The student representative is to receive the same reimbursement for expenses as the other board members and required to have paid all student and tuition fees when due. These provisions are extended to the governing boards for Lincoln University and Truman State University. The bill extends the provision that the board's student representative may be excluded from a closed meeting by unanimous vote of the nonstudent members to the 7 regional schools, Lincoln University, and Truman State University. Finally, a technical correction is made by deleting a reference to a faculty representative to the Board of Curators for the University of Missouri. No impact on state funds.
Supporters say that the technical corrections contained in the bill add clarity to existing law.
There was no opposition voiced to the committee. This bill makes several changes in the operations of the governing bodies of public colleges and universities, and provides for technical clarification in the statutes relating to these governing boards. There is currently a statutory provision that applies to the University of Missouri requiring that confidentiality as provided by board policy and law apply to all members of the board of curators, with an allowance for a member or representative to voluntarily recuse himself or herself from any board deliberation or proceeding. The bill extends this provision to the governing boards of the 7 regional state colleges and universities, Lincoln University, and Truman State University. The student representative is to receive the same reimbursement for expenses as the other board members, and required to have paid all student and tuition fees when due.