Sara Lampe

From the Department of Great Ideas That Will Never See The Light of Day In Speaker Tilley's House:  Rep. Sara Lampe (D-Springfield) has proposed a two year waiting period for legislators to become lobbyists in Jefferson City. 

A speed bump for legislators wanting to become lobbyists is a very good idea, which spells certain doom for its chances in the General Assembly. 

h/t Show Me Progress

Via the Star:

• Mike Talboy, Minority Leader
• Tishaura Jones, Assistant Minority Leader
• Mike Colona, Minority Whip
• Terry Swinger, Minority Caucus Chair
• Chris Carter, Minority Caucus Vice-Chair
• Sara Lampe, Minority Secretary

House Budget Committee Chairman Allen Icet presented his plan for distributing federal recovery money to colleges and university yesterday, and it didn't go quite as he'd hoped.  Here's a summary of the Icet plan from the News-Leader's Chad Livengood:

Under his proposal, Icet took a standard formula for funding the universities based on size and cut University of Missouri's four-campus system by 30 percent, totaling $14.6 million.

Icet then redistributed that money to the other 10 universities. Ten of the schools got a 45 percent increase in funding. For MSU, it means about $4.4 million more.

But Icet's plan proposed giving Southeast Missouri State University 144 percent more, nearly tripling its share of the stimulus from $4.8 million to $ 11.7 million.

This plan to shift the money away from the MU system didn't sit well with Rep. Steve Hobbs (R-Mexico) and other members of the committee, who didn't understand Icet's unilateral decision to shift the cash. Livengood's whole story on the meeting is worth a read, but his Twitter message from the meeting tells you everything you need to know: 

Rep. Icet has no real explanation as to why he took from University of Missouri and gave to SEMO State.

Earlier this year in the House, committee chairs promised hearings on both the Missouri Nondiscrimination Act (HB 701), sponsored by Rep. Mike Talboy (D-Kansas City), and Safe Schools legislation (HB 518), sponsored by Rep. Sara Lampe (D-Springfield).

Speaker Ron Richard is still refusing to release the bills to committee so they can receive a hearing.

The Missouri Nondiscrimination Act would extend the existing Missouri Human Rights Statute to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

Lampe's Safe Schools legislation would clarify existing law to list specific categories of students (e.g. by race, sexual orientation, disability, etc.) against whom bullying is prohibited, and would require school districts to train teachers and administrators on how to handle bullying.