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MO Rev Stat § 162.351 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 162 - School Districts|Section 162.351 - Election commissioners to conduct elections in certain districts.

Effective - 28 Aug 1978   162.351. Election commissioners to conduct elections in certain districts. — In any urban school district in a city having a population of more than three hundred thousand or in any seven-director school district located wholly within a city having a population of more than two hundred thousand and less than seven hundred thousand, or in any seven-director school district in a county having a population of more than seven hundred thousand the election authority in which the district is located shall conduct any or all school elections held in the district. ­­-------- (L. 1963 p. 200 § 3-48 and p. 344 § 165.465, A.L. 1965 p. 281, A.L. 1977 H.B. 130, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)  (Source: RSMo 1959 § 165.465)
MO Rev Stat § 162.371 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 162 - School Districts|Section 162.371 - Secretary to issue certificates.

Effective - 28 Aug 1978   162.371. Secretary to issue certificates. — The secretary of the board of education, who shall record the certification of the results of the election and, by order of the board, shall issue certificates of election to the person entitled thereto; and the results of all other propositions submitted must be reported to the secretary of the board, and by him duly entered upon the district records. ­­-------- (L. 1963 p. 200 § 3-36, A.L. 1967 p. 237, A.L. 1969 S.B. 136, A.L. 1977 H.B. 328, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)  (Source: RSMo 1959 §§ 111.255, 165.330)
MO Rev Stat § 162.381 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 162 - School Districts|Section 162.381 - Conduct of special elections.

Effective - 28 Aug 1978   162.381. Conduct of special elections. — All district special elections shall be conducted in accordance with section 162.371. ­­-------- (L. 1963 p. 200 § 3-37, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)
MO Rev Stat § 162.391 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 162 - School Districts|Section 162.391 - Employment of board members prohibited — secretary and treasurer, compensated, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1989   162.391. Employment of board members prohibited — secretary and treasurer, compensated, when. — No member of any board of education of a seven-director district, any portion of which is located in a first class county, shall hold any office or employment of profit from the board while a member thereof. No member of any board of education of a seven-director district, any portion of which is located in a county of the second, third or fourth class, shall, except as provided in sections 105.450 to 105.458, hold any office or employment of profit from the board while a member thereof. The secretary and treasurer, if not members of the board, may receive reasonable compensation for their services. ­­-------- (L. 1963 p. 200 § 3-38, A.L. 1973 H.B. 158, A.L. 1989 H.B. 493)  (Source: RSMo 1959 § 165.360)
MO Rev Stat § 162.401 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 162 - School Districts|Section 162.401 - Treasurer's bond.

Effective - 28 Aug 2018, 2 histories   162.401. Treasurer's bond. — The treasurer, before entering upon the discharge of his duties, shall enter into a bond to the state of Missouri, with one or more sureties, to be approved by the board, conditioned that he will render a faithful and just account of all money that comes into his hands as treasurer, and otherwise perform the duties of his office according to law. The bond shall be filed with the secretary of the board. The treasurer shall be the custodian of all school moneys derived from taxation for school purposes in the district until paid out on the order of the board, and on breach of the conditions of the bond, the secretary of the board, or any resident of the school district, may cause suit to be brought thereon. The suit shall be prosecuted in the name of the state of Missouri, at the relation and to the use of the proper school district. ­­-------- (L. 1963 p. 200 § 3-39, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1070, A.L. 2018 H.B. 1606 merged with S.B. 743)  (Source: RSMo 1959 § 165.337)
MO Rev Stat § 162.411 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 162 - School Districts|Section 162.411 - Board may employ attorney.

Effective - 28 Aug 1963   162.411. Board may employ attorney. — The board of any district may retain counsel when necessary to the exercise of its powers. In all school districts in this state which contain one or more cities or towns having a total population of thirty thousand inhabitants or over the school board may employ an attorney on a retainer basis whenever the board finds it necessary to do so and may prescribe his duties, compensation and term of office, which shall not exceed one year. ­­-------- (L. 1963 p. 200 § 3-40)  (Source: RSMo 1959 § 165.363)
MO Rev Stat § 162.423 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 162 - School Districts|Section 162.423 - Extension of city limits does not affect district boundaries — section effective when.

Effective - 01 Aug 1984   162.423. Extension of city limits does not affect district boundaries — section effective when. — 1. Whenever, by reason of the extension of the limits of any city or town, such limits extend beyond the boundaries of a seven-director school district, the extension of the limits shall only apply to the boundary limits of the city or town. Seven-director school district boundary lines shall remain the same as before the extension of the limits of the city or town.  2. The provisions of this section shall become effective on August 1, 1984. ­­-------- (L. 1983 H.B. 815 §§ 4, A)  Effective 8-1-84
MO Rev Stat § 162.451 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 162 - School Districts|Section 162.451 - Dissolution of district.

Effective - 17 Apr 1992   162.451. Dissolution of district. — Upon petition of at least ten percent of those voting in the last school election at which school board members were elected or one hundred voters, whichever is greater, filed with the board, the question of dissolving a seven-director district shall be submitted to the voters at a municipal election and if a majority of the voters voting thereon vote in favor of dissolution, the district shall be dissolved and the same territory included in the district may be annexed as provided by section 162.081. ­­-------- (L. 1963 p. 200 § 3-44, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971, A.L. 1992 S.B. 581)  (Source: RSMo 1959 § 165.310)  Effective 4-17-92
MO Rev Stat § 162.459 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 162 - School Districts|Section 162.459 - Boards of all seven-director and urban school districts to have seven members with the exception of Kansas City — directors, how elected.

Effective - 28 Aug 2013   162.459. Boards of all seven-director and urban school districts to have seven members with the exception of Kansas City — directors, how elected. — 1. Notwithstanding other provisions of law to the contrary, the school board of each school district designated in the statutes as a * seven-director or urban school district shall consist of seven members. At the first election for members of the school board in each of such districts after January 1, 1993, and each three years thereafter, three members of the school board shall be elected; except, no school district composed of seven members as of January 1, 1993, shall be required to modify its schedule of electing board members.  2. Provisions of law applicable to * seven-director and urban school districts, except those which conflict with the provisions of this section, shall apply to and govern the school districts designated in subsection 1 of this section. ­­-------- (L. 1984 H.B. 1456 & 1197, A.L. 1992 S.B. 581, A.L. 1994 S.B. 442, A.L. 2013 S.B. 258)  *Words "seven-director," appear here in original rolls.
MO Rev Stat § 162.461 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 162 - School Districts|Section 162.461 - Corporate powers of urban districts.

Effective - 28 Aug 1963   162.461. Corporate powers of urban districts. — Each urban school district is a body corporate known as "The School District of ______" (in which title the name of the city and any further designation that is required by regulations of the state board of education shall be inserted), possessing the same corporate powers and being governed by the same general laws as other seven-director school districts, except as otherwise provided by law. ­­-------- (L. 1963 p. 200 § 3-45)  (Source: RSMo 1959 § 165.377)
MO Rev Stat § 162.471 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 162 - School Districts|Section 162.471 - Board of directors — qualifications, terms, vacancies.

Effective - 28 Aug 2013   162.471. Board of directors — qualifications, terms, vacancies. — The government and control of an urban school district is vested in a board of seven directors. Each director shall be a voter of the district who has resided within this state for one year next preceding his election or appointment and who is at least twenty-four years of age. All directors, except as otherwise provided in section 162.481 and section 162.492, hold their offices for six years and until their successors are duly elected and qualified. All vacancies occurring in the board, except as provided in section 162.492, shall be filled by appointment by the board as soon as practicable, and the person appointed shall hold his office until the next school board election, when his successor shall be elected for the remainder of the unexpired term. The power of the board to perform any official duty during the existence of a vacancy continues unimpaired thereby. ­­-------- (L. 1963 p. 200 § 3-46, A.L. 1967 p. 232, A.L. 1977 H.B. 130, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971, A.L. 1992 H.B. 1425 merged with S.B. 470 & 497, A.L. 1998 H.B. 1272, A.L. 2013 S.B. 258)  (Source: RSMo 1959 § 165.380)
MO Rev Stat § 162.491 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 162 - School Districts|Section 162.491 - Directors may be nominated by petition, when — contents of petition, certain districts — no petition required, Buchanan County.

Effective - 28 Aug 2015   *162.491. Directors may be nominated by petition, when — contents of petition, certain districts — no petition required, Buchanan County. — 1. Directors for urban school districts, other than those districts containing the greater part of a city of over one hundred thirty thousand inhabitants, may be nominated by petition to be filed with the secretary of the board and signed by a number of voters in the district equal to ten percent of the total number of votes cast for the director receiving the highest number of votes cast at the next preceding biennial election, except as provided in subsection 4 of this section.  2. This section shall not be construed as providing the sole method of nominating candidates for the office of school director in urban districts which do not contain the greater part of a city of over three hundred thousand inhabitants.  3. A director for any urban school district containing a city of greater than one hundred thirty thousand inhabitants and less than three hundred thousand inhabitants may be nominated as an independent candidate by filing with the secretary of the board a petition signed by five hundred registered voters of such school district.  *4. In any urban school district located in a county of the first classification with more than eighty-three thousand but fewer than ninety-two thousand inhabitants and with a home rule city with more than seventy-six thousand but fewer than ninety-one thousand inhabitants as the county seat, a candidate for director shall file a declaration of candidacy with the secretary of the board and shall not be required to submit a petition. ­­-------- (L. 1963 p. 200 § 3-49, A.L. 1965 p. 283, A.L. 1967 p. 232, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971, A.L. 1987 H.B. 463, A.L. 2015 H.B. 63, A.L. 2015 S.B. 104)  (Source: RSMo 1959 § 165.470)  Effective 4-08-15 (H.B. 63); 8-28-15 (S.B. 104)  *Revisor's note: H.B. 63, effective 4-08-15, contained the following language for subsection 4 which was amended by S.B. 104, effective 8-28-15: "4. In any urban school district located in a home rule city with more than seventy-one thousand but fewer than seventy-nine thousand inhabitants, a candidate for director shall file a declaration of candidacy with the secretary of the board and shall not be required to submit a petition."
MO Rev Stat § 162.501 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 162 - School Districts|Section 162.501 - Secretary to issue certificates of election.

Effective - 28 Aug 1978   162.501. Secretary to issue certificates of election. — The secretary of the board of directors shall lay the results before the board and record the same, and under the direction of the board shall issue certificates of election to the parties entitled thereto. ­­-------- (L. 1963 p. 200 § 3-50, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)  (Source: RSMo 1959 § 165.467)
MO Rev Stat § 162.511 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 162 - School Districts|Section 162.511 - Duties, restrictions and liabilities of the board — quorum — seal.

Effective - 28 Aug 1963   162.511. Duties, restrictions and liabilities of the board — quorum — seal. — Except as provided in laws specifically applicable to urban districts the board in any urban district shall perform the same duties and be subject to the same restrictions and liabilities as the school boards of other school districts acting under the general school laws of the state. A majority of the board constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business. No contract shall be let, teacher employed, bill approved or warrant ordered unless a majority of the board shall vote therefor, but this provision does not apply to the reemployment of any teacher. It shall provide and keep a corporate seal. ­­-------- (L. 1963 p. 200 § 3-51)  (Source: RSMo 1959 § 165.387)
MO Rev Stat § 162.521 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 162 - School Districts|Section 162.521 - Selection of officers of the board — terms — removal.

Effective - 28 Aug 1963   162.521. Selection of officers of the board — terms — removal. — Within ten days after the biennial election in any urban district, the board shall meet, the duly elected members be qualified and the board organized by the election of a president, vice president, secretary and treasurer. The secretary and treasurer may or may not be members of the board. The term of office of the secretary and treasurer shall be for two years and until their successors are elected and qualified. But either of them may be removed by the board for cause. ­­-------- (L. 1963 p. 200 § 3-52)  (Source: RSMo 1959 § 165.390)
MO Rev Stat § 162.531 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 162 - School Districts|Section 162.531 - Duties of the secretary — bond.

Effective - 28 Aug 2016, 2 histories   162.531. Duties of the secretary — bond. — The secretary of the board of each urban district shall keep a record of the proceedings of the board; he shall also keep a record of all warrants drawn upon the treasurer, showing the date and amount of each, in whose favor and upon what account it was drawn, and shall also keep a register of the bonded indebtedness of the school district; he shall also perform other duties required of him by the board, and shall safely keep all bonds or other papers entrusted to his care. He shall, before entering upon his duties, execute a bond to the school district in the penal sum of not less than five thousand dollars, the amount thereof to be fixed by the board, with at least one surety, to be approved by the board. ­­-------- (L. 1963 p. 200 § 3-53, A.L. 2016 S.B. 638) (Source: RSMo 1959 § 165.397)
MO Rev Stat § 162.541 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 162 - School Districts|Section 162.541 - Bond of treasurer.

Effective - 28 Aug 2016, 2 histories   162.541. Bond of treasurer. — The treasurer of each urban district, before entering upon the discharge of his duties as such, shall enter into a bond to the state of Missouri with one or more sureties, approved by the board, conditioned that he will render a faithful and just account of all moneys that come into his hands as treasurer, and otherwise perform the duties of his office according to law and shall file the bond with the secretary of the board. On breach of any of the conditions of the bond, the board, or the president or the secretary thereof, or any resident of the school district, may cause suit to be brought thereon, in the name of the state of Missouri, at the relation and to the use of the school district. ­­-------- (L. 1963 p. 200 § 3-54, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1070, A.L. 2016 S.B. 638) (Source: RSMo 1959 § 165.407)
MO Rev Stat § 162.551 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 162 - School Districts|Section 162.551 - Compensation of treasurer and secretary.

Effective - 28 Aug 1967   162.551. Compensation of treasurer and secretary. — The treasurer and secretary of each urban district shall receive as full compensation for their services salaries fixed by the board before their election; but no compensation shall be paid to either the secretary or treasurer while they are in default in the making, filing or publishing of their reports and settlements, as the law directs. ­­-------- (L. 1963 p. 200 § 3-55, A.L. 1967 p. 232)  (Source: RSMo 1959 § 165.463)
MO Rev Stat § 162.553 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 162 - School Districts|Section 162.553 - Urban school district may form ad hoc committee on dropout prevention — members — selection.

Effective - 28 Aug 1990   162.553. Urban school district may form ad hoc committee on dropout prevention — members — selection. — There may be established for a period of not less than one year nor more than three years within each urban school district with a reported dropout rate in excess of forty percent, an ad hoc committee of thirteen to twenty members on dropout prevention. The committee shall be composed of school personnel, parents, students and community members. The committee members shall be selected by the superintendent and president of the school board with input from community organizations, the parent organizations of the district and student organizations of the district. ­­-------- (L. 1990 S.B. 740 § 36)
MO Rev Stat § 162.571 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 162 - School Districts|Section 162.571 - Corporate powers of metropolitan district — board of education, powers.

Effective - 28 Aug 1998   162.571. Corporate powers of metropolitan district — board of education, powers. — Every city in this state, not within a county, together with the territory now within its limits, or which may in the future be included by any change thereof, constitutes a single metropolitan school district, and is a body corporate. Except as otherwise provided in section 162.621, the supervision and government of public schools and public school property therein is vested in a board, to be known as "The Board of Education of ______" (in which title the name of the city shall be inserted). The board of education, by and in that name, may sue and be sued, purchase, receive, hold and sell property, and, except as otherwise provided in section 162.621, do all things necessary to accomplish the purpose for which the school district is organized. All titles to property granted to the city by the United States or this state for school purposes, and the title to all school lands and other property of every kind, is vested in the board of education established by this law. ­­-------- (L. 1963 p. 200 § 3-57, A.L. 1965 p. 275, A.L. 1967 p. 238, A.L. 1998 S.B. 781)  (Source: RSMo 1959 § 165.563)
MO Rev Stat § 162.581 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 162 - School Districts|Section 162.581 - Qualifications of board members — oath — exemption from service as election officers.

Effective - 28 Aug 1998   162.581. Qualifications of board members — oath — exemption from service as election officers. — 1. The members of the board of education shall be elected from the city, as provided in section 162.601, on a general ticket, and shall be at least twenty-four years of age, citizens and residents of the city, and shall have been residents and citizens for at least three years immediately preceding their election. They shall not hold any office, except that of notary public, in the city or state, nor be interested in any contract with or claim against the board, either directly or indirectly. If at any time after the election of any member of the board he becomes interested in any contract with or claim against the board, either directly or indirectly, or as agent or employee of any individual, firm or corporation, which is so interested, he shall thereupon be disqualified to continue as a member of the board, and shall continue to be so disqualified during the remainder of the term for which he was elected.  2. Every member of the board, before assuming the duties of his office, shall take oath before a circuit or associate circuit judge of the city, which oath shall be kept of record in the office of the board, that he possesses all the qualifications required by this section, and that he will not, while serving as a member of the board, become interested in any contract with or claim against the board, directly or indirectly, or as agent or employee of any individual, firm or corporation which is so interested, and that he will not be influenced, during his term of office, by any consideration except that of merit and fitness in the appointment of officers and the engagement of employees.  3. No compensation shall be paid to the members of the board, but they are exempt from service as election officers during the term of office. ­­-------- (L. 1963 p. 200 § 3-58, A.L. 1976 S.B. 821, A.L. 1977 H.B. 130, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 1989 S.B. 127, et al., A.L. 1998 S.B. 781)  (Source: RSMo 1959 § 165.567)
MO Rev Stat § 162.591 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 162 - School Districts|Section 162.591 - Organization of board — board to appoint acting superintendent, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1985   162.591. Organization of board — board to appoint acting superintendent, when. — 1. The board shall organize by electing a president, vice president, and secretary from its members. The board of education, as soon as practicable after its organization, shall appoint a superintendent of schools.  2. On an annual basis, the board of education shall reorganize by electing a president, vice president, and secretary from its members.  3. If the board determines, by vote of a majority of its members, that the superintendent of schools is unable to perform his duties as required by section 168.211 or if the office of the superintendent is vacant, the board shall appoint an acting superintendent to serve during the period of the disability of the superintendent or the vacancy in the office thereof. ­­-------- (L. 1963 p. 200 § 3-59, A.L. 1967 p. 238, A.L. 1985 H.B. 379)  (Source: RSMo 1959 § 165.570)