Bill > HB2932

This bill modifies provisions related to public institutions and their treatment of religion, primarily by removing restrictions on religious or sectarian uses for certain educational and health facilities financed through the Missouri Health and Educational Facilities Authority (MHEFA). Specifically, it removes language that prohibited the use of MHEFA-financed facilities for sectarian instruction, religious worship, or programs of divinity schools, and also removes the authority's power to inspect facilities to enforce these prohibitions. Additionally, the bill clarifies that coursework completed at nonpublic schools is acceptable for credit, allows school districts to share pupil records with child-placing agencies for educational case management, and ensures that foster care students' grades are calculated as of their departure date if they miss school due to placement changes or court appearances. It also removes a restriction on secondary education loans for instruction that is sectarian in nature and removes a clause that allowed faculty members to select textbooks without religious or sectarian influence.

https://house.mo.gov/Bill.aspx?bill=HB2932&year=2026&code=R