; or 259
b. Avoiding or reducing the need for new or higher 260
debt service levies that would otherwise be required to 261
complete the project; and 262
(7) The prudent and resourceful expenditure of state 263
funds, including consideration of life cycle cost, energy 264
efficiency, and the extent to which state dollars leverage 265
or replace local borrowing in a manner that reduces long 266
term tax burdens while addressing facility needs. 267
11. The commission shall publish, at least annually, 268
the statewide prioritized list of projects recommended for 269
funding and shall identify, for each project, the category 270
and principal factors supporting the commission's 271
recommended priority. 272
12. No project shall receive state financial 273
participation under this section unless the district 274
demonstrates a good faith local matching commitment, as 275
determined by the commission. 276
13. In awarding state financial participation, the 277
commission shall give favorable consideration to projects 278
that are accompanied by a plan, approved by the district's 279
governing board, that uses state participation to offset or 280
reduce the amount of new local debt that would otherwise be 281
required for the project or allows for a reduction in future 282
debt service levies or avoidance of levy increases that 283
would otherwise be needed. 284
14. The commission shall not require a district 285
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subsection 8 of this section to increase local tax rates as 287
a condition of receiving state financial participation. The 288
commission shall ensure that state funds are allocated in a 289
manner that reasonably balances: 290
(1) Preference for districts demonstrating strong 291
local effort; 292
(2) Consideration for districts with limited remaining 293
bonding capacity; and 294
(3) The goal of mitigating, where practicable, the 295
long term property tax burden associated with necessary 296
facility improvements. 297
15. A district receiving state financial participation 298
shall comply with all applicable procurement, construction, 299
and reporting requirements and shall complete the project 300
substantially as described in such district's approved 301
application, unless otherwise authorized by the commission. 302
16. The commission may withhold, suspend, or require 303
repayment of state funds if the commission finds that a 304
district has materially violated the requirements of this 305
section, rules promulgated under this section, or the terms 306
of such district's approved project. 307
17. The commission shall promulgate rules to implement 308
the provisions of this section. Any rule or portion of a 309
rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, that is 310
created under the authority delegated in this section shall 311
become effective only if it complies with and is subject to 312
all of the provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, 313
section 536.028. This section and chapter 536 are 314
nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the 315
general assembly pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay 316
the effective date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are 317
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rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted after 319
August 28, 2026, shall be invalid and void. 320
[167.910. 1. There is hereby established 1
the "Career Readiness Course Task Force" to 2
explore the possibility of a course covering the 3
topics described in this section being offered 4
in the public schools to students in eighth 5
grade or ninth grade. Task force members shall 6
be chosen to represent the geographic diversity 7
of the state. All task force members shall be 8
appointed before October 31, 2018. The task 9
force members shall be appointed as follows: 10
(1) A parent of a student attending 11
elementary school, appointed by the joint 12
committee on education; 13
(2) A parent of a student attending a 14
grade not lower than the sixth nor higher than 15
the eighth grade, appointed by the joint 16
committee on education; 17
(3) A parent of a student attending high 18
school, appointed by the joint committee on 19
education; 20
(4) An elementary education professional 21
from an accredited school district, appointed by 22
the joint committee on education from names 23
submitted by statewide education employee 24
organizations; 25
(5) Two education professionals giving 26
instruction in a grade or grades not lower than 27
the sixth nor higher than the eighth grade in 28
accredited school districts, appointed by the 29
joint committee on education from names 30
submitted by statewide education employee 31
organizations; 32
(6) Two secondary education professionals 33
from accredited school districts, appointed by 34
the joint committee on education from names 35
submitted by statewide education employee 36
organizations; 37
(7) A career and technical education 38
professional who has experience serving as an 39
advisor to a statewide career and technical 40
education organization, appointed by a statewide 41
career and technical education organization; 42

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(8) An education professional from an 43
accredited technical high school, appointed by a 44
statewide career and technical education 45
organization; 46
(9) A public school board member, 47
appointed by a statewide association of school 48
boards; 49
(10) A secondary school principal, 50
appointed by a statewide association of 51
secondary school principals; 52
(11) A principal of a school giving 53
instruction in a grade or grades not lower than 54
the sixth nor higher than the eighth grade, 55
appointed by a statewide association of 56
secondary school principals; 57
(12) An elementary school counselor, 58
appointed by a statewide association of school 59
counselors; 60
(13) Two school counselors from a school 61
giving instruction in a grade or grades not 62
lower than the sixth nor higher than the eighth 63
grade, appointed by a statewide association of 64
school counselors; 65
(14) A secondary school counselor, 66
appointed by a statewide association of school 67
counselors; 68
(15) A secondary school career and college 69
counselor, appointed by a statewide association 70
of school counselors; 71
(16) An apprenticeship professional, 72
appointed by the division of workforce 73
development of economic development; 74
(17) A representative of Missouri Project 75
Lead the Way, appointed by the statewide Project 76
Lead the Way organization; 77
(18) A representative of the state 78
technical college, appointed by the state 79
technical college; 80
(19) A representative of a public 81
community college, appointed by a statewide 82
organization of community colleges; and 83
(20) A representative of a public four- 84
year institution of higher education, appointed 85
by the commissioner of higher education. 86
2. The members of the task force 87
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shall elect a chair from among the membership of 89
the task force. The task force shall meet as 90
needed to complete its consideration of the 91
course described in subsection 5 of this section 92
and provide its findings and recommendations as 93
described in subsection 6 of this section. 94
Members of the task force shall serve without 95
compensation. No school district policy or 96
administrative action shall require any 97
education employee member to use personal leave 98
or incur a reduction in pay for participating on 99
the task force. 100
3. The task force shall hold at least 101
three public hearings to provide an opportunity 102
to receive public testimony including, but not 103
limited to, testimony from educators, local 104
school boards, parents, representatives from 105
business and industry, labor and community 106
leaders, members of the general assembly, and 107
the general public. 108
4. The department of elementary and 109
secondary education shall provide such legal, 110
research, clerical, and technical services as 111
the task force may require in the performance of 112
its duties. 113
5. The task force established under 114
subsection 1 of this section shall consider a 115
course that: 116
(1) Gives students an opportunity to 117
explore various career and educational 118
opportunities by: 119
(a) Administering career surveys to 120
students and helping students use Missouri 121
Connections to determine their career interests 122
and develop plans to meet their career goals; 123
(b) Explaining the differences between 124
types of colleges, including two-year and four- 125
year colleges and noting the availability of 126
registered apprenticeship programs as 127
alternatives to college for students; 128
(c) Describing technical degrees offered 129
by colleges; 130
(d) Explaining the courses and educational 131
experiences offered at community colleges; 132
(e) Describing the various certificates 133
and credentials available to earn at the school 134

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or other schools including, but not limited to, 135
career and technical education certificates 136
described under section 170.029 and industry- 137
recognized certificates and credentials; 138
(f) Advising students of any advanced 139
placement courses that they may take at the 140
school; 141
(g) Describing any opportunities at the 142
school for dual enrollment; 143
(h) Advising students of any Project Lead 144
the Way courses offered at the school and 145
explaining how Project Lead the Way courses help 146
students learn valuable skills; 147
(i) Informing students of the availability 148
of funding for postsecondary education through 149
the A+ schools program described under section 150
160.545; 151
(j) Describing the availability of virtual 152
courses; 153
(k) Describing the types of skills and 154
occupations most in demand in the current job 155
market and those skills and occupations likely 156
to be in high demand in future years; 157
(l) Describing the typical salaries for 158
occupations, salary trends, and opportunities 159
for advancement in various occupations; 160
(m) Emphasizing the opportunities 161
available in careers involving science, 162
technology, engineering, and math; 163
(n) Advising students of the resources 164
offered by workforce or job centers; 165
(o) Preparing students for the ACT 166
assessment or the ACT WorkKeys assessments 167
required for the National Career Readiness 168
Certificate; 169
(p) Administering a practice ACT 170
assessment or practice ACT WorkKeys assessments 171
required for the National Career Readiness 172
Certificate to students; 173
(q) Advising students of opportunities to 174
take the SAT and the Armed Services Vocational 175
Aptitude Battery; 176
(r) Administering a basic math test to 177
students so that they can assess their math 178
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(s) Administering a basic writing test to 180
students so that they can assess their writing 181
skills; 182
(t) Helping each student prepare a 183
personal plan of study that outlines a sequence 184
of courses and experiences that concludes with 185
the student reaching his or her postsecondary 186
goals; and 187
(u) Explaining how to complete college 188
applications and the Free Application for 189
Federal Student Aid; 190
(2) Focuses on career readiness and 191
emphasizes the importance of work ethic, 192
communication, collaboration, critical thinking, 193
and creativity; 194
(3) Demonstrates that graduation from a 195
four-year college is not the only pathway to 196
success by describing to students at least 197
sixteen pathways to success in detail and 198
including guest visitors who represent each 199
pathway described. In exploring how these 200
pathways could be covered in the course, the 201
task force shall consider how instructors for 202
the course may be able to rely on assistance 203
from Missouri's career pathways within the 204
department of elementary and secondary education; 205
(4) Provides student loan counseling; and 206
(5) May include parent-student meetings. 207
6. Before December 1, 2019, the task force 208
established under subsection 1 of this section 209
shall present its findings and recommendations 210
to the speaker of the house of representatives, 211
the president pro tempore of the senate, the 212
joint committee on education, and the state 213
board of education. Upon presenting the 214
findings and recommendations as described in 215
this subsection, the task force shall dissolve.] 216
[167.910. 1. There is hereby established 1
the "Career Readiness Course Task Force" to 2
explore the possibility of a course covering the 3
topics described in this section being offered 4
in the public schools to students in eighth 5
grade or ninth grade. Task force members shall 6
be chosen to represent the geographic diversity 7
of the state. All task force members shall be 8

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appointed before October 31, 2018. The task 9
force members shall be appointed as follows: 10
(1) A parent of a student attending 11
elementary school, appointed by a statewide 12
association of parents and teachers; 13
(2) A parent of a student attending a 14
grade not lower than the sixth nor higher than 15
the eighth grade, appointed by a statewide 16
association of parents and teachers; 17
(3) A parent of a student attending high 18
school, appointed by a statewide association of 19
parents and teachers; 20
(4) An elementary education professional 21
from an accredited school district, appointed by 22
agreement among the Missouri State Teachers 23
Association, the Missouri National Education 24
Association, and the American Federation of 25
Teachers of Missouri; 26
(5) An education professional giving 27
instruction in a grade or grades not lower than 28
the sixth nor higher than the eighth grade in an 29
accredited school district, appointed by 30
agreement among the Missouri State Teachers 31
Association, the Missouri National Education 32
Association, and the American Federation of 33
Teachers of Missouri; 34
(6) A secondary education professional 35
from an accredited school district, appointed by 36
agreement among the Missouri State Teachers 37
Association, the Missouri National Education 38
Association, and the American Federation of 39
Teachers of Missouri; 40
(7) A career and technical education 41
professional who has experience serving as an 42
advisor to a statewide career and technical 43
education organization, appointed by a statewide 44
career and technical education organization; 45
(8) An education professional from an 46
accredited technical high school, appointed by a 47
statewide career and technical education 48
organization; 49
(9) A public school board member, 50
appointed by a statewide association of school 51
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(10) A secondary school principal, 53
appointed by a statewide association of 54
secondary school principals; 55
(11) A principal of a school giving 56
instruction in a grade or grades not lower than 57
the sixth nor higher than the eighth grade, 58
appointed by a statewide association of 59
secondary school principals; 60
(12) An elementary school counselor, 61
appointed by a statewide association of school 62
counselors; 63
(13) A school counselor from a school 64
giving instruction in a grade or grades not 65
lower than the sixth nor higher than the eighth 66
grade, appointed by a statewide association of 67
school counselors; 68
(14) A secondary school counselor, 69
appointed by a statewide association of school 70
counselors; 71
(15) A secondary school career and college 72
counselor, appointed by a statewide association 73
of school counselors; 74
(16) An apprenticeship professional, 75
appointed by the division of workforce 76
development of the department of economic 77
development; 78
(17) A representative of Missouri Project 79
Lead the Way, appointed by the statewide Project 80
Lead the Way organization; 81
(18) A representative of the State 82
Technical College of Missouri, appointed by the 83
State Technical College of Missouri; 84
(19) A representative of a public 85
community college, appointed by a statewide 86
organization of community colleges; and 87
(20) A representative of a public four- 88
year institution of higher education, appointed 89
by the commissioner of higher education. 90
2. The members of the task force 91
established under subsection 1 of this section 92
shall elect a chair from among the membership of 93
the task force. The task force shall meet as 94
needed to complete its consideration of the 95
course described in subsection 5 of this section 96
and provide its findings and recommendations as 97
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Members of the task force shall serve without 99
compensation. No school district policy or 100
administrative action shall require any 101
education employee member to use personal leave 102
or incur a reduction in pay for participating on 103
the task force. 104
3. The task force shall hold at least 105
three public hearings to provide an opportunity 106
to receive public testimony including, but not 107
limited to, testimony from educators, local 108
school boards, parents, representatives from 109
business and industry, labor and community 110
leaders, members of the general assembly, and 111
the general public. 112
4. The department of elementary and 113
secondary education shall provide such legal, 114
research, clerical, and technical services as 115
the task force may require in the performance of 116
its duties. 117
5. The task force established under 118
subsection 1 of this section shall consider a 119
course that: 120
(1) Gives students an opportunity to 121
explore various career and educational 122
opportunities by: 123
(a) Administering career surveys to 124
students and helping students use Missouri 125
Connections to determine their career interests 126
and develop plans to meet their career goals; 127
(b) Explaining the differences between 128
types of colleges, including two-year and four- 129
year colleges, and noting the availability of 130
registered apprenticeship programs as 131
alternatives to college for students; 132
(c) Describing technical degrees offered 133
by colleges; 134
(d) Explaining the courses and educational 135
experiences offered at community colleges; 136
(e) Describing the various certificates 137
and credentials available to earn at the school 138
or other schools including, but not limited to, 139
career and technical education certificates 140
described under section 170.029 and industry- 141
recognized certificates and credentials; 142

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(f) Advising students of any advanced 143
placement courses that they may take at the 144
school; 145
(g) Describing any opportunities at the 146
school for dual enrollment; 147
(h) Advising students of any Project Lead 148
the Way courses offered at the school and 149
explaining how Project Lead the Way courses help 150
students learn valuable skills; 151
(i) Informing students of the availability 152
of funding for postsecondary education through 153
the A+ schools program described under section 154
160.545; 155
(j) Describing the availability of virtual 156
courses; 157
(k) Describing the types of skills and 158
occupations most in demand in the current job 159
market and those skills and occupations likely 160
to be in high demand in future years; 161
(l) Describing the typical salaries for 162
occupations, salary trends, and opportunities 163
for advancement in various occupations; 164
(m) Emphasizing the opportunities 165
available in careers involving science, 166
technology, engineering, and math; 167
(n) Advising students of the resources 168
offered by workforce or job centers; 169
(o) Preparing students for the ACT 170
assessment or the ACT WorkKeys assessments 171
required for the National Career Readiness 172
Certificate; 173
(p) Administering a practice ACT 174
assessment or practice ACT WorkKeys assessments 175
required for the National Career Readiness 176
Certificate to students; 177
(q) Advising students of opportunities to 178
take the SAT and the Armed Services Vocational 179
Aptitude Battery; 180
(r) Administering a basic math test to 181
students so that they can assess their math 182
skills; 183
(s) Administering a basic writing test to 184
students so that they can assess their writing 185
skills; 186
(t) Helping each student prepare a 187
personal plan of study that outlines a sequence 188

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of courses and experiences that concludes with 189
the student reaching his or her postsecondary 190
goals; and 191
(u) Explaining how to complete college 192
applications and the Free Application for 193
Federal Student Aid; 194
(2) Focuses on career readiness and 195
emphasizes the importance of work ethic, 196
communication, collaboration, critical thinking, 197
and creativity; 198
(3) Demonstrates that graduation from a 199
four-year college is not the only pathway to 200
success by describing to students at least 201
sixteen pathways to success in detail and 202
including guest visitors who represent each 203
pathway described. In exploring how these 204
pathways could be covered in the course, the 205
task force shall consider how instructors for 206
the course may be able to rely on assistance 207
from Missouri Career Pathways within the 208
department of elementary and secondary education; 209
(4) Provides student loan counseling; and 210
(5) May include parent-student meetings. 211
6. Before December 1, 2019, the task force 212
established under subsection 1 of this section 213
shall present its findings and recommendations 214
to the speaker of the house of representatives, 215
the president pro tempore of the senate, the 216
joint committee on education, and the state 217
board of education. Upon presenting the 218
findings and recommendations as described in 219
this subsection, the task force shall dissolve.] 220
Section B. The repeal and reenactment of sections 1
135.713, 135.714, 135.715, 135.716, 135.719, 166.700, 2
166.705, 166.710, and 166.715 shall become effective on July 3
1, 2027. 4
Section C. In the event that any section, provision, 1
clause, phrase, or word of this act or the application 2
thereof is declared invalid under the Constitution of the 3
United States or the Constitution of the State of Missouri, 4
whether on procedural or substantive grounds, it is the 5
intent of the general assembly that the remaining sections 6

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of this act remain in force and effect as far as they are 7
capable of being carried into execution as intended by the 8
general assembly. The general assembly hereby declares that 9
it would have passed each section, provision, clause, 10
phrase, or word thereof, irrespective of the fact that any 11
one or more sections, provisions, clauses, phrases, or words 12
of this act or the application of this act would be declared 13
unenforceable, unconstitutional, or invalid. 14