MoASSP Priorities
SCHOOL FUNDING: Ensuring adequate and equitable funding for Missouri’s public schools is paramount, enabling us to meet state and federal program requirements and support the growth of our educators, benefiting students, communities, and the state.
SCHOOL GOVERNANCE: Missouri’s educational goals thrive in a system where elected community representatives have the authority to shape teaching and learning policies.
SCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS: We recognize that educating students is a shared journey where schools, communities, and families come together to build and strengthen meaningful relationships.
MoASSP Advocacy 2024
Advocacy 2024
MoASSP 2025 Resolutions
Adopted by the MoASSP Board of Directors: February 24, 2025
School Funding
Supports…
- Fully funding the Foundation Formula and Transportation so that: Districts can implement programs to meet state and federal mandates; Districts can provide for student service programs; Districts can establish and maintain the necessary training and ongoing professional development for the growth of school personnel.
- Increasing efforts to address the difficulty of Missouri school leaders to fill staff teaching positions and offer recommendations (increased teacher pay, grow your own programs, pathways to certification, etc.) will help ensure that highly prepared and effective teachers teach each student.
- Resources that promote student and school personnel mental health, wellness, and safety.
- The General Assembly will review tax credits, incremental financing programs, and tax abatements to preserve public school revenues.
- Resources that support the success of underserved students, personnel, and communities by providing fair opportunities and essential support for ALL to thrive.
- The General Assembly to fund a college and career readiness test (ACT, WorkKeys).
School Governance
Supports…
- Local control (enrollment, school personnel, equitable assessment and continuous school improvement and accreditation, calendar, scheduling, curriculum, discipline, wellness, safety, etc.).
- The same accountability standards for charter/virtual schools as public schools.
- Missouri Learning Standards.
- Amending Chapter 213, RSMo to eliminate claims of liability filed against individual employees and school board members when named parties in an employment action.
- PSRS/PEERS being the sole provider for the Public School and Education Employee Retirement Systems of Missouri.
- Maintaining a minimum 2.55 multiplier for PSRS members with 31 years of service or more.
- The Missouri State High School Activities Association‘s governance by its member school districts.
- School principal contracts that incorporate safeguards, including a fair evaluation process, and calls upon the General Assembly to pass a state statute to ensure these protections.
School Partnerships
Supports…
- NASSP and NAESP continue to co-sponsor the National Principals Conference.
- Promoting the protection of children and youth by ceasing the marketing and sale of tobacco and electronic nicotine delivery systems.
2025 Missouri Education-Related Bills (passed)
SB 68 – Sen. Mike Henderson – 0999S.14T – Click Here for Detailed Bill Information
CCS/HCS/SS/SCS/SB 68 – This act creates, repeals, and modifies provisions relating to elementary and secondary education.
GET THE LEAD OUT OF SCHOOL DRINKING WATER (Sections 160.077 and 701.200)
CALCULATION OF STUDENT ATTENDANCE (Section 160.265)
COMPREHENSIVE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLANS (Section 160.480)
CARDIAC EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLANS (Section 160.482)
STOP THE BLEED ACT (Section 160.485)
GRADE-LEVEL EQUIVALENCE (Sections 160.518 and 160.522)
SCHOOL SAFETY COORDINATORS (Section 160.660)
SCHOOL SAFETY MEASURES (Section 160.663)
SCHOOL SAFETY INCIDENT REPORTS (Section 160.664)
ACTIVE MILITARY MEMBERS (Section 160.701)
ADULT HIGH SCHOOLS (Sections 160.2700, 160.2705, and 160.2710)
TEACHER REPRESENTATIVES ON THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION (Section 161.026)
STEM CAREER AWARENESS (Section 161.264)
VIRTUAL ASSESSMENTS (Section 161.670)
ELECTRONIC PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES (Section 162.207)
KINDERGARTEN ELIGIBILITY FOR CHILDREN WITH A DEVELOPMENTAL DELAY (Section 162.700)
SMALL SCHOOLS GRANT (Section 163.044)
MINIMUM TEACHER’S SALARY (Section 163.172)
BEHAVIORAL THREAT ASSESSMENTS AND PERSONAL SAFETY PLANS (Sections 167.020 and 167.022)
JUVENILE COURT (Section 167.115)
AGREEMENTS WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT (Section 167.117)
CHILDREN OF SCHOOL CONTRACTORS (Section 167.151)
ZERO-TOLERANCE DISCIPLINARY POLICIES (Section 167.167)
CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION (Section 167.624)
RECOVERY HIGH SCHOOLS (Section 167.850)
TEACHER CERTIFICATION (Section 168.021)
TEACHER EXTERNSHIPS (Section 168.025)
SUBSTITUTE TEACHING IN RETIREMENT (Section 168.036)
PRINCIPAL-ADMINISTRATOR ACADEMY (Sections 168.407, 168.409, and 168.500)
MODELS OF READING INSTRUCTION (Section 170.014)
ACTIVE SHOOTER TRAINING (Section 170.315)
TEACHER RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION SCHOLARSHIPS (Section 173.232)
INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE EXAMINATIONS (Section 173.1352)
SCHOOL BUS ENDORSEMENTS (Sections 302.177, 302.272, and 302.735)
