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2011 Bill(s)
* SB 12 Sponsor:Pearce, David Status: S Education Description: Various changes in the School Foundation formula for distributing funds to public schools. Eliminate state funding for summer school. Add provisions if the legislature fails to fully fund the formula.
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* SCS SB 13 Sponsor:Pearce, David Status: H Education Description: Create a task force to study teacher compensation, specifically including teacher evaluation.
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* SCS SB 14 Sponsor:Pearce, David Status: S Perf Description: Let the state Board of Education establish provisions by which a school district could refuse to accept a student from an unaccredited district. In 2010, the state Supreme Court ruled that a district must accept students from the St. Louis city school system.
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CCS SB 81 Sponsor:Pearce, David Status: GOVERNOR SIGNED Description: Allow the Education Department to develop a program for fine arts education consultation at regional professional development centers. The CCS contains several other education-related issues including summer school funding.
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SB 82 Sponsor:Pearce, David Status: IN SCS SB 88 Description: Remove the August 2011 expiration date that exempts various higher education instituitions from having to get legislative approval to sell or transfer real estate.
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SB 83 Sponsor:Pearce, David Status: GOVERNOR SIGNED Description: Allow the sale of a deficiency waiver addendum or a guaranteed asset protection as part of a loan transaction.
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HCS SCS SB 163 Sponsor:Pearce, David Status: GOVERNOR VETOED Description: Allow up two persons from the same congressional to serve on the University of Missouri board of curators. Required because Missouri will lose one of its congressional seats due to the 2010 census. See HB 174 that was passed and signed earlier by the governor. It does the same thing.
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SB 164 Sponsor:Pearce, David Status: S Education Description: Establish a program to enhance teaching in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, subject to appropriation.
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SB 190 Sponsor:Pearce, David Status: S Ways & Means Description: Provide a tax credit for purchase of biomass engineered fiber fuel.
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SB 191 Sponsor:Pearce, David Status: S Education Description: Create a new program to provide grants to nursing schools training nurses for work in areas of nursing shortages, subject to appropriations.
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SB 192 Sponsor:Pearce, David Status: S Health Description: Require the Mental Health Department to developing a continuing education program on eating disorders. Let schools require school staff to take the courses.
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SB 193 Sponsor:Pearce, David Status: S Judiciary Description: et a Cass County establish a county municipal court.
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SB 194 Sponsor:Pearce, David Status: S Jobs Description: Add Cass County to the list of counties that are allow to have an ordinance on nuisance abatement.
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SB 228 Sponsor:Pearce, David Status: S Perf Description: Change the Kansas City School District board from subdistrict to district-wide elections.
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SB 229 Sponsor:Pearce, David Status: S Small Business Description: Require health insurance cover eating disorder treatment.
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* SB 247 Sponsor:Pearce, David Status: S Perf Description: Extend the period for full funding of the School Foundation Formula that distributes state funds to local public schools. Add language for handling allocation if the formula is not fully funded.
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* SCS SB 291 Sponsor:Pearce, David Status: S Perf Description: Several changes involving charter schools. Let charter schools operate in any state school district. Several other provisions.
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SB 311 Sponsor:Pearce, David Status: S Health Description: Repeal the sunset of a law that requires a vision exam when a child begins school in kindergarten or first grade.
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SB 364 Sponsor:Pearce, David Status: S Jobs Description: Allow establishment of a parks, trails and greenways district in some charter counties with power to impose a sales tax, upon voter approval.
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SB 421 Sponsor:Pearce, David Status: S Financial Description: Prohibit convicted felons from running for office.
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Note: The descriptions of bills, amendments and roll-call votes are written by MDN journalists. MDN's database may not include committee assignments of bills made on the last day of the session since it is too late for the committee to act on the bill and, thus, the delayed assignment has no practical effect.
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