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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 21 12
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBL Y
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENT A TIVE STEINHOFF .
4934H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
T o amend chapter 168, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to the Missouri
teachers matter grant program.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 168, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be
2 known as section 168.481, to read as follows:
168.481. 1. This section shall be known and may be cited as the "Missouri
2 T eachers Matter Grant Pro gram".
3 2. As used in this section, the following terms mean:
4 (1) "MTM district grant", an amount of moneys that:
5 (a) Consists of:
6 a. Up to one thousand dollars of moneys appr opriated by the state for such
7 purpose; and
8 b. Up to one thousand dollars of moneys fr om school district funds as a matching
9 grant; and
10 (b) Is awarded to a teacher by the school district employing such teacher if such
11 teacher ren ews a contract to teach in such school district before June first of the school
12 year;
13 (2) "MTM state grant", an amount of appr opriated moneys that:
14 (a) Does not exceed four thousand dollars; and
15 (b) Is awarded to a qualified teacher under this section;
16 (3) "Qualified teacher", an individual who:
17 (a) Has re ceived a valid certificate of license to teach under this chapter;
EXPLANA TION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is
intended to be omitted from the law . Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.
18 (b) Receives annual compensation for services ren dered as a teacher under the
19 salary schedule adopted by the school board of a school district in this state;
20 (c) Received a ranking of satisfactory or higher on the individual's most recent
21 classr oom performance evaluations performed under section 168.128;
22 (d) Does not rece ive a supplement to such individual's teacher salary under the
23 teacher baseline salary grant pro gram established under section 163.172; and
24 (e) Completes additional self-dir ected duties beyond the scope of the individual's
25 teacher contract as described in subsection 4 of this section.
26 3. For the 2026-27 school year and all subsequent school years, subject to
27 appr opriations, a school district may award:
28 (1) An MTM district grant to a teacher employed by the school district as
29 follows:
30 (a) The amount of the moneys appr opriated by the state that ar e disbursed as
31 part of the MTM district grant shall be the same amount as moneys provi ded fr om
32 school district funds as a matching grant; and
33 (b) The MTM district grant shall be distributed to such teacher after May
34 thirty-first of the school year; and
35 (2) An MTM state grant to a qualified teacher employed by the school district as
36 follows:
37 (a) The first half of such MTM state grant shall be two thousand dollars and
38 shall be distributed to such qualified teacher between December first and January
39 fifteenth of the school year after completion of at least forty hours of self-directed duties
40 under subsection 4 of this section; and
41 (b) The second half of such MTM state grant shall be two thousand dollars and
42 shall be distributed to such qualified teacher between May first and June fifteenth of the
43 school year after completion of at least forty hours of self-directed duties under
44 subsection 4 of this section.
45 4. (1) As used in this subsection, "self-dir ected duties" includes, but is not
46 limited to:
47 (a) Serving as a coach, supervisor , or organizer for any extracurricular activity
48 for which the qualified teacher does not alread y r eceive additional compensation;
49 (b) Serving as a mentor for students or teachers, in a formal or informal
50 capacity , for which the qualified teacher does not alr eady r eceive additional
5 1 compensation;
52 (c) Receiving additional teacher training or certification outside of such training
53 or certification requ ired by or compensated for by the school district;
54 (d) Serving as a tutor or pr oviding additional learning opportunities to students;
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55 (e) Assisting students with postsecondary education pr eparation including, but
56 not limited to, teaching an ACT or SA T pr eparation course or assisting students with
57 completing college or career school admission or financial assistance applications; and
58 (f) Serving as an organizer , present er , or supervisor of any student, community ,
59 par ent, or staff event that improv es academic, community , or personal outcomes for any
60 of such entities.
61 (2) T o receive an MTM state grant, a qualified teacher shall:
62 (a) Sign a written agr eement between the school district and the qualified
63 teacher that indicates the number of hours of additional self-dire cted duties beyond the
64 scope of the individual's teacher contract that a qualified teacher performed in the four
65 months immediately befor e each distribution of MTM state grant moneys as described
66 in subdivision (2) of subsection 3 of this section; and
67 (b) Maintain a written or electr onic log or recor d indicating each self-dir ected
68 duty the qualified teacher performed and the number of hours for each self-dir ected
69 duty .
70 (3) A qualified teacher shall pro duce a log or record maintained under this
71 subsection upon request by the school board in an isolated case of suspected fraud or
72 malfeasance as pr ovided in the school district's policies.
73 5. This section shall not be construed to req uire a school district to award MTM
74 district grants to a teacher if such school district has no moneys available for awarding
75 such MTM district grants.
76 6. The amount of an MTM district grant offer ed or awarded under this section
77 may be subject to negotiations in any collective bargaining pr ocess for school district
78 employee contracts.
79 7. No MTM district grant or MTM state grant offered or awarded under this
80 section shall be construed to be a bonus in violation of subdivision (3) of Article III,
81 Section 39 of the Constitution of Missouri.
82 8. Under section 23.253 of the Missouri sunset act:
83 (1) The prov isions of the new pr ogram authorized under this section shall sunset
84 six years after the effective date of this section unless reauthori zed by an act of the
85 general assembly; and
86 (2) This section shall terminate on September first of the calendar year
87 immediately following the calendar year in which the prog ram authorized under this
88 section is sunset.
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