Title XI — EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES

177.011. Title and control of school property — inapplicability to community college districts. — 1. The title of all schoolhouse sites and other school property is vested in the district in which the property is located, or if the directors of both school districts involved agre…

177.021. School realty subject to certain ordinances and special assessments. — All real estate owned by any school district of this state is subject to the provisions of all orders, resolutions or ordinances of any county, city, town or village or other political subdivision or …

177.031. Care of property and purchase of supplies — free use of buildings and grounds for public purpose. — 1. The school board has the care and keeping of all property belonging to the district and shall provide the necessary globes, maps, charts, apparatus, supplementary books…

177.041. Condemnation of land. — If any school district seeks to acquire real property for any purpose for which the district is authorized by law to acquire the property and cannot agree with the owner on the purchase price, or for any other cause cannot secure a title to the pr…

177.051. Conveyance of property to public institution of higher education. — If there is within any school district any school property that is not required for the use of the school district and the property could be used for purposes of offering education beyond grade twelve by…

177.061. Conveyance of sixteenth-section lands. — 1. Any of the sixteenth-sections of land, or lands selected in lieu thereof, granted to the state of Missouri by acts of Congress for the support of schools in congressional townships may be sold and conveyed by the school distric…

177.071. Validation of prior conveyances of sixteenth-section lands. — All sales of land in sections numbered sixteen, or lands selected in lieu thereof, by any sheriff, in the attempt to carry out the provisions of any statute relating to the sale of the lands as school lands fo…

177.073. Procurement of sites — sale or lease of property, procedure — deposit of proceeds. — 1. The board of directors or school board in urban school districts, metropolitan school districts, and school districts located totally or partially within a first class charter county …

177.082. Lease purchase agreements permitted, when. — The school board may purchase apparatus, equipment and furnishings for its schools and operations by entering into lease purchase agreements with vendors. Any agreement which may result in school district ownership of the leas…

177.086. Construction of facilities, sealed bids and public advertisement required, when. — 1. Any school district authorizing the construction of facilities which may exceed an expenditure of fifty thousand dollars shall publicly advertise, once a week for two consecutive weeks,…

177.088. Facilities and equipment may be obtained by agreements, procedure. — 1. As used in this section, the following terms shall mean: (1) "Board", the board of education, board of trustees, board of regents, or board of governors of an educational institution; (2) "Educationa…

177.091. Elementary and high schools, establishment — acquisition of additional grounds — sale of property, distribution of proceeds — use of property purchased, city of Corder in Lafayette County. — 1. The school board in each seven-director district, as soon as sufficient funds…

177.101. Public parks and playgrounds, seven-director board may establish. — 1. In seven-director districts as specified in this section, the school board may establish and maintain public parks and playgrounds for the use of the public school district, and may appropriate the su…

177.111. Athletic stadiums — powers of board. — 1. Any seven-director school district, acting through its board of directors, may acquire, construct, erect, equip and furnish, operate, control and regulate a stadium or similar structure for the holding of school athletic games, c…

177.121. May charge for admission and concessions — permit use of stadium by others. — The school district may charge and receive reasonable tolls or admission charges and may grant, for consideration and under terms and conditions that the board of directors determines, concessi…

177.131. Establishment of elementary and high schools. — The school board in each urban district, as soon as sufficient funds have been provided, shall establish an adequate number of elementary and high schools, select and procure sites, and erect and furnish suitable school bui…

177.151. Public auditorium — powers of board. — The board may erect, construct and maintain, and use for all purposes connected with or incident to the work of the public schools or library or art gallery or museum, and let out to others for compensation, an auditorium or public …

177.161. Contracts for erection and repair of school buildings — bids required when. — In metropolitan school districts, all contracts for the erection of school buildings and all contracts for repairs and alterations or additions to school property or materials, equipment or app…

177.171. Contracts for furnishing school supplies — bids required when. — The board of education shall cause advertisements to be made under regulations that it provides for proposals for furnishing the supplies required in the schools and by the board. Every contract shall be aw…