# Missouri SB63: Creates and modifies provisions relating to the participation of certain students in nontraditional educational settings Missouri SB63, Creates and modifies provisions relating to the participation of certain students in nontraditional educational settings, is a 2025 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Ben Brown (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-07-09 (Delivered to Secretary of State (G)); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-SB63-2025 - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Missouri SB63 - State: Missouri - Session: 2025 Regular Session - Title: Creates and modifies provisions relating to the participation of certain students in nontraditional educational settings - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-02-27 - Last action: 2025-07-09, Delivered to Secretary of State (G) - Sponsor: Ben Brown (Republican) - Cosponsors: 0 - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 3 (34 yes, 5 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 5 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - More school activity access for home-taught students: benefit, medium. Districts and charter schools generally cannot exclude home, Family Paced Education, or full-time virtual students from covered events and activities. Students must meet the same residency, physical exam, behavior, performance, and fee requirements as other students. Parents serving as primary inst… - Faster school withdrawal processing for families: benefit, low. A parent, guardian, or other person responsible for a child can give written notice of another lawful education option. When that person also requests removal from public school enrollment rolls, the district must promptly remove the child. - More school options for students in recovery: benefit, low. The education commissioner can authorize up to four recovery high school pilots for students diagnosed with substance use disorder. These schools combine a full high school program with structured recovery support. Sponsors can include Missouri's education department, districts, magnet schools, cha… - One-year activity ban for some students: cost, medium. Some students face a 12-calendar-month activity ban after leaving a district or charter school. This applies when their grades or disciplinary status would have made them ineligible for extracurricular participation. They must also have left for home, Family Paced Education, or full-time virtual in… - Home school limits and family-paced school flexibility: mixed, low. The law treats home schools and Family Paced Education (FPE) schools as separate school types. A school cannot qualify as a home school while enrolling children in programs under sections 135.712–135.719 or 166.700–166.720. FPE schools can enroll children in those programs without the school having… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Ben Brown (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-05-08 | House | Reported Do Pass | pass | 8 | 0 | | | 2025-04-28 | House | Reported Do Pass | pass | 8 | 1 | | | 2025-04-17 | House | HCS Reported Do Pass | pass | 18 | 4 | | ## Actions (35) - 2025-07-09: Delivered to Secretary of State (G) - 2025-07-09: Approved by Governor (G) - 2025-05-30: Delivered to Governor - 2025-05-29: Signed by House Speaker (House) - 2025-05-08: House Message (House) - 2025-05-08: Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed - 2025-05-08: House Adopts Conference Committee Report (House) - 2025-05-08: House Submits Conference Committee Report (House) - 2025-05-08: Reported Do Pass - AYES: 8 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0 (House) - 2025-05-08: Voted Do Pass (House) - 2025-05-08: Executive Session Completed (House) - 2025-05-07: Taken Up - 2025-05-07: Referred: Fiscal Review (House) - 2025-05-07: House Distributes Conference Committee Report (House) - 2025-05-05: House Message (House) - 2025-05-05: House Conference Committee Appointed - REPRESENTATIVES DEATON, HURLBERT, BOGGS, JOBE, COLLINS (House) - 2025-05-05: House Refuses to Recede, Grants Conference (House) - 2025-05-05: Taken Up - 2025-05-01: Taken Up - 2025-04-30: Reported to the Senate with... - HCS, as amended (House) - 2025-04-30: Third Read and Passed with Amendments - With HA 1. (House) - 2025-04-30: HCS Adopted (House) - 2025-04-30: Title of Bill - Agreed To - 2025-04-30: Taken Up for Third Reading (House) - 2025-04-28: Reported Do Pass - AYES: 8 NOES: 1 PRESENT: 0 (House) - 2025-04-24: Voted Do Pass (House) - 2025-04-24: Executive Session Completed (House) - 2025-04-17: Referred: Rules - Administrative (House) - 2025-04-17: HCS Reported Do Pass - AYES: 18 NOES: 4 PRESENT: 0 (House) - 2025-04-16: HCS Voted Do Pass (House) - 2025-04-16: Executive Session Completed (House) - 2025-04-02: Public Hearing Completed (House) - 2025-03-19: Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (House) - 2025-02-28: Read Second Time (House) - 2025-02-27: Reported to the House and First Read (House) ## Bill text - Committee Substitute: [PDF](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills251/hlrbillspdf/0514H.14C.pdf) ## Related bills - HB3: Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development (signed) - HB8: Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Public Safety and the Department of National Guard (signed) - HB11: Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Social Services (signed) - HB10: Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Mental Health, the Department of Health and Senior Services, and t… (signed) - SB79: Modifies provisions relating to health care (signed) - SB271: Modifies provisions relating to emergency services (signed) ## Sources - [Committee Substitute (PDF)](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills251/hlrbillspdf/0514H.14C.pdf) ## Related - [HB3: Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-HB3-2025) - [HB8: Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-HB8-2025) - [HB11: Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-HB11-2025) - [HB10: Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-HB10-2025) - [SB79: Modifies provisions relating to health care](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-SB79-2025) - [SB271: Modifies provisions relating to emergency services](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-SB271-2025) - [Missouri bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/missouri/bills) - [Missouri state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/missouri) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-SB63-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).