Sen. Norma Champion said that coming to the House from the Springfield City Council was jarring, because her influence was greatly diminished. She said that ten-year experience made her more willing to work across party lines as a majority member in the Senate.
He said he would support an suggestion floated by Sen. Norma Champion, R-Springfield, that would allow districts to opt-out of the open-enrollment rule, but he said he didn't think the high school activities association's member schools would go along with that idea.
However, Sen. Norma Champion, R-Springfield, expressed skepticism of the bill. She said the state can never really know what people are being bullied for and gave a personal anecdote. In grade school, she said, she was bullied for shining her shoes every day, something wouldn't be covered under these provisions.
Mayer told the Senate Education Committee that provisions were put in the bill that would prevent parents from moving students back and forth between districts. When Sen. Norma Champion, R-Springfield, expressed concerns about the impact open enrollment would have on state funding, Mayer said those details were still being worked out.
In the Rules Committee hearing, Sen. Joan Bray, D-St. Louis County, said farmers already have plenty of legislation in Missouri working in their economic favor but was countered by fellow committee member Norma Champion, R-Greene County.