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GIFTED ASSOCIATION OF MISSOURI
2022 State Advocacy Agenda
The Gifted Association of Missouri requests your advocacy on the following issues:
FUNDING FOR GIFTED EDUCATION PROGRAMS
Support legislation that requires every school in Missouri provide state approved gifted
education programs for students identified as “gifted” under section 162.675 and that all program services are provided by teachers with a valid certification in gifted education.
House Bill 2366, sponsored By Representative Brenda Shield (R-St. Joseph), and Senate Bill
806, sponsored by Senator Denny Hoskins (R-Warrensburg) have been filed to address GAM’s number one priority legislation for the 2022 session.
MISSOURI SCHOLARS ACADEMY & MISSOURI FINE ARTS ACADEMY
Support $750,000 in state funding for the Missouri Scholars Academy and Missouri Fine
Arts Academy for June, 2023. The Scholars Academy is a three-week residential program at MU for 330 rising high school juniors who are academically gifted; The Fine Arts Academy is a two-week residential program at MSU for 150 rising high school juniors and seniors who are gifted in the arts.
MISSOURI SCHOOL FOUNDATION FORMULA FUNDING
Support increased funding for the Missouri School Foundation Formula. Support $3.56 billion appropriation in House Bill 2 for the Department of Elementary & Secondary Education.
OTHER GIFTED FACTS & FIGURES
$24,870,104 was appropriated for gifted education in FY2006. There were 295 school
districts with state approved gifted programs. In FY2007, this amount was rolled into the
new foundation formula. Without this line item providing earmarked funding for state
approved gifted programs, those funds can be spent on other programs, and there are now
only 211 school districts offering state approved gifted programs.
2023 GAM DAY AT THE CAPITOL IS
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, AT 10:30 AM
You can find your legislators by visiting the Missouri Senate website.
Legislative Look-Up: www.senate.mo.gov/llookup/leg_lookup.aspx
It will give you contact information and a webpage on your Legislators.
If you have questions, please contact GAM’s Governmental Consultant, Kyna Iman, at
kynaiman@earthlink.net
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