HB 1446 Missouri House · 2025 Regular Session

Requires school districts and charter schools to notify parents if schools use tutoring services or programs owned by a foreign entity

HB 1446 requires public school districts and charter schools to notify parents if they use tutoring programs or services with over 50% foreign ownership. The notice must name the tutoring service, disclose the foreign owner, and state if that owner is designated as a U.S. adversary by the State Department. This directly affects parents of students in schools using such foreign-owned tutoring services. The bill aims to provide transparency about foreign involvement in student education programs. (HB 1446, Section 171.216)

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Feb 25, 2025 Last action Apr 10, 2025

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What changed between versions

Introduced → House Committee Substitute · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was amended to change the notice requirements for tutoring programs with foreign ownership. The language now requires disclosure of whether the owner is based in a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) rather than being designated as an adversary by the U.S. Department of State. Additionally, the bill was reclassified from HB 1446 to HB 1446 (House Committee Substitute) with a section number change from 2869H.02I to 2869H.04C.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on school districts and charter schools using tutoring programs with significant foreign ownership, but the specific criteria for foreign ownership disclosure was modified.

REQUIREMENT

Changed the notice requirement from disclosing if the owner is designated as an adversary of the United States to disclosing if the owner is based in a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) as designated by the U.S. Department of State.

Added a new requirement for schools to post notices both on their websites and within any application or software used in conjunction with the tutoring program.

TECHNICAL

Updated the bill's section number from 2869H.02I to 2869H.04C and changed the status from 'Introduced' to 'House Committee Substitute'.

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Committee

Apr 10, 2025

Committee

Referred: Rules - Administrative(H)

lower

Apr 1, 2025

Lower · Passed

HCS Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 9 NOES: 4 PRESENT: 0

lower

Mar 31, 2025

Lower · Passed

HCS Voted Do Pass (H)

lower

Mar 12, 2025

Committee

Referred: Emerging Issues(H)

lower

Feb 25, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Read First Time (H)

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors