Title XI — EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES

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[Repealed or reserved.]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)

180.030. Term of office of librarian and assistant. — The librarian and assistant librarian shall hold their offices during the pleasure of the supreme court, and the said court shall exercise a general care and superintendence over the library. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 14728, A.L…

180.040. Duty of librarian — secretary of state to deliver certain books and reports. — The librarian shall have the custody, charge and safekeeping of all maps, charts and other things of every kind whatsoever, property belonging to the library, and shall take special care that …

180.050. Books to be replaced. — Whenever any volumes in the supreme court library of the supreme court reports or of the court of appeals of this state, or of the revised statutes or session acts thereof, have become worn and defaced or unfit for use, the secretary of state, on …

180.060. Librarian to care for miscellaneous books, maps and charts. — The librarian shall cause all books, maps and charts now owned by the state, and such as may be hereafter acquired, to be appropriately arranged and kept in the rooms which are set apart for that purpose on th…

180.070. Librarian may procure books. — When there shall be a want of continuity in any of the series of acts, journals or other books required to be placed in the library, it shall be the duty of the librarian to open a correspondence with the proper person, in order to obtain t…

180.080. Librarian may purchase, sell and exchange law books and reports. — The librarian shall, under the direction of the judges of the supreme court, purchase such books as they may require, and place the same in the law library; and under the direction of such judges, he may …

180.090. Necessary expenses allowed. — All necessary expenses of stationery, lights, postage, fuel and keeping the library clean and in order, shall be allowed the librarian, and paid out of the general contingent fund. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 14722, A.L. 1945 p. 1129 §14720) Pri…

180.100. Commissioner of administration to certify accounts. — The commissioner of administration shall certify the accounts of the librarian and assistant librarian and warrants shall be drawn on the treasury for the payment of the same. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 14720, A.L. 1945 …

180.110. Who may take books from library. — The library shall be open to the public and operated under the rules, orders and supervision of the supreme court of Missouri; but no book shall be taken from the library except by the state officers, members of the general assembly or …

180.120. Supreme court library to exchange publications with other states. — The supreme court library is hereby made and constituted the medium for exchange of the official publications of the various departments, institutions and bureaus of the state government, to be exchanged…

180.130. Fees for certain services — expenditures of fee revenues. — The librarian may collect a reasonable fee for reproducing legal material. The librarian may make expenditures from these fees in order to secure legal material from other sources. A single expenditure from thes…

181.021. Secretary of state to manage state library and Wolfner library — functions — report — receipt of property. — The Missouri state library shall be under the control of the secretary of state and operated under rules and regulations promulgated by the secretary of state. Th…

181.022. Secretary of state to create council on library development — purpose — terms — members. — 1. The secretary of state shall create the "Secretary's Council on Library Development" to advise the secretary of state and the state library on matters that relate to the state's…

181.025. Deposit of federal funds in general revenue fund — how disbursed. — All moneys received by the state from the United States under any act of Congress for public library service purposes shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the general revenue fund. M…

181.033. Bookmobile service authorized. — The state library may provide bookmobile service either from headquarters in Jefferson City or from area libraries or county, regional or city libraries or other types of extension service. ­­-------- (L. 1955 p. 562 § 6)

181.040. Headquarters. — The headquarters of the state library shall be in Jefferson City in adequate and suitable quarters provided by the office of administration. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 14736, A.L. 1945 p. 1132 § 14735, A.L. 1991 S.B. 197) Prior revisions: 1929 § 13437; 1919 …

181.043. State librarian, appointment, duties, qualifications. — The secretary of state shall appoint a state librarian who shall administer the affairs of the Missouri state library under the rules and regulations of the secretary of state and who shall serve at the pleasure of …

181.047. Expenses of librarian and employees, how paid. — All expenses of the state librarian and the other personnel of the state library shall be certified and paid in the same manner as expenses and personnel are paid in state departments or divisions. ­­-------- (L. 1955 p. 5…