Bill Text: MO HB1629 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishes the Governor's Dropout Advisory Commission
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-03 - Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H) [HB1629 Detail]
Download: Missouri-2010-HB1629-Introduced.html
SECOND REGULAR SESSION
95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES NASHEED (Sponsor), ROORDA, ATKINS, WALTON GRAY, CARTER, STORCH, ENGLUND, WALLACE, HOLSMAN, FALLERT, MORRIS, CURLS, KELLY, HUGHES, TALBOY, GRILL, CHAPPELLE-NADAL, KANDER, FISCHER (107), OXFORD AND McNARY (Co-sponsors).
3971L.01I D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To amend chapter 161, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to the governor's dropout advisory commission.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 161, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 161.870, to read as follows:
161.870. 1. There is hereby established the "Governor's Dropout Advisory Commission". The commission shall consist of members including, but not limited to, the following:
(1) Members of the general assembly;
(2) Representatives from the department of mental health; department of elementary and secondary education; department of health and senior services; department of public safety; department of higher education; department of social services, including the children's division;
(3) Representatives from institutions of higher education located in Missouri;
(4) Alternative school directors;
(5) A representative of large-scale business or industry;
(6) A representative of entrepreneurial business;
(7) Independent private education providers and nonprofit education providers;
(8) Representatives from civic and service organizations;
(9) Parents of individuals who have dropped out of school; and
(10) Youth between the ages of seventeen and twenty-one who have dropped out of school.
2. The members of the commission shall consist of a broad representation of Missouri's citizens, both urban and rural, who are concerned with the social costs and quality of life that result from dropping out of school.
3. Service on the commission shall be voluntary. Subject to appropriations, members of the commission shall receive reasonable reimbursement for expenses actually incurred in the performance of the member's official duties for members who are not employees of the state of Missouri.
4. The duties of the commission shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
(1) Advise and make recommendations to the governor, general assembly, and relevant state agencies concerning issues relating to dropout prevention and recovery, including literacy, education, and other adult and adolescent services;
(2) Make recommendations for developing a comprehensive state plan that would focus on the means for enhancing resources required to provide the full complement of dropout prevention and recovery services.
5. The department of elementary and secondary education shall furnish administrative support and staff for the effective operation of the commission.
6. The department of elementary and secondary education shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary to implement this section. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, that is created under the authority delegated in this section shall become effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of the provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 536.028. This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 2010, shall be invalid and void.
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