intervening history, please consult the Code of State Regulations . 
Amended: Filed Nov. 25, 2019. 
PUBLIC COST: This proposed amendment will not cost state agen-
cies or political subdivisions more than five hundred dollars ($500) in the aggregate. 
PRIVATE COSTS: This proposed amendment will not cost private 
entities more than five hundred dollars ($500) in the aggregate. 
NOTICE TO SUBMIT COMMENTS: Anyone may file a statement in 
support of or in opposition to this proposed amendment by website: https://agriculture.mo.gov/proposed-rules/ or by mail: Missouri Department of Agriculture, attn: Animal Care Program, PO Box 630, Jefferson City, MO 65102. To be considered, comments must be received within thirty (30) days of publication of this notice in the Missouri Register . No public hearing is scheduled. 
 
 
Title 2—DEP ARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Division 90—Weights, Measures and Consumer 
Protection 
Chapter 30—Petroleum Inspection 
PROPOSED AMENDMENT 
2 CSR 90-30.040 Quality Standards for Motor Fuels . The division 
is amending section (1). 
PURPOSE: This amendment changes the vapor pressure tolerance 
for ethanol blended fuels containing nine percent (9%) or up to and including fifteen percent (15%) ethanol per U.S. EPA 40 CFR 80.27(d). 
(1) Regulation Regarding Quality of Motor Fuels. The following 
fuels when sold, offered for sale, or when used in this state shall meet the following requirements: 
(C) All automotive gasoline containing oxygenated additives shall 
meet the requirements set in ASTM D4814 and the following requirements: 
1. When methanol is blended in quantities greater than three 
tenths (0.3) volume percent, the finished blend shall contain at least an equal amount of butanol or higher molecular weight alcohol; 
2. When gasoline contains nine percent (9%) [to ten percent 
(10%)]  or up to and including  fifteen percent (15%)  ethanol, a 
vapor pressure tolerance not exceeding one pound per square inch (1.0 psi) is allowed  in accordance with U.S. EP A per 40 CFR 
80.27(d)  from June 1 through September 15; 
3. When gasoline contains one percent (1%) or up to and 
including fifteen percent (15%) ethanol, a one pound per square inch (1.0 psi) vapor pressure tolerance is allowed for volatility classes A, B, C, and D from September 16 through May 31; 
4. When gasoline contains one percent (1%) or up to and 
including fifteen percent (15%) ethanol, a one-half pound per square inch (0.5 psi) vapor pressure tolerance is allowed for volatility class E from September 16 through May 31; and 
5. The vapor pressure exceptions in paragraphs (1)(C)2., 3., 
and 4. of this rule will remain in effect until ASTM incorporates changes to the vapor pressure maximums for ethanol blends; 
AUTHORITY: sections 414.142 and 414.300, RSMo 2016. This rule 
was previously filed as 2 CSR 90-30.030. Emergency rule filed Dec. 1, 1987, effective Jan. 1, 1988, expired March 1, 1988. Original rule filed Oct. 16, 1987, effective Feb. 1 1, 1988. For intervening his-tory, please consult the Code of State Regulations . Amended Filed: 
Nov. 25, 2019. 
PUBLIC COST: This proposed amendment will not cost state agen-
cies or political subdivisions more than five hundred dollars ($500) in the aggregate. PRIVATE COST: This proposed amendment will not cost private enti-
ties more than five hundred dollars ($500) in the aggregate. 
NOTICE TO SUBMIT COMMENTS: Anyone may file a statement in 
support of or in opposition to this proposed amendment with Missouri Department of Agriculture, Weights, Measures and Consumer Protection Division, Fuel Quality Program, PO Box 630, Jefferson City, MO 65102, or online at Agriculture.Mo.Gov/pro-posed-rules/. To be considered, comments must be received within thirty (30) days after publication of this notice in the Missouri 
Register . No public hearing is scheduled. 
 
 
Title 6—DEP ARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION 
AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT 
Division 10—Commissioner of Higher Education and 
Workforce Development 
Chapter 2—Student Financial Assistance Programs 
 
PROPOSED AMENDMENT 
6 CSR 10-2.190 A+ Scholarship Program . The Department of 
Higher Education and Workforce Development is amending section (3). 
PURPOSE: This amendment changes the policies of the Coordinating 
Board for Higher Education regarding institutional and student eli-gibility for student financial assistance under the A+ Scholarship program in accordance with changes to section 160.545, RSMo. 
(3) Eligibility Policy. 
(A) To qualify for A+ tuition reimbursement, an initial recipient 
must meet the following criteria: 
1. Attend an A+ designated high school or high schools for at 
least [three (3)] two (2)  years prior to graduation and graduate from 
an A+ designated high school. Enrollment during the [three (3)]  
two (2)  years in which the student was in attendance at one (1) or 
more A+ designated high schools must total a minimum of eighty percent (80%) of the instructional days required by the high school from which the student graduates. Interruptions in enrollment cumu-latively totaling no more than twenty percent (20%) of instructional days in the [three (3)]  two (2)  years in which the student was in 
attendance at one (1) or more A+ designated high schools may occur consecutively or intermittently; 
2. Make a good faith effort to first secure all available federal 
sources of funding that could be applied to the A+ Scholarship reim-bursement; 
3. Be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident; 4. Enter into a written agreement with the A+ designated high 
school prior to high school graduation; 
5. Graduate from an A+ designated high school with an overall 
grade point ave rage of at least two and one-half (2.5) on a four-point 
(4.0) scale, or the equivalent on another scale; 
6. Have at least a ninety-five percent (95%) attendance record 
overall for grades nine through twelve (9–12); 
7. Have performed fifty (50) hours of unpaid tutoring or men-
toring, of which up to twenty-five percent (25%) may include job shadowing, prior to high school graduation, except— 
A. When there are circumstances beyond a student’s control, 
the high school may extend the time period for completing this requirement on a case-by-case basis, not to exceed six (6) months beyond high school graduation; 
8. Beginning with the high school senior class of 2015, meet one 
(1) of the following indicators of college preparedness, unless the A+ school district has met all of the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education’s (DESE)  requirements for waiver of the Algebra 
I end-of-course exam for the recipient: 
A. Have achieved a score of proficient or advanced on the offi-
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