HOUSE BILL NO. 2 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE SMITH (163). 0002H.01I DANA RADEMAN MILLER, 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, 2021 and ending June 30, 2022.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
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, and program enumerated in each section 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, 2021 and ending June 30, 2022 as follows:
Section 2.005. To the Department of Elementary and Secondary 2 Education 3 For the Division of Financial and Administrative Services, provided that 4 not more than three percent (3%) flexibility is allowed from this 5 section to Section 2.400 6 Personal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,905,488 7 Expense and Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117,559 8 From General Revenue Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,023,047
9 Personal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,033,403 10 Expense and Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 692,687 11 From Federal Funds.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,726,090 12 Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,749,137
Section 2.006. To the Department of Elementary and Secondary 2 Education 3 For the purpose of funding performance incentives for high-achieving 4 department employees HB 2 2
5 From General Revenue Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $84,846 6 From Federal and Other Funds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105,458 7 Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $190,304
Section 2.010. To the Department of Elementary and Secondary 2 Education 3 For refunds 4 From Federal and Other Funds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $70,000
Section 2.015. To the Department of Elementary and Secondary 2 Education 3 For distributions to the free public schools of $3,705,754,535 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 7 non-educational purposes, marketing or advertising, as follows: 8 For the Foundation Formula. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,561,737,794 9 For Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93,947,713 10 For Vocational Education, provided that no funds are used for advertising. . . . . . . . . . . 50,069,028 11 From General Revenue Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,180,800,999 12 From Outstanding Schools Trust Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 836,820,491 13 From State School Moneys Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198,222,534 14 From Lottery Proceeds Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139,655,579 15 From Classroom Trust Fund.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350,254,932
16 For the Small Schools Program 17 From General Revenue Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,000,000 18 For State Board of Education operated school programs, provided that not 19 more than twenty-five percent (25%) flexibility is allowed between 20 personal service and expense and equipment, and further provided 21 that not more than three percent (3%) flexibility is allowed from 22 this section to Section 2.400 23 Personal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,771,382 24 Expense and Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,145,292 25 From General Revenue Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45,916,674
26 Personal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 766,606 27 Expense and Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,004,450 28 From Federal Funds.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,771,056
29 Expense and Equipment 30 From Bingo Proceeds for Education Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,876,355 31 Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,776,318,620 HB 2 3
Section 2.020. To the Department of Elementary and Secondary 2 Education 3 For distributions to the free public schools under the Coronavirus Aid, 4 Relief, and Economic Security Act 5 From Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Federal 6 Emergency Relief Fund.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $105,000,000
Section 2.025. To the Department of Elementary and Secondary 2 Education 3 For distributions of the Governor's Emergency Education Relief Funds to 4 the free public schools under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and 5 Economic Security Act 6 From Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Federal 7 Emergency Relief Fund.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $20,000,000
Section 2.030. 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.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318,031,026 7 Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $321,443,177
Section 2.035. To the Department of Elementary and Secondary 2 Education 3 For School Innovation Waivers 4 From General Revenue Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,000,000
Section 2.040. 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
Section 2.045. To the Department of Elementary and Secondary 2 Education 3 For planning, design, procurement, and implementation of a 4 K-3 reading assessment system for preliminary identification of 5 students at risk for dyslexia and related disorders including 6 analysis of phonological and phonemic awareness, rapid automatic 7 naming, alphabetic principle, phonics, reading fluency, spelling, 8 reading accuracy, vocabulary, and reading comprehension 9 From General Revenue Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $400,000 HB 2 4
Section 2.050. To the Department of Elementary and Secondary 2 Education 3 Funds are to be transferred out of the State Treasury to the STEM 4 Career Awareness Program Fund 5 From General Revenue Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $250,000
Section 2.055. To the Department of Elementary and Secondary 2 Education 3 For the STEM Career Awareness Program 4 From STEM Career Awareness Program Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $250,000
Section 2.060. To the Department of Elementary and Secondary 2 Education 3 Funds are to be transferred out of the State Treasury to the 4 Computer Science Education Fund 5 From General Revenue Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $450,000
Section 2.065. To the Department of Elementary and Secondary 2 Education 3 For Computer Science Education 4 From Computer Science Education Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $450,000
Section 2.070. To the Department of Elementary and Secondary 2 Education 3 For distributions to the public elementary and secondary schools in this 4 state, pursuant to Chapters 144, 163, and 164, RSMo, pertaining 5 to the School District Trust Fund 6 From School District Trust Fund.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $958,400,000
Section 2.075. To the Department of Elementary and Secondary 2 Education 3 For grants to establish safe schools programs addressing active shooter 4 response training and school safety measures, provided that grants 5 are to be distributed by a statewide education organization whose 6 directors consist entirely of public school board members, and 7 further provided that not more than three percent (3%) flexibility 8 is allowed from this section to Section 2.400 9 From General Revenue Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $300,000
Section 2.080. To the Department of Elementary and Secondary 2 Education 3 For a statewide, competitively-bid school safety program 4 From Federal Funds.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,000,000 HB 2 5
Section 2.085. To the Department of Elementary and Secondary 2 Education 3 For the Virtual Schools Program 4 From General Revenue Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $200,000 5 From Lottery Proceeds Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389,778
6 For a statewide, competitively- bid virtual education program developed 7 by a public K-12 institution 8 From General Revenue Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500,000 9 Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,089,778
Section 2.090. To the Department of Elementary and Secondary 2 Education 3 For costs associated with school district bonds 4 From School District Bond Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $492,000
Section 2.095. To the Department of Elementary and Secondary 2 Education 3 For receiving and expending grants, donations, contracts, and payments 4 from private, federal, and other governmental agencies which may 5 become available between sessions of the General Assembly 6 provided that the General Assembly shall be notified of the source 7 of any new funds and the purpose for which they shall be 8 expended, in writing, prior to the use of said funds and further 9 provided that no funds shall be used to implement or support the 10 Common Core Standards 11 From Federal Funds.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $15,000,000
Section 2.100. To the Department of Elementary and Secondary 2 Education 3 For the Commissioner of Education to provide funds to public schools, 4 eligible for Federal E-rate reimbursement, to be used as a state 5 match of up to ten percent (10%) of E-rate eligible special 6 construction costs under the Federal E-rate program pursuant to 47 7 CFR 54.505, and to provide additional funds to eligible public 8 schools in the amount necessary to bring the total support from 9 Federal universal service combined with state funds under this 10 section to one hundred percent (100%) of E-rate eligible special 11 construction costs, provided that no funds are used to construct 12 broadband facilities to schools and libraries where such facilities 13 already exist providing at least 100mbps symmetrical service; and 14 further provided that to the extent such funds are used to construct 15 broadband facilities, the construction, ownership and maintenance 16 of such facilities shall be procured through a competitive bidding 17 process; and further provided that funds shall only be expended for
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