Title XI — EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES

178.636. State Technical College of Missouri, purpose and mission — certificates, diplomas and applied science associate degrees, limitations — baccalaureate degrees, limitations. — 1. State Technical College of Missouri shall be a special purpose institution that shall make avai…

178.637. State Technical College of Missouri deemed qualified for student loans or scholarship program, when. — State Technical College of Missouri shall be deemed to be a qualified college, university, or educational institution for the purposes of any higher education student l…

178.638. Oversight of college by coordinating board and state board of education — state to provide funds, exception vocational technical education reimbursement to continue through state board of education — performance funding measures to be used, when. — 1. State Technical Col…

178.639. Employees of college eligible for Missouri state employees' retirement system. — Any person who becomes an employee of the State Technical College of Missouri after the conditions of section 178.631 are met shall become a member of the Missouri state employees' retiremen…

178.640. Retirement system options for employees of the college, effective when — election by employee, time limitation — failure of employee to make election, effect — service credit, limitation. — 1. Employees of the technical college commonly known as the State Technical Colle…

178.651. Definitions. — As used in sections 178.651 to 178.658, the following words mean: (1) "Centers" or "centers for independent living", community-based nonresidential programs designed to promote independent living for persons with disabilities; (2) "Division", the division …

178.652. Plan to fund and maintain centers to be developed by division — rulemaking authority, procedure. — 1. The division shall, in consultation with persons with disabilities, develop a plan to fund and maintain organizations currently meeting the guidelines set forth in secti…

178.653. Independent living center fund created — administration — funding. — 1. There is hereby created in the state treasury the "Independent Living Center Fund" which shall be administered by the division of vocational rehabilitation of the department of elementary and seconda…

178.654. Financial assistance provided to centers, when — program accountability, duties of division, evaluation contents — standards. — The division shall assist individuals and organizations in the planning and establishment of centers for independent living. Subject to appropr…

178.656. Organization of centers, board of directors, staff — services provided — disabilities served — compliance with local laws and ordinances required. — 1. Centers for independent living shall be community-based nonresidential programs designed to promote independent living …

178.658. Location of centers, restriction on funding. — Centers for independent living shall be located throughout the state. Funding for such centers shall not be awarded to more than one center in any city. ­­-------- (L. 1988 H.B. 975 § 5)

178.691. Definitions. — As used in sections 178.691 to 178.699, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) "Developmental screening" is the process of measuring the progress of children to determine if there are problems or potential problems or advanced abilities in the areas of…

176.070. Governing body to provide details — rights of bondholders. — 1. School districts that offer an approved program of parent education shall be eligible for state reimbursement, pursuant to section 163.031, subject to appropriations therefor for each participating family. I…

178.694. Imagination library of Missouri program — definitions — purpose — Dolly Parton's imagination library affiliate — reading selections provided to eligible children — rulemaking authority — fund created — sunset provision. — 1. As used in this section, the following terms m…

178.695. Program review. — 1. Programs shall be subject to review and approval under standards developed by the department of elementary and secondary education consisting of early childhood education and parents as teachers programs and published as an administrative rule under …

178.697. Costs not to exceed appropriations — annual screenings and prenatal visit eligibility, when, expiration. — 1. Funding for sections 178.691 to 178.699 shall be made available pursuant to section 163.031 and shall be subject to appropriations made for this purpose. 2. Cost…

178.698. Plan to distribute funds to allow voluntary participation. — Pursuant to the educational and screening program for children under age five and their parents established in sections 178.691 to 178.699, in its budget requests for fiscal years 1995, 1996, and 1997, in antic…

[Repealed or reserved.]

178.716. Vocational school districts permitted, procedure (Butler, Stoddard, Wayne, Ripley, New Madrid, Pemiscot, Dunklin, Mississippi, Cape Girardeau, Bollinger, and Scott counties). — 1. Residents of a county of the third classification without a township form of government and…

178.770. Organization of community college districts — standards — corporate powers of districts. — 1. In any public school district, or in any two or more contiguous public school districts in this state, whether in the same county or not, the voters resident therein may organiz…

178.780. Coordinating board for higher education to supervise colleges — duties. — 1. Tax supported community colleges formed prior to October 13, 1961, and those formed under the provisions of sections 178.770 to 178.890 shall be under the supervision of the coordinating board f…

178.785. Higher education core curriculum transfer act — definitions. — The provisions of sections 178.785 to 178.789 shall be known and may be cited as the "Higher Education Core Curriculum Transfer Act". For purposes of sections 178.785 to 178.789, the following terms mean: (1)…

178.786. Lower division core curriculum of forty-two semester hours, recommendation — common course numbering equivalency matrix — lower division core curriculum of sixty credit hours, equivalency matrix, requirements — report — evaluation criteria — board duties. — 1. The coordi…

178.787. Forty-two credit hour block, adoption of — transfer of course credits. — 1. Each community college, as defined in section 163.191, and public four-year institution of higher education shall adopt the forty-two credit hour block, including specific courses comprising the …

178.788. Transfer practices, criteria to evaluate — requirements for credit transfers. — 1. The coordinating board for higher education, in consultation with the advisory board established in section 178.786, shall develop criteria to evaluate the transfer practices of each publi…

178.789. Rulemaking authority. — The coordinating board for higher education may promulgate all necessary rules and regulations for the administration of sections 178.785 to 178.789. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, that is created under …

178.790. Boundaries of community college districts. — The boundaries of any community college district organized pursuant to sections 178.770 to 178.890 shall coincide with the boundaries of the school district or of the contiguous school districts proposed to be included, and th…

178.800. Petition to establish district — election on proposal. — 1. Whenever a petition, signed by voters in each component school district within a proposed community college district area, equal in number to five percent of the number of votes cast for the director receiving t…

178.820. Trustees, election of — subdistricts — redistricting committees — trustee of subdistrict, residency requirements, qualifications — board of trustees, requirements, St. Louis City. — 1. In the organization election, six trustees shall be elected at large throughout the en…

178.830. Board of trustees — oath — officers — quorum — vacancies filled, how — seal. — Newly elected members of the board of trustees shall qualify by taking the oath of office prescribed by Article VII, Section 2, of the Constitution of Missouri. The board shall organize by the…

178.835. Discipline of students. — 1. The governing body of each public community college district and each public school district offering community college courses shall possess full power and authority to adopt rules and regulations for the guidance and supervision of the cond…

178.840. Election, when held, how conducted — certification of votes cast. — 1. After organization, the voters of the community college district shall vote for trustees and on all other propositions provided by law for submission at school elections which are applicable to commun…

178.850. District to provide college courses — per capita cost to be determined — tuition charges. — A community college district organized under sections 178.770 to 178.890 shall provide instruction, classes, school or schools for pupils resident within the community college dis…

178.860. Board to appoint employees — fix compensation — teachers to be members of public school retirement system. — The board of trustees shall appoint the employees of the community college, define and assign their powers and duties and fix their compensation. All certificated…

178.862. Community college district police — oath, powers, qualifications. — 1. The trustees of any community college district of this state may appoint and employ as many college police officers as they may deem necessary to protect persons, property, and to preserve peace and g…

178.870. Tax rates, limits — how increased and decreased. — Any tax imposed on property subject to the taxing power of the community college district under Article X, Section 11(a) of the Missouri Constitution without voter approval shall not exceed the annual rate of ten cents o…

178.880. Taxation of public utility property — rate not included in determining rate to be levied by other school districts. — All real and tangible personal property owned by railroads, street railways, boats, vessels, bridge companies, telegraph companies, electric light and po…

178.881. Community college capital improvement subdistrict may be established, boundaries, taxation — ballot language — dissolution of subdistrict. — 1. The board of trustees of any public community college district in this state may establish a community college capital improvem…

178.890. Annexation of school districts — new community college district formed, when — refusal without cause of petition to annex, penalty. — 1. If the area of an entire school district which adjoins a community college district organized pursuant to sections 178.770 to 178.890 …

178.891. Crowder College energy center, state to assist in funding, when — uses for state's contribution. — The general assembly may make appropriations to the commissioner of administration for grants to Crowder College in the planning and operation of the Missouri alternative a…

178.900. Definitions. — For the purposes of sections 178.900 to 178.960 the following words mean: (1) "Department", the department of elementary and secondary education; (2) "Disabled persons", a lower range educable or upper range trainable developmentally disabled or other disa…

178.910. Purposes of sheltered workshops. — 1. A sheltered workshop shall provide a controlled work environment and a program designed toward enabling the handicapped person enrolled to progress toward normal living and to develop, as far as possible, his capacity, performance an…

178.920. Procedure for establishing sheltered workshops — hearing — certificate — revocation. — 1. Any group of persons desiring to establish a sheltered workshop which will be eligible for state aid shall request a certificate of approval from the department. The request shall b…

178.931. Payments for hours worked by disabled employees, how calculated. — 1. Beginning July 1, 2018, and thereafter, the department of elementary and secondary education shall pay monthly, out of the funds appropriated to it for that purpose, to each sheltered workshop a sum eq…

178.935. Special certificates for employment of disabled persons at sheltered workshops — commensurate wage requirements — issuance of certificate, criteria. — 1. For the purposes of this section, the following terms mean: (1) "Certificate", authorization issued to employers by t…

178.940. Department designated to accept and disburse federal funds. — The department shall be the official agency of this state for the acceptance and disbursement of funds of the United States government made available to the states for rehabilitation or employment related serv…

178.950. Board of education to appoint necessary staff. — In order to implement and effectuate the provisions of sections 178.900 to 178.970, the state board of education shall appoint a section head and such other personnel, including administrative, professional and technical p…

178.960. Judicial review. — Any order, rule or regulation of the department is subject to review under the provisions of chapter 536. ­­-------- (L. 1965 p. 309 § 7)