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Chapter 178 RSMO
Special Schools and Instruction and Special Districts
←Chapter: 177
Chapter: 180→ August 28, 2016
178.160. 1. Whenever a blind person who is a citizen of this state and a pupil in actual attendance in a local school district program or a special school district program or in actual attendance at a college, university, technical or professional school located in this state and authorized by law to grant degrees, other than an institution established for the regular instruction of the blind, applies to rehabilitation services for the blind for the aid provided under this section, the state shall pay the sum of five hundred dollars per annum with which to employ a person or persons to read to the pupil from textbooks and pamphlets used by him in his studies at the college, university or school.
Qualifications of reader.
178.170. If possible, the person selected as a reader for the blind pupil shall be a person who, in the judgment of the executive officer of the institution, is worthy of the assistance in pursuing his school work which the remuneration provided for in section 178.160 will accord him.
(L. 1963 p. 200 § 13-17)
(Source: RSMo 1959 § 177.150)
178.180. Except for school districts, the moneys shall be paid monthly out of the general revenue fund of the state, after the beginning of the school year of the institution, by rehabilitation services for the blind, department of social services, to the treasurer of the institution upon his presenting an account showing the names of individuals who received the services and the number of hours of services each received. For school districts, the money shall be paid out of the state school moneys fund upon application to the department of elementary and secondary education showing the actual number of blind pupils attending school in the school district after the beginning of the school year with the regular distribution of state funds provided for in sections 163.081 and 163.082*. The account shall be verified by the executive officer of the school district or institution.
(L. 1963 p. 200 § 13-18, A.L. 1977 H.B. 130, A.L. 1981 H.B. 111, A.L. 1983 S.B. 44 & 45 merged with H.B. 785, A.L. 1994 S.B. 619)
(Source: RSMo 1959 § 177.160)
*Section 163.082 was repealed by H.B. 1450, 1982.
Board of directors of seven-director district may conduct summerschools.
178.280. The board of education of any seven-director district, in its discretion, may establish and maintain summer schools, making all necessary rules and regulations therefor and fixing the rates of tuition of resident pupils above the age of twenty years and of others who are not entitled to receive free public school privileges in the district.
(L. 1963 p. 200 § 13-28, A.L. 1973 H.B. 158, A.L. 1977 H.B. 130)
(Source: RSMo 1959 § 165.553, A.L. 1961 p. 353 § 165.323)
Establishment of night schools in certain districts--tuition--use ofschool buildings.
178.290. The school board in any urban district at its discretion, and the school board of any other seven-director district or of any metropolitan district, upon the receipt of a petition signed by fifty or more registered voters of the school district requesting the action, may establish and maintain night schools, make all necessary rules and regulations therefor, fix the rates for tuition of pupils above the age of twenty years and of others who are not entitled to receive free public school privileges in the district, and have general charge and control over the school. The school board may grant the use of, or lease, any of the public school buildings in the district to any responsible party for the purpose of conducting a night school therein. If the use of a school building is granted or leased for such purpose, the party using it shall keep it clean and in good repair and leave it in as good condition as it was when he took charge of it. If the party using the school building fails to comply with this section, the school board shall refuse him further use of it until he complies with this section.
(L. 1963 p. 200 § 13-29, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1070)
(Source: RSMo 1959 §§ 165.120, 165.553)
178.295. As used in sections 178.295 to 178.298, the following words and phrases mean:
(1) "Domicile", the place of residence of a child's parents or legal guardian;
(2) "Facility", a place where juveniles are detained pursuant to section 211.141 or placed pursuant to section 211.181;
(3) "Legal guardian", the person appointed by a probate division, circuit court of competent jurisdiction as the guardian of the child's person.
(L. 1982 S.B. 466 § 1 subsecs. 6, 7, A.L. 1989 H.B. 502, et al. merged with S.B. 163)
Educational programs for juveniles placed or detained in countyfacilities--state aid.
178.296. 1. The school districts, except school districts which are part of a special school district, and special school districts in which county- or court-operated facilities for the care and protection of juveniles are located shall provide appropriate educational programs for those juveniles of school age who have not been graduated from the twelfth grade and who are placed in such facilities.
2. School districts and special school districts providing educational programs pursuant to subsection 1 shall be entitled to receive, for nonhandicapped children, the aid provided in section 163.031. Aid for programs for handicapped and severely handicapped children shall be allocated as provided by law. No school district or special school district providing educational programs pursuant to subsection 1 shall be required to expend on such programs funds in excess of those received by the district under the provisions of sections 178.295 to 178.298.
(L. 1982 S.B. 466 § 1 subsecs. 1, 2, A.L. 2005 S.B. 287)
Cost of programs, how paid--school district may contract with otherdistrict to provide services, when--failure of contracting district topay, procedure.
178.297. 1. Each school district, except school districts which are a part of a special school district, and special school districts constituting the domicile of any handicapped or severely handicapped child for whom special educational services are provided pursuant to the provisions of subsection 1 of section 178.296, shall pay toward the cost for the educational services the amounts provided in section 162.970. Each school district, other than special school districts, constituting the domicile of any nonhandicapped child for whom an educational program is provided pursuant to the provisions of subsection 1 of section 178.296 shall pay toward the cost of such educational program the per-pupil cost of the district providing the educational program which exceeds the state aid per pupil of such district; however, the district providing the educational program shall not exceed maximum allowable costs as determined by the state board of education. A school district providing an educational program pursuant to the provisions of subsection 1 of section 178.296 shall authenticate costs in a manner acceptable to the state board of education. A school district in which county- or court-operated facilities for the care and protection of juveniles are located may contract with another school district, government agency or private agency to provide the education program required by subsection 1 of section 178.296. Each receiving district shall annually submit a plan of expenditures for such students to the state department of elementary and secondary education for its approval of charges for students which are received by the district.
2. The amounts, as provided in subsection 1 of this section, for which the domiciliary school district or special school district is responsible, shall be paid by such district directly to the serving district. The serving district may send written vouchers for payment as provided in section 162.970 and in event the responsible district fails to pay the appropriate amount within the time allowed in such section, the department of elementary and secondary education shall proceed in the manner provided therein to enforce payment.
(L. 1982 S.B. 466 § 1 subsecs. 3, 4, A.L. 1989 H.B. 502, et al. merged with S.B. 163)
Notice to school district of juvenile's placement or detention, when.
178.298. Within twenty-four hours, excluding weekends and legal holidays, after ordering the detention or placement of a juvenile of school age who has not been graduated from the twelfth grade in a facility as defined in section 178.295, the court shall notify the school district or special school district responsible for providing an educational program for the juvenile of the name and place of the facility where the juvenile is placed. The notice shall be given to the school board of the district or to an employee of the school board designated by the school board.
(L. 1982 S.B. 466 § 1 subsec. 5)
Part-time schools established, when.
178.300. Whenever in any school district in this state not less than twenty-five employment certificates for children under sixteen years of age have been issued and are in full force and effect, the school district shall establish and maintain part-time schools, departments or classes for the employed children for not less than four hours per week and for a term not less than that in which schools are regularly in session in the district.
(L. 1963 p. 200 § 13-30)
(Source: RSMo 1959 § 162.200)
Child labor, 294.011 to 294.110
Compulsory attendance of part-time schools, 167.051
State board to establish standards.
178.310. The state board of education shall establish standards for the establishment and maintenance of the schools.
(L. 1963 p. 200 § 13-31)
(Source: RSMo 1959 § 162.210)
Federal funds available, when.
178.320. Whenever the part-time schools meet the standards of the federal act and the standards established by the state board of education, they shall be entitled to share in the distribution of the federal funds available under the provisions of the federal act, and the state funds appropriated for the promotion of vocational education under the provisions of the Missouri vocational education law.
(L. 1963 p. 200 § 13-32)
(Source: RSMo 1959 § 162.220)
Attendance counted as part of employment time.
178.330. The attendance of the part-time school, department or class shall be counted as a part of the time the minor can be employed.
(L. 1963 p. 200 § 13-33)
(Source: RSMo 1959 § 162.230)
Hours of work for minors, 294.030
State and local boards of education to administer law.
178.340. The state board of education is responsible for the execution of sections 178.300 to 178.360. The local school boards or school authorities maintaining the instruction given are responsible for the local administration of the sections.
(L. 1963 p. 200 § 13-34)
(Source: RSMo 1959 § 162.240)
District may be excused from maintaining part-time school.
178.350. The state board of education may, upon special hearing in each case, excuse a school district from either establishing or maintaining part-time schooling.
(L. 1963 p. 200 § 13-35)
(Source: RSMo 1959 § 162.250)
Annual report of state board.
178.360. The state board of education shall make an annual report to the legislature of its administration of sections 178.300 to 178.360, with its policies and regulations, and the statistics and finances involved.
(L. 1963 p. 200 § 13-36)
(Source: RSMo 1959 § 162.260)
Establishment of two-year college courses.
178.370. Any public school district in this state which has a fully accredited high school may provide for two-year college courses in the schools, on the approval of and subject to the supervision of the coordinating board for higher education.
(L. 1963 p. 200 § 13-37)
(Source: RSMo 1959 § 165.123)
Discipline, community college students, 178.835
Per capita cost of courses to be determined--tuition.
178.380. The school board of the district, before the establishment of the courses of instruction, shall determine as near as possible the per capita cost of the college courses in the school and state the amount in its application to the coordinating board for higher education. Upon the approval of the college courses by the coordinating board for higher education and upon the establishment of the college courses in the district, the school board may require of all resident students over twenty years of age and also all nonresident students desiring to take the courses at the school a tuition fee in the sum thought to be necessary for the maintenance of the college courses in the school, taking into consideration the other funds provided by law for the support of such college courses.
(L. 1963 p. 200 § 13-38)
(Source: RSMo 1959 § 165.127)
Board may set aside funds for pupils' tuition.
178.390. The school board of any school district in this state in order to carry out the provisions of sections 178.370 to 178.400, may set aside from its funds for school purposes any sum that is not needed to maintain the elementary and high schools in the district, for the purpose of paying, or contributing to the payment of, the tuition of its students who have completed the high school course and who attend a school that maintains such college courses in any other district. In the event that the sum is not sufficient to pay the tuition fixed by the board the sum shall be prorated among the students taking the college courses. No district shall set aside for the purpose a sum greater than the amount necessary to pay the tuition so fixed by the receiving school district.
(L. 1963 p. 200 § 13-39)
(Source: RSMo 1959 § 165.133)
Community colleges established prior to October 13, 1961, supervisionof--community college district may be created from public schooldistrict, procedure--taxation, how affected.
178.400. 1. All community colleges established prior to October 13, 1961, are under the supervision of the coordinating board for higher education and shall conform to the scholastic standards established by the coordinating board, but no such district may be dissolved except as now provided by law and in no instance because it does not meet the standards for organization established by the coordinating board under the provisions of section 178.770; except that no community college established under section 178.370 shall be denied state aid nor lose its accreditation for a period of not less than ten years from October 13, 1975, if it continues to offer courses equal or superior to the courses offered on October 13, 1961, and continues to have an enrollment equal to or greater than its enrollment on October 13, 1961.
2. A community college established in a public school district prior to October 13, 1961, and operated continuously thereafter shall be considered to have met the established standards of the coordinating board for organization as a community college district and may petition the coordinating board for higher education to be organized under the provisions of sections 178.770 to 178.890, the boundaries of the proposed community college district to be coterminous with the old district boundaries. Upon receipt of a petition as provided in section 178.800, the coordinating board shall call for an election in the proposed district as provided by law.
3. If the proposal to organize a community college district under the provisions of sections 178.770 to 178.890 is approved by the voters, the rate of levy of the school district property tax shall be lowered by the percentage of the rate that was assigned in the school district the preceding tax year for community college purposes, and the lowered tax rate shall thereafter be considered as the last rate approved by the voters and shall be increased only as provided by law and in accordance with Article X, Section 11(c) of the Constitution of the State of Missouri.
(L. 1963 p. 200 § 13-40, A.L. 1965 p. 307, A.L. 1975 H.B. 243, A.L. 1981 S.B. 83)
(Source: L. 1961 p. 357 § 16)
Definitions--duties of state board of education--fee waiver, effect onagency benefits--eligibility requirements--no guarantee ofacceptance in or graduation from program--rules, promulgation,procedure.
178.411. 1. As used in this section, the following terms mean:
178.420. Unless a different meaning is clearly required by the context, the following words and phrases as used in sections 178.420 to 178.580 mean:
Acceptance of federal acts and funds.
178.430. 1. The act of congress enacted by the 65th Congress at the second session thereof, entitled "An act to provide for the promotion of vocational education; to provide for cooperation with the states in the promotion of such education in agriculture and the trades and industries and home economics; to provide for cooperation with the states in the preparation of teachers of vocational subjects; and to authorize the appropriation of money and regulate its expenditures" and approved February 23, 1917 (20 U.S.C.A. §§ 11-28); Public Law 346, enacted by the 78th Congress, entitled "Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944", and approved June 22, 1944; Public Law 679 entitled "To authorize the Veterans Administration to reimburse state and local agencies for expenses incurred in rendering services in connection with the administration of certain training programs for veterans and for other purposes, enacted August 8, 1946" and any other subsequent acts of congress which provide federal funds for public schools or other educational agencies and for the necessary administration and supervision of the same, are accepted.
2. The benefits of all funds appropriated under the provisions of such acts are accepted as provided in the acts.
(L. 1963 p. 200 § 13-43)
(Source: RSMo 1959 § 162.020, 162.030)
State board of education to cooperate with federal authorities.
178.440. The state board of education is designated as the state board of education as provided in the acts of congress, is charged with the duty and responsibility of cooperating with the federal board for vocational education in the administration of the acts, and is given all power necessary to such cooperation. The state board of education in submitting plans for the training of teachers, supervisors and directors of agricultural subjects, and teachers of trade and industrial and home economic subjects, as required in the acts of congress, shall provide that they shall be trained in the state colleges and state teachers colleges of Missouri, the University of Missouri, or in a school maintained in a school district of a city of seventy-five thousand or more inhabitants, insofar as their training can be provided in schools.
(L. 1963 p. 200 § 13-44) (Source: RSMo 1959 § 162.040)
Duties of state board of education.
178.450. The state board of education shall make studies and investigations relating to prevocational, vocational and postsecondary training in agriculture, industrial, home economics and commercial subjects; promote and aid in the establishment by local communities of public schools, departments and classes, giving training in such subjects; cooperate with local communities in the maintenance of the schools, departments and classes; establish standards for, test the qualifications of, and issue certificates to the teachers and supervisors of such subjects, and cooperate in the maintenance of schools, departments and classes supported and controlled by the public for the preparation of teachers and supervisors of such subjects.
(L. 1963 p. 200 § 13-45, A.L. 1991 H.B. 51, et al.)
(Source: RSMo 1959 § 162.080)
State treasurer to be custodian of funds.
178.460. The state treasurer is the custodian of funds for vocational education, as provided in the acts of congress, and is charged with the duty and responsibility of receiving and providing for the proper custody and for the proper disbursements on requisition of the state board of education of moneys paid to the state from the appropriations made under the provisions of the acts of congress.
(L. 1963 p. 200 § 13-46)
(Source: RSMo 1959 § 162.060)
178.470. The state treasurer as custodian of funds for vocational education and the director of revenue shall include in the annual report to the general assembly required by section 32.060 a report of the receipts and disbursements of moneys received under the provisions of the acts of congress.
(L. 1963 p. 200 § 13-47)
(Source: RSMo 1959 § 162.070)
Approved schools to receive federal money, when--appropriation ofstate's share.
178.480. Any approved school, department or class giving instruction in agriculture, industrial, home economics, or commercial subjects is entitled to share in the federal money, conditioned that for each dollar of federal money expended for salaries the state or local community, or both, shall expend an equal amount. The state board of education shall recommend to each session of the general assembly the amount of money which should be appropriated by the state for such allotments during each succeeding biennial period.
(L. 1963 p. 200 § 13-48)
(Source: RSMo 1959 § 162.090)
Local boards may contract for vocational education services.
178.490. Whenever the board of education of any school district maintaining a high school in this state desires to form a contractual relation for the purpose of providing vocational education services for high school students not available within the school district, the board of education of the school district may contract with any other school district or districts or any state institution of higher learning maintaining a high school in the state of Missouri to supply the vocational education services for high school students that are not provided in the respective districts. For purposes of sections 178.490 to 178.510 vocational education shall be as defined by the state board of education.
(L. 1963 p. 200 § 13-49)
(Source: RSMo 1959 § 162.100)
May also contract for additional instruction in approved courses.
178.500. The school boards of school districts entering into contract for vocational education services for high school students enrolled in one or more vocational courses may also contract for additional instruction in courses of study approved by the state board of education for graduation from high school in the state of Missouri.
(L. 1963 p. 200 § 13-50)
(Source: RSMo 1959 § 162.110)
Contracting district to pay tuition--apportionment of state aid.
178.510. The board of education of the contracting district shall pay to the receiving school district or state institution of higher learning a tuition fee which shall include the per pupil cost from teachers, incidental, building and repairs for supplying the school services, less the per pupil share of any state or federal reimbursement or other state aid paid to the receiving school on account of the attendance of the pupils from the contracting district. In case of any disagreement as to the amount of the cost of the services either or both of the contracting parties may submit the facts to the state board of education and its decision in the matter shall be final. The receiving school shall report to the sending school the attendance of all pupils covered under the contracts and the attendance of the pupils shall be credited as provided by law for the apportionment of the state school moneys by the state board of education. If the sending school district transports pupils under the contract, there shall be apportioned from the state school moneys fund a transportation reimbursement as provided for in section 163.161.
(L. 1963 p. 200 § 13-51)
(Source: RSMo 1959 § 162.120)
Vocational education fund--how obtained when no state appropriationis made.
178.520. Whenever the general assembly makes no other appropriation for carrying out the provisions of sections 178.420 to 178.580 or makes an appropriation which is not sufficient to entitle this state to all the federal moneys which may be allotted to it, the school board of any school district in this state, the board of regents of any state college or state teachers college, and the board of curators of the university may make the appropriations from any funds under their control that are necessary to enable the school district, state college, state teachers college or university to take advantage of the provisions of sections 178.420 to 178.580. When the appropriation has been made, a warrant shall be drawn in favor of the treasurer of the state of Missouri for the amount. The moneys so received from the various school districts, state colleges, state teachers colleges and state university shall be placed by the state treasurer into a special fund to be known as the "Vocational Education Fund", and shall be the "state money" referred to in sections 178.420 to 178.580. The state board of education shall pay back to any school district, state college, state teachers college, or university, out of the vocational education fund:
(1) Any surplus money paid into the fund by it and which shall not be needed to secure for it the benefits of this law, and
(2) All money paid by it, if it fails to meet prescribed conditions and is therefore unable to participate in the distribution of federal moneys under sections 178.420 to 178.580.
(L. 1963 p. 200 § 13-52)
(Source: RSMo 1959 § 162.130)
State board to establish standards, inspect and approve schools--localboards to report--allocation of money--standards for agriculturaleducation.
178.530. 1. The state board of education shall establish standards and annually inspect, as a basis for approval, all public prevocational, vocational schools, State Technical College of Missouri, departments and classes receiving state or federal moneys for giving training in agriculture, industrial, home economics and commercial subjects and all schools, departments and classes receiving state or federal moneys for the preparation of teachers and supervisors of such subjects. The public prevocational and vocational schools, State Technical College of Missouri, departments, and classes, and the training schools, departments and classes are entitled to the state or federal moneys so long as they are approved by the state board of education, as to site, plant, equipment, qualifications of teachers, admission of pupils, courses of study and methods of instruction. All disbursements of state or federal moneys for the benefit of the approved prevocational and vocational schools, State Technical College of Missouri, departments and classes shall be made semiannually. The school board of each approved school or the governing body of State Technical College of Missouri shall file a report with the state board of education at the times and in the form that the state board requires. Upon receipt of a satisfactory report, the state board of education shall certify to the commissioner of administration for his approval the amount of the state and federal moneys due the school district or State Technical College of Missouri. The amount due the school district shall be certified by the commissioner of administration and proper warrant therefor shall be issued to the district treasurer or State Technical College of Missouri.
2. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 1 of this section, the state board of education shall establish standards for agricultural education that may be adopted by a private school accredited by an agency recognized by the United States Department of Education as an accreditor of private schools that wishes to provide quality vocational programming outside the requirements of, but consistent with, the federal Vocational Education Act. Such standards shall be sufficient to qualify a private school to apply to the state chapter for approval of a local chapter of a federally chartered national agricultural education association on a form developed for that purpose by the department of elementary and secondary education without eligibility to receive state or federal funding for agricultural vocational education. The provisions of this subsection shall not be construed to create eligibility for a private school to receive state or federal funding for agricultural vocational education, but shall not prohibit a private school from receiving state or federal funds for which such private school would otherwise be eligible for agricultural vocational education. Any such private school shall reimburse the department annually for the cost of oversight and maintenance of the program.
(L. 1963 p. 200 § 13-53, A.L. 1977 S.B. 82 merged with H.B. 130, A.L. 1991 H.B. 51, et al., A.L. 1995 S.B. 101, A.L. 2012 S.B. 599 merged with S.B. 631, A.L. 2013 H.B. 673)
(Source: RSMo 1959 § 162.140)
Commissioner of education to be executive officer--assistants.
178.540. The state commissioner of education is the executive officer of the state board for the administration of sections 178.420 to 178.580. He shall appoint, with the approval of the board, the assistants that are necessary to properly carry out the provisions of sections 178.420 to 178.580.
(L. 1963 p. 200 § 13-54)
(Source: RSMo 1959 § 162.150)
Career and technical education student protection act--councilestablished, members, terms, meetings, duties.
178.550. 1. This section shall be known and may be cited as the "Career and Technical Education Student Protection Act". There is hereby established the "Career and Technical Education Advisory Council" within the department of elementary and secondary education.
2. The advisory council shall be composed of fifteen members who shall be Missouri residents. The commissioner of education shall appoint the following members:
(L. 1963 p. 200 § 13-55, A.L. 2013 H.B. 542 merged with S.B. 9 merged with S.B. 17, A.L. 2016 S.B. 620 & 582)
Advisory committee to be appointed in each district offeringvocational subjects--no compensation.
178.560. The school board of any school district or the governing board of State Technical College of Missouri maintaining a prevocational or vocational school, State Technical College of Missouri, department or class receiving the benefit of state or federal moneys under the provisions of sections 178.420 to 178.580, as a condition of approval by the state board of education and the state commissioner of education, shall appoint persons of experience in agriculture, industry, home economics and commerce to give advice and assistance to the school board or governing board in the establishment and maintenance of the schools, departments and classes. The persons of experience shall serve without compensation.
(L. 1963 p. 200 § 13-56, A.L. 1991 H.B. 51, et al., A.L. 1995 S.B. 101, A.L. 2013 H.B. 673)
(Source: RSMo 1959 § 162.170)
State board may incur necessary administration expenses.
178.570. The state board of education may incur the expenditures for the salaries of assistants and the office and other expenses that it deems necessary to the proper administration of sections 178.420 to 178.580 and of the funds allotted to the state of Missouri under the provisions of the acts of congress.
(L. 1963 p. 200 § 13-57)
(Source: RSMo 1959 § 162.050, 162.180)
State board to report to general assembly.
178.580. The state board shall make to the general assembly at each biennial session thereof, a report on the administration of this law and the acts of congress accepted by this law and on the expenditures of money by the state under the provisions of this law and the acts of congress.
(L. 1963 p. 200 § 13-58)
(Source: RSMo 1959 § 162.190)
Upgrade of vocational and technical education--advisorycommittees--listing of demand occupations--use of funds.
178.585. 1. Under rules and regulations of the state board of education, the commissioner of education, in cooperation with the director of the division of workforce development of the department of economic development, shall establish procedures to provide grants to public high schools, vocational-technical schools, State Technical College of Missouri, and community colleges solely for the purpose of new programs, curriculum enhancement, equipment and facilities so as to upgrade vocational and technical education in the state.
2. Each vocational-technical school, community college, State Technical College of Missouri, and school district of any public high school receiving a grant authorized by this section shall have an advisory committee composed of local business persons, labor leaders, parents, senior citizens, community leaders and teachers to establish a plan to ensure that students who graduate from the vocational-technical school, community college, State Technical College of Missouri, or public high school proceed to a four-year college or high-wage job with workplace-skill development opportunities.
3. The director of the department of economic development shall provide annually to the commissioner of education a listing of demand occupations in the state including substate projections. The listing shall include those occupations for which, in the judgment of the director of the department of economic development, there is a critical shortage to meet present or future employment needs necessary to the economic growth and competitiveness of the state.
4. In any fiscal year, at least seventy-five percent of all moneys for the grant awards authorized by this section shall be to public high schools, vocational-technical schools, State Technical College of Missouri, or community colleges for new programs, curriculum enhancement or equipment necessary to address demand occupations identified pursuant to subsection 3 of this section.
(L. 1993 S.B. 380 § 16, A.L. 1995 S.B. 101, A.L. 2008 H.B. 2041, A.L. 2013 H.B. 673)
Acceptance of federal acts to provide for vocational rehabilitationof certain persons.
178.590. The provisions and benefits of the act of congress, entitled "An act to provide for the promotion of vocational rehabilitation of persons disabled in industry or otherwise and their return to civil employment", approved June 2, 1920, (29 U.S.C.A. §§ 31 to 41), and any amendments thereto are accepted.
(L. 1963 p. 200 § 13-59)
(Source: RSMo 1959 § 162.280)
State treasurer to be custodian of funds--disbursement.
178.600. The state treasurer is designated and appointed custodian of all moneys received by the state from appropriations made by the Congress of the United States for the vocational rehabilitation of persons disabled in industry or otherwise, and may receive and provide for the proper custody of the moneys and may make disbursements therefrom upon the order of the state board of education.
(L. 1963 p. 200 § 13-60)
(Source: RSMo 1959 § 162.290)
178.610. The state board of education shall:
(1) Cooperate with the federal board for vocational education in the administration of the provisions of the act, approved June 2, 1920, and amendments thereto;
(2) Prescribe and provide the courses of vocational training that are necessary for the vocational rehabilitation of persons disabled in industry or otherwise;
(3) Provide for the supervision of the training and appoint the assistants necessary to administer the act, and fix their compensation;
(4) Direct the disbursement and administer the use of all funds provided by the federal government and allotted for the vocational rehabilitation of such persons.
(L. 1963 p. 200 § 13-61)
(Source: RSMo 1959 § 162.300)
State board to formulate plan of cooperation.
178.620. The state board of education shall formulate a plan of cooperation in carrying out the provisions of sections 178.590 to 178.630 and of the act of Congress, with the Missouri workers' compensation commission.
(L. 1963 p. 200 § 13-62)
(Source: RSMo 1959 § 162.310)
State board may receive gifts and donations--fundcreated--use--report.
178.630. The state board of education may receive gifts and donations, either from public or private sources, that are offered unconditionally or under conditions related to the vocational rehabilitation of persons disabled in industry or otherwise and consistent with the provisions of sections 178.590 to 178.630. All moneys received as gifts or donations shall be deposited in the state treasury and shall constitute a permanent fund to be called the special fund for the vocational rehabilitation of disabled persons, to be used by the board to defray the expenses of vocational rehabilitation in special cases including the payment of necessary expenses of persons undergoing training. A full report of all gifts and donations offered and accepted, together with the names of the donors and the respective amounts contributed by each, and all disbursements therefrom shall be submitted biennially to the general assembly.
(L. 1963 p. 200 § 13-63)
(Source: RSMo 1959 § 162.320)
State Technical College of Missouri established by gift to state ofthe Osage R-II school district.
178.631. If the facilities, equipment, and adjoining grounds of Linn Technical College located in Osage County and commonly known as the East Campus of Linn Technical College, as well as the cash reserves of Linn Technical College are made available to the state of Missouri as a gift by the Osage R-II school district, there shall be established at that site a state technical college, to be known as "State Technical College of Missouri".
(L. 1995 S.B. 101 § 1, A.L. 2013 H.B. 673)
Board of regents to be governing board--members, appointment,qualifications, residency requirements.
178.632. The governing board of State Technical College of Missouri shall be a board of regents composed of seven voting members and one nonvoting student member. Such members shall be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate after August 28, 1995, and after the conditions of section 178.631 are satisfied. No person shall be appointed to the board who is not a citizen of the United States and who has not been a resident of the state of Missouri for at least two years immediately prior to his appointment. Not less than three voting members shall belong to one of the two major political parties and not less than three shall belong to the other major political party. Not more than two voting members shall reside in Osage County or other immediately contiguous counties.
(L. 1995 S.B. 101 § 2, A.L. 2013 H.B. 673)
Terms of voting members--nonvoting members, terms.
178.633. Voting members of the board shall be appointed for terms of six years, except that of the voting members first appointed, two shall serve for two years, two for four years, and three for six years. The terms and conditions of service for nonvoting members shall be the same as provided by law for the University of Missouri.
(L. 1995 S.B. 101 § 3)
Board's expenses, to be paid--vacancies, resignations, removals, howfilled.
178.634. The board of regents of State Technical College of Missouri, while attending the meetings of the board, shall receive their actual and necessary expenses, which shall be paid out of the ordinary revenues of the institution. Vacancies in terms of office caused by death, resignation or removal shall be filled in the manner provided by law for such vacancies on the board of curators of the University of Missouri.
(L. 1995 S.B. 101 § 4, A.L. 2013 H.B. 673)
Board organization, powers and duties--limitations--bondedindebtedness deemed to be debt of board--bonds retired throughtuition revenue.
178.635. 1. The board of regents of State Technical College of Missouri shall organize in the manner provided by law for the board of curators of the University of Missouri. The powers, duties, authority, responsibilities, privileges, immunities, liabilities and compensation of the board of State Technical College of Missouri in regard to State Technical College of Missouri shall be the same as those prescribed by statute for the board of curators of the University of Missouri in regard to the University of Missouri, except that State Technical College of Missouri shall be operated only as a state technical college. Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize State Technical College of Missouri to become a community college or a university offering four-year or graduate degrees.
State Technical College of Missouri, purpose andmission--certificates, diplomas and applied science associatedegrees, limitations.
178.636. 1. State Technical College of Missouri shall be a special purpose institution that shall make available to students from all areas of the state exceptional educational opportunities through highly specialized and advanced technical education and training at the certificate and associate degree level in both emerging and traditional technologies with particular emphasis on technical and vocational programs not commonly offered by community colleges or area vocational technical schools. Primary consideration shall be placed on the industrial and technological manpower needs of the state. In addition, State Technical College of Missouri is authorized to assist the state in economic development initiatives and to facilitate the transfer of technology to Missouri business and industry directly through the graduation of technicians in advanced and emerging disciplines and through technical assistance provided to business and industry. State Technical College of Missouri is authorized to provide technical assistance to area vocational technical schools and community colleges through supplemental on-site instruction and distance learning as such area vocational technical schools and community colleges deem appropriate.
2. Consistent with the mission statement provided in subsection 1 of this section, State Technical College of Missouri shall offer vocational and technical programs leading to the granting of certificates, diplomas, and applied science associate degrees, or a combination thereof, but not including associate of arts or baccalaureate or higher degrees. State Technical College of Missouri shall also continue its role as a recognized area vocational technical school as provided by policies and procedures of the state board of education.
(L. 1995 S.B. 101 § 6, A.L. 2013 H.B. 673)
State Technical College of Missouri deemed qualified for student loansor scholarship program, when.
178.637. State Technical College of Missouri shall be deemed to be a qualified college, university, or educational institution for the purposes of any higher education student loan, grant, or scholarship program established pursuant to state law. Tuition and fees for this institution shall be comparable to public four-year institutions rather than public two-year institutions.
(L. 1995 S.B. 101 § 7, A.L. 2010 H.B. 1965, A.L. 2013 H.B. 673)
Oversight of college by coordinating board and state board ofeducation--state to provide funds, exception vocational technicaleducation reimbursement to continue through state board ofeducation--performance funding measures to be used, when.
178.638. 1. State Technical College of Missouri shall be under the oversight of the coordinating board for higher education. The institution shall also be subject to oversight by the state board of education to the extent it serves as an area vocational technical school. Beginning in the first full state fiscal year subsequent to the approval of State Technical College of Missouri's plan by the coordinating board submitted pursuant to section 178.637, the state of Missouri shall, subject to appropriation, provide the funds necessary to provide the staff, cost of operation, and payment of all new capital improvements commencing with that fiscal year.
Employees of college eligible for Missouri state employees' retirementsystem.
178.639. Any person who becomes an employee of the State Technical College of Missouri after the conditions of section 178.631 are met shall become a member of the Missouri state employees' retirement system, if the person otherwise meets the requirements for membership in that system.
(L. 1995 S.B. 101 § 9, A.L. 2013 H.B. 673)
Retirement system options for employees of the college, effectivewhen--election by employee, time limitation--failure of employeeto make election, effect--service credit, limitation.
178.640. 1. Employees of the technical college commonly known as the State Technical College of Missouri, who become employees of the State Technical College of Missouri on the date the conditions of section 178.631 are met, shall, on that date, become members of the Missouri state employees' retirement system if they otherwise meet the requirements for membership in that system.
(1) Any such employee who had been contributing to a retirement system established by sections 169.010 to 169.141 or 169.600 to 169.715 may elect one of the following:
(a) All creditable service with the public school retirement system of Missouri or the public education employee retirement system of Missouri resulting from employment with the State Technical College of Missouri shall be forfeited and an equal amount of service shall be transferred to and recognized as prior creditable service by the Missouri state employees' retirement system, and the member, upon application, shall receive a refund of accumulated contributions associated with such transferred service from the system to which member contributions had been made; or
(b) All creditable service with the public school retirement system of Missouri or the public education employee retirement system, regardless of the source of such creditable service, shall be recognized by the applicable system and the person, notwithstanding any of the provisions of chapter 169, shall immediately vest in the applicable system and, upon attainment of the minimum retirement age of the applicable system, be entitled to a monthly benefit based on such creditable service and the law in effect at the time of retirement, provided the person does not withdraw accumulated contributions associated with such creditable service.
(2) With respect to those persons electing to receive a refund under paragraph (a) of subdivision (1) of this subsection*, the public school retirement system of Missouri or the public education employee retirement system of Missouri, whichever is applicable, shall transfer to the Missouri state employees' retirement system an amount equal to the actuarial accrued liability for the forfeited creditable service, determined as if the person were going to continue to be an active member of the public school retirement system of Missouri or the public education employee retirement system as applicable, less the amount of any refunds of member contributions. In addition, notwithstanding any of the provisions of chapter 169, any person who elects to receive a refund under paragraph (a) of subdivision (1) of this subsection* and has creditable service with the public school retirement system of Missouri or the public education employee retirement system of Missouri resulting from employment with any employer other than the State Technical College of Missouri shall, with respect to such service, immediately vest in the applicable system and, upon attainment of the minimum retirement age of the applicable system, be entitled to a monthly benefit based on such creditable service and the law in effect at the time of retirement, provided the person does not withdraw accumulated contributions associated with such creditable service.
(3) The election under subdivision (1) of this subsection* shall be made within ninety days after the conditions of section 178.631 are met. Any person who fails to make an election within that period shall be deemed to have elected to be governed by paragraph (a) of subdivision (1) of this subsection*.
2. In no event shall any person receive service credit for the same period of service under more than one retirement system as a result of the provisions of this act.
(L. 1995 S.B. 101 § 10, A.L. 2013 H.B. 673)
178.651. As used in sections 178.651 to 178.658, the following words mean:
(1) "Centers" or "centers for independent living", community-based nonresidential programs designed to promote independent living for persons with disabilities;
(2) "Division", the division of vocational rehabilitation of the department of elementary and secondary education;
(3) "Nonprofit corporation", a corporation in which no part of the net earnings inures to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual and the income of which is exempt from taxation under 26 U.S.C.A. section 501(c)(3);
(4) "Person with a disability", any person who:
(L. 1988 H.B. 975 § 1)
Plan to fund and maintain centers to be developed bydivision--rulemaking authority, procedure.
178.652. 1. The division shall, in consultation with persons with disabilities, develop a plan to fund and maintain organizations currently meeting the guidelines set forth in sections 178.651 to 178.673 for centers and establish and maintain new centers to assure services statewide, as such services are described in sections 178.651 to 178.673.
2. The division shall promulgate rules and regulations for the implementation of sections 178.651 to 178.673. No rule or portion of a rule promulgated under the authority of sections 178.651 to 178.673 shall become effective unless it has been promulgated pursuant to the provisions of section 536.024.
(L. 1988 H.B. 975 § 2, A.L. 1993 S.B. 52, A.L. 1995 S.B. 3)
Independent living center fund created--administration--funding.
178.653. 1. There is hereby created in the state treasury the "Independent Living Center Fund" which shall be administered by the division of vocational rehabilitation of the department of elementary and secondary education. Moneys in the fund shall, upon appropriation, be used to establish and maintain centers for independent living, as defined in section 178.651, in accordance with the long-term plans developed pursuant to the provisions of section 178.652.
Financial assistance provided to centers, when--programaccountability, duties of division, evaluation contents--standards.
178.654. The division shall assist individuals and organizations in the planning and establishment of centers for independent living. Subject to appropriations, the division shall provide financial assistance in the form of grants to such centers. The division shall ensure program accountability and shall monitor and evaluate centers which receive grants under the provisions of sections 178.651 to 178.658. Such evaluations shall contain, but need not be limited to, the following standards:
(1) The center shall manifest independent living philosophy;
(2) The center shall have a positive impact on consumer achievement of independent living goals;
(3) The center shall have a positive impact on community options for independent living;
(4) The center shall provide appropriate independent living services to persons with disabilities and their families;
(5) The center shall provide appropriate services to increase community capacity to meet the needs of persons with disabilities;
(6) Qualified persons with disabilities shall be substantially involved in the policy direction, decision-making, service delivery, and management of the center, and given preference as members of board of directors, managers and supervisors, and staff. Substantial involvement shall be evidenced by at least fifty-one percent of the members of the board of directors, managers, supervisors and staff being qualified persons with disabilities;
(7) The center shall establish clear priorities through annual and three-year program and financial planning;
(8) The center shall use sound organizational and personnel management practices;
(9) The center shall practice sound fiscal management;
(10) The center shall maintain an evaluation system and records adequate to measure performance on these independent living center evaluation standards.
(L. 1988 H.B. 975 § 3)
Organization of centers, board of directors, staff--servicesprovided--disabilities served--compliance with local laws andordinances required.
178.656. 1. Centers for independent living shall be community-based nonresidential programs designed to promote independent living for persons with disabilities. Such centers shall be organized as nonprofit corporations with persons with disabilities comprising at least fifty-one percent of the governing board of directors.
Location of centers, restriction on funding.
178.658. Centers for independent living shall be located throughout the state. Funding for such centers shall not be awarded to more than one center in any city.
(L. 1988 H.B. 975 § 5)
178.691. As used in sections 178.691 to 178.699, unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) "Developmental screening" is the process of measuring the progress of children to determine if there are problems or potential problems or advanced abilities in the areas of understanding and use of language, perception through sight, perception through hearing, motor development and hand-eye coordination, health, and physical development.
(2) "Developmentally delayed children" are children who, through developmental screening, are found to be performing below the norm for their age in one or more of the following skill areas: understanding and use of language, perception through sight, perception through hearing, motor development and hand-eye coordination.
(3) "Handicapped children" and "severely handicapped children" are those so defined in section 162.675.
(4) "Parent education" includes the provision of resource materials on home learning activities, private and group educational guidance, individual and group learning experiences for the parent and child, and other activities that enable the parent to improve learning in the home.
(L. 1984 S.B. 658 § 1)
Educational and screening programs--reimbursement by state.
178.693. 1. School districts that offer an approved program of parent education shall be eligible for state reimbursement, pursuant to section 163.031, subject to appropriations therefor for each participating family. If a school district fails or is unable to offer an approved program of parent education, the district shall enter into a contract which meets the requirements under section 178.697, with another district, public agency or state approved not-for-profit agency offering an approved program for such services. If the district finds that no approved program is available in another district, public agency, or through a state approved not-for-profit agency, it shall request the state department of elementary and secondary education to assist it in obtaining from an approved program, services at the reimbursable rate.
178.695. 1. Programs shall be subject to review and approval under standards developed by the department of elementary and secondary education consisting of early childhood education and parents as teachers programs and published as an administrative rule under the provisions of chapter 536.
2. The lieutenant governor shall act as an advisor to the department for all such programs reviewed by the department.
(L. 1984 S.B. 658 § 3, A.L. 1992 S.B. 676 Adopted by Referendum, Proposition C, November 3, 1992)
Costs not to exceed appropriations--annual screenings and prenatalvisit eligibility, when, expiration.
178.697. 1. Funding for sections 178.691 to 178.699 shall be made available pursuant to section 163.031 and shall be subject to appropriations made for this purpose.
Plan to distribute funds to allow voluntary participation.
178.698. Pursuant to the educational and screening program for children under age five and their parents established in sections 178.691 to 178.699, in its budget requests for fiscal years 1995, 1996, and 1997, in anticipation of moneys from the trust fund established in section 160.500, the department of elementary and secondary education shall include a plan to distribute sufficient moneys to public school districts to allow all eligible children and their parents to voluntarily participate in the program beginning with the 1997-98 school year.
(L. 1993 S.B. 380 § 15)
Participation voluntary--information obtained is confidential.
178.699. 1. No person shall be required to participate in any program of parent education or developmental screening, or in any program for developmentally delayed children, approved by the department of elementary and secondary education pursuant to sections 178.691 to 178.699.
Vocational school districts permitted, procedure (Butler, Stoddard,Wayne, Ripley, New Madrid, Pemiscot, Dunklin, Mississippi, CapeGirardeau, Bollinger, and Scott counties).
178.716. 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)
Organization of community college districts--standards--corporatepowers of districts.
178.770. 1. In any public school district, or in any two or more contiguous public school districts in this state, whether in the same county or not, the voters resident therein may organize a community college district in the manner hereinafter provided. 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 districts which shall include among other things:
(1) Whether a community college is needed in the proposed district;
(2) Whether the assessed valuation of taxable, tangible property in the proposed district is sufficient to support adequately the proposed community college; and
(3) Whether there were a sufficient number of graduates of high school in the proposed district during the preceding year to support a community college 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 Community College 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. 1963 p. 200 § 13-77)
(Source: L. 1961 p. 357 § 1)
Coordinating board for higher education to supervise colleges--duties.
(L. 1963 p. 200 § 13-78, A.L. 2016 S.B. 997)
(Source: L. 1961 p. 357 § 2)
Higher education core curriculum transfer act--definitions.
178.785. The provisions of sections 178.785 to 178.789 shall be known and may be cited as the "Higher Education Core Curriculum Transfer Act". For purposes of sections 178.785 to 178.789, the following terms mean:
Lower division core curriculum, recommendation--common coursenumbering equivalency matrix.
178.786. 1. The coordinating board for higher education, with the assistance of an advisory committee composed of representatives from each public community college in this state and each public four-year institution of higher education, shall develop a recommended lower division core curriculum of forty-two semester credit hours, including a statement of the content, component areas, and objectives of the core curriculum. A majority of the members of the advisory committee shall be faculty members from Missouri public institutions of higher education.
2. The coordinating board shall approve a common course numbering equivalency matrix for the forty-two credit hour block at all institutions of higher education in the state to facilitate the transfer of those courses among institutions of higher education by promoting consistency in course designation and course identification. Each community college and four-year institution of higher education shall include in its course listings the applicable course numbers from the common course numbering equivalency matrix approved by the coordinating board under this subsection.
3. The coordinating board shall complete the requirements of subsections 1 and 2 of this section prior to January 1, 2018, for implementation of the core curriculum transfer recommendations for the 2018-19 academic year for all public institutions of higher education.
Forty-two credit hour block, adoption of--transfer of course credits.
Transfer practices, criteria to evaluate--requirements for credittransfers.
178.789. The coordinating board for higher education may promulgate all necessary rules and regulations for the administration of sections 178.785 to 178.789. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, that is created under the authority delegated in this section shall become effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of the provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 536.028. This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 2016, shall be invalid and void.
Boundaries of community college districts.
178.790. The boundaries of any community college district organized pursuant to sections 178.770 to 178.890 shall coincide with the boundaries of the school district or of the contiguous school districts proposed to be included, and the community college district shall be in addition to any other school districts existing in any portion of the area.
(L. 1963 p. 200 § 13-79, A.L. 1998 S.B. 553)
(Source: L. 1961 p. 357 § 3)
Petition to establish district--election on proposal.
178.800. 1. Whenever a petition, signed by voters in each component school district within a proposed community college district area, equal in number to five percent of the number of votes cast for the director receiving the greatest number of votes within each component school district at the last preceding school election in each school district at which a director was elected, is presented to the state board of education, praying that a community college district be organized for the purpose of offering community college (13th and 14th year) courses, if the state board of education determines that the area proposed to be included within the district meets the standards established by it under the provisions of sections 178.770 to 178.890, it shall order the submission of the question within the proposed district to vote on the question and to elect trustees, at the next following annual municipal election.
Shall there be organized within the area comprising the school districts of .........., state of Missouri, a community college district for the offering of 13th and 14th year courses, to be known as the "Community College District of .............., Missouri", having the power to impose a property tax not to exceed the annual rate of ......... cents on the one hundred dollars assessed valuation of taxable property without voter approval and such additional taxes as may be approved by vote thereon, as prayed in petition filed with the state board of education at Jefferson City, Missouri, on the ...... day of ........, 20.....?
Trustees, election of--subdistricts--redistricting committees--trusteeof subdistrict, residency requirements, qualifications--board oftrustees, requirements, St. Louis City.
Board of trustees--oath--officers--quorum--vacancies filled,how--seal.
178.830. Newly elected members of the board of trustees shall qualify by taking the oath of office prescribed by Article VII, Section 2, of the Constitution of Missouri. The board shall organize by the election of a president and vice president, a secretary and a treasurer. The secretary and treasurer need not be members of the board. A majority of the board constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business, but no contract shall be let, teacher employed or dismissed, or bill approved unless a majority of the whole board votes therefor. Any vacancy occurring in the board shall be filled by appointment by the remaining members of the board, and the person appointed shall hold office until the next election held by the community college district when a trustee shall be elected for the unexpired term. The board shall keep a common seal with which to attest its official acts.
(L. 1963 p. 200 § 13-83)
(Source: L. 1961 p. 357 § 7)
178.835. 1. The governing body of each public community college district and each public school district offering community college courses shall possess full power and authority to adopt rules and regulations for the guidance and supervision of the conduct of its college students; to enforce compliance therewith; and to delegate to appropriate persons in the district the power to discipline students, including the power of suspension and expulsion, for violation of such rules and regulations.
Election, when held, how conducted--certification of votes cast.
178.840. 1. After organization, the voters of the community college district shall vote for trustees and on all other propositions provided by law for submission at school elections which are applicable to community college districts. Regular elections in community college districts shall be held on municipal election days in the years in which trustees are to be elected or propositions must be voted upon.
2. If trustees are elected other than at large throughout the entire district, then only those voters within the subdistrict from which the trustee or trustees are to be elected shall cast their ballots for the trustee or trustees from that subdistrict. All candidates for the office of trustee shall file their declarations of candidacy with the secretary of the board of trustees.
3. A majority of the then qualified members of the board of trustees shall declare and certify the candidates receiving the greatest number of votes for terms of six years each and until their successors are elected and qualified and shall declare and certify the results of the votes cast on any question presented at the election.
(L. 1963 p. 200 § 13-84 and p. 346 § 165.813, A.L. 1967 p. 280, A.L. 1972 H.B. 1169, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)
(Source: L. 1961 p. 357 § 8)
District to provide college courses--per capita cost to bedetermined--tuition charges.
178.850. A community college district organized under sections 178.770 to 178.890 shall provide instruction, classes, school or schools for pupils resident within the community college district who have completed an approved high school course. The board of trustees of the district shall determine the per capita cost of the college courses, file the same with the coordinating board for higher education and, upon approval thereof by the coordinating board for higher education, shall require of all nonresidents who are accepted as pupils a tuition fee in the sum that is necessary for maintenance of the college courses. In addition thereto, the board may charge resident pupils the amounts that it deems necessary to maintain the college courses, taking into consideration the other funds that are available under law for the support of the college courses.
(L. 1963 p. 200 § 13-85)
(Source: L. 1961 p. 357 § 9)
Board to appoint employees--fix compensation--teachers to be membersof public school retirement system.
178.860. The board of trustees shall appoint the employees of the community college, define and assign their powers and duties and fix their compensation. All certificated personnel shall be members of the public school retirement system of Missouri under provisions of section 169.010.
(L. 1963 p. 200 § 13-86)
(Source: L. 1961 p. 357 § 10)
Community college district police--oath, powers, qualifications.
178.862. 1. The trustees of any community college district of this state may appoint and employ as many college police officers as they may deem necessary to protect persons, property, and to preserve peace and good order only in the public buildings, properties, grounds, and other facilities and locations over which they have charge or control.
2. The college 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 discharge the duties thereof, which oath shall be filed in the office of the college district board of trustees, and the secretary of the board shall give each college police officer so appointed and qualified a certificate of appointment, under the seal of the board of trustees, which certificate shall empower him with the same authority to maintain order, preserve peace and make arrests as is now held by peace officers; the college police officer may in addition expel from the public buildings, campuses, and grounds, persons violating the rules and regulations that may be prescribed by the board of trustees or others under the authority of the board. Such officer or employee of the community college as may be designated by the board of trustees shall have immediate charge, control and supervision of college police officers appointed by authority of this section. Such college police officers shall have satisfactorily completed before appointment, or within six months after appointment, a training course for college police officers which shall consist of at least three hundred twenty hours as prescribed by the superintendent of the Missouri state highway patrol. The community college district shall reimburse all such college police officers appointed by them who complete the training course for all reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in taking the training course, and shall reimburse the highway patrol for any expenses directly relating to the prescribed or holding of a training course which are recommended by the patrol.
(L. 1974 H.B. 917 § 1)
Tax rates, limits--how increased and decreased.
178.870. Any tax imposed on property subject to the taxing power of the community college district under Article X, Section 11(a) of the Missouri Constitution without voter approval shall not exceed the annual rate of ten cents on the hundred dollars assessed valuation in districts having one billion five hundred million dollars or more assessed valuation; twenty cents on the hundred dollars assessed valuation in districts having seven hundred fifty million dollars but less than one billion five hundred million dollars assessed valuation; thirty cents on the hundred dollars assessed valuation in districts having five hundred million dollars but less than seven hundred fifty million dollars assessed valuation; forty cents on the hundred dollars assessed valuation in districts having less than five hundred million dollars assessed valuation; except that, no public community college district having an assessed valuation in excess of one hundred million and less than two hundred fifty million which is levying an operating levy of thirty cents per one hundred dollars assessed valuation on September 28, 1975, shall increase such levy above thirty cents per one hundred dollars assessed valuation without voter approval. Tax rates specified in this section that were in effect in 1984 shall not be lowered due to an increase in assessed valuation created by general reassessment; however, the provisions of section 137.073 or Section 22(a) of Article X of the Missouri Constitution are applicable. Districts which operate institutions awarding degrees above the associate degree shall not be affected by the changes provided in this section. Increases of the rate with voter approval shall be made in the manner provided in chapter 164 for school districts.
(L. 1963 p. 200 § 13-87, A.L. 1975 S.B. 190, A.L. 1985 H.B. 374, A.L. 2000 S.B. 894, A.L. 2002 H.B. 2022 merged with S.B. 947)
(Source: L. 1961 p. 357 § 11)
Taxation of public utility property--rate not included in determiningrate to be levied by other school districts.
178.880. All real and tangible personal property owned by railroads, street railways, boats, vessels, bridge companies, telegraph companies, electric light and power companies, electric transmission line companies, pipeline companies, express companies, airline companies and other companies and public utilities whose property is assessed by the state tax commission shall be taxed at the same rate of taxation which is levied on other property in the community college district in the same manner and to the same extent that the property is subject to assessment and taxation for general county purposes, and all of the provisions of chapters 151, 153, 154 and 155 shall apply to taxation by community college districts to the same extent as if the community college districts were specifically included in the provisions contained in chapters 151, 153, 154 and 155, except that the taxes levied by community college districts shall not be included for the purpose of determining the average school levy for the other school districts in the county in which they are situated. The taxes levied against the property by community college districts shall be collected in the same manner as taxes are collected on the property from general county taxes.
(L. 1963 p. 200 § 13-88)
(Source: L. 1961 p. 357 § 12)
Community college capital improvement subdistrict may be established,boundaries, taxation--ballot language--dissolution of subdistrict.
178.881. 1. The board of trustees of any public community college district in this state may establish a community college capital improvement subdistrict by its order for the sole purpose of capital projects. The boundaries of any capital improvement subdistrict established pursuant to this section shall be within the boundaries of the community college district.
2. In the event a capital improvement subdistrict is so established, the board of trustees may propose an annual rate of taxation for the sole purpose of capital projects, within the limits of sections 178.770 to 178.891, which proposal shall be submitted to a vote of the people within the capital improvement subdistrict.
Shall the board of trustees of ........... (name of district) be authorized, for the purpose of ................... (name of capital project), to borrow money in the amount of ............. dollars to be used in the capital improvement subdistrict of ............... (name of capital improvement subdistrict) for the purpose of ................. (name of capital project) and issue bonds for payment thereof?
4. If a majority of the votes cast on the question are for the tax as submitted, the tax shall be levied and collected on property within the capital improvement subdistrict in the same manner as other community college district taxes. Such funds shall be used for capital improvements in the community college capital improvement subdistrict.
5. Where a tax has not been approved by the voters within a five-year period from the establishment of a community college capital improvement subdistrict, such capital improvement subdistrict shall be dissolved by the board of trustees.
(L. 2002 H.B. 2022 merged with S.B. 947)
Annexation of school districts--new community college districtformed, when--refusal without cause of petition to annex, penalty.
178.890. 1. If the area of an entire school district which adjoins a community college district organized pursuant to sections 178.770 to 178.890 desires to be attached thereto and become a part of the community college district it may do so in the manner provided for annexation pursuant to section 162.441. If the area of an entire school district which adjoins a district offering a two-year college course pursuant to section 178.370 on October 13, 1961, and receiving aid pursuant to section 163.191, desires to be attached thereto for community college purposes only, the annexation shall be completed pursuant to section 162.441 and upon the annexation, a special community college district shall be established in the entire area as provided in sections 178.770 to 178.890, and notice thereof shall be given to the state board of education. The state board of education, within sixty days, shall call a special election for the election of trustees to be conducted in the manner provided in section 178.820.
Crowder College energy center, state to assist in funding, when--usesfor state's contribution.
178.891. The general assembly may make appropriations to the commissioner of administration for grants to Crowder College in the planning and operation of the Missouri alternative and renewable energy center, if it determines that Crowder College has established and is actively building an endowment fund for the partial funding of the center. In connection with the utilization of such grants, Crowder College may contract with any person, firm or corporation, whether organized for profit or otherwise, and may receive and expend funds received from the federal government or any agency thereof, or from any person, firm or corporation. Appropriations made pursuant to the provisions of this section shall not be considered as a part of the regular appropriations for Crowder College nor shall such appropriations result in any reduction of appropriations for Crowder College. Appropriations from the state shall be used for a program of instruction in alternative energy, public educational services including instruction in Missouri elementary and secondary schools, service to Missouri industries through cooperative projects and in-service training, and applied research in alternative energy applications.
(L. 1992 H.B. 1102 § 1)
178.900. For the purposes of sections 178.900 to 178.960 the following words mean:
(2) "Disabled persons", a lower range educable or upper range trainable developmentally disabled or other disabled person sixteen years of age or over who has had school training and has a productive work capacity in a sheltered environment adapted to the abilities of persons with a developmental disability but whose limited capabilities make him or her nonemployable in competitive business and industry and unsuited for vocational rehabilitation training;
(3) "Sheltered workshop", an occupation-oriented facility operated by a not-for-profit corporation, which, except for its staff, employs only persons with disabilities and has a minimum enrollment of at least fifteen employable persons with disabilities;
(4) "Staff", employees of a sheltered workshop engaged in management, work procurement, purchasing, supervision, sales, bookkeeping, and secretarial and clerical functions.
(L. 1965 p. 309 § 1, A.L. 2011 H.B. 555 merged with H.B. 648)
Transportation for sheltered workshop employees and residents of facilities or social center for the disabled, 162.755
Purposes of sheltered workshops.
178.910. 1. A sheltered workshop shall provide a controlled work environment and a program designed toward enabling the handicapped person enrolled to progress toward normal living and to develop, as far as possible, his capacity, performance and relationship with other persons.
2. A sheltered workshop shall, so far as possible, provide work experience sufficiently diverse to accommodate the needs of each of the handicapped persons enrolled.
3. A sheltered workshop shall coordinate and integrate its services with all community agencies for the benefit of its employees, and whenever practicable make use of the services available from these agencies.
(L. 1965 p. 309 § 2)
Procedure for establishing shelteredworkshops--hearing--certificate--revocation.
178.920. 1. Any group of persons desiring to establish a sheltered workshop which will be eligible for state aid shall request a certificate of approval from the department. The request shall be in writing on forms provided by the department, and shall contain such information as the department may reasonably require.
State aid, computation of--records, kept on premises--shelteredworkshop per diem revolving fund created.
178.930. 1. (1) Beginning July 1, 2009, and until June 30, 2010, the department of elementary and secondary education shall pay monthly, out of the funds appropriated to it for that purpose, to each sheltered workshop a sum equal to ninety dollars for each standard workweek (Monday through Friday) of up to and including thirty hours worked during the preceding calendar month. Eighteen dollars shall be paid for each six-hour or longer day worked by a handicapped employee on Saturdays or Sundays. For each handicapped worker employed by a sheltered workshop for less than a thirty-hour week or a six-hour day on Saturdays or Sundays, the workshop shall receive a percentage of the corresponding amount normally paid based on the percentage of time worked by the handicapped employee.
(2) Beginning July 1, 2010, and thereafter, the department of elementary and secondary education shall pay monthly, out of the funds appropriated to it for that purpose, to each sheltered workshop a sum equal to ninety-five dollars for each standard workweek (Monday through Friday) of up to and including thirty hours worked during the preceding calendar month. Nineteen dollars shall be paid for each six-hour or longer day worked by a handicapped employee on Saturdays or Sundays. For each handicapped worker employed by a sheltered workshop for less than a thirty-hour week or a six-hour day on Saturdays or Sundays, the workshop shall receive a percentage of the corresponding amount normally paid based on the percentage of time worked by the handicapped employee.
2. The department shall accept, as prima facie proof of payment due to a sheltered workshop, information as designated by the department, either in paper or electronic format. A statement signed by the president, secretary, and manager of the sheltered workshop, setting forth the dates worked and the number of hours worked each day by each handicapped person employed by that sheltered workshop during the preceding calendar month, together with any other information required by the rules or regulations of the department, shall be maintained at the workshop location.
3. There is hereby created in the state treasury the "Sheltered Workshop Per Diem Revolving Fund" which shall be administered by the commissioner of the department of elementary and secondary education. All moneys appropriated pursuant to subsection 1 of this section shall be deposited in the fund and expended as described in subsection 1 of this section.
4. The balance of the sheltered workshop per diem revolving fund shall not exceed five hundred thousand dollars at the end of each fiscal year and shall be exempt from the provisions of section 33.080 relating to the transfer of unexpended balances to the general revenue fund. Any unexpended balance in the sheltered workshop per diem revolving fund at the end of each fiscal year exceeding five hundred thousand dollars shall be deposited in the general revenue fund.
(L. 1965 p. 309 § 4, A.L. 1972 S.B. 463, A.L. 1973 H.B. 796, A.L. 1975 S.B. 269, A.L. 1979 S.B. 4, A.L. 1987 H.B. 25 & 120 merged with S.B. 145, A.L. 1993 H.B. 639, A.L. 1994 S.B. 601, A.L. 1997 S.B. 264, A.L. 1998 S.B. 781, A.L. 2001 S.B. 321, A.L. 2007 H.B. 352, A.L. 2010 H.B. 1965)
Department designated to accept and disburse federal funds.
178.940. The department shall be the official agency of this state for the acceptance and disbursement of funds of the United States government made available to the states for rehabilitation or employment related services to handicapped persons as defined in section 178.900.
(L. 1965 p. 309 § 5)
Board of education to appoint necessary staff.
178.950. In order to implement and effectuate the provisions of sections 178.900 to 178.970, the state board of education shall appoint a section head and such other personnel, including administrative, professional and technical persons, within the department as may be required to implement and supervise the program, including assisting shops with operative problems and other activities contemplated by sections 178.900 to 178.970.
(L. 1965 p. 309 § 6, A.L. 1971 S.B. 463)
178.960. Any order, rule or regulation of the department is subject to review under the provisions of chapter 536.
(L. 1965 p. 309 § 7)
Definitions--fund created, use of moneys--review by coordinatingboard--rulemaking authority.
178.1100. 1. As used in this section, except in those instances where the context states otherwise, the following words and phrases shall mean:
(1) "Innovation education campus" or "innovation campus", an educational partnership consisting of at least one of each of the following entities:
(d) A Missouri two-year public higher education institution or State Technical College of Missouri*;
(2) "Innovation education campus fund" or "fund", the fund to be administered by the commissioner of higher education and in the custody of the state treasurer created under this section to fund the instruction of an innovation campus.
2. There is hereby created in the state treasury the "Innovation Education Campus Fund". The commissioner of higher education shall administer the fund. The state treasurer shall be custodian of the fund and may approve disbursements from the fund in accordance with sections 30.170 and 30.180. Upon appropriation, money in the fund shall be used solely for the administration of this section. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 33.080 to the contrary, any moneys remaining in the fund at the end of the biennium shall not revert to the credit of the general revenue fund. The state treasurer shall invest moneys in the fund in the same manner as other funds are invested. Any interest and moneys earned on such investments shall be credited to the fund.
3. The general assembly may appropriate moneys to the fund that shall be used to fund the program of instruction at any innovation education campus.
4. Participating institutions, as provided in this section, may receive moneys from the fund when the following criteria are satisfied:
(3) The innovation education campus provides applied and project-based learning experiences for students and leverages curriculum developed in consultation with partner Missouri business and industry representatives;
(4) Students graduate from the innovation education campus with direct access to internship, apprentice, part-time or full-time career opportunities with Missouri-based businesses that are in partnership with the innovation education campus; and
(5) The innovation education campus engages and partners with industry stakeholders in ongoing program development and program outcomes review.
5. The existing Missouri innovation campus, consisting of the University of Central Missouri, a school district with a student enrollment between seventeen thousand and nineteen thousand students that is located in any county with a charter form of government and with more than six hundred thousand but fewer than seven hundred thousand inhabitants, a community college located in any county with a charter form of government and with more than six hundred thousand but fewer than seven hundred thousand inhabitants, and private enterprises, has satisfied these criteria and is eligible for funding under this section.
6. The coordinating board for higher education shall conduct a review every five years of any innovation education campus to verify ongoing compliance with the requirements of subsection 4 of this section, including the Missouri innovation campus identified in subsection 5 of this section. As part of its review, the coordinating board shall consult with and take input from each entity that is a partner to an innovation education campus. Business and industry involved in an innovation education campus, either financially or through in-kind support, may provide feedback regarding the curriculum, courses, and investment quality of the innovation education campus to the coordinating board.
7. Any innovation education campus shall annually verify to the coordinating board for higher education that it has satisfied the criteria established in subsection 4 of this section. Upon verification that the criteria are satisfied, moneys from the fund shall be disbursed.
8. If the general assembly appropriates moneys to the fund, the allocation of moneys between entities partnered in an innovation education campus for purposes of operating the innovation education campus shall be determined through the appropriations process. Moneys appropriated to the fund shall not be considered part of the annual appropriation to any institution of higher education or any school district. If an innovation education campus, or any entity that has partnered to create and operate an innovation education campus, receives private funds, such private funds shall not be placed in the fund created in this section.
9. The coordinating board for higher education shall promulgate rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this section. Nothing in this section is intended to conflict with or supercede rules or regulations promulgated by the coordinating board for higher education. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, that is created under the authority delegated in this section shall become effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of the provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 536.028. This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 2013, shall be invalid and void.
(L. 2013 S.B. 381)
*"Linn State Technical College" appears in original rolls. The name of the college was changed by H.B. 673, 2013, effective 7-01-14.