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May 13, 2021
The (Republican-dominated) Missouri legislature has finally done something sensible to rein in private Christian schools that previously had little to no oversight: The State Senate passed a bill on Tuesday that would require faith-based boarding schools to register with the state, conduct federal background checks on staffers and volunteers, and comply with fire/health/safety codes. Failure to meet those requirements could result in the school shutting down.
HB 557 will now return to the State House (where it previously passed unanimously) for approval before it goes to
Gov. Mike Parson for his signature.
If the bill feels like the bare minimum for any school, you’d be right. It’s only necessary because faith-based schools have been exempt from any kind of regulations or oversight since 1982. A 2003 effort to change that failed after conservative Christians claimed the oversight violated their religious freedom.