2012 Legislative Tracker
Missouri Legislation
| Bill Number | Summary |
| HB 1174 | Gives the state board of education authority to determine an alternative governing structure for failing school districts. |
| HB 1374 | Changes the laws regarding school accreditation and establishes a transformational school district upon the second declaration of unaccredited status of certain school districts. Does not currently reference retirement which is how we prefer this legislation to move forward. |
| HB 1740 | Modifies provisions relating to school operations. HCS contains numerous provisions including: 1) repeals teacher tenure for all new hires and eliminates use of seniority in reduction in force, 2) repeals the minimum teacher salary for teachers with Master's degrees and ten or more years of teaching, 3) contains a tax-credit style voucher for students of unaccredited districts to attend private schools, 4) adds charter school expansion and accountability similar to HCS/HB 1228 (Tishaura Jones), 5) creates statewide virtual district school and virtual charter school open enrollment, 6) includes provisions allowing accredited districts to establish class-size capacity standards with regard to student transfers from unaccredited districts, 7) contains the provisions of HCS/HB 1174 (Mike Lair) to allow the State Board of Education to hold a hearing and act to revise the governance of a school district when it becomes unaccredited, rather than automatically lapsing the district after two years, and 8) contains the provisions of HCS/HB 1043 (Mike Thomson) regarding distribution of school formula funds when the formula is underfunded. |
| HB 2106 | Changes provisions relating to the state auditor. Allows state auditor to audit any public retirement system within the state. |
| SB 451 | Establishes the "Sharing of Services and Increasing Efficiencies Act" to allow school districts and other entities to achieve efficiencies. Includes a study by PSRS and KCPSRS regarding any changes to the existing KC school district. |
| SB 516 | SCS - requires the Governor to give electronic notice to the General Assembly at least thirty days before the term ends for an appointed member of any board, commission, or committee that is subject to the advice and consent of the Senate. |
| SB 581 | Modifies provisions relating to school district boundary line changes, school accreditation, and employment of retired teachers under certain circumstances. Current members of the Kansas City Public School Retirement System who become employed in a contract portion of the Kansas City School District will remain members of the system. In addition, any employee currently a member of the Public School Retirement System of Missouri who becomes employed in a contract portion of the district will remain a member of that system. Retired members of either the Kansas City Public School Retirement System or the Public School Retirement System of Missouri may be employed in a contract portion of the district and will not be subject to the existing limits on hours and compensation for retired teachers who return to work. |
| SB 677 | Gives the state board of education authority to determine an alternative governing structure for failing school districts. |
| SB 706 | Modifies provisions relating to school operations, which includes procedures for when a district becomes unaccredited. If the employees of the unaccredited district are members of a retirement system other than the Public School Retirement System of Missouri or the Public Education Employee Retirement System of Missouri, they will remain members of their present system. New employees will be members of the system in which the receiving district participates. |
| SB 842 | Modifies the Public School Retirement System of Missouri (PSRS) and the Public Education Employee Retirement System of Missouri (PEERS). This act requires that the employee and employer contribution rates for both systems be fixed at the 2011-2012 school year rate until the systems experience a funded ratio of one hundred percent. The systems' annual actuarial valuations will not be used to fix the contribution rates so long as the 2011-2012 school year rates are in effect. |
To contact your legislator and voice your support or opposition to any of the above legislation, visit http://www.senate.mo.gov/llookup/leg_lookup.aspx and enter your ZIP code.
To follow the progress of all proposed 2012 legislation being tracked by PSRS/PEERS, view this spreadsheet. You will notice that not all bills listed on this document would have a direct impact on PSRS/PEERS or our membership. We monitor these bills to ensure that we are aware of any potential conflicts or changes to our Systems.