JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Hope that a laundry list of efforts aimed at Missouri schools would make it to the governor’s desk dwindled Tuesday, but a resurrection could come in the last hours of the legislative session.

The House overwhelmingly rejected, 116-43, its own version of a 203-page education package from Senate President Pro Tem Charlie Shields, R-St. Joseph, on Tuesday. They tossed out a bill that reeled with provisions on bullying, teacher salaries, four-day school weeks, teacher relationships with students on social networking sites and many others.

“Schools will start next fall with or without Senate Bill 291,” said Rep. Maynard Wallace, chairman of a house elementary and secondary education committee, which stacked the bill in recent weeks.

Mr. Shields, R-St. Joseph, originally authored the bill to expand virtual classrooms, but then added a fix for a technical glitch with Proposition A gambling money voters approved in November. Some schools weren’t receiving any of the proceeds.

The bill eventually snowballed in the Senate and House, picking up controversial and pricey items, such as a quality rating system for child-care centers and university scholarships backed by Gov. Jay Nixon.

The defeat came after five hours of debate and as a disappointment for Mr. Wallace, who carried the bill for Mr. Shields.

The Thornfield Republican partially blamed the failure on a section of the bill that would’ve directed the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to study open school enrollment.

Later Tuesday night, Mr. Wallace met with his committee members and Mr. Shields to craft a compromise. Even though the House version of the omnibus education bill failed, Mr. Wallace is going to use the Senate version to revive the education package. The House voted to send the unconsidered Senate version back to committee, where lawmakers will consider a pared-down draft.

“We’re trying to salvage the good things,” Mr. Wallace said.

Set to be axed are the proposals with large price tags and a contentious provision to notify parents 14 days before school starts if students are eligible for any school choice options under the No Child Left Behind Act.

The goal is to create a bill that both the Senate and House will endorse on Friday, the last day of the session, said Rep. Mike Thomson, R-Maryville, an education committee member.

Mr. Thomson, a former educator and high school guidance counselor, on Tuesday was the only local legislator to vote “yes” on the education bill, which included an amendment from him that would’ve upped the minimum starting salary for teachers from $25,000 to $29,000.

“I’ve always thought teacher salaries were not high enough,” he said.

But he said the new education bill wouldn’t include his proposal because of the cost.

Mr. Shields also said he doubted if any version with his quality rating system language would make it through the Senate, where at least three senators have threatened to filibuster the five-star program.

Rep. Martin Rucker, a member of the St. Joseph Board of Education, said he voted “no” on the bill Tuesday because of a merit-pay proposal for St. Louis teachers that may or may not end up in the new version. The language gives teachers the opportunity to possibly earn more money if they opt out of their tenure, an unreversible choice.

“There was no way to go back. That would’ve been detrimental for teachers,” the St. Joseph Democrat said.

Alyson E. Raletz can be reached at alysonraletz@npgco.com.