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Missouri School Boards' Association Praises Eighty House Members for Supporting Public Education and the Rights of Students with Disabilities

The Missouri School Boards' Association commends the actions of eighty Members of the Missouri House of Representatives for voting to support public education and the rights of students with disabilities by opposing tax credit vouchers. On Wednesday, April 9, 2008, the eighty House Members' vote to oppose tax credit vouchers for students with disabilities expresses a commitment to and belief in the value of public education and the willingness to support the school systems that are educating over 900,000 Missouri children. The eighty House Members defeated an amendment to HB 2040 that would have undermined the rights for students with disabilities as provided by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). The defeated amendment would have created tax credit vouchers to remove students with disabilities to private institutions that are unaccountable to the students, parents and public for providing the services guaranteed by the IDEA. On behalf of the publicly elected school boards belonging to the Missouri School Boards' Association, the MSBA Board of Directors hereby commends the following House Members for their praiseworthy vote to oppose tax credit vouchers:

Rep. Aull	Rep. Baker (25)	Rep. Baker 123	Rep. Bland
Rep. Bringer	Rep. Brown (30)	Rep. Burnett	Rep. Casey
Rep.Chappelle-Nadal	Rep. Corcoran	Rep. Curls	Rep. Darrough
Rep. Daus	Rep. Deeken	Rep. Denison	Rep. Dethrow
Rep. Dusenberg	Rep. Fallert	Rep. Fares	Rep. Fisher
Rep. Frame	Rep. Grill	Rep. Grisamore	Rep. Guest
Rep. Harris (23)	Rep. Harris (110)	Rep. Haywood	Rep. Hobbs
Rep. Hodges	Rep. Holsman	Rep. Kelly	Rep. Kingery
Rep. Komo	Rep. Kratky	Rep. Kraus	Rep. Kuessner
Rep. Lampe	Rep. Liese	Rep. Loehner	Rep. Low (39)
Rep. McClanahan	Rep. Norr	Rep. Oxford	Rep. Page
Rep. Pearce	Rep. Pollock	Rep. Quinn (9)	Rep. Robinson
Rep. Roorda	Rep. Rucker	Rep. Ruzicka	Rep. Salva
Rep. Sater	Rep. Scavuzzo	Rep. Schad	Rep. Schieffer
Rep. Schoemehl	Rep. Shively	Rep. Skaggs	Rep. Smith (150)
Rep. Storch	Rep. Swinger	Rep. Talboy	Rep. Thomson
Rep. Todd	Rep. Viebrock	Rep. Vogt	Rep. Wallace
Rep. Walsh	Rep. Wasson	Rep. Well	Rep. Weter
Rep. Whorton	Rep. Wildberger	Rep. Wilson (119)	Rep. Wilson (130)
Rep. Witte	Rep. Wood	Rep. Yaeger	Rep. Zimmerman