Title XI, EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES

167.020. Registration requirements — definitions — residency — hardship waiver — recovery of costs, when — records to be requested, provided, when — military relocation, remote registration permitted. — 1. As used in this section and in section 167.022, the following terms mean: …

167.022. Request for records, placed pupils. — Consistent with the provisions of section 167.020, within forty-eight hours of enrolling a nonresident pupil placed pursuant to sections 210.481 to 210.536, the school official enrolling a pupil, including any special education pupil…

167.023. Affidavit of expulsion for certain offenses required for student admission — false statements, penalty. — Prior to admission to any public school, a school board may require the parent, guardian, or other person having control or charge of a child of school age to provid…

167.026. Expungement of disciplinary records, exception. — 1. The state board of education shall adopt a policy relating to the expungement of disciplinary records of pupils who have graduated or reached the age of twenty-one years. 2. Any school district may adopt a policy consi…

167.027. Student special education record deemed permanent record. — 1. As used in this section, "student special education record" means the following: (1) An individualized education program, or IEP, as such term is defined in 20 U.S.C. Section 1401, as amended; (2) An individu…

167.029. School uniforms. — A public school district may require students to wear a school uniform or restrict student dress to a particular style in accordance with the law. The school district may determine the style and color of the school uniform. ­­-------- (L. 1996 H.B. 130…

167.031. School attendance compulsory, who may be excused — nonattendance, penalty — school year defined — compulsory attendance age for the district defined. — 1. (1) Every parent, guardian, or other person in this state having charge, control, or custody of a child is responsib…

167.034. Absences in St. Louis City reported to children's division, when, notification requirements — duties of children's division. — 1. In any city not within a county where a child under the age of seventeen required to attend school under section 167.031 accumulates fifteen …

167.042. Other educational options, intent to pursue, written notification required. — If a parent, guardian, or other person having charge, control, or custody of the child makes a written notification of their intent to pursue other educational options under section 167.031, an…

167.051. Compulsory attendance of part-time schools. — 1. If a school board establishes part-time schools or classes for children under seventeen years of age, lawfully engaged in any regular employment, every parent, guardian or other person having charge, control or custody of …

167.052. Applicability of compulsory attendance and part-time school requirements for metropolitan school districts. — The provisions of sections 167.031 and 167.051 affecting a metropolitan school district shall be effective for the school year beginning 2007-08 and shall termin…

167.061. Penalty for violating compulsory attendance law. — Any parent, guardian or other person having charge, control or custody of a child, who violates the provisions of section 167.031 is guilty of a class C misdemeanor. Upon conviction and pending any judicial appeal, the d…

167.091. Truant or parental schools, establishment — attendance may be compelled — neglected children, attendance — support payments. — 1. The school board of any district which has ten thousand inhabitants or more, may establish and maintain from the public school funds one or m…

167.101. Certain persons may administer oaths and take affidavits — issuance of certificates. — Superintendents, principals and persons in charge of schools and attendance officers may administer oaths and take the affidavits of parents, guardians or other persons having charge, …

167.111. Officials to enforce compulsory attendance law. — The state commissioner of education, superintendents of schools, school boards, county superintendents of public welfare, and every school attendance and probation officer shall enforce all laws relating to compulsory sch…

167.113. Compliance with federal laws relating to pupil rights required. — The state of Missouri shall comply with all the provisions of the federal law relating to the protection of pupil rights, as contained in Section 1232h(b) of Title 20 United States Code. ­­-------- (L. 198…

167.115. Juvenile officer or other law enforcement authority to report to superintendent, when, how — superintendent to report certain acts, to whom — notice of suspension or expulsion to court — superintendent to consult. — 1. Notwithstanding any provision of chapter 211 or chap…

167.117. Principal, teachers, school employees to report certain acts, to whom, exceptions — limit on liability — penalty. — 1. In any instance when any person is believed to have committed an act which if committed by an adult would be assault in the first, second or third degre…

167.121. Assignment of pupil to another district, when — tuition, how paid, amount. — If the residence of a pupil is so located that attendance in the district of residence constitutes an unusual or unreasonable transportation hardship because of natural barriers, travel time, or…

167.122. Placed pupils, notification of district, distribution of information. — 1. Notwithstanding any provisions of chapter 211 or chapter 610 to the contrary the juvenile officer or an employee of the children's division shall notify the school district that a child under judi…

167.123. Notification to superintendent, when, manner — responsibility of superintendent upon notification — confidentiality of information. — 1. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, or chapter 610, to the contrary, the juvenile officer or an employee of the chil…

167.125. Assignment of certain students to another district, procedure — tuition — transportation routes. (St. Elizabeth, St. Albans, and Maries County). — 1. (1) For the purposes of this section, the term "attendance center" shall mean a public school building or buildings or pa…

167.126. Children admitted to certain programs or facilities, right to educational services — school district, per pupil cost, payment — inclusion in average daily attendance, payments in lieu of taxes, when. — 1. (1) The following children shall have the right to educational ser…

167.128. Neglected and delinquent children, department not to aggregate data with regularly enrolled pupil data. — 1. If a school district contains a facility that serves neglected or delinquent children residing in a court-ordered group home, an institution for neglected childre…

167.131. District not maintaining a high school through twelfth grade shall pay tuition and transportation, when — amount charged. — 1. The board of education of each district in this state that does not maintain a high school offering work through the twelfth grade shall pay tui…

167.132. Tuition rate paid by sending district to receiving district — definitions — amount. — 1. For purposes of this section, the following terms mean: (1) "Receiving approved charter school", an approved charter school, as defined under section 167.895, receiving transfer stud…

167.141. Amount deductible from per pupil cost in computing tuition to be added to apportionment of district of residence, when. — The amount deductible from the per pupil cost of maintaining the high school attended in determining the tuition payable by a district on account of …

167.151. Admission of nonresident and other tuition pupils — certain pupils exempt from tuition — school tax credited against tuition — owners of agricultural land in more than one district, options, notice required, when — teachers and certain school workers, children may attend…

167.161. Suspension or expulsion of pupil — notice — hearing — felony violation, grounds for suspension. — 1. The school board of any district, after notice to parents or others having custodial care and a hearing upon charges preferred, may suspend or expel a pupil for conduct w…

167.164. Suspension or expulsion not to relieve duty to educate — district to pay costs of alternative education — voucher — district may contract for alternative education services. — 1. Any suspension issued pursuant to section 167.161, or this section, or expulsion pursuant to…

167.166. Prohibition on strip searches, exceptions — strip search defined — violation, penalty — prohibition on removal of certain items not deemed disruptive. — 1. Except as provided in subsections 2 and 3 of this section, no employee of or volunteer at any public school or char…

167.167. Zero-tolerance disciplinary policies prohibited. — Each school district shall prohibit, in name and practice, any zero-tolerance disciplinary policy or practice of discipline that results in an automatic disciplinary consequence against a pupil without the discretion to …

167.171. Summary suspension of pupil — appeal — grounds for suspension — procedure — conference required, when — statewide suspension, when. — 1. The school board in any district, by general rule and for the causes provided in section 167.161, may authorize the summary suspension…

167.181. Immunization of pupils against certain diseases compulsory — exceptions — records — to be at public expense, when — fluoride treatments administered, when — rulemaking authority, procedure. — 1. The department of health and senior services, after consultation with the de…

167.182. HPV informational brochure, contents. — 1. The department of health and senior services shall develop an informational brochure relating to the connection between human papillomavirus and cervical cancer, and that an immunization against the human papillomavirus infectio…

167.183. Immunization records, disclosure, to whom — disclosure for unauthorized purpose, liability. — 1. Information and records pertaining to the immunization status of persons against childhood diseases as required by section 167.181 and section 210.003 may be disclosed and ex…

167.191. Children with contagious diseases not to attend school — penalty. — It is unlawful for any child to attend any of the public schools of this state while afflicted with any contagious or infectious disease, or while liable to transmit such disease after having been expose…

167.201. School lunch program — funds — duties of state board. — 1. The provisions of the National School Lunch Act, as amended, (60 U.S. Stat. at Large 230; 42 U.S.C.A. 1751 to 1760) are accepted, and the funds provided thereby shall be accepted for disbursement. 2. All funds un…

167.208. Allergy prevention and response policy required, contents — model policy authorized. — 1. By July 1, 2011, each school district shall adopt a policy on allergy prevention and response, with priority given to addressing potentially deadly food-borne allergies. Such policy…

167.211. School boards may provide for sale of lunches to children. — Any school board may install in the school buildings under its care the necessary apparatus and appliances, and purchase the necessary food to enable it to provide and sell lunches to children attending the sch…

167.221. Lunch programs in urban districts — managers and assistants, designation, duties — deposit and withdrawal of funds. — 1. The board of directors of any urban school district which has established facilities for supplying lunches to children attending any of the schools in…

167.223. High school may offer postsecondary course options — fees. — 1. Public high schools may, in cooperation with Missouri public two-year colleges and public or private four-year colleges and universities, offer postsecondary course options to high school students. A postsec…

167.225. Definitions — instruction in Braille for visually impaired students — teacher certification — BRITE act, blind or visually impaired students, Braille instruction requirements. — 1. As used in subsections 1 to 4 of this section, the following terms mean: (1) "Braille", th…

167.227. Summer school programs — attendance outside of district — funding, cooperation among districts. — 1. A pupil may attend a summer school program in a public school district other than his district of residence if accepted by the district offering the program. Such summer …

167.231. Transportation of pupils by districts, except metropolitan — mileage limits for state aid — extra transportation, district expense — election, ballot form. — 1. Within all school districts except metropolitan districts the board of education shall provide transportation …

167.232. Tax for extra transportation may be rescinded, procedure. — 1. The board of education of any seven-director school district where the voters of the district have approved the transportation of pupils living less than one mile from the school and the levying of an additio…