Interim Studies

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• - State Funding for school bus replacement

• - Study expansion of outcomes of MU Luke Lee Listening, Language and Learning Lab

• - Reducing the budget of the State Board of Education and redirecting funds towards increasing teacher salaries.

• - GED test for home schooled students

• - Teacher preparation programs

• - Common Core

• - Charter Schools

• - Study of racing and gaming industries

• - Study of increase of state government budget and spending transparency.

• - Public library funding

• - Cedar Lakes funding

• - Reducing Instances of Unclassified Spending

• - Undeveloped land preservation and conservation tax credit

• - Highway and Bridge revenue sources

• - Public School Finance

• - Increase in Homestead Exemption

• - Requesting study on the collection, distribution and use of telecommunications fee revenues

• - Conducting a study of creating a Statewide Interoperable Radio Network

• - Applicability and reform of purchasing regulations

• - Impact of admitting all Class I, II, III and IV municipalities to the Municipal Home Rule Pilot Program

• - Public access to all ordinances, rules and regulations adopted by a county commission in one location

• - Making all hunting and fishing licenses valid for a period of one year from date of issue.

• - Reducing or eliminating the need for certain hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses.

• - Agreements between county commissions and municipalities regarding demolition of buildings unfit for human habitation.

• - Audits of State Government agencies

• - Potential improvements to pensions for retired teachers and public employees who have been retired for ten or more years

• - Needs, challenges, and issues facing municipalities in this state as to the funding of their police and firefighter pension plans

• - Policies regarding sexual violence, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking at public colleges in the state.

• - Right-to-Work

• - Paycheck Protection legislation

• - Campaign Finance reform legislation

• - Ethics/Integrity reform legislation

• - Intermediate Appellate Courts

• - Collateral Source Doctrine

• - Voter ID

• - State Police: Increased options for dealing with drug cash transfers via gift cards/Western Union cards.

• - Treatment of certain non-violent, non-drug felony records.

• - Creation of Office of Inspector General

• - Review of Justice Reinvestment Act

• - Issues facing military veterans and active duty service personnel