Title XI — EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES

172.010. University established — how governed. — A university is hereby instituted in this state, the government whereof shall be vested in a board of curators. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 10782) Prior revisions: 1929 § 9625; 1919 § 11522; 1909 § 11096

172.020. Corporate name — powers of curators — restrictions on dealings in real property, timber or minerals, rules — notice. — Pursuant to Sections 9(a) and 9(b) of Article IX of the Missouri Constitution, the state university is hereby incorporated and created as a body politic…

172.030. Curators, number of — how appointed. — The board of curators of the University of the state of Missouri shall hereafter consist of nine members, who shall be appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate; provided, that at least one but no m…

172.035. Student representative to board of curators — appointment, powers, duties, limitations, qualifications, term, vacancy, removal from office — reimbursement of expenses — rotation of campuses. — 1. The governor shall, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, appoi…

172.037. Confidentiality — recusal — meeting closed to certain members, when. — 1. For the purposes of this chapter, confidentiality, as determined by the board and as provided by law, shall apply to all members and representatives on the board. 2. Any member or representative on…

172.040. Curators, term — compensation. — The term of service of the curators shall be six years, the terms of three expiring every two years; the first expiration occurring on the first day of January, 1911, and succeeding expirations of three members every two years thereafter.…

172.050. Vacancies, how filled. — The governor shall, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, fill all vacancies caused by the expiration of the term of office of any curator, and he shall also fill all vacancies occasioned by death, resignation or removal which may occ…

172.060. Term of appointee to fill vacancy. — All appointments to fill vacancies, except such as may be made to fill out unexpired terms, shall be for the term of six years, and until the successors of such appointees shall be appointed and qualified. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1078…

172.070. Attendance policy — vacancies by removal or other cause. — 1. The curators shall establish by August 28, 1996, such bylaws as they shall deem appropriate for their attendance at meetings. If such bylaws are not established by August 28, 1996, the coordinating board for h…

172.080. Oath of curators. — The curators shall severally take an oath to support the Constitution of the United States and of this state, and to faithfully demean themselves in office. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 10796) Prior revisions: 1929 § 9639; 1919 § 11536; 1909 § 11110

172.090. Officers of the board. — There shall be a president and vice president of the board, who shall be chosen by the board from the members thereof, a secretary, treasurer, and such other officers of the board as they shall deem necessary, who shall be appointed by the board,…

172.100. Board to prescribe own government. — The curators shall have power to make such bylaws or ordinances, rules and regulations as they may judge most expedient for the accomplishment of the trust reposed in them, and for the government of their officers and employees, and t…

172.110. Regular meetings of board. — There shall be two regular meetings of said board of curators in each year, to be holden in the university edifice or in the town of Columbia. The annual meeting shall be held on the third Tuesday in December and the semiannual meeting on the…

172.120. Special meetings. — The president of the board, and until his election, or in case of his absence or disability, any three curators, shall have power to call a special meeting of the board; provided, they give timely notice thereof, in such form as the board shall by byl…

172.130. Adjourned meetings. — Adjourned meetings may be ordered and held by the board at such time and place as shall be agreed upon by them. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 10800) Prior revisions: 1929 § 9643; 1919 § 11540; 1909 § 11114

172.140. Quorum. — At all meetings of the board of curators five members shall be necessary to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 10789) Prior revisions: 1929 § 9632; 1919 § 11529; 1909 § 11103

172.150. Who shall preside. — The president, and if he be absent, the vice president, and if both be absent, a curator chosen for the occasion, shall preside at the meetings of the board. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 10798) Prior revisions: 1929 § 9641; 1919 § 11538; 1909 § 11112

172.160. Duties of secretary. — It shall be the duty of the secretary to keep and preserve all records, books and papers belonging to the board; to prepare, under the direction of the board, all their reports, estimates, etc., and generally to do and execute all such matters and …

172.170. Journal to be kept. — The secretary shall keep a journal of the proceedings of the curators, in which the ayes and noes on all questions shall be entered, if requested by any one of the curators present. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 10802) Prior revisions: 1929 § 9645; 1919 §…

172.180. Records open to public. — Any citizen of the state shall, at all times, have access to and be permitted to take copies of any or all the records, books and papers of the board. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 10804) Prior revisions: 1929 § 9647; 1919 § 11544; 1909 § 11118

172.190. Duty of treasurer — compensation. — The treasurer shall receive, keep and disburse all moneys belonging to the board, and shall perform all customary acts pertaining to his office, under the direction of the curators, and shall make a report of the same at the annual mee…

172.200. Treasurer's bond. — The treasurer of the board shall, upon his appointment, and before he enters upon the duties of his office, give bond to the state of Missouri, to the use of the curators of the University of the State of Missouri, with good and solvent sureties, in s…

172.210. Report to legislature. — It shall be the duty of said board of curators to cause to be furnished to the legislature, on or before the third Monday of each regular session thereof, a report containing a classified statement of the receipts and disbursements of the institu…

172.220. Curators to report annually. — At the close of each university year the board of curators shall make a report to the governor in detail, exhibiting the progress, conditions and wants of the several colleges or departments of instruction in the university, the course of s…

172.230. Executive board — executive committee of University of Missouri-Rolla — duties — compensation. — The board of curators shall appoint annually three of their number to act as an executive board, who shall meet each month for the purpose of auditing claims and attending to…

172.250. Curators to appropriate for annual expenses. — The president and treasurer of the university, residing at Columbia, and treasurer of the University of Missouri-Rolla, residing at Rolla, shall, at each annual meeting of the board, prepare and submit to the board a careful…

172.260. Curators to improve and protect property. — It shall be the duty of the curators to provide for the protection and improvement of the site of the University of the State of Missouri, as selected and established by law; to erect and continue thereon all edifices designed …

172.270. Property to be inventoried and appraised. — The curators shall cause to be made annually a careful and complete inventory and appraisement of all property, real and personal, belonging to the university in every department thereof; and in order to preserve said property …

172.273. Research, development and office park projects established, when — procedure — curators' powers — real property exempt from zoning, ordinances and property tax — permits, licenses and certificates may be issued, when, application of sovereign and official immunity and pu…

172.280. Authority to confer degrees — only public research university and exclusive grantor of certain degrees. — The curators shall have the authority to confer, by diploma, under their common seal, on any person whom they may judge worthy thereof, such degrees as are known to …

172.287. Engineering colleges, program of grants established — purposes — amount insufficient for funding all grants reduced pro rata — expires, when. — 1. The University of Missouri shall annually request an appropriation under capital improvements, subject to availability of fu…

172.290. Grants not to be diverted — reasonable portion may be used for administration. — Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, grants made to the curators for specified purposes and uses shall not be applied, either wholly or in part, to any other uses; pro…

172.300. Employment of faculty and employees — compensation, retirement, death and disability plans. — The curators may appoint and remove, at discretion, the president, deans, professors, instructors and other employees of the university; define and assign their powers and dutie…

172.310. Relatives of curators not to be employed. — No person who is related by blood or marriage to any member of the board of curators of the university shall be appointed to any position in the university as officer, member of any faculty or employee. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § …

172.320. Bank depository selection by bid, policies and rules — conflict of interest, rules — employees interest in contracts with university, disclosure required — failure to disclose, effect — curators not to participate in board decisions if conflict of interest. — 1. The cura…

172.330. Salaries to be paid monthly. — All salaries of the officers, professors, instructors and employees of the university shall be payable monthly, on the first day of the month following that for which such salaries have accrued, or as soon thereafter as practicable. ­­-----…

172.340. Salaries, when suspended. — Should the president, or any professor, instructor or other person holding office in the university, by selection, appointment, contract or engagement of the board of curators, fail to discharge for any length of time his official duties, with…

172.345. Veterans Day, public holiday for University employees. — The eleventh day of November of each year shall be a public holiday for all employees of the University of Missouri system in observance of Veterans Day. When the eleventh day of November falls on a Saturday or Sun…

172.350. University police officers — appointment — employment. — The curators of the University of Missouri may appoint and employ as many university police officers as it may deem necessary to protect persons, property and to preserve peace and good order in the public building…

172.355. University police officers — oath — certificate — powers — training. — The university police officers, before they enter upon their duties, shall take and subscribe an oath of office before some officer authorized to administer oaths, to faithfully and impartially discha…

172.360. Students admissible — tuition and fees. — All youths, resident of the state of Missouri, shall be admitted to all the privileges and advantages of the various classes of all the departments of the University of the State of Missouri; provided, that each applicant for adm…

172.370. Students' right to present petitions. — No rule or regulation shall ever be established by the board which shall in any way limit the right of the students of the university, or any of its departments, to present their grievances, and to ask for their redress by respectf…

172.380. President of board to make deed. — Any of the lands donated by act of congress, approved July 2, 1862, may be sold by the board, and deeds of conveyance to same shall be executed by the president of the board of curators, signed by him, with the seal of the corporation a…

172.390. Board may sell land — president of board to execute deed. — Any of the lands donated by the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad Company to the state of Missouri by deed dated sixteenth day of February, 1871, and all other lands conveyed by corporations or individuals to the stat…

172.400. Certain moneys to be paid to university treasurer. — All moneys collected under the provisions of the act of April 1, 1895, entitled "An act providing for the endowment of the state university and for the establishment and endowment of free scholarships of merit therein …

172.410. To be invested, how. — Such moneys after payment to the treasurer of the university and such securities shall be under the care, custody and control of the board of curators of the state university and shall be preserved by said board as a permanent fund, and shall be se…

172.420. Income to be invested — loaned to students. — The income of such moneys shall be collected annually and one-fourth of the same be added to the principal for reinvestment and the remaining three-fourths shall be used as a fund to be loaned to students of the university, t…

172.430. College of agriculture and school of mines established. — There is hereby established a College of Agriculture at Columbia and a School of Mines and Metallurgy at Rolla*, provided for by the grant of the Congress of the United States, as distinct departments of the Unive…

172.440. Objects of these colleges. — The leading objects of said colleges shall be to teach such branches as are related to agriculture and mechanic arts and mining, including military tactics, and without excluding other scientific and classical studies, in order to promote the…

172.450. Faculty. — The College of Agriculture and the University of Missouri-Rolla herein provided for shall have each a separate and distinct faculty, whose officers and professors may be the same, in whole or in part, as the officers and professors in other colleges and depart…