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MO Rev Stat § 170.231 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 170 - Instruction — Materials and Subjects|Section 170.231 - Inspection by the public of instructional material, research and experimentation programs or projects.

Effective - 28 Aug 1983   170.231. Inspection by the public of instructional material, research and experimentation programs or projects. — The school board of each school district shall provide that all public school instructional material intended for use in connection with any public school classroom instruction, or any public school research or experimentation program or project, shall be available for inspection by any person. For the purpose of this section, "classroom instruction" shall mean any public school instruction involving teachers and students or peers and students; "research or experimentation program or project" shall mean any public school research or experimentation program or project designed to explore or develop new and unproven teaching methods and techniques. ­­-------- (L. 1983 H.B. 815 § 162.021)
MO Rev Stat § 170.260 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 170 - Instruction — Materials and Subjects|Section 170.260 - Motivated students program, requirements.

Effective - 28 Aug 1996, 2 histories   170.260. Motivated students program, requirements. — Each school in each school district, as defined in section 160.010, which offers more than one classroom section of a regular instruction class or program, may offer at least one section of such class or program which shall be designated as motivated. Only students who apply for entrance into the motivated section and complete and sign a motivated contract, established by resolution of the school board of the district, shall be eligible for admission into a class or program designated as motivated. The contract shall include, at a minimum:  (1) A commitment to do all required homework except when extenuating circumstances prevent;  (2) A commitment to be respectful to teachers and other students at all times;  (3) Provision for probationary status upon the first violation of the contract by the student; and  (4) Provision for transfer to a regular class or program upon the third violation of the contract within a school year by the student. ­­-------- (L. 1996 H.B. 1301 & 1298)
MO Rev Stat § 170.300 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 170 - Instruction — Materials and Subjects|Section 170.300 - Phonics instruction pilot project.

Effective - 28 Aug 1999   170.300. Phonics instruction pilot project. — Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, beginning with the 1999-2000 school year, there is hereby established within each subdistrict of each metropolitan school district, a pilot project of explicit phonics instruction for students up to and including third grade. This project shall employ the methodology of teaching public school students to pronounce and read words by learning the phonetic sound associations of individual letters, letter groups and syllables and the principles governing these associations. Reading instruction using implied recognition of words or partial words through the use of pictures or other references other than explicit pronunciation of phonetic letter combinations shall not be admitted as a substitute or in combination with explicit phonics instruction. ­­-------- (L. 1999 H.B. 889 § 8)
MO Rev Stat § 170.305 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 170 - Instruction — Materials and Subjects|Section 170.305 - Supplemental educational services, equipment and educational materials not deemed an incentive for certification purposes.

Effective - 28 Aug 2009   170.305. Supplemental educational services, equipment and educational materials not deemed an incentive for certification purposes. — Any and all equipment and educational materials necessary for successful participation in supplemental educational services programming shall not be deemed an incentive for the purposes of compliance with department of elementary and secondary education rules and regulations for supplemental educational services provider certification. The department of elementary and secondary education shall not prohibit providers of supplemental and educational services from allowing students to retain instructional equipment, including computers, used by them upon successful completion of supplemental and educational services. ­­-------- (L. 2009 S.B. 291 § 170.400)
MO Rev Stat § 170.311 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 170 - Instruction — Materials and Subjects|Section 170.311 - Organ, eye, and tissue donation, instruction on, when — students may opt out of instruction, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 2018   170.311. Organ, eye, and tissue donation, instruction on, when — students may opt out of instruction, when. — 1. If a state or nationally recognized program or organization that provides unbiased information on organ, eye, and tissue donation requests to present information on organ, eye, and tissue donation to a school board or a governing board of a charter school, the school board or governing board shall allow a presentation to be given, and shall allot no less than thirty minutes for the presentation. School boards and governing boards shall then consider the information presented and make a decision on whether to present such information to students and parents in the district or charter school and the manner in which such information shall be presented.  2. No student shall be required to participate in any instruction relating to information about organ, eye, and tissue donation if the student has any sincerely held religious or emotional belief which is contrary to such instruction. ­­-------- (L. 2018 H.B. 2129)
MO Rev Stat § 170.312 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 170 - Instruction — Materials and Subjects|Section 170.312 - Safe place for newborns act, instruction on, requirements.

Effective - 28 Aug 2013   170.312. Safe place for newborns act, instruction on, requirements. — 1. A school district or charter school may provide annually to high school students enrolled in health education at least thirty minutes of age- and grade-appropriate classroom instruction relative to the safe place for newborns act of 2002 under section 210.950, which provides a mechanism whereby any parent may relinquish the care of an infant to the state in safety and anonymity and without fear of prosecution under certain specified conditions.  2. A school district or charter school that elects to offer such information pursuant to this section shall include the following:  (1) An explanation that relinquishment of an infant means to give over possession or control of the infant to other specified persons as provided by law with the settled intent to forego all parental responsibilities;  (2) The process to be followed by a parent in making a relinquishment;  (3) The general locations where an infant may be left in the care of certain people;  (4) The available options if a parent is unable to travel to a designated emergency care facility; and  (5) The process by which a relinquishing parent may reclaim parental rights to the infant and the time lines for taking this action. ­­-------- (L. 2013 S.B. 256 § 1)
MO Rev Stat § 170.315 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 170 - Instruction — Materials and Subjects|Section 170.315 - Active shooter and intruder response training for schools program established, purpose — mandatory drill to be conducted.

Effective - 28 Aug 2013   170.315. Active shooter and intruder response training for schools program established, purpose — mandatory drill to be conducted. — 1. There is hereby established the Active Shooter and Intruder Response Training for Schools Program (ASIRT). Each school district and charter school may, by July 1, 2014, include in its teacher and school employee training a component on how to properly respond to students who provide them with information about a threatening situation and how to address situations in which there is a potentially dangerous or armed intruder in the school. Training may also include information and techniques on how to address situations where an active shooter is present in the school or on school property.  2. Each school district and charter school may conduct the training on an annual basis. If no formal training has previously occurred, the length of the training may be eight hours. The length of annual continuing training may be four hours.  3. All school personnel shall participate in a simulated active shooter and intruder response drill conducted and led by law enforcement professionals. Each drill may include an explanation of its purpose and a safety briefing. The training shall require each participant to know and understand how to respond in the event of an actual emergency on school property or at a school event. The drill may include:  (1) Allowing school personnel to respond to the simulated emergency in whatever way they have been trained or informed; and  (2) Allowing school personnel to attempt and implement new methods of responding to the simulated emergency based upon previously used unsuccessful methods of response.  4. All instructors for the program shall be certified by the department of public safety's peace officers standards training commission.  5. School districts and charter schools may consult and collaborate with law enforcement authorities, emergency response agencies, and other organizations and entities trained to deal with active shooters or potentially dangerous or armed intruders.  6. Public schools shall foster an environment in which students feel comfortable sharing information they have regarding a potentially threatening or dangerous situation with a responsible adult. ­­-------- (L. 2013 S.B. 75)
MO Rev Stat § 170.340 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 170 - Instruction — Materials and Subjects|Section 170.340 - Books of religious nature may be used, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 2013   170.340. Books of religious nature may be used, when. — Books of a religious nature may be used in the classroom as part of instruction in elective courses in literature and history, as long as such books are not used in a manner so as to violate the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. ­­-------- (L. 2013 S.B. 17)
MO Rev Stat § 170.345 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 170 - Instruction — Materials and Subjects|Section 170.345 - Missouri civics education initiative — examination required — waiver, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 2016   170.345. Missouri civics education initiative — examination required — waiver, when. — 1. This section shall be known as the "Missouri Civics Education Initiative".  2. Any student entering the ninth grade after July 1, 2017, who is attending any public, charter, or private school, except private trade schools, as a condition of high school graduation shall pass an examination on the provisions and principles of American civics.  3. The examination shall consist of one hundred questions similar to the one hundred questions used by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) that are administered to applicants for United States citizenship.  4. The examination required under this section may be included in any other examination that is administered on the provisions and principles of the Constitution of the United States and of the state of Missouri, and in American history and American institutions, as required in subsection 3 of section 170.011.  5. School districts may use any online test to comply with the provisions of this section.  6. Each school district shall adopt a policy to permit the waiver of the requirements of this section for any student with a disability if recommended by the student's IEP committee. For purposes of this subsection, "IEP" means individualized education program. ­­-------- (L. 2016 H.B. 1646, 2132 & 1621 merged with S.B. 638)
MO Rev Stat § 170.350 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 170 - Instruction — Materials and Subjects|Section 170.350 - Constitution Project of the Missouri Supreme Court, participation in, effect of.

Effective - 28 Aug 2016   170.350. Constitution Project of the Missouri Supreme Court, participation in, effect of. — A school district may develop a policy that allows student participation in the Constitution Project of the Missouri Supreme Court to be recognized by:  (1) The granting of credit for some portion of, or in collaboration with:  (a) Inclusion in the student's record of good citizenship as required by the A+ tuition reimbursement program under section 160.545; or  (b) The Missouri and United States Constitution course required under section 170.011; or  (c) Any relevant course or instructional unit in American government or a similar subject; or  (2) District or school-level awards including, but not limited to, certificates or assemblies. ­­-------- (L. 2016 H.B. 1646, 2132 & 1621 merged with S.B. 638)
MO Rev Stat § 171.011 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 171 - School Operations|Section 171.011 - School board may adopt rules and regulations.

Effective - 28 Aug 1963   171.011. School board may adopt rules and regulations. — The school board of each school district in the state may make all needful rules and regulations for the organization, grading and government in the school district. The rules shall take effect when a copy of the rules, duly signed by order of the board, is deposited with the district clerk. The district clerk shall transmit forthwith a copy of the rules to the teachers employed in the schools. The rules may be amended or repealed in like manner. ­­-------- (L. 1963 p. 200 § 11-1)  (Source: RSMo 1959 § 163.010)  CROSS REFERENCES:  Admission of nonresident pupils, 167.151  Summary suspension of pupils, 167.171  Suspension or expulsion of pupils by board, 167.161
MO Rev Stat § 171.021 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 171 - School Operations|Section 171.021 - Schools receiving public moneys to display United States flag — requirement to recite Pledge of Allegiance once per school day — students not required to recite.

Effective - 28 Aug 2016, 2 histories   171.021. Schools receiving public moneys to display United States flag — requirement to recite Pledge of Allegiance once per school day — students not required to recite. — 1. Every school in this state which is supported in whole or in part by public moneys, during the hours while school is in session, shall display in some prominent place either upon the outside of the school building or upon a pole erected in the school yard the flag of the United States of America.  2. Every school in this state which is supported in whole or in part by public moneys shall ensure that the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag of the United States of America is recited in at least one scheduled class of every pupil enrolled in that school no less often than once per school day. Flags for display in individual classrooms may be provided by voluntary donation by any person. No student shall be required to recite the Pledge of Allegiance. ­­-------- (L. 1963 p. 200 § 11-2, A.L. 2002 S.B. 718, A.L. 2016 S.B. 638) (Source: RSMo 1959 § 163.030)
MO Rev Stat § 171.026 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 171 - School Operations|Section 171.026 - Student programs on occupations and educational options, military forces may be represented.

Effective - 28 Aug 1981   171.026. Student programs on occupations and educational options, military forces may be represented. — If the school board of any school district in the state provides access to persons or groups which make students aware of occupational or educational options, the board shall provide access on the same basis to official recruiting representatives of the military forces of the state and of the United States for the purpose of informing students of educational and career opportunities available in the military. ­­-------- (L. 1981 H.B. 717 § 1)
MO Rev Stat § 171.034 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 171 - School Operations|Section 171.034 - Provision of food services by school districts eligible to reduce make-up days.

Effective - 31 May 2006   171.034. Provision of food services by school districts eligible to reduce make-up days. — Any school district that is eligible to reduce its requirement to make up days pursuant to subsection 3 of section 171.033 may provide food service on a summer school food service basis if it resumes school with double sessions. ­­-------- (L. 2006 S.B. 769 § 1)  Effective 5-31-06
MO Rev Stat § 171.051 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 171 - School Operations|Section 171.051 - School holidays.

Effective - 28 Aug 2014   171.051. School holidays. — School holidays include Thanksgiving Day, December twenty-fifth, the third Monday in February, July fourth, and may include November eleventh at the discretion of the school district. ­­-------- (L. 1963 p. 200 § 11-5, A.L. 1969 p. 85, A.L. 2014 S.B. 600)  (Source: RSMo 1959 § 163.020)
MO Rev Stat § 171.053 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 171 - School Operations|Section 171.053 - Participation in sanctioned program activities, excused absences allowed — state aid, computation for such activities.

Effective - 28 Aug 2004   171.053. Participation in sanctioned program activities, excused absences allowed — state aid, computation for such activities. — 1. The general assembly hereby finds and declares that:  (1) The Future Farmers of America Organization (FFA Organization), Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) and 4-H programs in the state and the organized competitions held as a part of the Missouri state fair involve an education and learning process that is not otherwise available in the regular curriculum of secondary education in Missouri;  (2) The principles and practices learned by students in such programs are highly beneficial to students;  (3) Participation in such programs should be encouraged; and  (4) One method of encouraging participation in such programs is to allow such participation to be counted as school attendance for the purpose of determining state school aid.  2. It is the purpose and intent of this section to assure that participation of students in sanctioned activities of such programs be allowed to such extent as may be determined appropriate by the school boards of the various school districts.  3. Any school district which allows an excused absence for athletics or any other extracurricular school activity shall allow, pursuant to its written policy and with the approval of the responsible sponsoring school employee, any student enrolled in the district to use such regularly scheduled instructional time as is reasonably necessary for such student to participate in an officially sanctioned activity of any such program; provided, if the program is not a part of the Missouri state fair or 4-H, that such program has a local chapter which is officially recognized by the student's school.  4. For the purpose of distributing state school aid pursuant to section 163.031, a student who is participating in an officially sanctioned activity of any such program, as provided pursuant to subsection 3 of this section, shall be considered to be attending regularly scheduled instruction in the district and such hours of participation occurring during the regular school day shall be included in the district's calculation of average daily attendance, as defined in section 163.011. ­­-------- (L. 2004 S.B. 968 and S.B. 969)
MO Rev Stat § 171.091 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 171 - School Operations|Section 171.091 - Board may provide adult classes out of certain funds.

Effective - 27 Jun 1973   171.091. Board may provide adult classes out of certain funds. — The school board of any school district in this state may provide for the gratuitous education of persons over twenty years of age, resident in the school district. The gratuitous education, however, shall be provided only out of revenue derived by the school district from sources other than those described in Section 3, Article IX, of the Constitution of this State. ­­-------- (L. 1963 p. 200 § 11-9, A.L. 1967 p. 236, A.L. 1973 H.B. 38)  (Source: RSMo 1959 § 163.160)  Effective 6-27-73
MO Rev Stat § 171.096 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 171 - School Operations|Section 171.096 - Board may permit use of school facilities for adult education purposes.

Effective - 28 Aug 1967   171.096. Board may permit use of school facilities for adult education purposes. — Each school board in the state may, under such terms and conditions as it may determine, permit the use of its buildings and grounds for adult education purposes. ­­-------- (L. 1967 1st Ex. Sess. p. 894 § 1)
MO Rev Stat § 171.098 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 171 - School Operations|Section 171.098 - Board may authorize sale of class projects to pupils at cost.

Effective - 28 Aug 1973   171.098. Board may authorize sale of class projects to pupils at cost. — The school board in each school district may authorize the sale of any product or item made as a class project or activity from materials purchased with district funds to any pupil enrolled in the schools of the district. The selling price shall approximate the cost of the materials only. ­­-------- (L. 1973 H.B. 232 § 2)
MO Rev Stat § 171.101 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 171 - School Operations|Section 171.101 - Board may provide facilities and services for pupils living on federal lands.

Effective - 28 Aug 1963   171.101. Board may provide facilities and services for pupils living on federal lands. — The school board of a seven-director district may provide educational facilities and services for pupils residing on lands acquired by the federal government in the state of Missouri for military or other purposes. The board may operate schools on federal lands adjoining the district if adequate plant facilities therefor are provided by the federal government. ­­-------- (L. 1963 p. 200 § 11-10)  (Source: RSMo 1959 § 165.375)  CROSS REFERENCE:  State aid for pupils residing on federal lands, 163.071
MO Rev Stat § 171.121 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 171 - School Operations|Section 171.121 - District may be closed and required to transport pupils — apportionment of state aid.

Effective - 01 Jul 2006   171.121. District may be closed and required to transport pupils — apportionment of state aid. — If any district in this state has an average daily attendance of less than fifteen pupils as shown by the records of the last previous school year, the state board of education, after investigation that convinces it that it would be to the best interests of all concerned, shall require the board to provide for the tuition and transportation of the pupils of the district to other public schools. Separate records of the attendance of pupils from the closed district shall be kept and the district shall receive the same apportionment under section 163.031 as it would have received otherwise. For the first year after the closing of a district, apportionment shall be made under section 163.031 to the closed district on the basis of the average daily attendance of the preceding year and shall be paid by the closed district to the districts receiving its pupils in proportion to the number of pupils received by each. ­­-------- (L. 1963 p. 200 § 11-12, A.L. 2005 S.B. 287)  (Source: RSMo 1959 § 161.120)  Effective 7-01-06