SCS/HB 1678 - This act requires the governing board of each public institution of higher education in Missouri to engage in discussions with law enforcement agencies and enter into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) concerning sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking involving students on and off campus. The MOU must contain detailed policies and protocols regarding sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking involving students that comports with the best and current professional practices, and set out the procedural requirements for the reporting of an offense, protocol for establishing jurisdiction, and criteria for determining when an offense must be reported to law enforcement. (Section 173.2050)
This provision is identical to SB 1085 (2016) and to a provision contained in CCS/SCS/SB 921 (2016), HCS/HB 1930 (2016), HB 1972 (2016), and HCS/SS/SCS/SB 663 (2016).
Beginning with the 2017-18 school year, this act also requires high school pupils in public schools and charter schools to have received thirty minutes of CPR instruction and training in the proper performance of the Heimlich maneuver or other first aid for choking prior to graduation. The act also requires the training to be included in the district's existing health or physical education curriculum. (Section 170.310)
This provision is identical to SB 711 (2016) and HB 1643 (2016), and to a provision contained CCS/HCS/SB 635 (2016) and CCS/SCS/SB 638 (2016), and is substantially similar to HCS/HB 457 (2015).
JOSHUA NORBERG