Legislative Advocacy 2021

Provides that no public school shall be a member of a statewide activities association if it prohibits a home school student from participating in any event or activity offered by a public school in the school district in which the student resides.

DEVELOPMENT 1/21/21: SB55 to be combined with two other ed bills (23 and 25) which are concerned with charter school expansion, vouchers, and school choice. Summary  -  New combined text

Establishes the "Missouri Empowerment Scholarship Accounts Program."

Provides that no public school shall be a member of a statewide activities association if it prohibits a home school student from participating in any event or activity offered by a public school in the school district in which the student resides.

Allows show choir and marching band to satisfy high school physical education credits

Allows school districts to issue school district teaching permits for persons without a certificate of license to teach granted by the state board of education

Requires school districts and charter schools to develop a policy for inspection of classroom instructional material

Establishes the Competency-based Education Grant Program and Competency-based Education Task Force, and allows school districts and charter schools to receive funding for high school students taking competency-based credits.

Establishes the Competency-based Education Grant Program and Competency-based Education Task Force, and allows school districts and charter schools to receive funding for high school students taking competency-based credits.

Establishes the "21st-Century Missouri Education Task Force"

Establishes the "Show Me a Brighter Future Scholarship Act"

Establishes the "Show Me a Brighter Future Scholarship Act"

"Show Me Success Diploma Program " and establishment of  the "Competency-Based Education Task Force" to study and develop competency-based education programs in public schools.