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2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 168 - Personnel — Teachers and Others › Section 168.118 - Termination hearing, procedure, costs.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 168
• Effective - 28 Aug 1969
168.118. Termination hearing, procedure, costs. —
If a hearing is requested on the termination of an indefinite contract it shall be conducted by the board of education in accordance with the following provisions:
(1) The hearing shall be public;
(2) Both the teacher and the person filing charges may be represented by counsel who may cross-examine witnesses;
(3) Testimony at hearings shall be on oath or affirmation administered by the president of the board of education, who for the purpose of hearings held under sections 168.102 to 168.130 shall have the authority to administer oaths;
(4) The school board shall have the power to subpoena witnesses and documentary evidence as provided in section 536.077 and shall do so on its own motion or at the request of the teacher against whom charges have been made. The school board shall hear testimony of all witnesses named by the teacher; however, the school board may limit the number of witnesses to be subpoenaed on behalf of the teacher to not more than ten;
(5) The board of education shall employ a stenographer who shall make a full record of the proceedings of the hearings and who shall, within ten days after the conclusion thereof, furnish the board of education and the teacher, at no cost to the teacher, with a copy of the transcript of the record, which shall be certified by the stenographer to be complete and correct. The transcript shall not be open to public inspection, unless the hearing on the termination of the contract was an open hearing or if an appeal from the decision of the board is taken by the teacher;
(6) All costs of the hearing shall be paid by the school board except the cost of counsel for the teacher;
(7) The decision of the board of education resulting in the demotion of a permanent teacher or the termination of an indefinite contract shall be by a majority vote of the members of the board of education and the decision shall be made within seven days after the transcript is furnished them. A written copy of the decision shall be furnished the teacher within three days thereafter.
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(L. 1969 p. 275 § 168.109)
(1974) Court rejected proposition that a breach of rules regarding sabbatical leave constituted an abandonment of his contract by a teacher and waived due process requirement of hearing. Lindberg School Dist. v. Syrewicz (A.), 516 S.W.2d 507.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 168 - Personnel — Teachers and Others › Section 168.120 - Appeal by teacher, procedure.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 168
• Effective - 28 Aug 1969, 2 histories
168.120. Appeal by teacher, procedure. —
1. The teacher shall have the right to appeal from the decision of the board of education to the circuit court of the county where the employing school district is located. The appeal shall be taken within fifteen days after service of a copy of the decision of the board of education upon the teacher, and if an appeal is not taken within the time, then the decision of the board of education shall become final.
2. The appeal may be taken by filing notice of appeal with the board of education, whereupon the board of education, under its certificate, shall forward to the court all documents and papers on file in the matter, together with a transcript of the evidence, the findings and the decision of the board of education, which shall thereupon become the record of the cause. Such appeal shall be heard as provided in chapter 536.
3. Appeals from the circuit court shall be allowed in the same manner as in civil actions, except that the original transcript prepared and filed in the circuit court by the board of education, together with a transcript of the proceedings had in the circuit court, shall constitute the transcript on appeal in the appellate court. The board of education shall make available, to the parties, copies of any transcript prepared and filed by it in the circuit court and upon final determination of the cause in the appellate court the original record of the board of education filed as a part of the transcript on appeal shall be certified back to the board of education by the appellate court. In all appeals from the board of education or circuit court the costs thereof shall be assessed against the losing party as provided by law in civil cases. All appeals to the circuit court and appellate courts shall have precedence over all cases except election contests.
4. If the circuit court finds for the teacher, he shall be restored to permanent teacher status and shall receive compensation for the period during which he may have been suspended from work, and such other relief as may be granted by the court.
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(L. 1969 p. 275 § 168.110)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 168 - Personnel — Teachers and Others › Section 168.122 - Leaves of absence, board may establish policy — retention of permanent status.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 168
• Effective - 28 Aug 1990
168.122. Leaves of absence, board may establish policy — retention of permanent status. —
A board of education may establish policies for granting leave of absence including sabbatical leave, maternity leave, sick leave, and military leave. The board of education of a school district may, upon the written request of a teacher, and for good cause shown, grant a leave of absence or place him on a part-time teaching schedule for a period of one year, subject to renewal from year to year. Leaves and military service shall not be counted as continuous full-time service in computing tenure but shall not impair the tenure previously acquired by teacher under sections 168.102 to 168.130 nor affect any credit toward tenure previously earned. Any teacher under sections 168.102 to 168.130 who is called into active military service with the Armed Forces of the United States is eligible for reinstatement upon his discharge from said service without loss of tenure. Any permanent teacher employed on a part-time basis, whether at his request or not, shall retain permanent status. Any probationary teacher employed on a part-time basis, whether at his request or not, shall retain all credit earned toward permanent status and shall continue to earn credit on a pro rata basis toward permanent status.
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(L. 1969 p. 275 § 168.111, A.L. 1990 S.B. 740)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 168 - Personnel — Teachers and Others › Section 168.124 - Board may place on leave — provisions governing — salary to be paid to affected teacher, when.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 168
• Effective - 28 Aug 2004
168.124. Board may place on leave — provisions governing — salary to be paid to affected teacher, when. —
1. The board of education of a school district may place on leave of absence as many teachers as may be necessary because of a decrease in pupil enrollment, school district reorganization or the financial condition of the school district. In placing teachers on leave, the board of education shall be governed by the following provisions:
(1) No permanent teacher shall be placed on leave of absence while probationary teachers are retained in positions for which a permanent teacher is qualified;
(2) Permanent teachers shall be retained on the basis of performance-based evaluations and seniority (however, seniority shall not be controlling) within the field of specialization;
(3) Permanent teachers shall be reinstated to the positions from which they have been given leaves of absence, or if not available, to positions requiring like training and experience, or to other positions in the school system for which they are qualified by training and experience;
(4) No appointment of new teachers shall be made while there are available teachers on unrequested leave of absence who are properly qualified to fill such vacancies;
(5) A teacher placed on leave of absence may engage in teaching or another occupation during the period of such leave;
(6) The leave of absence shall not impair the tenure of a teacher;
(7) The leave of absence shall continue for a period of not more than three years unless extended by the board.
2. Should a board of education choose to utilize the mechanism for reducing teacher forces as provided in subsection 1 of this section in an attempt to manage adverse financial conditions caused at least partially by a withholding of, or a decrease or less than expected increase in, education appropriations, then the district additionally shall follow the provisions of subsection 3 of this section.
3. If a school district has an unrestricted combined ending fund balance of more than ten percent of current expenditures in its teachers' and incidental funds, and in the subsequent fiscal year such district, because of state appropriations, places a contracted teacher on leave of absence after forty days subsequent to the governor signing the elementary and secondary education appropriation bill, the district shall pay the affected teacher the greater of his or her salary for any days worked under the contract, or a sum equal to three thousand dollars.
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(L. 1969 p. 275 § 168.112, A.L. 1983 H.B. 38 & 783, A.L. 1984 H.B. 1456 & 1197, A.L. 1993 S.B. 49, A.L. 2004 S.B. 968 and S.B. 969)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 168 - Personnel — Teachers and Others › Section 168.128 - Teacher records, how maintained — evaluations, how performed and maintained.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 168
• Effective - 28 Aug 1983
168.128. Teacher records, how maintained — evaluations, how performed and maintained. —
The board of education of each school district shall maintain records showing periods of service, dates of appointment, and other necessary information for the enforcement of sections 168.102 to 168.130. In addition, the board of education of each school district shall cause a comprehensive, performance-based evaluation for each teacher employed by the district. Such evaluations shall be ongoing and of sufficient specificity and frequency to provide for demonstrated standards of competency and academic ability. All evaluations shall be maintained in the teacher's personnel file at the office of the board of education. A copy of each evaluation shall be provided to the teacher and appropriate administrator. The state department of elementary and secondary education shall provide suggested procedures for such an evaluation.
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(L. 1969 p. 275 § 168.114, A.L. 1983 H.B. 38 & 783)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 168 - Personnel — Teachers and Others › Section 168.129 - Board member exempt from civil liability resulting from charges against teacher.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 168
• Effective - 28 Aug 1969
168.129. Board member exempt from civil liability resulting from charges against teacher. —
No member of a board of education or duly designated administrative officer of a board of education shall be liable in a civil action based on a statement of charges against a school teacher.
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(L. 1969 p. 275 § 168.115)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 168 - Personnel — Teachers and Others › Section 168.130 - Teachers not to participate in management of school board election, campaign.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 168
• Effective - 28 Aug 1969, 2 histories
168.130. Teachers not to participate in management of school board election, campaign. —
No teacher shall take part in the management of the campaign for the election or defeat of members of a board of education by which he is employed. Any teacher who violates the provisions of this section shall be subject to termination of his employment by the district with the right of a hearing and appeal as heretofore provided.
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(L. 1969 p. 275 § 168.116)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 168 - Personnel — Teachers and Others › Section 168.151 - Solicitation of or payment by teacher of expenses of school prohibited, penalty.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 168
Effective - 28 Aug 1963
168.151. Solicitation of or payment by teacher of expenses of school prohibited, penalty. —
It is unlawful for any school board or any member or employee of a school board to solicit or to receive any money from any teacher employed by their district for the purpose of paying tuition or any other expenses of the operation of schools. It is unlawful for any teacher to contribute or to agree to contribute any portion of his salary to his school board, or any member, or employee thereof, for the purposes stated above. Any person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not to exceed one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year or by both fine and imprisonment.
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(L. 1963 p. 200 § 9-15)
(Source: RSMo 1959 § 163.380)
CROSS REFERENCE:
Exception to prohibition, certain districts, 167.151
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 168 - Personnel — Teachers and Others › Section 168.171 - Supervisor of physical education, supervisor of health and school nurses may be employed in certain districts.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 168
• Effective - 28 Aug 1963
168.171. Supervisor of physical education, supervisor of health and school nurses may be employed in certain districts. —
Each school board employing thirty or more teachers may employ a supervisor of physical education for the schools under its jurisdiction whose qualifications for service shall be established by the state board of education. The supervisor of physical education, under the direction of the superintendent of schools of the district, shall supervise the teaching of all subjects related to physical education and the physical well-being of the children under his charge, direct the supervised play and gymnastics in the schools and control school athletics. School boards employing thirty or more teachers may employ, or otherwise provide or secure the service of, a supervisor of health and of one or more school nurses, who shall serve under the administration of the superintendent of schools of the district. If the supervisor of physical education is qualified to perform the duties of supervisor of health, he may perform the duties of both offices. All duties performed by the supervisor of health or the school nurses shall be performed with the advice and cooperation of the director of the state department of health and senior services.
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(L. 1963 p. 200 § 9-17)
(Source: RSMo 1959 § 163.270)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 168 - Personnel — Teachers and Others › Section 168.181 - Business manager and clerical help may be employed in certain districts — duties.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 168
Effective - 28 Aug 1963
168.181. Business manager and clerical help may be employed in certain districts — duties. —
The school board in every school district containing a city which has a population of not less than ten thousand inhabitants may:
(1) Employ the clerical help and telephone service which the board, in its judgment, deems necessary to administer the affairs of the public school system in the school district.
(2) Employ a business manager for the school district, at a salary to be fixed by the board for a term of not to exceed four years unless sooner removed for cause by the board, who shall, under the direction of the board, perform the duties delegated to him by the board relating to the business management of the school district. Under the direction of the board he shall have charge of the purchasing of all supplies and materials for the repair and maintenance of the school buildings and other buildings owned by the school district and the upkeep of all buildings and grounds of the school district. He shall, as far as possible, relieve the superintendent of schools of the business management of the school district, now delegated to superintendents of the school districts by school boards, so as to enable the superintendent to devote his full time to educational matters within the school district. The business manager shall at all times be subject to the direction and supervision of the school board in all duties he performs.
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(L. 1963 p. 200 § 9-18)
(Source: RSMo 1959 § 165.153)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 168 - Personnel — Teachers and Others › Section 168.191 - Superintendent of schools, employment of authorized (first class charter counties).

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 168
Effective - 01 Jul 1974, see footnote
168.191. Superintendent of schools, employment of authorized (first class charter counties). —
In all counties of the first class except counties of the first class not having a charter form of government, any board of education, other than boards in urban districts, in charge of a public school system maintaining a classified high school, previously approved by the state board of education, and employing a superintendent devoting his full time to supervisory and administrative work, may employ and enter into contract with a superintendent of schools for the school district for a period of not to exceed three years. This law shall not invalidate or repeal any other law of this state relating to the employment of teachers, principals or superintendents of public schools.
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(L. 1963 p. 200 § 9-19, A.L. 1973 H.B. 158)
(Source: RSMo 1959 § 165.147)
Effective 7-1-74
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 168 - Personnel — Teachers and Others › Section 168.201 - Superintendent of schools and other employees — employment of by all districts except metropolitan authorized.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 168
Effective - 01 Jul 1974, see footnote
168.201. Superintendent of schools and other employees — employment of by all districts except metropolitan authorized. —
The board of education in all districts except metropolitan districts may employ and contract with a superintendent for a term not to exceed three years from the time of making the contract, and may employ such other servants and agents as it deems necessary, and prescribe their powers, duties, compensation and term of office or employment which shall not exceed three years. It shall provide and keep a corporate seal.
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(L. 1963 p. 200 § 9-20, A.L. 1973 H.B. 158)
(Source: RSMo 1959 § 165.387)
Effective 7-1-74
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 168 - Personnel — Teachers and Others › Section 168.205 - Superintendent, school districts may share, when — additional state aid.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 168
Effective - 28 Aug 2022, 2 histories
168.205. Superintendent, school districts may share, when — additional state aid. —
1. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, two or more school districts may share a superintendent who possesses a valid Missouri superintendent's license. If any school districts choose to share a superintendent, they shall not be required to receive approval from the department of elementary and secondary education but may notify the department.
2. (1) Beginning July 1, 2023, subject to appropriation, a school district that enters into an agreement with another school district to share a superintendent shall receive additional state aid under this subsection.
(2) The department of elementary and secondary education shall annually distribute thirty thousand dollars to any school district that shares a superintendent under this subsection. Any such amount distributed to a school district shall be in addition to and shall not be included in any calculation of state aid under chapter 163.
(3) To receive the additional thirty thousand dollars under this subsection, the school district shall provide proof to the department of elementary and secondary education that the school district will use all of the additional thirty thousand dollars received under this subsection and at least half of the amount saved as a result of participating in sharing a superintendent under this subsection to compensate teachers or to provide counseling services.
(4) No school district that receives additional funding under this subsection shall receive such funding for more than five years.
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(L. 2014 S.B. 701, A.L. 2022 S.B. 681 & 662)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 168 - Personnel — Teachers and Others › Section 168.232 - Consequences of dissolution of St. Louis special school district.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 168
Effective - 28 Aug 1998
168.232. Consequences of dissolution of St. Louis special school district. —
1. If the responsibility for teaching all or any group of students in a special school district located in a county of the first classification with a charter form of government and population of at least nine hundred thousand inhabitants is transferred or removed to one or more separate school districts by vote of the citizens, dissolution, annexation, court action, or any other authority under Missouri or federal laws, the latter school district or districts shall become the receiving or successor school district or districts.
2. The successor school district or districts shall honor the provisions of all teachers' contracts of teachers of the sending or prior school district who are employed by the successor school district pertaining to the tenure status or years of credit toward tenure or both of said teachers and their salary position on the salary schedule and fringe benefits.
3. This section shall only apply to the transfer of an
*
academic, special education, vocational education or technical education program or athletic program from one school district identified in subsection 1 of this section to one or more separate school districts.
4. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require a successor district to employ any person.
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(L. 1998 S.B. 781 § 168.231)
*Word "a" appears in original rolls.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 168 - Personnel — Teachers and Others › Section 168.251 - Noncertificated employees — appointment, promotion, removal, suspension (metropolitan districts).

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 168
• Effective - 28 Aug 2009
168.251. Noncertificated employees — appointment, promotion, removal, suspension (metropolitan districts). —
1. All employees of a metropolitan school district shall be appointed and promoted under rules and regulations prescribed by the board of education of the school district. The rules shall be complementary to the provisions of sections 168.251 to 168.291
*
as to the removal, discharge, suspension without pay or demotion of permanent employees and not in derogation thereof. The word
"employee"
or
"employees"
as used in this section means all employees, male or female, except certificated employees.
2. All appointments and promotions of noncertificated employees shall be made in the case of appointment by examination, and in case of promotion by length and character of service. Examinations for appointments shall be conducted by the director of personnel under regulations to be made by the board.
3. Sections 168.251 to 168.291
*
shall not apply to employees hired after August 28, 2009.
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(L. 1963 p. 200 § 9-25, A.L. 2009 S.B. 291)
(Source: L. 1961 p. 354 §§ 1, 3)
*Section 168.291 was repealed by S.B. 125, 2013.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 168 - Personnel — Teachers and Others › Section 168.261 - Director of personnel, appointment — personnel committee, appointment (metropolitan districts).

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 168
• Effective - 28 Aug 2005
168.261. Director of personnel, appointment — personnel committee, appointment (metropolitan districts). —
A director of personnel may be appointed by the superintendent of schools subject to the approval of the board of education of the metropolitan school district. The director of personnel shall be a member of a personnel committee representing certificated and noncertificated employees, the committee to be appointed in the manner that the rules of the board of education provide.
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(L. 1963 p. 200 § 9-26, A.L. 1967 p. 238, A.L. 2005 H.B. 297 merged with S.B. 298)
(Source: L. 1961 p. 354 § 2)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 168 - Personnel — Teachers and Others › Section 168.271 - Probationary period for employees — discharge during (metropolitan districts).

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 168
• Effective - 28 Aug 1963
168.271. Probationary period for employees — discharge during (metropolitan districts). —
The first year of employment of all employees covered by sections 168.251 to 168.291
*
shall be deemed a period of probation. During the probationary period, any probationary employee whose work is found to be unsatisfactory shall be furnished a written statement by the administrative officer of the department in which he is employed, setting forth the nature of his unsatisfactory work or incompetency and a copy of the statement shall be filed with the personnel director. If improvement satisfactory to the administrative officer of the department is not made within one month after the receipt of the statement, the probationary employee shall be discharged.
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(L. 1963 p. 200 § 9-27)
(Source: L. 1961 p. 354 § 4)
*Section 168.291 was repealed by S.B. 125, 2013.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 168 - Personnel — Teachers and Others › Section 168.300 - District employers may authorize contributions to credit unions and for other purposes, to be deducted and paid from compensation — procedure.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 168
Effective - 28 Aug 1983
168.300. District employers may authorize contributions to credit unions and for other purposes, to be deducted and paid from compensation — procedure. —
1. Every school district in this state including special school districts may adopt policies and regulations providing for deductions from the compensation of the district's employees whenever a request to do so is presented to the board by a group of ten or more employees.
2. Deductions shall be made from compensation earned by the employee and shall be remitted to the appropriate company, association, or organization as authorized by the employee within fifteen days following the deduction.
3. Deductions may be made for, but not limited to, the following: credit unions, tax sheltered annuities, individual retirement accounts, membership dues, voluntary contributions, or group insurance premiums.
4. A board of education when deducting amounts from the compensation of employees as directed by the employee shall not be liable for any good faith error.
5. The school board shall determine the cost of compliance with this section and shall deduct, in addition to the amount to be paid to any entity for which deduction is authorized, the cost of compliance with the request of the employee.
6. The various subsections of this section shall be deemed severable and if a subsection of this section is declared invalid or unconstitutional, then such declaration shall not affect the remaining subsections.
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(L. 1983 H.B. 815 § 3)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 168 - Personnel — Teachers and Others › Section 168.303 - Job-sharing rules to be adopted by board, job sharing defined.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 168
Effective - 28 Aug 2016, 2 histories
168.303. Job-sharing rules to be adopted by board, job sharing defined. —
The state board of education shall adopt rules to facilitate job-sharing positions for classroom teachers, as the term "job-sharing" is defined in this section. These rules shall provide that a classroom teacher in a job-sharing position shall receive paid legal holidays, annual vacation leave, sick leave, and personal leave on a pro rata basis.
"Job-sharing position"
shall mean any position:
(1) Shared with one other employee;
(2) Requiring employment of at least seventeen hours per week but not more than twenty hours per week on a regular basis; and
(3) Requiring at least seventy percent of all time spent in classroom instruction as determined by the employer;
­­provided that, job-sharing position shall not include instructional support or school services positions including, but not limited to, school counselor, media coordinator, psychologist, social worker, audiologist, speech and language pathologist, and nursing positions.
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(L. 2003 H.B. 152 & 180 merged with H.B. 346 & 174 merged with S.B. 248, et al., A.L. 2016 H.B. 2428)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 168 - Personnel — Teachers and Others › Section 168.405 - Administrator assessment center established — certificate issued — unsatisfactory assessment, hearing.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 168
• Effective - 28 Aug 1985
168.405. Administrator assessment center established — certificate issued — unsatisfactory assessment, hearing. —
There is hereby established an "Administrator Assessment Center", which shall be organized and administered by the department of elementary and secondary education, either individually or through contract, for the purpose of assessing prospective school administrators. Beginning September 1, 1988, all prospective administrators seeking initial administration certification shall make application to and be approved by the department of elementary and secondary education for admission to the administrator assessment center. The assessment established under this section shall include, but need not be limited to, simulations, observations, evaluations and recommendations. The assessment shall be reviewed by the certifying authority prior to issuance of a certificate. An unsatisfactory assessment shall result in the nonissuance of a certificate. Persons who are aggrieved by the nonissuance of a certificate may appeal such nonissuance in the manner provided in section 168.071.
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(L. 1985 H.B. 463 § 168.405 subsec. 1)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 168 - Personnel — Teachers and Others › Section 168.407 - Principal-administrator academy program for school leaders.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 168
• Effective - 28 Aug 1985
168.407. Principal-administrator academy program for school leaders. —
There is hereby created the "Principal-Administrator Academy" under the auspices of the department of elementary and secondary education. The academy is not a single institution, but is an organizational framework for a wide array of educational and training programs for school leaders, which may be conducted at several sites in the state by the department of elementary and secondary education, individually or through contract.
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(L. 1985 H.B. 463 § 168.405 subsec. 2)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 168 - Personnel — Teachers and Others › Section 168.409 - Fees and costs for assessment center and academy.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 168
• Effective - 28 Aug 1985
168.409. Fees and costs for assessment center and academy. —
The department of elementary and secondary education may charge a reasonable fee to cover the expenses and costs related to the services provided at the assessment center established under section 168.405 or at the academy established under section 168.407. Such fees shall be deposited in the excellence in education fund. Participant travel, living and incidental costs shall be at the expense of the participant, or may be reimbursed by a local school district.
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(L. 1985 H.B. 463 § 168.405 subsec. 3)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 168 - Personnel — Teachers and Others › Section 168.410 - Evaluations of school administrators and district superintendents — copy of evaluation to person evaluated.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 168
• Effective - 28 Aug 1985
168.410. Evaluations of school administrators and district superintendents — copy of evaluation to person evaluated. —
School administrators and school district superintendents shall be evaluated in the following manner:
(1) The board of education of each school district shall cause a comprehensive performance-based evaluation for each administrator employed by the district. Such evaluation shall be ongoing and of sufficient specificity and frequency to provide for demonstrated standards of competency and academic ability;
(2) All evaluations shall be maintained in the respective administrator's personnel file at the office of the board of education of the school district. A copy of each evaluation shall be provided to the person being evaluated and to the appropriate administrator;
(3) The state department of elementary and secondary education shall provide suggested procedures for the evaluations performed under this section.
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(L. 1985 H.B. 463)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 168 - Personnel — Teachers and Others › Section 168.450 - Officer training, Missouri state training center to develop curriculum and certification requirements.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 168
Effective - 28 Aug 2013
168.450. Officer training, Missouri state training center to develop curriculum and certification requirements. —
The Missouri state training center for the D.A.R.E. program shall develop the curriculum and certification requirements for school resource officers. At a minimum, school resource officers must complete forty hours of basic school resource officer training to include legal operations within an educational environment, intruder training and planning, juvenile law, and any other relevant topics relating to the job and functions of a school resource officer.
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(L. 2013 H.B. 152 § 1 merged with H.B. 675 § 1)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 168 - Personnel — Teachers and Others › Section 168.505 - Teacher receiving career pay not to affect district base pay.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 168
• Effective - 28 Aug 1993
168.505. Teacher receiving career pay not to affect district base pay. —
1. Any teacher receiving career pay pursuant to section 163.031 for entitlements authorized under any plan or program established under sections 168.500 to 168.515 shall continue to receive the district base pay to which he would be entitled if he were not receiving the career pay provided for in sections 168.500 to 168.515.
2. Any teacher receiving career pay under any plan or program established under sections 168.500 to 168.515 shall receive any local pay to which teachers with similar training and experience are otherwise entitled.
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(L. 1985 H.B. 463, A.L. 1993 S.B. 380)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 168 - Personnel — Teachers and Others › Section 168.510 - Disqualified from participating in career plan, grounds.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 168
• Effective - 28 Aug 1996
168.510. Disqualified from participating in career plan, grounds. —
After a teacher who is duly employed by a district qualifies and is selected for participation under a career plan established under sections 168.500 to 168.515, such teacher shall not be denied the career pay authorized by such plan unless he:
(1) Is dismissed for cause as established under section 168.114; or
(2) Fails to maintain or renew any certificate required by the department of elementary and secondary education; or
(3) Fails to maintain the performance level as required for the attainment of the career stage as set forth in the plan effective in the local district as provided in section 168.500; or
(4) Fails to complete professional responsibilities required for the attainment of each stage; and
(5) Has exhausted all due process procedures provided by subdivision (6) of subsection 2 of section 168.500.
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(L. 1985 H.B. 463, A.L. 1996 S.B. 795, et al.)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 168 - Personnel — Teachers and Others › Section 168.520 - Career advancement program for personnel of state schools for the blind, deaf and severely disabled — salary supplement for participants.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 168
• Effective - 28 Aug 2016, 2 histories
168.520. Career advancement program for personnel of state schools for the blind, deaf and severely disabled — salary supplement for participants. —
1. For the purpose of providing career pay, which shall be a salary supplement for teachers, librarians, school counselors and certificated teachers who hold positions as school psychological examiners, parents-as-teachers educators, school psychologists, special education diagnosticians or speech pathologists in Missouri schools for the severely disabled, the Missouri School for the Blind and the Missouri School for the Deaf, there is hereby established a career advancement program which shall become effective no later than September 1, 1986. Participation in the career advancement program by teachers shall be voluntary.
2. The department of elementary and secondary education with the recommendation of teachers from the state schools, shall develop a career plan. This state career plan shall include, but need not be limited to, the provisions of state model career plans as contained in subsection 2 of section 168.500.
3. After a teacher who is duly employed by a state school qualifies and is selected for participation in the state career plan established under this section, such a teacher shall not be denied the career pay authorized by such plan except as provided in subdivisions (1), (2), and (3) of section 168.510.
4. Each teacher selected to participate in the career plan established under this section who meets the requirements of such plan shall receive a salary supplement as provided in subdivisions (1), (2), and (3) of subsection 1 of section 168.515.
5. The department of elementary and secondary education shall annually include within its budget request to the general assembly sufficient funds for the purpose of providing career pay as established under this section to those eligible teachers employed in Missouri schools for the severely disabled, the Missouri School for the Deaf, and the Missouri School for the Blind.
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(L. 1985 H.B. 463, A.L. 1996 S.B. 795, et al., A.L. 2008 H.B. 1807, A.L. 2016 H.B. 2428)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 168 - Personnel — Teachers and Others › Section 168.530 - Reimbursement by department for coordinator, when.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 168
Effective - 28 Aug 2004
168.530. Reimbursement by department for coordinator, when. —
The department of elementary and secondary education shall not reimburse a school district for more than one A+ program coordinator per one thousand two hundred fifty students; however a school with up to one thousand five hundred students shall be reimbursed for only one A+ program coordinator.
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(L. 2004 S.B. 968 and S.B. 969 § 1)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 168 - Personnel — Teachers and Others › Section 168.745 - Compensation package created — fund created.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 168
• Effective - 28 Aug 2009
168.745. Compensation package created — fund created. —
1. There is hereby created the "Teacher Choice Compensation Package" to permit performance-based salary stipends upon the decision of the teacher in a metropolitan school district as described in section 168.747 to reward teachers for objectively demonstrated superior performance.
2. There is hereby created the "Teacher Choice Compensation Fund" in the state treasury. The fund shall be administered by the department of elementary and secondary education. 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.
3. The teacher choice compensation fund shall consist of all moneys transferred to it under this section, and all moneys otherwise appropriated to or donated to it. 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.
4. The general assembly shall annually appropriate five million dollars to the fund created in this section.
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(L. 2009 S.B. 291)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 168 - Personnel — Teachers and Others › Section 168.747 - Eligibility for compensation package.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 168
• Effective - 28 Aug 2009
168.747. Eligibility for compensation package. —
1. To be eligible for the teacher choice compensation package, all classroom personnel in a metropolitan school district reported as a code forty, fifty, or sixty through the core data system of the department of elementary and secondary education shall opt out of his or her indefinite contract under section 168.221 for the duration of employment with the district. A teacher may decide to end his or her eligibility for the teacher choice stipend but may not resume permanent teacher status with that district. A probationary teacher may opt out of consideration for a permanent contract in the second or subsequent years of employment by the district to participate in the teacher choice compensation package but may not return to permanent status in that district or resume the process for qualification for an indefinite contract in that district. A teacher who has chosen the teacher choice compensation package and changes employment to another district may choose to resume the process for qualification for an indefinite contract in that district. The teacher choice compensation package shall only be available for teachers in a metropolitan school district.
2. Teachers shall qualify annually in October for the stipends described in section 168.749. Stipends shall be offered in five thousand dollar increments, up to fifteen thousand dollars, but shall not exceed fifty percent of a teacher's base salary, before deductions for retirement but including designated pay for additional duties such as coaching, sponsoring, or mentoring. Any stipend received under section 168.749 shall be in addition to the base salary to which the teacher would otherwise be entitled. Teachers receiving the stipend shall receive any pay and benefits received by teachers of similar training, experience, and duties. Such stipends shall not be considered compensation for retirement purposes.
3. Subject to appropriation, the department of elementary and secondary education shall make a payment to the district in the amount of the stipend, to be delivered as a lump sum in January following the October of qualification. If the amount appropriated is not enough to fund the total of five thousand dollar increment payments, the department may prorate the payments.
4. Every person employed by the district in a teaching position, regardless of the certification status of the person, who qualifies under any of the indicators listed in section 168.749 is eligible for the teacher choice compensation package. Teachers who are employed less than full-time are eligible for teacher choice stipends on a prorated basis. Any teacher who is dismissed for cause who has otherwise qualified for a teacher choice stipend shall forfeit the stipend for that year.
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(L. 2009 S.B. 291)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 168 - Personnel — Teachers and Others › Section 168.750 - Rulemaking authority.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 168
• Effective - 28 Aug 2009
168.750. Rulemaking authority. —
Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, that is created under the authority delegated in sections 168.745 to 168.749 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, 2009, shall be invalid and void.
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(L. 2009 S.B. 291)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 168 - Personnel — Teachers and Others › Section 168.770 - Library information and technology program recognized — rulemaking authority.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 168
Effective - 28 Aug 2018
168.770. Library information and technology program recognized — rulemaking authority. —
1. For purposes of this section, the following terms mean:
(1)
"School librarian"
, a teacher who holds a certificate of license to teach under section 168.021 and is certified as a library media specialist by the department of elementary and secondary education;
(2)
"School library information and technology program"
, a school-based program that is staffed by a school librarian and that provides a broad, flexible array of services, resources, and instruction that support student mastery of the essential academic learning requirements and state standards in all subject areas and the implementation of any school improvement plan of the district.
2. Before July 1, 2019, the department of elementary and secondary education shall develop a process for recognition of a district's school library information and technology program.
3. The department of elementary and secondary education may promulgate rules to implement the provisions of this section. 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, 2018, shall be invalid and void.
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(L. 2018 S.B. 743)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 169 - Teacher and School Employee Retirement Systems › Section 169.022 - Board of education in sections 169.020 and 169.021 defined.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 169
• Effective - 28 Aug 1953
169.022. Board of education in sections 169.020 and 169.021 defined. —
For the purpose of sections 169.020 and 169.021, as amended, the phrase
"board of education"
shall with respect to school districts having a population of more than two hundred thousand be deemed to mean and refer to the board of directors of such school district.
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(L. 1953 p. 467 § 3)