Bill Text: MO HB1228 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires school board members to complete orientation and training prior to taking office and imposes an additional eight-hour annual continuing education training requirement
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-16 - Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education(H) [HB1228 Detail]
Download: Missouri-2014-HB1228-Introduced.html
SECOND REGULAR SESSION
97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE GATSCHENBERGER.
4918L.01I D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To repeal section 162.203, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to training requirements for school board members.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 162.203, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 162.203, to read as follows:
162.203. 1. Board members initially elected or appointed under section 162.291, 162.459, 162.471, or 162.581 after August 28, [1993] 2014, in addition to the qualifications prescribed in those sections, shall successfully complete orientation and training requirements within one year of the date of the election or appointment. The orientation and training shall consist of at least sixteen hours with [the cost of such training to be paid by the district] at least two hours to be completed before taking office. In addition, after taking office, members shall complete eight hours of continuing education training each year, with such requirement waived for a member's first year in office.
2. All programs providing the orientation and training required under the provisions of this section shall be offered by a statewide association organized for the benefit of members of boards of education or be approved by the state board of education.
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