Title XI — EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES

162.011. School boards may associate and appoint a member to attend meetings — may pay dues and attendance expenses. — Any school board of the state of Missouri, when it deems it a matter of public interest, may by two-thirds vote of its members join the Missouri School Boards' A…

162.013. School boards may expend district funds to provide accident and property damage insurance for members, when. — Notwithstanding other sections of the school laws which provide that members of school boards shall serve without compensation, the school board of any school d…

162.014. Registered sex offenders and persons convicted of certain crimes prohibited from being school board candidates. — 1. No person shall be a candidate for a member or director of the school board in any school district in this state if such person is registered or is requir…

162.031. Division or addition to district — apportionment of property and obligations. — 1. Whenever (1) a seven-director school district is created out of one or more school districts, or (2) the boundary lines of any district are changed by the changing of the boundary lines of…

162.032. Annexation or dissolution of school district, health care coverage continuation responsibility of successor district. — If a school district is annexed to an existing district or divided into two or more districts by a vote of the citizens, or is dissolved under the laps…

162.041. Arbitration of disagreement as to apportionment — arbitrator's compensation — effect of award. — 1. If the school boards of the several districts cannot agree upon an adjustment and apportionment of property and indebtedness as provided in section 162.031, the board of e…

162.051. Special board meetings, how called — notice. — Special meetings of school boards may be held at the times fixed by the board, or on the call of the president or of a majority of the members of the board. Each member shall be notified of the time, place and purpose of the…

162.058. Community engagement policy, requirements. — 1. Before July 1, 2023, each school district and charter school shall, after receiving community input, implement a community engagement policy that provides residents of the school district methods of communicating with the s…

162.063. School districts may provide hospital and medical coverage for students, when. — Any school district may, upon adoption of a resolution by a majority of its entire board of directors, designate specific school sponsored programs of instruction and extracurricular activit…

162.064. Bus drivers, medical endorsement required, when. — Each school district shall have on file a statement from a medical examiner which indicates that the driver is physically qualified to operate a school bus for the purpose of transporting pupils. Such statement shall be …

162.065. Bus driver training required. — On an annual basis, each school district shall provide training in at least eight hours of duration to each school bus driver employed by the school district or under contract with the school district. Such training shall provide special i…

162.068. Former employees, information provided by school district, written policy required — suspension of employee under investigation — immunity from liability, when, exception. — 1. (1) By July 1, 2012, every school district shall adopt a written policy on information that th…

162.069. Employee-student communications, written policy required — training materials, required content. — 1. Every school district shall, by March 1, 2012, promulgate a written policy concerning employee-student communication. The governing body of each charter school shall ado…

162.071. Annexation of district to adjoining district, when — state board of education, duties. — When the creation of a school district or a change in the boundaries of an existing school district leaves the remaining part of a district containing less than twenty children of sc…

162.073. Definitions. — For the purposes of sections 162.071, 162.073, 162.152, 162.171, 162.181, 162.191, 162.201, 162.241, 162.301, 162.311, 162.821 and 167.121, in those counties without a county commission, the following words shall have the following meaning: (1) "County cle…

162.081. Failure to provide minimum school term, effect of — unaccredited schools, hearing required, board of education options — special administrative board, duration of authority. — 1. Whenever any school district in this state fails or refuses in any school year to provide fo…

162.083. Special administrative board, additional members authorized — term of office — return to local governance, when. — 1. The state board of education may appoint additional members to any special administrative board appointed under section 162.081. 2. The state board of ed…

162.084. Annual performance report, schools in bottom five percent — letter to parents — rating and ranking, display requirements. — 1. If any individual public elementary or secondary school, any charter school, or any school district is determined to be in the bottom five perce…

162.085. Lapse of district upon withdrawal of provisional accreditation. — If a school district has been classified as unaccredited within the previous five school years and the district is subsequently classified as provisionally accredited, the district shall be subject to laps…

162.091. Neglect or refusal to comply with school laws by public official a misdemeanor, penalty. — Any county clerk, county treasurer, school board member, officer or employee, or other officer, who willfully neglects or refuses to perform any duty imposed upon him by chapters 1…

162.1000. Interagency council on transition created, definitions, members, qualifications, chairperson how selected — meetings, powers and duties — annual report, content. — 1. As used in this section, the following terms mean: (1) "Transition", a coordinated set of activities fo…

162.1040. Citation of law — not applicable to certain districts. — Sections 162.1040 to 162.1059 shall be known and may be cited as the "Elementary and Secondary School District Enrollment Option Act". Nothing in sections 162.1040 to 162.1059 shall apply to any school district in…

162.1042. Definitions. — As used in sections 162.1040 to 162.1059, the following terms mean: (1) "Department", the department of elementary and secondary education; (2) "Enrollment option districts", districts, the school boards of which have by resolution entered into an enrollm…

162.1045. State board of education to develop guidelines for enrollment option plan. — 1. The state board of education shall direct the department to develop guidelines for the establishment of enrollment option plans by pilot local school districts that will be sending or receiv…

[Repealed or reserved.]

162.1049. Nonresident district and resident district to accept each other's credits. — A nonresident district shall accept all credits toward promotion or graduation awarded by a district of residence. If a student returns to the student's district of residence prior to graduatio…

162.1052. Rejection of admission of a nonresident by nonresident district, when. — Notwithstanding any provision of sections 162.1040 to 162.1059 to the contrary, a nonresident district may reject an application for admission by a nonresident pupil if the: (1) Dwelling in which t…

162.1055. School districts soliciting enrollment of a nonresident student, prohibited — activities in schools to be determined by district. — No school district shall solicit the enrollment of a nonresident student. For the purpose of determining eligibility to participate in hig…

162.1057. State aid, nonresident student enrolled in option district to be counted as resident. — Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 163 to the contrary, for the purposes of determining state aid, a nonresident student enrolled pursuant to sections 162.1040 to 162.1059 in …

162.1059. Federal court ordering desegregation court order to govern enrollment option. — Whenever there is a federal court-ordered desegregation directive for a school district, enrollment options pursuant to sections 162.1040 to 162.1059 are subject to the approval of the court…

162.1060. Transfer corporation, board, powers and duties, funding — termination of corporation, funds to lapse to general revenue — regional attendance zones. — 1. There is hereby established a "Metropolitan Schools Achieving Value in Transfer Corporation", which shall be a publi…

162.1061. Transfer corporations (metropolitan schools), computation of state aid. — Other provisions of law to the contrary notwithstanding, a transfer corporation formed pursuant to section 162.1060 shall receive state aid as calculated in this section: (1) For purposes of deter…

162.1100. Transitional school district, governing board, members, powers and duties — taxation — school improvement plan, review by state board of education — accountability officer, duties — dissolution of district, when. — 1. There is hereby established within each city not wit…

162.1115. Career and technical education programs, districts not penalized under school improvement program, when — revision of scoring. — 1. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, no district shall be penalized for any reason under the Missouri school improvement …

162.1125. Kaitlyn's law — certain IDEA students may participate in graduation ceremonies and related activities. — 1. The provisions of this section shall be known and referred to as "Kaitlyn's Law". 2. Each school district that operates a high school shall establish a policy and…

162.1130. Definitions. — As used in sections 162.1130 to 162.1145, the following terms mean: (1) "Appraisal", an evaluation of a child's current level of performance in the context of cognitive skills and the ability to master academic skills of literacy such as reading, comprehe…

162.1133. Blindness skills specialist available at each regional professional development center, duties — task force established. — 1. The division of special education within the department of elementary and secondary education shall develop and coordinate a program to provide …

162.1136. Annual study conducted, educational status of eligible students — report to the general assembly, contents. — 1. The division of special education within the department of elementary and secondary education shall conduct an annual study of the educational status of elig…

162.1139. Joint referral service developed, rehabilitation services. — The division of special education within the department of elementary and secondary education shall develop a system of joint referral with rehabilitation services for the blind. All children identified by a s…

162.1142. Blindness skills specialist fund created. — There is hereby created in the state treasury the "Blindness Skills Specialist Fund" which shall be administered by the division of special education within the department of elementary and secondary education. Moneys in the f…

162.1180. Instructional services and programs, educational service agency may be designated, organization, meetings. — 1. Any public school district or districts may designate an educational service agency, as defined in 20 U.S.C. Section 7801, for the purpose of developing, mana…

162.1190. Multiple attendance centers for same grade level, board to have policy for transfer of students. — The school board of each school district with multiple attendance centers containing the same grade levels shall, no later than July 1, 2004, develop, and make available t…

162.1195. Fine arts, professional development education assistance. — 1. Beginning in fiscal year 2013, the office of quality schools within the department of elementary and secondary education may ensure that each regional professional development center in the state provides pr…

162.1250. State funding for resident students enrolled in virtual program — calculation of funding — standards for virtual courses. — 1. School districts shall receive state school funding under sections 163.031, 163.043, and 163.087 for resident students who are enrolled in the …

162.1255. Funding for competency-based courses — amount. — 1. As used in this section, the following terms mean: (1) "Competency-based credit", credit awarded by school districts and charter schools to high school students upon demonstration of competency as determined by a schoo…

162.1300. Additional students as result of boundary change, assessment scores and performance data not to be used for three years. — If a change in school district boundary lines occurs under section 162.223, 162.431, 162.441, or 162.451, or by action of the state board of educat…

162.1475. Data breach, procedures. — 1. "Personal information" shall have the same meaning as defined in section 407.1500. 2. In the event of a breach of data maintained in electronic form that includes personal information of a student, a school district shall send written notif…

162.152. Section of district reorganization created — duties. — The state board of education shall establish within the department of elementary and secondary education a section of district reorganization. The state board, through the section of district reorganization, shall ad…

162.171. Reorganization plans may be proposed. — The county commission may, from time to time, pursuant to the provisions of section 161.152, submit to the state board of education specific plans for the reorganization of school districts of the state. Each plan shall be in writi…

162.181. Reorganization, procedure. — Upon receipt of a plan for the reorganization of districts in any county, the state board of education shall examine the plan. The state board shall approve or disapprove the plan either in whole or in part. If the plan includes any proposed …