Still no vote for student representative on Board of Curators

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To see all of the related legislation proposed in the last decade that would either give the student curator a vote or work around that issue, see the timeline below. To see curators' correspondence regarding the issue, see the attached documents below the timeline.

2010 -- HB1773: Sponsored by Rep. Jill Schupp. Would urge governor to appoint a student as a voting member. No future hearing has been scheduled.

2010 -- HB1999: Sponsored by Rep. Bryan Pratt. Voting student hinges on 2010 Census. No future hearing has been scheduled.

2009 -- SB255: Sponsored by Sen. David Pearce. Would have allowed one or two curators to be appointed from a congressional district. Failed in House vote.

2009 -- HB515: Sponsored by Rep. Gayle Kingery. Would have allowed one or two curators to be appointed from a congressional district. No vote taken after it was returned to its original committee.

2009 -- HB692: Sponsored by Rep. Bryan Pratt. Voting student hinges on 2010 Census. Referred to House higher education committee late in the legislative session.

2008 -- SB873: Sponsored by Sen. Chuck Graham. Voting student hinges on 2010 Census. Vetoed by then-Gov. Matt Blunt.

2008 -- HB1912: Sponsored by Rep. Bryan Pratt. Voting student hinges on 2010 Census. Did not move out of committee.

2007 -- SB106: Sponsored by Sen. Chuck Graham. Creates a voting student member. Passed out of Senate education committee.

2007 -- HB613: Sponsored by Rep. Bryan Pratt. Creates a voting student member. Did not pass out of committee.

2006 -- SB673: Sponsored by Sen. Chuck Graham. Creates a voting student member. Did not pass out of committee.

2006 -- HB1308: Sponsored by Rep. Bryan Pratt. Creates a voting student member. Did not pass out of committee.

2005 -- HB440: Sponsored by Rep. Bryan Pratt. Creates a voting student member. Hearing never scheduled.

2004 -- SB1387: Sponsored by Sen. Don Dolan. Creates a voting student member. Passed Senate education committee but went no further.

2004 -- HB1417: Sponsored by Brian Baker. Creates a voting student member. Did not pass out of committee.

2003 -- SB525: Sponsored by Sen. Don Dolan. Creates a voting student member. Passed Senate education committee but went no further.

2002 -- HB1527: Sponsored by Rep. Chuck Graham. Creates a voting student member. Passed out but failed in its vote in the Senate.

Attached files

• Board of Curators' documents regarding a voting student member

  The Maneater obtained this collection of documents through a Missouri Sunshine Law open-records request. It includes information and correspondence the curators shared during the legislative session of 2008, when legislation to give the board's student member a vote passed the General Assembly but was vetoed by then-Gov. Matt Blunt.

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