Thread by @marywag2947

The Missouri House bills on the religious boarding schools - HB560 sponsored by Keri Ingle & HB557 sponsored by Rudy Veit - that were discussed in a hearing on 2/10/21 still bother me. I worked for the Circuit Clerk's office in Camdenton for about two years. +

We would receive files on adults who had sexually and/or physically abused children. Sometimes I couldn't even read the whole file because it made my stomach churn and I became enraged at an adult's reprehensible treatment of a child.

The fact that the #moleg has determined that they will not require these religious boarding schools to be licensed is appalling to me. You can read the witness statements that were submitted by those who were abused in these schools. house.mo.gov/billtracking/b…

RSMo 210.211 lists all of the exceptions for a "a child-care facility for children" to have to apply for a written license granted by the department of health and senior services. The list is long. revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSectio…

A partial list of the "powers and duties" of the department of health and senior services for licensed child-care facilities:
revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSectio…

Thank goodness religious schools have to comply "with the fire, health and sanitation requirements of sections 210.252 to 210.257." Here are the regulations for a child-care facility that is not required to be licensed:
revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSectio…

Educators, @EnglishTeach07 @BluebirdsofMO , I'm having a difficult time navigating the Missouri Revised Statutes and am not having any luck using a search engine to find out what educational requirements, if any, these religious child-care facilities have.

Do these "religious child-care facilities" not have minimal education requirements because they are not schools? I read the RSMo on homeschooling where there does not appear to be any educational performance requirements. Please correct me if I missed something.