HOUSE BILL NO. 2 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE DEATON. 0002H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT To appropriate money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the State Board of Education and the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, and the several divisions and programs thereof to be expended only as provided in Article IV, Section 28 of the Constitution of Missouri, and to transfer money among certain funds for the period beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2026.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
1 There is appropriated out of the State Treasury, to be expended only as provided in 2 Article IV, Section 28 of the Constitution of Missouri, for the purpose of funding each 3 department, division, agency, fund transfer, and program described herein for the item or items 4 stated, and for no other purpose whatsoever chargeable to the fund designated for the period 5 beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2026 as follows:
1 Section 2.005. To the Department of Elementary and Secondary 2 Education 3 For the Division of Financial and Administrative Services, provided 4 three percent (3%) flexibility is allowed from this section to 5 Section 2.505 6 Personal Service .............................................................................................$2,860,797 7 Expense and Equipment........................................................................... 186,525 8 From General Revenue Fund .......................................................................................3,047,322
9 Personal Service ...............................................................................................2,576,451 10 Expense and Equipment........................................................................... 709,003 11 From Federal Funds .....................................................................................................3,285,454
12 For the Division of Financial and Administrative Services HB 2 2
13 For the Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) program 14 For administrative expenses 15 Personal Service ....................................................................................................61,186 16 Expense and Equipment.......................................................................... 142,695 17 From General Revenue Fund ..........................................................................................203,881
18 Personal Service ....................................................................................................61,186 19 Expense and Equipment.......................................................................... 142,695 20 From Federal Funds ............................................................................................ 203,881 21 Total ...........................................................................................................................$6,740,538
1 Section 2.010. To the Department of Elementary and Secondary 2 Education 3 For refunds, provided one hundred percent (100%) flexibility is allowed 4 between funds 5 From Federal Funds ........................................................................................................$50,000 6 From Vocational Rehabilitation Fund ..............................................................................20,000 7 From Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Federal 8 Stimulus Fund .....................................................................................................250,000 9 From Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Federal 10 Emergency Relief Fund ........................................................................................50,000 11 From Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development 12 Stimulus Fund .......................................................................................................40,000 13 From Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Federal 14 Stimulus 2021 Fund ............................................................................................100,000 15 From Child Care Stabilization Federal Emergency Relief 2021 Fund ........................1,000,000 16 From Child Care Discretionary Federal Emergency Relief 2021 Fund ............. 1,000,000 17 Total ...........................................................................................................................$2,510,000
1 Section 2.015. To the Department of Elementary and Secondary 2 Education 3 For distributions to the free public schools of $4,392,006,271 under the 4 School Foundation Program as provided in Chapter 163, RSMo, 5 provided that no funds are used to support the distribution or 6 sharing of any individually identifiable student data for non- 7 educational purposes, marketing or advertising, as follows:
8 For the Foundation Formula 9 From General Revenue Fund ..............................................................................$2,293,561,936 HB 2 3
10 From Outstanding Schools Trust Fund ....................................................................836,989,361 11 From Lottery Proceeds Fund ...................................................................................139,072,360 12 From State School Moneys Fund .............................................................................272,959,329 13 From Classroom Trust Fund ....................................................................................441,763,770 14 From Sports Wagering for Education Fund .................................................................1,084,066
15 For Transportation 16 From General Revenue Fund ...................................................................................302,702,347 17 From Lottery Proceeds Fund .....................................................................................73,873,102
18 For the Small Schools Program 19 From General Revenue Fund .............................................................................. 30,000,000 20 Total ....................................................................................................................$4,392,006,271
1 Section 2.020. To the Department of Elementary and Secondary 2 Education 3 For State Board of Education operated school programs, provided 4 twenty-five percent (25%) flexibility is allowed between 5 personal service and expense and equipment, and further 6 provided three percent (3%) flexibility is allowed from this 7 section to Section 2.505
8 Personal Service ...........................................................................................$35,018,555 9 Expense and Equipment.......................................................................... 18,181,177 10 From General Revenue Fund .....................................................................................53,199,732
11 Personal Service ..................................................................................................929,100 12 Expense and Equipment.......................................................................... 10,012,276 13 From Federal Funds ...................................................................................................10,941,376
14 Expense and Equipment 15 From Bingo Proceeds for Education Fund.......................................................... 1,876,355 16 Total .........................................................................................................................$66,017,463
1 Section 2.025. To the Department of Elementary and Secondary 2 Education 3 For the Office of Childhood 4 For pre-kindergarten education program grants to child care facilities as 5 defined in Section 210.201, RSMo, that are licensed under 6 Section 210.221, RSMo, or that are unlicensed and registered HB 2 4
7 with the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to 8 serve students in the year prior to kindergarten eligibility in a 9 program consistent with Section 161.213, RSMo, with 10 reimbursements not to exceed an amount equivalent to the current 11 state adequacy target as established in 163.011, RSMo, per 12 individual child receiving a minimum of 1,044 hours of 13 instruction, with priority given to students at or below 185% of 14 the federal poverty level not already receiving a full child care 15 subsidy for the same instructional services 16 From General Revenue Fund ...................................................................................$26,084,588
1 Section 2.030. To the Department of Elementary and Secondary 2 Education 3 For the Office of Childhood 4 For pre-kindergarten education program grants to local education 5 agencies to serve students, or contract to serve students, in the 6 year prior to kindergarten eligibility in a program consistent with 7 Section 161.213, RSMo, with reimbursements not to exceed the 8 product of the state adequacy target and the dollar value modifier 9 per each average daily attendance as defined in Section 163.011, 10 RSMo, with priority given to students at or below 185% of the 11 federal poverty level 12 From General Revenue Fund ...................................................................................$55,830,843
1 Section 2.035. To the Department of Elementary and Secondary 2 Education 3 For Career Ladder, provided ten percent (10%) flexibility is allowed 4 between this section and Section 2.040 5 From General Revenue Fund ...................................................................................$31,858,050 6 From Lottery Proceeds Fund .............................................................................. 37,467,000 7 Total .........................................................................................................................$69,325,050
1 Section 2.040. To the Department of Elementary and Secondary 2 Education 3 Funds are to be transferred out of the State Treasury to the 4 Teacher Baseline Salary Grant Fund 5 From General Revenue Fund ...................................................................................$33,421,374 HB 2 5
6 For a grant program to provide a baseline educator salary of $40,000, 7 provided ten percent (10%) flexibility is allowed between this 8 section and Section 2.035 9 From Teacher Baseline Salary Grant Fund ......................................................... 33,421,374 10 Total .........................................................................................................................$66,842,748
1 Section 2.045. To the Department of Elementary and Secondary 2 Education 3 For distributions to the free public schools under the American Rescue 4 Plan Act 5 From Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Federal 6 Emergency Relief 2021 Fund ....................................................................$560,377,720
7 For distributions to the Department of Elementary and Secondary 8 Education under the American Rescue Plan Act 9 Personal Service ..................................................................................................383,821
10 Expense and Equipment, provided one hundred percent (100%) 11 flexibility is allowed between programs in this subsection 12 For teacher and leader training .......................................................................................996,350 13 For a teacher recruitment and retention grant program .............................................18,649,740 14 For the Missouri Read, Lead, Exceed Program .........................................................18,858,307 15 For the Missouri Mathematics Mastery Program ........................................................9,357,839 16 For mental health support initiatives..........................................................................16,912,916 17 For an assessment system redesign ............................................................................12,083,367 18 For Missouri Postsecondary Advising Program ..........................................................4,003,008 19 For a summer learning program, including summer enrichment programs 20 provided by community-based organizations ..................................................9,384,308
21 For after school programs ..........................................................................................10,033,966 22 For data system upgrades ................................................................................................594,457 23 For administration ............................................................................................... 5,655,344 24 From Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Federal 25 Emergency Relief 2021 Fund ......................................................................667,291,143
26 For the procurement of a chemistry and physical science online learning 27 platform for middle school and high school students, provided the 28 platform aligns to Missouri science standards and highlights 29 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics and career HB 2 6
30 and technical education pathways in Missouri to increase 31 students’ interest in pursuing a chemistry-related career 32 From Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Federal 33 Emergency Relief 2021 Fund .................................................................. 2,000,000 34 Total .......................................................................................................................$669,291,143
1 Section 2.050. To the Department of Elementary and Secondary 2 Education 3 For a summer enrichment program grant to a not-for-profit organization 4 that inspires a brighter future for students most in need by 5 providing opportunities to experience high-quality academics, 6 engaging enrichment activities, and health life skills, provided 7 that the organization has a primary office location in a city with 8 more than twenty-seven thousand but fewer than thirty thousand 9 inhabitants and located in a county with more than one million 10 inhabitants, further provided that such funds be awarded through 11 a competitive grant process 12 From General Revenue Fund ..........................................................................................$50,000
1 Section 2.055. To the Department of Elementary and Secondary 2 Education 3 For a patriotic and civics training program to prepare teachers to teach 4 the principles of American civics and patriotism, provided three 5 percent (3%) flexibility is allowed from this section to Section 6 2.505 7 From General Revenue Fund ........................................................................................$500,000
8 For a not-for-profit organization that focuses on health, hunger, and 9 hygiene, provided three percent (3%) flexibility is allowed from 10 this section to Section 2.505 11 From General Revenue Fund .......................................................................................2,500,000
12 For distributions of the Governor’s Emergency Education Relief 13 Funds for Emergency Assistance to Non-Public schools under the 14 American Rescue Plan Act, provided that no funds may be used 15 for distributions under Section 312(d) of the Coronavirus 16 Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act 17 From Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Federal 18 Emergency Relief Fund .......................................................................... 46,958,743 HB 2 7
19 Total .........................................................................................................................$49,958,743
1 Section 2.060. To the Department of Elementary and Secondary 2 Education 3 For the School Nutrition Services Program to reimburse schools for 4 school food programs 5 From General Revenue Fund .....................................................................................$3,412,151 6 From Federal Funds ............................................................................................ 349,360,497 7 Total .......................................................................................................................$352,772,648
1 Section 2.065. To the Department of Elementary and Secondary 2 Education 3 For a program to recruit, train, and/or develop teachers to teach in 4 academically struggling school districts 5 From General Revenue Fund .....................................................................................$1,700,000
1 Section 2.070. To the Department of Elementary and Secondary 2 Education 3 For planning, design, procurement, and implementation of a K-3 reading 4 assessment system for preliminary identification of students at 5 risk for dyslexia and related disorders including analysis of 6 phonological and phonemic awareness, rapid automatic naming, 7 alphabetic principle, phonics, reading fluency, spelling, reading 8 accuracy, vocabulary, and reading comprehension 9 From General Revenue Fund ........................................................................................$400,000
1 Section 2.075. To the Department of Elementary and Secondary 2 Education 3 To reimburse school districts and charters for costs associated 4 with reading assessments, designated reading programs,