Title XI — EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES

162.191. Election in proposed district. — 1. Within sixty days after receipt of approval by the state board of education of the reorganization plan or part thereof, the county clerk shall submit the question in each proposed school district wholly within the county or which has b…

162.201. Certification of election results. — Not later than three days after the election as provided for in section 162.191, the county clerk shall certify to the state board of education the results of the election in each proposed seven-director school district. ­­-------- (L…

162.202. Consolidation of two or more school districts, tax rate ceiling how calculated. — For purposes of determining the proposed tax rate when two or more school districts are consolidating, the tax rate ceiling of the consolidated district shall be determined by multiplying e…

162.203. Orientation and training requirements for board members initially elected or appointed — refresher training. — 1. Board members initially elected or appointed under section 162.291, 162.459, 162.471, or 162.581 after August 28, 1993, in addition to the qualifications pre…

162.204. Permanent records, digital or electronic format permitted. — Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a school district may fulfill its statutory responsibility to maintain permanent records by maintaining or storing such records in a digital or electronic f…

162.207. Electronic personal communication devices, written policy on possession and use — immunity from liability, when — expiration date. — 1. As used in this section, "electronic personal communications device" means a portable device that is used to initiate, receive, store, …

162.208. Internet websites, required postings. — If any public school district hosts a district-sponsored internet website, that district shall post the following on such site: (1) A current version of that district's policy manual and all related documents; and (2) A current ver…

162.211. Seven-director district, who may establish. — A seven-director school district may be established by the voters of (1) Any city or town whose population is evenly divided by a school district boundary line and which is not located in a county of the first class; (2) Any …

162.212. Six-director school district to be known as seven-director school district. — The six-director school district shall hereafter be known as the seven-director school district. ­­-------- (L. 1996 S.B. 687) Effective 5-24-96

162.215. School officers may be commissioned to enforce certain criminal laws. — 1. The school board of any school district may authorize and commission school officers to enforce laws relating to crimes committed on school premises, at school activities, and on school buses oper…

162.221. Seven-director district, procedure to organize. — 1. When the voters of any one or more districts as authorized in section 162.211, except those districts designated in subdivision (2) thereof, desire to form a seven-director district, a petition signed by at least ten p…

162.223. Consolidation of seven-director districts — petition by voters or call for election by two or more boards of education — ballot form — procedure — new district declared, when — commissioner's powers — board members, how determined. — 1. When the voters in any two or more…

162.231. Failure to approve proposed district — effect. — If any proposed seven-director district does not receive the required majority affirmative vote, the school districts constituting the proposed new school district shall remain as they were prior to the submission of the q…

162.241. Election of directors in newly formed district — costs of election, how paid. — If a proposal to form a district pursuant to the provisions of sections 162.171 to 162.191, 162.211 and 162.221, or section 162.223 receives the required majority of the votes cast on the pro…

162.251. New district, officers, elected, when — funds, how transferred — obligations assumed. — Should the proposal to form a seven-director district in the manner provided in section 162.223 receive the necessary favorable vote, the terms of office of all directors and officers…

162.261. Seven-director district, board of, terms — vacancies — prohibition on hiring spouse of board member, when — constitutional prohibition on nepotism applies to districts. — 1. The government and control of a seven-director school district, other than an urban district, is …

162.281. Candidate to declare for term of specific number of years, when. — Except as provided in section 162.563, in all seven-director districts, including urban districts, when directors are to be elected for terms of different lengths, each candidate shall declare for a term …

162.291. Directors — election — qualifications. — Except as provided in section 162.563, the voters of each seven-director district other than urban districts shall, at municipal elections, elect two directors who are citizens of the United States and resident taxpayers of the di…

162.301. Organization of board — quorum — officers. — 1. Within fourteen days after the election of the first school board in each seven-director district, other than an urban district, and within fourteen days after each annual election, the board shall meet. The newly elected m…

162.303. Failure of member to attend board meetings, effect — attendance, defined — vacancies, how filled. — 1. For the purposes of this section, "attendance" shall be defined as actual, physical attendance at the board meeting until all of the business of the board has been comp…

162.311. Name of district adopted, when — seal required. — 1. The board of education of a seven-director district at its first meeting shall adopt and enter of record the name of the district and shall notify the clerk of the county commission of the name so adopted. The name ado…

162.321. Change of district name — effect. — 1. The board of education of any seven-director district may change the name of the district by unanimous consent of the members of the board, the name to comply with any applicable regulations of the state board of education, after fi…

162.341. Annual election, when held. — The annual election in seven-director districts, except urban districts, shall be held on municipal election days. ­­-------- (L. 1963 p. 200 § 3-34, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971) (Source: RSMo 1959 § 165.330)

162.351. Election commissioners to conduct elections in certain districts. — In any urban school district in a city having a population of more than three hundred thousand or in any seven-director school district located wholly within a city having a population of more than two h…

162.371. Secretary to issue certificates. — The secretary of the board of education, who shall record the certification of the results of the election and, by order of the board, shall issue certificates of election to the person entitled thereto; and the results of all other pro…

162.381. Conduct of special elections. — All district special elections shall be conducted in accordance with section 162.371. ­­-------- (L. 1963 p. 200 § 3-37, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)

[Repealed or reserved.]

162.401. Treasurer's bond. — The treasurer, before entering upon the discharge of his duties, shall enter into a bond to the state of Missouri, with one or more sureties, to be approved by the board, conditioned that he will render a faithful and just account of all money that co…

162.411. Board may employ attorney. — The board of any district may retain counsel when necessary to the exercise of its powers. In all school districts in this state which contain one or more cities or towns having a total population of thirty thousand inhabitants or over the sc…

162.423. Extension of city limits does not affect district boundaries — section effective when. — 1. Whenever, by reason of the extension of the limits of any city or town, such limits extend beyond the boundaries of a seven-director school district, the extension of the limits s…

162.431. Boundary change — procedure — arbitration — compensation of arbitrators — resubmission of changes restricted. — 1. When it is necessary to change the boundary lines between seven-director school districts, in each district affected, ten percent of the voters by number of…

162.441. Annexation — procedure, alternative — form of ballot. — 1. If any school district desires to be attached to a community college district organized under sections 178.770 to 178.890 or to one or more adjacent seven-director school districts for school purposes, upon the r…

162.451. Dissolution of district. — Upon petition of at least ten percent of those voting in the last school election at which school board members were elected or one hundred voters, whichever is greater, filed with the board, the question of dissolving a seven-director district…

162.459. Boards of all seven-director and urban school districts to have seven members with the exception of Kansas City — directors, how elected. — 1. Notwithstanding other provisions of law to the contrary, the school board of each school district designated in the statutes as …

162.461. Corporate powers of urban districts. — Each urban school district is a body corporate known as "The School District of ______" (in which title the name of the city and any further designation that is required by regulations of the state board of education shall be insert…

162.471. Board of directors — qualifications, terms, vacancies. — 1. The government and control of an urban school district is vested in a board of seven directors. 2. Except as provided in section 162.563, each director shall be a voter of the district who has resided within thi…

162.481. Elections in urban school districts, held when — elections in Springfield, post-2000 census urban school districts, St. Charles County, and Buchanan County. — 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section and sections 162.492 and 162.563, all elections of school direct…

162.491. Directors may be nominated by petition, when — contents of petition, certain districts — no petition required, Buchanan County — no declaration of candidacy as sole method of filing. — 1. Directors for urban school districts, other than those districts containing the gre…

162.492. Director districts, candidates from subdistricts and at large — terms — vacancy, how filled. — 1. In all urban districts containing the greater part of the population of a city which has more than three hundred thousand inhabitants, the election authority of the city in …

162.501. Secretary to issue certificates of election. — The secretary of the board of directors shall lay the results before the board and record the same, and under the direction of the board shall issue certificates of election to the parties entitled thereto. ­­-------- (L. 19…

162.511. Duties, restrictions and liabilities of the board — quorum — seal. — Except as provided in laws specifically applicable to urban districts the board in any urban district shall perform the same duties and be subject to the same restrictions and liabilities as the school …

162.521. Selection of officers of the board — terms — removal. — Within ten days after the biennial election in any urban district, the board shall meet, the duly elected members be qualified and the board organized by the election of a president, vice president, secretary and tr…

162.531. Duties of the secretary — bond. — The secretary of the board of each urban district shall keep a record of the proceedings of the board; he shall also keep a record of all warrants drawn upon the treasurer, showing the date and amount of each, in whose favor and upon wha…

162.541. Bond of treasurer. — The treasurer of each urban district, before entering upon the discharge of his duties as such, shall enter into a bond to the state of Missouri with one or more sureties, approved by the board, conditioned that he will render a faithful and just acc…

162.551. Compensation of treasurer and secretary. — The treasurer and secretary of each urban district shall receive as full compensation for their services salaries fixed by the board before their election; but no compensation shall be paid to either the secretary or treasurer w…

162.553. Urban school district may form ad hoc committee on dropout prevention — members — selection. — There may be established for a period of not less than one year nor more than three years within each urban school district with a reported dropout rate in excess of forty perc…

162.563. Subdivision of districts — definitions — procedure — school board to adopt final plan, hearings, content — election of school board members — petition to divide, procedure. — 1. As used in this section, the following terms mean: (1) "School board", the board vested with …

162.571. Corporate powers of metropolitan district — board of education, powers. — Every city in this state, not within a county, together with the territory now within its limits, or which may in the future be included by any change thereof, constitutes a single metropolitan sch…

162.581. Qualifications of board members — oath — exemption from service as election officers. — 1. The members of the board of education shall be elected from the city, as provided in section 162.601, on a general ticket, and shall be at least twenty-four years of age, citizens …

162.591. Organization of board — board to appoint acting superintendent, when. — 1. The board shall organize by electing a president, vice president, and secretary from its members. The board of education, as soon as practicable after its organization, shall appoint a superintend…