Missouri HB 2113: Modifies provisions relating to STEM education to include entrepreneurship, the arts, and agriculture.

Bill Text

SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 2113
100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE BOSLEY.
3179H.01I DANA RADEMAN MILLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To repeal sections 161.261 and 173.670, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof two new sections
relating to E-STEAM education.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Sections 161.261 and 173.670, RSMo, are repealed and two new sections
2 enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as sections 161.261 and 173.670, to read as follows:
161.261. 1. Subject to appropriation, the department of elementary and secondary
2 education shall establish a statewide program to be known as the "[STEM] E-STEAM Career
3 Awareness Program" to increase [STEM] E-STEAM career awareness among students in grades
4 six through eight. For purposes of this section, the term "STEM" means science, technology,
5 engineering, and mathematics, and the term "E-STEAM" means entrepreneurship, science,
6 technology, engineering, arts and agriculture, and mathematics.
7 2. The department of elementary and secondary education shall promote the statewide
8 program beginning in the 2019-20 school year. The program shall introduce students to a wide
9 variety of STEM careers and technology through an online-based STEM curriculum. Beginning
10 in the 2021-22 school year and continuing thereafter, the program shall introduce students
11 to a wide variety of E-STEAM careers and technology through an online-based E-STEAM
12 curriculum.
13 3. By January 1, 2019, the department of elementary and secondary education shall
14 solicit proposals for the online program. By March 1, 2019, the department of elementary and
15 secondary education shall select a provider for the online program. The program selected shall
16 meet a majority of the following criteria:
EXPLANATION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is intended
to be omitted from the law. Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.

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17 (1) The program introduces students to a wide variety of STEM careers and
18 technologies;
19 (2) The curriculum is designed for flexible implementation in a wide variety of
20 classrooms, including science, math, English, and social studies, through lessons that emphasize
21 the application of STEM careers in such contexts;
22 (3) The curriculum demonstrates how math and language arts skills appropriate to
23 middle schools are used by STEM careers, making classroom instruction relevant to students
24 interested in STEM careers;
25 (4) The program produces analytic reports for individual students and for classes,
26 including an analysis of performance against individual math and language arts skills objectives;
27 (5) The curriculum is available in a self-paced online format; and
28 (6) The program includes web-based professional development for school staff.
29 4. Notwithstanding subsections 2 and 3 of this section, the department of elementary and
30 secondary education may choose a third-party nonprofit entity to implement the statewide
31 program, solicit proposals, and select a provider as described under subsection 3 of this section.
32 5. Beginning in the 2021-22 school year and continuing thereafter, the department
33 of elementary and secondary education shall require the selected provider to modify the
34 program to ensure that students are also introduced to careers related to entrepreneurship,
35 the arts, and technological advances in agriculture.
36 6. There is hereby created in the state treasury the "[STEM] E-STEAM Career
37 Awareness Program Fund". The fund shall consist of any appropriations, gifts, bequests, or
38 public or private donations to such fund. The state treasurer shall be custodian of the fund. In
39 accordance with sections 30.170 and 30.180, the state treasurer may approve disbursements of
40 public moneys in accordance with distribution requirements and procedures developed by the
41 department of elementary and secondary education. The fund shall be a dedicated fund and,
42 upon appropriation, moneys in the fund shall be used solely for the administration of this section.
43 Notwithstanding the provisions of section 33.080 to the contrary, any moneys remaining in the
44 fund at the end of the biennium shall not revert to the credit of the general revenue fund. The
45 state treasurer shall invest moneys in the fund in the same manner as other funds are invested.
46 Any interest and moneys earned on such investments shall be credited to the fund.
47 [6.] 7. The department of elementary and secondary education may promulgate all
48 necessary rules and regulations for the administration of this section. Any rule or portion of a
49 rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, that is created under the authority delegated in
50 this section shall become effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of the provisions
51 of chapter 536 and, if applicable, sec