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2009 Bill(s)

* SB 41
Sponsor: Cunningham, Jane
Status: S Education
Description: Require a school to report to the state an allegation of sexual misconduct by a teacher or school employee. Establish a system for annual criminal checks of teachers. Provide lawsuit immunity for reporting child abuse by a school employee.
See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • * SB 42
    Sponsor: Cunningham, Jane
    Status: S Education
    Description: Give pay increases to teachers who opt out of tenure contract protections.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • * SB 99
    Sponsor: Cunningham, Jane
    Status: S Ways & Means
    Description: Limit the increase in property assessment.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • SB 200
    Sponsor: Cunningham, Jane
    Status: S Judiciary
    Description: Expand the provisions under which a tougher penalty can be imposed for a repeat stealing offense.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • SB 201
    Sponsor: Cunningham, Jane
    Status: S General Laws
    Description: Impose various restrictions and provisions for seizure of a dog in illegal dog fighting. Provide lawsuit protection for killing the dog.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • SCS SB 231
    Sponsor: Cunningham, Jane
    Status: GOVERNOR SIGNED
    Description: Provide lawsuit protection for any damage a landlord does to property of a tenant when the property is being removed under a court order.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • SB 232
    Sponsor: Cunningham, Jane
    Status: GOVERNOR SIGNED
    Description: Essentially prohibit local government employement discrimination against persons who have been home schooled or have a GED. It would prohibit discrimination based on the applicant's "elementary or secondary education program."
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • SB 233
    Sponsor: Cunningham, Jane
    Status: S Education
    Description: Allow the Education Department to issue teaching degrees without a degree in education limited to teaching in banking or financial responsibility.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    SB 234
    Sponsor: Cunningham, Jane
    Status: S Education
    Description: Allow a school to award pay increases on the basis of classroom performance. Also allow higher pay rates to recruit teachers.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    HCS SB 235
    Sponsor: Cunningham, Jane
    Status: GOVERNOR VETOED
    Description: Establish a means by which a manufactured home can be classified as real estate for property taxing purposes.
    See: 
  • Get the veto letter
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • SB 277
    Sponsor: Cunningham, Jane
    Status: GOVERNOR SIGNED
    Description: Allow a trust authority to transfer some of the trust authority of an irrevocable life insurance transt to an out-of-state bank.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • SB 278
    Sponsor: Cunningham, Jane
    Status: IN SCS SB 45
    Description: Expand a state program for funding job training include pre-employment training.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • SB 450
    Sponsor: Cunningham, Jane
    Status: S General Laws
    Description: Require public libraries to restrict access by minors to obscene or pornographic materials.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • SB 451
    Sponsor: Cunningham, Jane
    Status: S Agriculture
    Description: Allow a liquor wholesaler or brewer to provide samples for tasting at licensed locations.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • SB 452
    Sponsor: Cunningham, Jane
    Status: S Financial
    Description: Let a company that has filed for bankruptcy continue to get economic development tax breaks under some circumstances.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    SB 496
    Sponsor: Cunningham, Jane
    Status: S Education
    Description: Give the Education Board power to have the department regulate extracurricular sports activities.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    SB 497
    Sponsor: Cunningham, Jane
    Status: S Education
    Description: Let the Education Department withhold state funds to an unaccredited school for failing to transfer funds to a district where a student has transferred.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    SB 498
    Sponsor: Cunningham, Jane
    Status: S Education
    Description: Add to the school accountability report card information about gifted education programs by a school.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    * SB 499
    Sponsor: Cunningham, Jane
    Status: S Education
    Description: Require higher education institutions to make annual reports on steps taken to ensure intellectual diversity.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    SB 500
    Sponsor: Cunningham, Jane
    Status: S Education
    Description: Let parents prohibit a child from being required to participate in school extracurricular activities or clubs.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    SB 501
    Sponsor: Cunningham, Jane
    Status: S Ways & Means
    Description: Impose a limit on the percentage increase in property assessment for residential property until transfer of the property.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    SB 502
    Sponsor: Cunningham, Jane
    Status: S Education
    Description: Require a school provide credit transfer to a public school from a private school or a home-schooled child.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    SB 503
    Sponsor: Cunningham, Jane
    Status: S Education
    Description: Allow two or more school distrcits to share a superintendent.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    SB 504
    Sponsor: Cunningham, Jane
    Status: S Education
    Description: Require a college student to pay full tuition if the student has enrolled in the same course more than twice.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • SB 505
    Sponsor: Cunningham, Jane
    Status: S Education
    Description: Let other schools refuse transfer of teachers from a provisionally or unaccredited school district.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    SB 515
    Sponsor: Cunningham, Jane
    Status: S Education
    Description: Allow termination of contracts of tenured teachers by unaccredited or provisionally accredited schools.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    SB 516
    Sponsor: Cunningham, Jane
    Status: S Education
    Description: A number of separate school district changes. Allow sharing of superintendents. Raise the maximum increase allowed for retired teachers.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    SB 537
    Sponsor: Cunningham, Jane
    Status: S Education
    Description: Establish open enrollment in schools for children of firefighters, police and emergency medical workers who are required to live in a school district.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    SJR 4
    Sponsor: Cunningham, Jane
    Status: S Ways & Means
    Description: Impose a limit on the annual percentage increase in property assessment.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • SJR 15
    Sponsor: Cunningham, Jane
    Status: S Governmental Accountability
    Description: Let the legislature refuse to adopt a tax increase ordered by the courts.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • SJR 18
    Sponsor: Cunningham, Jane
    Status: S Governmental Accountability
    Description: Impose a limit on the increase in the assessment of residential property until ownership transfer.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

  • 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.