Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Missouri’s Common Core rewrite off to a ragged start | The Kansas City Star

Missouri’s Common Core rewrite off to a ragged start | The Kansas City Star



The teams trying to rewrite Missouri’s learning standards can only hope things go smoother from here.
The political storms over the Common Core State Standards that propelled the Missouri legislature’s decision to re-examine the state’s learning targets has given way to a “logistical nightmare.”
In all, 132 educators and parents in eight panels are supposed to be in place Monday morning in Jefferson City to begin their work.
In a perfect world, they’d have been recruited weeks ago, be prepped and ready — with the costs of meals, lodging and transportation covered in return for their commitments to the many hours of labor ahead.
But as late as Friday, legislative and department staffs charged with putting the teams together were still completing their lists.
The fact that the bill that lawmakers passed last spring to create the process made no provisions for funding it isn’t helping the recruiting. Individuals or the agencies and school districts sending them are having to pay their own way.
The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, which is convening the initial work session, was scrambling late in the week to see whether it could equip the eight meeting rooms for conference calls, because many recruits eager to serve said they can’t be in Jefferson City that first day.
The department wanted to send panel members background materials and forms to begin organizing their thoughts, department spokeswoman Sarah Potter said.
Instead, the process is caught in a “problematic” situation where team members are rushing to make hotel arrangements and other preparations.
“Coordinating has become a logistical nightmare,” she said.
The panelists have enough on their minds already as they seek common ground between Common Core supporters, who hope to affirm the work most school districts have done adapting curriculum to the standards, and those who oppose the standards and want significant changes.
“It’s a big list,” said Todd Scott, chief of staff to Senate President Pro Tem Tom Dempsey, whose office is designated to provide 32 names. “We’re soliciting a wide variety of viewpoints. To get buy-in, you really need a diverse amount of thought in the room.”
The education department began calling on the offices responsible for appointing work teams immediately after Gov. Jay Nixon signed the bill into law in mid-July, Potter said. The state optimistically set an Aug. 1 target date for getting names.
It has proved difficult. Despite the costs and hassle, however, plenty of people are eager to be involved.
The Kearney School District is sending one of its top reading teachers, Ida Cessna, because “it is an important-enough issue for schools,” Superintendent Bill Nicely said.
“We feel we can pay our own way to have someone who can communicate well and provide a better understanding,” he said. “She’s not going to be a fly on the wall. She’s going to speak her mind.”
Fort Osage is sending high school English teacher Lindsay Thompson, who has been sharing Common Core-adapted lesson plans and strategies as part of the BetterLesson Master Teacher Project.
“I’m passionate that high standards stay in place,” she said. And though she supports Common Core, “it’s not a perfect document,” she said. “Could they be developed further? Sure they can.”
Cessna also figures there is room for improvement but hopes the work groups focus on making effective changes that keep the standards in place.
“I’ll be devastated if they are thrown out and we have to start all over,” she said.
Jaimie Shaver of Lamar, Mo., is one of the parents making the trip to Jefferson City. She comes with her work with the Missouri Coalition Against Common Core as part of her background.
“It’s important for Missouri to own our standards again,” Shaver said.
While she hopes the process will essentially start from scratch, that doesn’t mean the opposing ideologies can’t arrive at a common destination.
“I want to help advocate between teachers and parents,” she said. “We can make compromises, but everyone needs to see the whole picture.”
Under the law, Dempsey’s office is picking 16 educators and 16 parents, as is House Speaker Tim Jones’ office.
Those picking eight educators each are Nixon’s office, Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder’s office, Missouri Commissioner of Higher Education David R. Russell’s office, the Missouri School Boards’ Association, the Missouri Association of School Administrators, professional teachers’ organizations and teacher preparation programs.
Twelve members are being submitted from career and technical education organizations.
The panelists will be divided among four subjects — English language arts, math, science and social studies — with 16 in each working on standards for kindergarten through the fifth grade, and 17 in each working on standards for grades six through 12.
The Common Core standards, established through a coalition of most states’ governors and chief education officers, set learning targets for math and English language arts. Forty-four states, including Missouri and Kansas, signed on, but some have pulled out as debate has heated up.
Kansas and Missouri, so far, have remained essentially Common Core states, though Missouri’s position will depend on the work of the panelists over the next year.
It’s time to step past the political struggles of opposing advocacy groups and split legislative chambers, said Chris Howard, deputy legislative director for Jones, who has been rounding up panelists.
“The politics came before,” Howard said, “and now it’s about policy. As a parent I’m concerned that this process works. I’m interested in a good outcome, not a political outcome.”







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Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Disturbing Facebook Video Shows Police Manhandling 13-Year-Old Autistic Boy | The Free Thought Project

Disturbing Facebook Video Shows Police Manhandling 13-Year-Old Autistic Boy | The Free Thought Project



Lee's Summit has done this to it's autistic students.  They have had children arrested and handcuffed for ridiculous reasons.



Royal Oak, MI — A disturbing video was uploaded to Facebook Friday that highlights a terrible trend of using police violence to deal with autistic children.
The video shows multiple police officers holding down Kevin, a terrified 13-year-old autistic boy, who is screaming for help.
According his mother, Kevin was non-violent and in his own room without other students. EMS was called in order to treat the boy’s refusal to get up from his desk as a medical situation. However, police showed up and did what they do best.
“After quite a bit of time, because the situation had escalated to the point that it had, and the refusal of staff to leave the room so that I could calm Kevin down myself, and their continual interjections that he had to leave, it became apparent to me that I was not going to be able to remove Kevin myself, nor would he just walk out, and I asked that EMS be called in the hopes that it would be handled more from a medical standpoint.


The first to arrive were two young men from the Fire Department who were very nice, and likely could have succeeded in getting Kevin to agree to leave if staff would have removed themselves from the room and/or at least stopped stating that Kevin had to leave.


Shortly after that the police came in and that was it. A scared, angry, frustrated, panic-stricken, yet seemingly in control very big for his age 13 year old child turned into a caged animal and was treated to some extent by one or two of the officers as such. The big guy smashing his head into the carpet was not my favorite, but of course other than videoing and watching and interjecting verbally for them to ease up and listen to my child was all I could do.”


Sadly this is not an isolated incident. Just last month we brought you the story of 10-year-old Ryan whose autism got him cuffed and thrown on the back of a hot police car.
This tendency to rely on police violence to solve problems is worrisome to say the least. With the rising number of autistic children, and the lack of training police undergo to deal with these children, we could be dealing with a ticking time bomb.
Police used to be trained to deal with people and their respective special needs, now it seems as if their main concern is sporting their new MRAPs.
The training is out there and it is shown to be effective; it’s just that police aren’t doing it.
In a two-part study, researchers looked at use of the crisis intervention team, or CIT, model, a 40-hour program to train police to respond to those with mental health issues. They interviewed 586 officers, 251 of whom had received CIT training, and reviewed more than 1,000 police encounters with individuals believed to have behavioral disorders.
Officers who participated in CIT training were more knowledgeable about mental health issues, treatments and de-escalation skills, according to findings published in the April issue of the journal Psychiatric Services.
What’s more, when looking at emergency responses, incidents involving officers with CIT training were more likely to result in transport to mental health services and less likely to culminate in arrest. Researchers found that officers who had participated in training were also much more likely to indicate that the highest level of force used in their emergency response was verbal engagement or negotiation.
With the increased prevalence in Autism and police aggression in general, something must be done before anymore innocent children or adults suffer.
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Middle school student commits suicide at school | theGrio

Middle school student commits suicide at school | theGrio



A Florida middle school student committed suicide in the bathroom last week after allegedly enduring bullying from fellow students.
Lamar Hawkins III, 14, used his father’s gun to shoot himself Wednesday at Greenwood Lakes Middle School, reports WESH. The family told the local news station the weapon had been stored properly.
Shaniqua Hawkins, Lamar’s mother, said the family moved from New York to Florida to escape bullying, but it continued despite the move.
Lamar, who was called Shaq by family, had stunted growth. His mother believes this made him an easy target for bullies.
“I felt paralyzed by the inability to make the bullying stop at school,” she told WESH. “I watched him walk out the door of our home and knew there was a very good chance others would be cruel to him.”
Hundreds of community members gathered at a vigil for Hawkins last week.

Thursday, September 18, 2014

New Bill Would Help Parents Fight School Districts | Care2 Causes

New Bill Would Help Parents Fight School Districts | Care2 Causes



A bill that would help parents fight their school districts might seem weird — after all, wouldn’t parents want to work with their school districts? Some parents are forced to take their districts to the mat, though, typically over disability services for their children, and the process can be frustrating, expensive, and, sometimes, unfruitful.
Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), who has proved to be a tireless advocate for disabled Americans, has just taken this issue up, and his proposal will make it easier for parents to take schools on when they refuse to provide sufficient disability services. If the bill passes, it could be yet another step towards full inclusion in schools for disabled children.
The bill involves the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). This critical law mandates that school districts provide educational services to disabled children from ages three through 21. Schools are not allowed to discriminate against disabled students, and must work with students, teachers,and parents to develop an individualized education plan (IEP) if necessary to address specific accommodations the student will need to succeed in the classroom.
Sometimes, parents and schools clash over which services children need, whether it’s permission to bring an iPad into the classroom to take notes, more time on tests, or more extensive disability services. In these cases, schools and parents attempt to resolve the issue with a moderator, but the issue sometimes heads to court if the parties cannot resolve it.
The law allows a prevailing party in a case to recoup legal fees, which can be substantial. However, it doesn’t currently permit people to recover costs for expert witnesses. This puts parents in a bind, as they want to get the best services for their children, but they’re also aware that expert special education, medical and disability witnesses can be extremely expensive. If they don’t line up enough witnesses, the case may fail, but if they get the witnesses they need, they might not be able to afford them. Senator Harkin wants to change that by allowing parents to recover the costs not just for their attorneys, but also for their witnesses.
He also proposes that the costs of tests, evaluations and other tools necessary to build a case be covered as well. This would allow parents and children to focus on receiving a comprehensive evaluation, building a supportive witness list, and hiring excellent legal counsel, which will increase the chance of winning in court if the case has merits. In turn, this supports the rights of disabled children to go to school and get the accommodations they need to do well.
This proposal reflects the fact that many parents find it hard to bring IDEA cases to court, which leaves their children deprived of a full access to an education. In other cases, school districts simply wait such cases out, or bring a large complement of witnesses for their side, hoping to outspend parents. This tactic can be effective for wealthier districts, which can afford the up-front costs of waiting until parents are no longer able to keep up with the case. That could all change if this proposal becomes law, and that’s a good thing for disabled children seeking equal access to education.
Lest you think the proposal puts schools over the barrel, he’s also pushing for full funding of IDEA to increase the availability of funds to school districts struggling with accommodations requests. The goal is to make it easier for schools to meet the needs of disabled students, thereby reducing the number of IDEA disputes and to help parents in court when those disputes need to happen so that their children get justice.


Read more: http://www.care2.com/causes/new-bill-would-help-parents-fight-school-districts.html#ixzz3DgZ059D1

Monday, September 15, 2014

Teens arrested in video beating of mentally disabled man

Teens arrested in video beating of mentally disabled man



When will our legislators pass a law making these kind of things a hate crime?  



NEWARK, Del. — A video that went viral of teens brutally attacking a man shows that social media is amplifying the audiences bullies can find, which could be feeding these violent acts.
The video shows several teens assaulting the 26-year-old victim, who police said suffers from a neurodevelopmental disorder, several times. First, he is slammed to the ground, punched in the face and then stomped on. Then, in another location, one of the attackers bumps him, then the video cuts to show another attacker holding the victim in the air at shoulder height and slamming him into the ground.
Video of the second incident, which appears to take place in a wooded area, shows several teens witnessing the attacks, with some laughing, and one female voice saying, "You guys are so mean to him."
Two boys, ages 13 and 14, were arrested Saturday and charged with offensive touching, assault on a vulnerable adult and third-degree conspiracy, said Officer First Class Tracey Duffy of the New Castle County police. Each was released on $2,500 unsecured bail.
Late Monday, a second 14-year-old boy was charged with the same crimes and released on $3,200 unsecured bail, police said. Authorities could not say if there would be additional arrests, but the investigation is continuing.
Personal contact information for two of the teens was shared online with the video and the teens began to get harassed, police spokesman Sgt. Jacob Andrews said.
The first two teens were arrested after they and their parents went to police headquarters Saturday to complain about threats they were receiving on social media. That is when police first learned of the video.
"Individuals were contacting them, and friends of theirs were telling them individuals were making statements online about them," Andrews said.
While not common, Andrews said he is aware of cases where the public turns on people who have posted questionable videos.
"It's almost like a street justice kind of a thing," he said. "It's something I have seen in the past, but it's not the usual kind of a case."
Andrews said officers are trying to identify others in the video. Parents of the first two teens who were charged have been cooperating with police, he said.
"Obviously they know what was going on when they brought this in here," Andrews said.
Officers believe the videos are several weeks old, Duffy said. She said the victim was treated for injuries from the attack and released.
The victim's godmother told The Associated Press the man had to be assured he wasn't to blame for what happened.
"He thought he was in trouble," the 51-year-old woman said Monday. "I told him he wasn't in trouble, it wasn't his fault."
When she asked her godson why he hadn't told anyone about the bullying, he replied: "I was embarrassed." She then told him he was not in trouble.
"He jumped up and hugged me ... because he actually thought he had done something wrong," she said.
Experts say the Internet may also have played a role in encouraging the violent behavior.
Research suggests that youths become bullies because they are seeking power, attention and respect, according to Julie Hubbard, a psychology professor at the University of Delaware who studies bullying and aggression in adolescents.
Before Twitter and Facebook, most bullying incidents took place in public, like in the hallways between classes or during lunch, when bullies knew there would be an audience for their actions. These days, all a bully needs is one person with a camera phone to find an audience.
"To you and me, this seems like it's not a very smart thing. If you're going to do something like this, why in the world would you post that on social media?" Hubbard said. "But rather than just saying 'Kids are stupid and do stupid things,' to me it makes more sense to say, 'No, there's a reason why they're doing this."
The Newark-area incident comes after a humiliating prank on a 14-year-old autistic boy in Bay Village, Ohio, made national headlines last week.
A group of teens pressed the boy to take the "Ice Bucket Challenge," a viral campaign to raise money and awareness for ALS. What's supposed to happen in the challenge is that someone dunks a bucket of ice water on the participant, who then "challenges" three people to do the same.
Instead, the kids dumped a bucket of spit, urine, feces and cigarette butts on the boy, according to Cleveland television station WKYC-TV.
It is not uncommon for people with disabilities, especially students, to be bullied.
The state released a first-of-its kind report in February after new laws were passed to combat bullying. It showed that, in 10 percent of cases for which a cause for bullying could be found, a student's mental disability was the reason they were targeted.
Hubbard says the reason is simple — those with disabilities make easy targets.
"That's pretty clearly what the young men were doing in this video," Hubbard said. "They targeted someone who was not able to defend themself."
Channell Gabriel knows the victim and said he is a kind young man, who just wants to be accepted by others.
"He's cool, he's sweet. He never really has a problem with anybody," Gabriel said.
She said she and her boyfriend had heard the victim had been beaten up by the teens, but did not know just how badly until they watched the video. Gabriel said her boyfriend had warned the teens to stop picking on the man.
"They were like 'Oh everything is fine. We're not going to mess with him,'" she said. "And then we see the video on Instagram."
"It's disgusting," she said. "It actually made me upset."
Her neighbor, Darnise Middlebrooks, said she could not believe that someone could be so cruel to another person, especially someone with a disability.
"Handicapped people didn't ask to be born that way," she said. "All they want to be is accepted and treated like everybody else."
All the teens involved need to be mentally examined to see why they did this and why they thought it was funny, Middlebrooks said.
The brutality shown on the video and the fact that the targeted person had a disability outraged many online, with commentors swarming to The News Journal's Facebook page to call for the students to be tried as adults.
Several public officials jumped to condemn the attacks.
"I am horrified and sickened by the actions of the young people seen and heard in these videos," Gov. Jack Markell said in a statement. "We must send the strongest possible message that this behavior is unacceptable and reprehensible, while using this incident as a reminder of the importance of our mission to root out bullying from our communities."
State Sen. Greg Lavelle, R-Sharpley, said he has asked the attorney general's office to "prosecute to the fullest extent of the law.
"They should be treated like adults, because they certainly are acting like adults," Lavelle said. "These aren't games. These kids think they're going to be famous, but we have to show them that you're going to be in jail."
Attorney General Beau Biden's office declined to comment, citing the continuing investigation.
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Mom outraged after she says son was bullied by teammates, school administrators | fox4kc.com

Mom outraged after she says son was bullied by teammates, school administrators | fox4kc.com



HARRISONVILLE, Mo. — Police in Harrisonville are investigating an assault involving members of the Harrisonville Middle School football team. Police say the attack took place after practice outside the locker room.
Jami Turney’s son is on the Harrisonville 8th grade football team. She said she was shocked by what she learned Tuesday after picking her son up from football practice.
“I asked him how football went and he took his backpack off and his entire back is completely red and welted and nothing but bruising,” she explained.
Turney said her son wasn’t injured during practice, but afterwards, when he was ambushed outside of the locker room by some of the starters on the Harrisonville 8th grade football team.
“One of them came over to him and put his arm around him and asked him if he had ever been five starred. He said, ‘yes I have and it hurts so don’t do it.’ And he goes, ‘well, sorry about that.’ And that boy threw the first blow,” Turney said.
“Five staring,” Turney says, is when you rub your hands together causing friction, then hit someone hard enough to leave a bruise that is five fingers, in the shape of a star.
“He was not able to run away somewhere. Ten and 15 8th grade football players, they commenced to jumping him and beating him, punching him, smacking him,” the mom described.
She says the assault, that lasted about 10 minutes, moved into the locker room where a high school student broke it up. Turney later went to the police.
“They were definitely visible injuries that caused irritation to his skin, large welts on his skin the front, the back, his neck,” she explained.
Police say evidence they’ve uncovered during an investigation has led them to believe the boy’s story, and have presented evidence of simple assault against four Harrisonville 8th grade football players to the Cass County Prosecutor’s Office. Turney says Harrisonville school administrators are upset with her for going to the police, and have tried to downplay the assault as boys just horsing around.
“You can take the sheer evidence of the photos alone and it tells its own story, so it makes me angry, it makes me very disappointed in the school district my son attends,” Turney said.
Harrisonville school administrators declined to comment on this story, only saying that they will not talk about student discipline issues. Turney says not only did the students bully her son, but administrators did too, treating him like he did something wrong, instead of protecting him.

Governor Creates Anti-Bullying Task Force | The River City News

Governor Creates Anti-Bullying Task Force | The River City News



For thousands of Kentucky students, going to school can mean bracing for a run-in with a bully.
More than one in four Kentucky students aged 12 to 18 reported being bullied at school in 2011, and the Kentucky Department of Education recorded 15,520 incidents of bullying in Kentucky during the 2012-13 school year. That’s one reported bullying incident every four minutes of every school day.
In response to these alarming trends, Gov. Steve Beshear announced Thursday the creation of the Kentucky Youth Bullying Prevention Task Force – a 22-member panel, including students – which will study bullying in schools and recommend practices and policies to help foster safer, harassment-free school environments.
“No child should be so discouraged by bullies that he or she avoids school or withdraws from friends or activities,” Beshear said. “Yet recent research suggests that getting bullied is a common experience. This task force will work on ways to empower students and to implement practices that root out intimidation and harassment.”
Education Commissioner Terry Holliday and Cabinet for Health and Family Services Secretary Audrey Tayse Haynes sent the Governor a letter last month outlining the impacts of bullying on young Kentuckians and urged him to create the task force.
The Youth Bullying Prevention Task Force will analyze existing laws and policies; interview school professionals, bullying victims and other experts; and collect training and resource materials. The group will submit its findings, including recommendations for policy initiatives and school practices, in a report to the Governor by Nov. 15, 2015.
Morgan Guess, an 11-year-old from Paducah, endured repeated physical and verbal attacks from a classmate three years ago. As a result, Morgan developed stomach spasms and panic attacks. A doctor prescribed antidepressants and recommended Morgan change schools to get away from her tormentor. The situation has been resolved, and Morgan will now serve as the student representative on the Governor’s task force.
“When I was bullied, I made a choice to be a part of the solution instead of blaming others,” she said. “My parents helped me understand that one person can do something that can make a difference. Now I want kids in my town and my state to know that they have a voice. Together we can do something that will help us stop the cruelty and violence. I am so grateful that Governor Beshear is showing that Kentucky is a leader in this battle against bullying.”
Education Commissioner Terry Holliday said, “Acts of bullying don’t just affect the victim – One bully in a classroom or neighborhood creates an atmosphere of tension, making it difficult to concentrate, much less learn effectively. We owe it to our students, our teachers and our community to seek ways to eliminate these aggressive acts and foster good learning environments.”
Research suggests that one out of every 10 high school dropouts cites bullying as the main reason for leaving school, and bullying is a significant contributing factor in many teen suicides and suicide attempts.
“Bullies don’t always inflict physical harm; the psychological damage can be corrosive, especially over time,” said Audrey Tayse Haynes, Secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services. “Suicide is the second leading cause of death for young Kentuckians. I hope this task force can find ways to reduce incidents of bullying and give children tools to respond responsibly and effectively.”
Task Force members include:
  • -Commissioner Terry Holliday
  • -Secretary Audrey Tayse Haynes
  • -Morgan Guess, of Paducah; 11-year-old student at Lone Oak Middle School who experienced bullying at her school; has since worked with students and social media to promote kindness and discourage bullying
  • -Susan Guess, of Paducah; marketing director for Paducah Bank and mother to Morgan Guess
  • -Mark Simendinger, of Edgewood; general manager of Kentucky Speedway in Sparta.
  • -Rachel Willoughby, of Prestonsburg; director, Mountain Regional Prevention Center at Mountain Comprehensive Care Center
  • -Dr. Nancy Cunningham, of Louisville; licensed counseling psychologist and professor emeritus in the Department of Education and Counseling Psychology, Counseling and College Student Personnel at the University of Louisville
  • -Ben Reno-Weber, of Louisville; CEO, Kentucky YMCA
  • -Dr. Vestena Robbins, of Richmond; policy adviser for the Kentucky Department for Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities; adjunct faculty member in the Department of Educational Leadership Studies at UK
  • -Dr. Thomas Aberli, of Louisville; principal, Atherton High School
  • -Jon Akers, of Georgetown; executive director for the Kentucky Center for School Safety
  • -Bo Matthews, of Glasgow; superintendent, Barren County Schools
  • -Carl Frazier, of Lexington; attorney at Stoll Keenon Ogden
  • -Craig Browning, of Smiths Grove; regional president, U.S. Bank
  • -Dr. Patty Cook-Craig, of Richmond; associate professor and chair of the MSW Community and Social Development Concentration at the University of Kentucky College of Social Work
  • -Juanita Collier Spangler, of Whitesburg; sixth-grade language arts teacher at Whitesburg Middle School
  • -Major Robert Carter III, of Madisonville; Madisonville Police Department
  • -Dr. Kelly Davis, of Bowling Green; director of Exceptional Children for the Green River Region Educational Cooperative
  • -Sen. Mike Wilson, of Bowling Green
  • -Sen. Dorsey Ridley, of Henderson
  • -Rep. Derrick Graham, of Frankfort
  • -Rep. Regina Bunch, of Williamsburg

Wednesday, September 3, 2014

Are You Shocked That He Was Absent On The Day They Voted On This? I'm Not!!!

See if your Missouri House Representative chose to stand with middle-class families or corporate extremists like ALEC and the Koch Brothers and then hold them accountable in the upcoming elections!

Voted NO on so-called "Right to Work" and stood with working families (THANK YOU!):
  • Ira Anders (D-21)
  • Linda Black (D-117)
  • Bob Burns (D-93)
  • Michael Butler (D-79)
  • Jon Carpenter (D-15)
  • Mike Colona (D-80)
  • Kathie Conway (R-104)
  • Pat Conway (D-10)
  • Courtney Allen Curtis (D-73)
  • Randy Dunn (D-23)
  • Brandon Ellington (D-22)
  • Kevin Engler (D-94)
  • Keith English (D-68)
  • Vicki Englund (D-94)
  • Paul Fitzwater (R-144)
  • Mike Frame (D-111)
  • Doug Funderburk (R-103)
  • Elaine Gannon (R-115)
  • Kim Gardner (D-77)
  • Chuck Gatschenberger (R-108)
  • Ben Harris (D-118)
  • Ron Hicks (R-107)
  • Galen Higdon (R-11)
  • Penny Hubbard (D-78)
  • Jake Hummel (D-81)
  • Jeanie Lauer (R-32)
  • Chris Kelly (D-45)
  • Jeanne Kirkton (D-91)
  • Bart Korman (R-42)
  • Michelle Kratky (D-82)
  • Karla May (D-84)
  • John Mayfield (D-20)
  • John McCaherty (R-97)
  • Gail McCann Beatty (D-26)
  • Tom McDonald (D-28)
  • T.J. McKenna (D-114)
  • Kevin McManus (D-36)
  • Margo McNeil (D-69)
  • Sue Meredith (D-71)
  • Bonnaye Mims (D-27)
  • Gina Mitten (D-83)
  • Chris Molendorp (R-56)
  • Genise Montecillo (D-92)
  • Judy Morgan (D-24)
  • Myron Neth (R-17)
  • Stacey Newman (D-87)
  • Mary Nichols (D-72)
  • Charlie Norr (D-132)
  • Bill Otto (D-70)
  • Sharon Pace (D-74)
  • Josh Peters (D-76)
  • Tommie Pierson (D-66)
  • Jeanie Riddle (R-49)
  • John Rizzo (D-19)
  • Jeff Roorda (D-113)
  • Joe Runions (D-37)
  • Ed Schieffer (D-41)
  • Jill Schupp (D-88)
  • Clem Smith (D-85)
  • Chrissy Sommer (R-106)
  • Bryan Spencer (R-63)
  • Jay Swearingen (D-18)
  • Noel Torpey (R-29)
  • Rochelle Walton Gray (D-75)
  • Stephen Webber (D-46)
  • Paul Wieland (R-112)
  • John Wright (D-47)
  • Anne Zerr (R-65)
Voted Present on so-called "Right to Work":
  • T.J. Berry (R-38)
  • Donna Pfautsch (R-33)

Voted Yes on so-called "Right to Work" and sided with corporate extremists like ALEC and the Koch Brothers instead of standing up for Missouri's working families:  
  • Sue Allen (R-100)
  • Sonya Anderson (R-131)
  • Kevin Austin (R-136)
  • Kurt Bahr (R-102)
  • Jay Barnes (R-60)
  • Mike Bernskoetter (R-59)
  • Rick Brattin (R-55)
  • Wanda Brown (R-57)
  • Eric Burlison (R-133)
  • Mike Cierpiot (R-30)
  • Steve Cookson (R-153)
  • Stanley Cox (R-52)
  • Sandy Crawford (R-129)
  • Gary Cross (R-35)
  • Paul Curtman (R-109)
  • Charlie Davis (R-162)
  • John Diehl (R-89)
  • Dean Dohrman (R-51)
  • Tony Dugger (R-141)
  • Kevin Elmer (R-139)
  • Sue Entlicher (R-128)
  • Scott Fitzpatrick (R-158)
  • Tom Flanigan (R-163)
  • Lyndell Fraker (R-137)
  • Diane Franklin (R-123)
  • Keith Frederick (R-121)
  • Don Gosen (R-101)
  • Casey Guernsey (R-2)
  • Elijah Haahr (R-134)
  • Kent Hampton (R-150)
  • Denny Hoskins (R-54)
  • Lincoln Hough (R-135)
  • Jay Houghton (R-43)
  • Tom Hurst (R-62)
  • Delus Johnson (R-9)
  • Caleb Jones (R-50)
  • Timothy Jones (R-110)
  • Jeffery Justus (R-156)
  • Shelley Keeney (R-145)
  • Mike Kelley (R-127)
  • Andrew Koenig (R-99)
  • Glen Kolkmeyer (R-53)
  • Mike Lair (R-7)
  • Bill Lant (R-159)
  • Mike Leara (R-96)
  • Donna Lichtenegger (R-146)
  • Warren Love (R-125)
  • Steve Lynch (R-122)
  • Nick Marshall (R-13)
  • Joe Don McGaugh (R-39)
  • Jeffrey Messenger (R-130)
  • Rocky Miller (R-124)
  • Mike Moon (R-157)
  • Lynn Morris (R-140)
  • Dave Muntzel (R-48)
  • Mark Parkinson (R-105)
  • Don Phillips (R-138)
  • Randy Pike (R-126)
  • Jeff Pogue (R-143)
  • Craig Redmon (R-4)
  • Holly Rehder (R-148)
  • Bill Reiboldt (R-160)
  • Tim Remole (R-6)
  • Shawn Rhoads (R-154)
  • Todd Richardson (R-152)
  • Robert Ross (R-142)
  • Lyle Rowland (R-155)
  • Dwight Scharnhorst (R-98)
  • Dave Schatz (R-61)
  • Ronald Schieber (R-14)
  • Noel Shull (R-16)
  • Lindell Shumake (R-5)
  • Kathryn Swan (R-147)
  • Mike Thomson (R-1)
  • Nate Walker (R-3)
  • Bill White (R-161)
  • Kenneth Wilson (R-12)
  • David Wood (R-58)
  Absent:
  • Robert Cornejo (R-64)
  • Jeff Grisamore (R-34)
  • Marsha Haefner (R-95)
  • Jim Hansen (R-40)
  • Dave Hinson (R-119)
  • Steve Hodges (D-149)
  • Jeremy LaFaver (D-25)
  • Jim Neely (R-8)
  • Caleb Rowden (R-44)
  • Sheila Solon (R-31)
  • Rick Stream (R-90)