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MissouriSB1502025 Regular SessionSenateWALLET

Creates, repeals, and modifies provisions relating to workforce development initiatives

Sponsored By: Jill Carter (Republican)

Signed by Governor

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

4 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.

Tuition help for career certificate students

Beginning in 2026–27, Missouri reimburses eligible students for tuition, books, and fees in qualifying career programs. Students must meet A+ reimbursement requirements or hold a qualifying career education certificate without having received A+ reimbursement. Qualifying certificate programs generally require no more than 60 credit hours and prepare students for jobs with worker shortages. Approved providers include community colleges, vocational and technical schools, eligible virtual schools, and listed training providers, but not four-year institutions. Reimbursement at covered private, virtual, and training providers is capped at the applicable public community college tuition rate. Public vocational and technical schools are exempt from that cap. Covered providers need department approval before enrollment when a nearby public institution offers the same or a substantially similar program. The department must review complete requests within 20 business days and can deny them only for good cause. Eligibility ends at the earliest of program completion, reimbursement for the department-set program length, or 150% of normal completion time. Rules cannot deny reimbursement solely because a program or provider fails specified federal program-length or student-aid participation standards. A new state fund receives appropriations, gifts, grants, donations, and transfers; unused money and interest stay in the fund.

New grants for science and technology students

Subject to state funding, eligible students get $1,500 per academic year, up to $6,000 total. Students must attend an approved school, pursue a science, technology, engineering, or math credential, and receive Access Missouri aid. Renewals require continued Access Missouri eligibility, at least a 2.5 cumulative GPA, and the school's other academic progress standards. Time limits are five semesters at two-year schools or ten semesters or fifteen quarters at four-year schools, including combined attendance limits. Awards end after a bachelor's degree, completion of the credits needed for that degree, or 150 semester or 225 quarter hours. The program sunsets six years after taking effect unless reauthorized; reauthorization sets a twelve-year sunset. The authorizing section ends September 1 of the calendar year after the program sunsets.

Licensing agreements keep protections for workers

Missouri's licensing portability rules preserve the authority and requirements of applicable interstate licensing compacts and reciprocity agreements. Licensing bodies must interpret those rules to avoid conflicts with these agreements whenever possible. The law removes the limit referring only to reciprocity agreements in effect on August 28, 2018.

Limits on public university degree offerings

The University of Missouri has exclusive state authority to offer research doctorates, including Ph.D.s, and specified first-professional degrees. These professional degrees cover dentistry, law, medicine, optometry, pharmacy, and veterinary medicine. Statutory exceptions allow some other public universities to offer degrees outside this general limit. These include collaborative engineering programs involving the University of Missouri and limited degree authority for Missouri State University.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Jill Carter

    Republican • Senate

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 30 • No: 2

House vote • 5/13/2025

Reported Do Pass

Yes: 6 • No: 0

House vote • 5/1/2025

Reported Do Pass

Yes: 7 • No: 0

House vote • 4/16/2025

Reported Do Pass

Yes: 7 • No: 1

House vote • 4/14/2025

HCS Reported Do Pass

Yes: 10 • No: 1 • Other: 1

Actions Timeline

  1. Delivered to Secretary of State (G)

    7/9/2025

  2. Approved by Governor (G)

    7/9/2025

  3. Delivered to Governor

    5/30/2025

  4. Signed by House Speaker

    5/29/2025House

  5. Constitutional Objection Filed

    5/29/2025House

  6. House Message

    5/22/2025House

  7. Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed

    5/14/2025

  8. House Adopts Conference Committee Report

    5/14/2025House

  9. House Submits Conference Committee Report

    5/14/2025House

  10. Reported Do Pass - AYES: 6 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0

    5/13/2025House

  11. Voted Do Pass

    5/13/2025House

  12. Executive Session Completed

    5/13/2025House

  13. Taken Up

    5/13/2025

  14. Referred: Fiscal Review

    5/13/2025House

  15. House Distributes Conference Committee Report

    5/13/2025House

  16. House Message

    5/6/2025House

  17. House Conference Committee Appointed - REPRESENTATIVES KELLEY, HALEY, HAUSMAN, HEIN, STEINHOFF

    5/6/2025House

  18. House Refuses to Recede, Grants Conference

    5/6/2025House

  19. Taken Up

    5/6/2025

  20. Taken Up

    5/5/2025

  21. Reported to the Senate with... - HCS as amended

    5/5/2025House

  22. Third Read and Passed with Amendments - With HA 1, HA 2, HA 3, HA 4, HA 7, HA 10, HA 1 to HA 12, HA 12, as amended.

    5/5/2025House

  23. HCS Adopted

    5/5/2025House

  24. Title of Bill - Agreed To

    5/5/2025

  25. Taken Up for Third Reading

    5/5/2025House

Bill Text

  • Committee Substitute

    PDF

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