Key Votes
SS6 SCS SB 389 - Higher Education - Key Vote
Missouri Key Votes
Stages
- May 23, 2007 Executive Signed
- May 7, 2007 House Bill Passed
- April 25, 2007 Senate Bill Passed
- April 18, 2007 Introduced
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Issues
Note
NOTE: THIS IS A SUBSTITUTE BILL, MEANING THE LANGUAGE OF THE ORIGINAL BILL HAS BEEN REPLACED. THE DEGREE TO WHICH THE SUBSTITUTE BILL TEXT DIFFERS FROM THE PREVIOUS VERSION OF THE TEXT CAN VARY GREATLY.
Stage Details
Legislation - Signed (Executive) - May 23, 2007
Title: Higher Education
Signed by Governor Matthew Blunt
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (91-64) - May 7, 2007 (Key vote)
Title: Higher Education
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that revises several provisions regarding postsecondary institutions.
Highlights:
-Establishes the Missouri Teachers Fellows Program, which agrees to pay of the college loans of eligible high school students who graduate from a Missouri college with a minimum GPA of 3.0 and who promise to work as a teacher for five years in an unaccredited Missouri school district (sec. A).
-Allows the University of Missouri to close the personal financial records of donors or potential donors (sec. A).
-Prohibits awarding need-based scholarships and awards to students that are greater than the cost of attendance (sec. A).
-Transfers $350 million from the Higher Education Loan Authority to the Lewis & Clark discovery fund for implementing the Missouri Teachers Fellows Program (sec. A).
-Limits the percentage that college tuition can be raised to the percentage rise in the consumer price index by the 2008-09 school year (sec. A).
Legislation - Bill Passed (Senate) (20-14) - April 25, 2007
Note:
NOTE: THIS IS A SUBSTITUTE BILL, MEANING THE LANGUAGE OF THE ORIGINAL BILL HAS BEEN REPLACED. THE DEGREE TO WHICH THE SUBSTITUTE BILL TEXT DIFFERS FROM THE PREVIOUS VERSION OF THE TEXT CAN VARY GREATLY.
Legislation - Introduced (Senate) - April 18, 2007
Title: Higher Education Reform
Sponsors
- Gary Nodler (MO - R) (Out Of Office)
