Mo. Rev. Stat. § 178.716 — MO Code / Chapter 178 / Section 178.716
178.716 Vocational school districts permitted, procedure (Butler, Stoddard, Wayne, ...
Status: in_force

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 with more than forty thousand eight hundred but fewer than forty thousand nine hundred inhabitants, a county of the third classification with a township form of government and with more than twenty-nine thousand seven hundred but fewer than twenty-nine thousand eight hundred inhabitants, a county of the third classification without a township form of government and with more than thirteen thousand two hundred but fewer than thirteen thousand three hundred inhabitants, a county of the third classification without a township form of government and with more than thirteen thousand five hundred but fewer than thirteen thousand six hundred inhabitants, a county of the second classification with more than nineteen thousand seven hundred but fewer than nineteen thousand eight hundred inhabitants, a county of the third classification without a township form of government and with more than twenty thousand but fewer than twenty thousand one hundred inhabitants, a county of the third classification with a township form of government and with more than thirty-three thousand one hundred but fewer than thirty-three thousand two hundred inhabitants, a county of the third classification without a township form of government and with more than thirteen thousand four hundred but fewer than thirteen thousand five hundred inhabitants, a county of the first classification with more than sixty-eight thousand six hundred but fewer than sixty-eight thousand seven hundred inhabitants, a county of the third classification without a township form of government and with more than twelve thousand but fewer than twelve thousand one hundred inhabitants, and a county of the third classification without a township form of government and with more than forty thousand four hundred but fewer than forty thousand five hundred inhabitants may organize a vocational school district in the manner provided in sections 178.770 to 178.780 . Prior to the organization of a district under sections 178.770 to 178.890 , the coordinating board for higher education shall establish standards for the organization of the district which shall include among other things:

(1) Whether a vocational school is needed in the proposed district;

(2) Whether the assessed valuation of taxable, tangible property in the proposed district is sufficient to adequately support the proposed vocational school; and

(3) Whether there were a sufficient number of graduates of high school in the proposed district during the preceding year to support a vocational school in the proposed district.

2. When a district is organized, it shall be a body corporate and a subdivision of the state of Missouri and shall be known as "The Vocational School District of ______, Missouri" and, in that name, may sue and be sued, levy and collect taxes within the limitations of sections 178.770 to 178.890 , issue bonds and possess the same corporate powers as common and seven-director school districts in this state, other than urban districts, except as herein otherwise provided.

(L. 2007 1st Ex. Sess. H.B. 1) Effective 11-28-07