Title XI, EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES

162.581. Qualifications of board members — oath — exemption from service as election officers. — 1. The members of the board of education shall be elected from the city, as provided in section 162.601, on a general ticket, and shall be at least twenty-four years of age, citizens …

162.591. Organization of board — board to appoint acting superintendent, when. — 1. The board shall organize by electing a president, vice president, and secretary from its members. The board of education, as soon as practicable after its organization, shall appoint a superintend…

162.601. Election of board members, terms — members appointed due to vacancies, terms — qualifications. — 1. Elected members of the board in office on August 28, 1998, shall hold office for the length of term for which they were elected, and any members appointed pursuant to sect…

162.603. Nominations — procedure. — A separate nomination petition shall be filed for each candidate for the office of member of the board and shall be accompanied by a filing fee of one hundred dollars and shall be filed in the office of the board of election commissioners of th…

162.611. Failure to attend board meetings, effect — vacancies, how filled. — Any member failing to attend the meetings of the board for three consecutive regular meetings, unless excused by the board for reasons satisfactory to the board, shall be deemed to have vacated his seat;…

162.621. Powers and duties of board of education — special administrative board. — 1. The board of education shall have general and supervising control, government and management of the public schools and public school property of the district in the city and shall exercise gener…

162.626. Multiyear teacher-student grouping pilot program — class sizes, program goals — policies of school board may be reviewed by state board of education. — There is hereby established in the metropolitan school district a pilot program of multiyear teacher-student groupings.…

162.631. Jurisdiction of circuit court over board — how exercised. — 1. The circuit court of the city has jurisdiction over the members of the board of education and its officers to require them to account for their official conduct in the management and disposition of the funds,…

162.641. Treasurer, duties — bond. — 1. In metropolitan districts, the treasurer shall exercise a general supervision over the fiscal affairs of the public schools of the city, the collection and payment of funds to the school depositaries, and the disbursement of all revenues an…

162.651. Testimony taken in board's investigations to be under oath. — All testimony taken upon any investigation made by the board, or in any proceedings before the board for the removal of any officer or employee of the board, or in any investigation made by any committee of th…

162.661. Annual report of the board. — The board of education shall, as soon as practicable after the close of each school year, cause to be printed and published a report of the condition of the public schools under its charge, and of all the property under its control, with a f…

162.666. St. Louis students' bill of rights. — 1. The provisions of this section shall be known and may be cited as the "St. Louis Students' Bill of Rights". 2. For the purposes of this section, "district" means a metropolitan school district, as defined in section 160.011. 3. Ea…

162.670. Statement of policy. — In order to fully implement Section 1(a) of Article IX, Constitution of Missouri, 1945, providing for the establishment and maintenance of free public schools for gratuitous instruction of all persons in this state within ages not in excess of twen…

162.675. Definitions. — As used in sections 162.670 to 162.995*, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following terms mean: (1) "Children with disabilities" or "handicapped children", children under the age of twenty-one years who have not completed an approved hig…

162.680. Disabled children to be educated with others whenever possible. — 1. No child may be denied services provided by sections 162.670 to 162.999 because of such child's disabling condition. 2. To the maximum extent appropriate, disabled and severely disabled children shall b…

162.685. Hearings by state board on adoption of standards and regulations. — The state board of education shall adopt, after at least one public hearing has been held by the commissioner of education on each subsection of this section and upon his recommendation and, after consul…

162.686. Audio recording of meetings not to be prohibited — violation, penalty. — 1. No school district or charter school shall prohibit a parent or legal guardian of a student from recording by audio any meeting held under the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act …

162.690. Advisory committees authorized — how appointed. — The state commissioner of education may appoint such state and area advisory committees as he deems necessary to review special educational services to handicapped and severely handicapped children and to consider any pro…

162.700. Special educational services, required, when — diagnostic reports, how obtained — evaluations of private school students with disabilities — special services, ages three and four — remedial reading program, how funded. — 1. The board of education of each school district …

162.705. Contracts with other districts for special educational services — costs, how paid — district must provide services, when. — 1. If a school district or special district fails or is unable to provide special educational services to each handicapped or severely handicapped …

162.710. Transportation, how provided. — The district responsible for furnishing special educational services shall provide necessary transportation for all handicapped children residing within the district, including transportation to and from contracted day classes, notwithstan…

162.715. Special training for special educational programs — professional personnel required to obtain state aid. — State aid shall not be granted unless the professional personnel employed in special educational programs have been specially trained for work in the programs and t…

162.720. Gifted children, district to establish programs for — teacher certification required, when — state board to approve — immunity from liability, when — rulemaking authority. — 1. (1) This subdivision shall apply to all school years ending before July 1, 2024. Where a suffi…

162.722. Acceleration of students, subject or whole grade, when. — 1. Each school district shall establish a policy, approved by the board of education of the district, that allows acceleration for students who demonstrate: (1) Advanced performance or potential for advanced perfo…

162.730. State board to establish schools for severely disabled — special services for deaf — who shall provide — rules, procedure. — 1. The state board of education shall establish schools or programs in this state sufficient to provide special educational services for all sever…

162.740. District of residence to pay toward cost, when — amount, how calculated. — The district of residence of each child attending a Missouri school for the severely disabled or an educational program for a full-time patient or resident at a facility operated by the department…

162.745. Amount due from school district, notification of — payment, when — failure to pay, effect of. — 1. At the end of each fiscal year the state department of elementary and secondary education and the department of mental health shall determine the amount due from each schoo…

162.750. Special district may contract for special educational services for severely handicapped children. — If a special school district is formed, it may contract with the state board of education, public agencies, or nonprofit organizations within the state which have programs…

162.755. Transportation to be provided children, sheltered workshop employees, social centers and residents of facilities for certain disabled persons, also certain state schools. — 1. The state board of education shall provide reasonable transportation for children who attend da…

162.756. Transportation by common carriers for students of schools for the blind and deaf. — The state board of education may pay the travel costs, by common carrier or otherwise, for students of the school for the blind or the school for the deaf, as the case may be, when such s…

162.760. Additional personnel of state board, appointment of. — The state board of education shall appoint a section head and the other personnel to implement, effectuate and supervise programs for severely handicapped children. ­­-------- (L. 1973 H.B. 474 § 21) Effective 7-1-74…

162.765. Superintendents and personnel of state schools for the deaf and blind, appointments, how made — compensation, how set and paid. — The state board of education, upon the recommendation of the state commissioner of education, shall appoint the superintendents of the Missou…

162.770. Reports by superintendents of state schools for deaf and blind required, when. — The superintendents of the Missouri School for the Blind and the Missouri School for the Deaf shall transmit to the state board of education reports containing information that the board des…

162.775. Eye examinations for pupils at state school for blind required — medical treatment provided, when. — The superintendent of the school for the blind shall have the eyes of every pupil admitted to the school carefully examined by the school physician or a certified ophthal…

162.780. Care and control of property of state schools for severely disabled in state board of education. — The state board of education shall have the care and control of all property, real and personal, necessary for the operation of the Missouri schools for the severely disabl…

162.785. State board authorized to acquire property and to receive and administer grants. — 1. The state board of education may acquire by purchase, lease, gift, bequest, eminent domain, or otherwise all necessary lands, buildings or equipment, including transportation facilities…

162.790. Donated funds, how handled — special funds created — annual report on all money in trust funds required. — 1. All funds derived from grants, gifts, donations or bequests or from the sale or conveyance of any property acquired through any grant, gift, donation, devise or …

162.795. Boards of advisors, terms, appointment, duties, meetings. — 1. There shall be a board of advisors for the Missouri School for the Deaf and for the Missouri School for the Blind, each composed of five members, appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the s…

162.800. Board of advisors — compensation and expenses of members. — Each member of the board of advisors of the school for the blind and of the board of advisors of the school for the deaf shall receive as compensation for his services the salary of one hundred dollars per annum…

162.805. State and area advisory committees, how appointed — tenure. — 1. The commissioner of education shall appoint such state and area advisory committees as are needed to make recommendations for the various state schools for severely handicapped children. 2. The members of t…

162.810. Employees not to have interest in sales to schools, penalty. — No employee of Missouri schools for the severely disabled, the Missouri School for the Blind or the Missouri School for the Deaf shall keep for sale or be interested, directly or indirectly, in the sale or ex…

162.815. Voters may create special district to educate severely handicapped and to provide vocational training to residents of district. — In all areas of this state the voters may organize and create a special district for the primary purposes of (1) Educating and training handi…

162.820. Preexisting special districts covered by sections 162.670 to 162.995. — Special school districts already in existence when sections 162.670 to 162.995 take effect are not affected* by the organizational provisions included herein but shall operate henceforth under the pr…

162.821. District secretary, duties of — report, contents of. — The district secretary shall keep a record of the proceedings of all annual and special elections of the voters of the district and of the proceedings of the board of education. He shall make copies of the election n…

162.825. Special district, procedure to establish. — Whenever there is presented to the state board of education a petition signed by voters in each district in the proposed special district equal in number in each district to five percent of the number of votes cast for school b…

162.830. Special district may include one or more school districts. — A special school district organized under the provisions of sections 162.670 to 162.995 may include more than one school district and may be established irrespective of county boundaries. The boundaries of a sp…