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Read. Follow. Verify.Missouri House Bill 1627 Restructures Career and Technical Education Advisory Council
Last action · April 9, 2026: Reported Do Pass (H)Sponsor: Willard Haley
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What This Bill Would Do
House Bill 1627 renames the state Career and Technical Education Advisory Council as the Career and Technical Education Student Protection Act, modifies its membership requirements, and reduces its mandatory meeting frequency from four to two times per year.
Changes the composition, term limits, and operational rules for the state advisory body overseeing career and technical education programs in Missouri schools.
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Career and Technical Education Advisory Council
The council's meeting frequency, membership criteria, term limits, and website documentation rules are altered.
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
The department must provide staff assistance, documentation, and information to support the council's effectiveness.
Key Facts
- Establishes the section as the Career and Technical Education Student Protection Act within the department of elementary and secondary education.
- Sets appointed members' terms to three years with a maximum of two terms.
- Requires the advisory council to meet at least two times annually instead of four.
- Includes four members from the general assembly appointed by the president pro tempore of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives.
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- Requires any business to come before the advisory council to be available on its internet website as provided under section 610.020.
- Requires all records of decisions, votes, exhibits, or outcomes to be available on the council's website within forty-eight hours following the conclusion of every meeting.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
12 actions- Apr 9, 2026HouseCommitteeReported Do Pass (H)
- Apr 9, 2026HouseCommitteeVoted Do Pass (H)
- Apr 9, 2026HouseExecutive Session Completed (H)
- Apr 2, 2026HouseCommitteeReferred: Rules - Administrative(H)
- Mar 31, 2026HouseCommitteeReported Do Pass (H)
- Mar 31, 2026HouseCommitteeVoted Do Pass (H)
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- Mar 31, 2026HouseExecutive Session Completed (H)
- Mar 10, 2026HousePublic Hearing Completed (H)
- Mar 5, 2026HouseCommitteeReferred: Higher Education and Workforce Development(H)
- Jan 8, 2026HouseFloorRead Second Time (H)
- Jan 7, 2026HouseIntroducedRead First Time (H)
- Dec 1, 2025HouseIntroducedPrefiled (H)
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance40How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz15Current news / social attention level
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