Bill > HB2274

This bill adopts the "Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact", a comprehensive interstate agreement designed to facilitate easier teacher licensure across participating states. The compact creates a streamlined pathway for teachers to transfer their professional credentials between states, with a particular focus on supporting military spouses and removing bureaucratic barriers to teaching employment. Under this compact, teachers with an unencumbered license from one member state can more easily obtain a comparable license in another member state, subject to the receiving state's discretion. The bill establishes an interstate commission to manage the compact's implementation, which will have powers to create bylaws, promulgate rules, manage information exchanges, and handle disputes between member states. Key objectives include expediting licensure mobility, supporting military spouse relocation, enhancing information sharing about teacher credentials, and maintaining state-level regulatory sovereignty over teacher licensing. The compact will come into effect once ten states have enacted it, and it includes provisions for state participation, withdrawal, amendment, and handling of potential conflicts or defaults in the interstate agreement.

Education, Government Affairs

https://house.mo.gov/Bill.aspx?bill=HB2274&year=2026&code=R