Title XI — EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES

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…

172.460. Right to confer degrees. — The College of Agriculture and the University of Missouri-Rolla shall have power to confer degrees suitable to their designs and courses of study; and the University of Missouri-Rolla shall provide courses for, and shall confer the bachelor of …

172.470. Rights of students — military training endowment. — To effect the leading objects of the colleges as herein established, it is provided that the students and members thereof shall be admitted to the library, museums, models, cabinets and apparatus, and to all lectures an…

172.480. Chair of dairy husbandry established. — In order to aid in the development of the dairy industry of this state, there is hereby established in the College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts of the University of the State of Missouri a chair of dairy husbandry. ­­-------- (…

[Repealed or reserved.]

172.493. Delta Research Center to be established, functions — acquisitions of land. — 1. The board of curators of the University of Missouri shall establish in southeast Missouri an experimental farm and crop research facility with outlying fields to be known as the "Delta Resear…

172.495. Southwest Missouri agricultural research center established — functions — acquisition of land. — 1. The board of curators of the University of Missouri shall establish in southwest Missouri an experimental farm and research facility to be known as the "Southwest Missouri…

172.500. Course of study, University of Missouri-Rolla campus. — That the obligation of the state to the general government, assumed by the acceptance of the land grant of July 2, 1862, may be more fully discharged, and in order to promote the liberal and practical education of t…

172.560. Missouri state military school. — The military school of the university of the state of Missouri, as organized under section 1225, Revised Statutes of the United States, and section 172.470, is created the Missouri state military school. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 10840) Pr…

172.570. Corps of cadets, how constituted. — The corps of cadets of the Missouri state military school shall consist of those students of the University of Missouri who in accordance with the provisions of section 172.470, are pursuing the system of military education established…

172.580. Organization of cadets. — The corps of cadets, as provided in section 172.570, shall have the military organization prescribed for the National Guard of the state and reckoned a part thereof, and as such entitled to all such provisions as are or may hereafter be made for…

172.590. Government — officers. — The military government and discipline of the cadets shall be prescribed by regulations prepared by the faculty of the university and approved by the governor of the state. The officers of the corps of cadets shall be appointed and commissioned b…

172.600. Cadets responsible for property — to constitute guard. — Cadets shall be individually responsible for all state property issued directly to them, and shall constitute a guard for the safekeeping and preservation of all university property. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 10844) …

172.610. Seminary fund created. — There is hereby created and established a permanent fund for the support of the state university, with its several divisions, to be denominated "The Seminary Fund", which shall consist of all certificates of indebtedness of the state of Missouri,…

172.611. Consolidation of existing certificates — new certificates — amount — interest rates. — 1. The governor shall, on the first day of July, 1951, cause to be issued six certificates of indebtedness of the state of Missouri, payable twenty years after date, which certificates…

172.612. Cancellation of old certificates. — Upon the issuance and deposit of the certificates of indebtedness specified by section 172.611 in the state treasury, the state treasurer shall cancel all certificates of indebtedness of the state of Missouri to the seminary fund heret…

172.630. Board of curators to invest funds in certain bonds. — All moneys and funds now and hereafter held in the seminary fund, or received by or accruing to it, except the interest on the same, shall at all times be invested and reinvested as directed by the board of curators o…

172.640. Seminary fund custodial account — investment of moneys — earnings on bonds, use of — report. — 1. The state university shall enter into an agreement with the state treasurer pursuant to section 30.286 to establish a separate custodial account at a financial institution i…

172.650. Certificates to remain unconvertible — partial liquidation, when. — 1. All of the state certificates of indebtedness issued to, and part of, the seminary fund, whether original certificates or renewals thereof, are hereby confirmed as sacred obligations of the state to s…

172.730. Disposition of funds collected under provisions of Morrill bill. — All funds collected under the provisions of an act of congress, approved August 30, 1890, commonly known as the "Morrill bill", shall be paid as follows: One-sixteenth thereof for the benefit of the Linco…

172.740. Use or transfer by curators of certain lands acquired by state for use of agricultural and mechanical college. — 1. (1) The purpose of this section is to grant to the curators of the University of Missouri additional powers in the use of the land acquired by the state un…

172.743. General traffic laws to apply to roads on university property. — All motor vehicles operated upon any thoroughfare owned or maintained by the state university and located within any of its campuses shall be subject to the provisions of the general motor vehicle laws of t…

172.745. University of Missouri curators may control vehicle traffic on roads or university property. — For the purpose of promoting public safety, health and general welfare and to protect life and property, the board of curators of the state university may establish regulations…

172.747. Board of curators to publish and distribute traffic regulations — speed limit signs to be posted. — The regulations established by the board of curators shall be codified, printed and distributed for public use. Adequate signs displaying the speed limit shall be posted a…

172.749. Violation of university regulations to have effect of municipal violation — assessment of points, effect of. — Violations of any regulation established under sections 172.743 to 172.750* shall have the same effect as a violation of municipal ordinances adopted pursuant t…

172.750. Application of sections 172.743 to 172.749 limited to moving violations. — Sections 172.743 to 172.749 shall apply only to moving violations. ­­-------- (L. 1985 H.B. 288, et al. § 5)

172.775. School of optometry authorized, agreements, conditions, costs, how paid. — 1. The board of curators of the University of Missouri is authorized to enter into an agreement with other states for the establishment of a school of optometry, as provided for in the Federal Pub…

172.780. St. Louis school of optometry authorized — student fees, how set — operating costs, how paid. — 1. The board of curators of the University of Missouri is hereby authorized to develop a school of optometry at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. The fees charged both res…

172.790. Definitions. — As used in sections 172.790 to 172.798, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the following terms shall mean: (1) "Advisory board", a board appointed by the board of curators to advise on the administration of the program established by sections 1…

172.792. Specified disease processes or injuries, research funds awarded by board of curators, when, procedure. — 1. The board of curators shall award funds to investigators for research projects that promote an advancement of knowledge in the area of specified disease processes …

172.794. Selection of award recipients, requirements. — 1. The board of curators, with the recommendations of the advisory board, shall award funds to selected investigators in accordance with the following provisions: (1) Individual awards shall not exceed two hundred fifty thou…

172.796. Advisory board, members, terms. — 1. The advisory board shall consist of: (1) Two physicians who are active both in research and in caring for patients; (2) Two nonphysicians engaged in research; (3) One nonphysician professional active in providing service or care to pa…

172.798. Rulemaking authority, board of curators. — The board of curators shall administer all provisions of sections 172.790 to 172.798 and may promulgate rules and regulations necessary to carry out this duty. ­­-------- (L. 2001 H.B. 218)