The Joint Committee on Education is a statutory committee created in Section 160.254, RSMo. The Committee has fourteen members, seven from the Senate and seven from the House of Representatives.
The Joint Committee on Education will
• Review and monitor the progress of education in the state’s public schools and institutions of higher education.
• Receive reports from the Commissioner of Education concerning the public schools and from the Commissioner of Higher Education concerning institutions of Higher Education.
• Make recommendations to the General Assembly for legislative action.
Elementary and Secondary Education
• Upon review, approve or deny any expenditures made by the Commissioner of Education pursuant to section 160.530, subsection 5.
Higher Education
• Monitor the establishment of performance measures as required by section 173.1006, RSMo., and report on their establishment to the Governor and the General Assembly.
• Annually review the collection of information under section 173.093, RSMo, to facilitate a more accurate comparison of the actual costs at public and private higher education institutions.
• Within three years of August 28, 2007, review a new model for the funding of public higher education institutions upon submission of such model by the coordinating board for higher education.
• Within three years of August 28, 2007, review the impact of the higher education student funding act established in sections 173.1000 to 173.1006.
Higher Education Funding in Missouri
Reports
• General Education Requirements: A Look at the Structure of Higher Education
• Can Missouri Become a National Computer Science/Information Technology Leader?
• The Missouri State Aid Scholarship Programs: Access, A+ and Bright Flight
• Teacher Evaluation and Tenure
• Implementation of the SB 287 Funding Formula:
Impact on Missouri School Districts
• Study of the Public Schools of Missouri
• Urban School Governance Report
• A Review of Open Enrollment States: Policies and Practices
• Study of the Charter Schools in Missouri
• Teacher Effectiveness and Teacher Compensation Report
• Early Childhood Care and Education: An Overview
Staff
Kevin Gwaltney, Ph.D., Executive Director
State Capitol Building, Rm. 235C
(573) 751-0204
Kevin.Gwaltney@senate.mo.gov
Links of Interest
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Department of Higher Education