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2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 178 - Special Schools and Instruction and Special Districts › Section 178.637 - State Technical College of Missouri deemed qualified for student loans or scholarship program, when.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 178
• Effective - 01 Jul 2014, 2 histories, see footnote
178.637. State Technical College of Missouri deemed qualified for student loans or scholarship program, when. —
State Technical College of Missouri shall be deemed to be a qualified college, university, or educational institution for the purposes of any higher education student loan, grant, or scholarship program established pursuant to state law. Tuition and fees for this institution shall be comparable to public four-year institutions rather than public two-year institutions.
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(L. 1995 S.B. 101 § 7, A.L. 2010 H.B. 1965, A.L. 2013 H.B. 673)
Effective 7-01-14
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 178 - Special Schools and Instruction and Special Districts › Section 178.638 - Oversight of college by coordinating board and state board of education — state to provide funds, exception vocational technical education reimbursement to continue through state board of education — performance funding measures to be used, when.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 178
• Effective - 28 Aug 2014, 3 histories
178.638. Oversight of college by coordinating board and state board of education — state to provide funds, exception vocational technical education reimbursement to continue through state board of education — performance funding measures to be used, when. —
1. State Technical College of Missouri shall be under the oversight of the coordinating board for higher education. The institution shall also be subject to oversight by the state board of education to the extent it serves as an area vocational technical school. Beginning in the first full state fiscal year subsequent to the approval of State Technical College of Missouri's plan by the coordinating board submitted pursuant to section 178.637, the state of Missouri shall, subject to appropriation, provide the funds necessary to provide the staff, cost of operation, and payment of all new capital improvements commencing with that fiscal year.
2. All funds designated for the institution shall be included in the coordinating board's budget request as provided in chapter 173, except that vocational technical education reimbursements shall continue to be requested through the state board of education.
3. Unless the general assembly chooses to otherwise appropriate state funding, beginning with fiscal year 2016, at least ninety percent of any annual increase in core funding over the previous year shall be distributed in accordance with the performance funding measures under section 173.1006.
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(L. 1995 S.B. 101 § 8, A.L. 2013 H.B. 673, A.L. 2014 S.B. 492)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 178 - Special Schools and Instruction and Special Districts › Section 178.639 - Employees of college eligible for Missouri state employees' retirement system.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 178
Effective - 01 Jul 2014, 2 histories, see footnote
178.639. Employees of college eligible for Missouri state employees' retirement system. —
Any person who becomes an employee of the State Technical College of Missouri after the conditions of section 178.631 are met shall become a member of the Missouri state employees' retirement system, if the person otherwise meets the requirements for membership in that system.
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(L. 1995 S.B. 101 § 9, A.L. 2013 H.B. 673)
Effective 7-01-14
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 178 - Special Schools and Instruction and Special Districts › Section 178.651 - Definitions.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 178
• Effective - 28 Aug 1988
178.651. Definitions. —
As used in sections 178.651 to 178.658, the following words mean:
(1)
"Centers"
or
"centers for independent living"
, community-based nonresidential programs designed to promote independent living for persons with disabilities;
(2)
"Division"
, the division of vocational rehabilitation of the department of elementary and secondary education;
(3)
"Nonprofit corporation"
, a corporation in which no part of the net earnings inures to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual and the income of which is exempt from taxation under 26 U.S.C.A. section 501(c)(3);
(4)
"Person with a disability"
, any person who:
(a) Has a physical or mental impairment which substantially limits one or more of such person's major life activities;
(b) Has a record of such an impairment; or
(c) Is regarded as having such an impairment.
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(L. 1988 H.B. 975 § 1)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 178 - Special Schools and Instruction and Special Districts › Section 178.652 - Plan to fund and maintain centers to be developed by division — rulemaking authority, procedure.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 178
• Effective - 28 Aug 1995
178.652. Plan to fund and maintain centers to be developed by division — rulemaking authority, procedure. —
1. The division shall, in consultation with persons with disabilities, develop a plan to fund and maintain organizations currently meeting the guidelines set forth in sections 178.651 to 178.673 for centers and establish and maintain new centers to assure services statewide, as such services are described in sections 178.651 to 178.673.
2. The division shall promulgate rules and regulations for the implementation of sections 178.651 to 178.673. No rule or portion of a rule promulgated under the authority of sections 178.651 to 178.673 shall become effective unless it has been promulgated pursuant to the provisions of section 536.024.
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(L. 1988 H.B. 975 § 2, A.L. 1993 S.B. 52, A.L. 1995 S.B. 3)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 178 - Special Schools and Instruction and Special Districts › Section 178.653 - Independent living center fund created — administration — funding.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 178
• Effective - 28 Aug 1993
178.653. Independent living center fund created — administration — funding. —
1. There is hereby created in the state treasury the "Independent Living Center Fund" which shall be administered by the division of vocational rehabilitation of the department of elementary and secondary education. Moneys in the fund shall, upon appropriation, be used to establish and maintain centers for independent living, as defined in section 178.651, in accordance with the long-term plans developed pursuant to the provisions of section 178.652.
2. The independent living center fund shall be funded with fees payable pursuant to the provisions of section 178.653.
3. The provisions of section 33.080 to the contrary notwithstanding, all moneys in the fund created by this section shall not be transferred and placed to the credit of the general revenue fund at the end of each biennium.
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(L. 1993 S.B. 167 § 3 merged with S.B. 180 § 8)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 178 - Special Schools and Instruction and Special Districts › Section 178.654 - Financial assistance provided to centers, when — program accountability, duties of division, evaluation contents — standards.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 178
• Effective - 28 Aug 1988
178.654. Financial assistance provided to centers, when — program accountability, duties of division, evaluation contents — standards. —
The division shall assist individuals and organizations in the planning and establishment of centers for independent living. Subject to appropriations, the division shall provide financial assistance in the form of grants to such centers. The division shall ensure program accountability and shall monitor and evaluate centers which receive grants under the provisions of sections 178.651 to 178.658. Such evaluations shall contain, but need not be limited to, the following standards:
(1) The center shall manifest independent living philosophy;
(2) The center shall have a positive impact on consumer achievement of independent living goals;
(3) The center shall have a positive impact on community options for independent living;
(4) The center shall provide appropriate independent living services to persons with disabilities and their families;
(5) The center shall provide appropriate services to increase community capacity to meet the needs of persons with disabilities;
(6) Qualified persons with disabilities shall be substantially involved in the policy direction, decision-making, service delivery, and management of the center, and given preference as members of board of directors, managers and supervisors, and staff. Substantial involvement shall be evidenced by at least fifty-one percent of the members of the board of directors, managers, supervisors and staff being qualified persons with disabilities;
(7) The center shall establish clear priorities through annual and three-year program and financial planning;
(8) The center shall use sound organizational and personnel management practices;
(9) The center shall practice sound fiscal management;
(10) The center shall maintain an evaluation system and records adequate to measure performance on these independent living center evaluation standards.
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(L. 1988 H.B. 975 § 3)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 178 - Special Schools and Instruction and Special Districts › Section 178.656 - Organization of centers, board of directors, staff — services provided — disabilities served — compliance with local laws and ordinances required.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 178
• Effective - 28 Aug 2014
178.656. Organization of centers, board of directors, staff — services provided — disabilities served — compliance with local laws and ordinances required. —
1. Centers for independent living shall be community-based nonresidential programs designed to promote independent living for persons with disabilities. Such centers shall be organized as nonprofit corporations with persons with disabilities comprising at least fifty-one percent of the governing board of directors.
2. At least fifty-one percent of the staff of such centers shall be persons with disabilities.
3. The center shall provide to persons with disabilities within the center's target population and their families the following independent living services:
(1) Advocacy;
(2) Independent living skills training, which shall include but shall not be limited to health care and financial management;
(3) Peer counseling;
(4) Information and referral to all inquirers including those from outside the center's target population.
4. The center may provide or make available, but is not limited to, the following:
(1) Legal services;
(2) Other counseling services, which may include nonpeer, group, and family counseling;
(3) Housing services;
(4) Equipment services;
(5) Transportation services;
(6) Social and recreational services;
(7) Educational services;
(8) Vocational services, including supported employment;
(9) Reader, interpreter, and other communication services;
(10) Attendant and homemaker services; and
(11) Electronic services.
5. To qualify as a center for independent living under the provisions of sections 178.651 to 178.658, centers shall serve at least four of the following types of disabilities:
(1) Mobility;
(2) Orthopedic;
(3) Hearing impaired or deaf;
(4) Vision impaired or blind;
(5) Neurological;
(6) Intellectual disability;
(7) Developmental;
(8) Psychiatric or mental; or
(9) Learning.
6. Centers shall make maximum use of existing resources available to persons with disabilities and shall not duplicate any existing services or programs in the geographic areas to the extent that such services or programs are available through other state resources. Such centers shall, however, provide information and referral to assist persons with disabilities in obtaining available services and shall coordinate, where feasible, the delivery of such services.
7. Centers shall operate in compliance with all applicable local laws and ordinances.
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(L. 1988 H.B. 975 § 4, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1064)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 178 - Special Schools and Instruction and Special Districts › Section 178.658 - Location of centers, restriction on funding.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 178
• Effective - 28 Aug 1988
178.658. Location of centers, restriction on funding. —
Centers for independent living shall be located throughout the state. Funding for such centers shall not be awarded to more than one center in any city.
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(L. 1988 H.B. 975 § 5)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 178 - Special Schools and Instruction and Special Districts › Section 178.691 - Definitions.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 178
• Effective - 28 Aug 1984
178.691. Definitions. —
As used in sections 178.691 to 178.699, unless the context requires otherwise:
(1)
"Developmental screening"
is the process of measuring the progress of children to determine if there are problems or potential problems or advanced abilities in the areas of understanding and use of language, perception through sight, perception through hearing, motor development and hand-eye coordination, health, and physical development.
(2)
"Developmentally delayed children"
are children who, through developmental screening, are found to be performing below the norm for their age in one or more of the following skill areas: understanding and use of language, perception through sight, perception through hearing, motor development and hand-eye coordination.
(3)
"Handicapped children"
and
"severely handicapped children"
are those so defined in section 162.675.
(4)
"Parent education"
includes the provision of resource materials on home learning activities, private and group educational guidance, individual and group learning experiences for the parent and child, and other activities that enable the parent to improve learning in the home.
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(L. 1984 S.B. 658 § 1)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 178 - Special Schools and Instruction and Special Districts › Section 178.695 - Program review.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 178
• Effective - 03 Nov 1992, see footnote
178.695. Program review. —
1. Programs shall be subject to review and approval under standards developed by the department of elementary and secondary education consisting of early childhood education and parents as teachers programs and published as an administrative rule under the provisions of chapter 536.
2. The lieutenant governor shall act as an advisor to the department for all such programs reviewed by the department.
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(L. 1984 S.B. 658 § 3, A.L. 1992 S.B. 676 Adopted by Referendum, Proposition C, November 3, 1992)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 178 - Special Schools and Instruction and Special Districts › Section 178.697 - Costs not to exceed appropriations — annual screenings and prenatal visit eligibility, when, expiration.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 178
• Effective - 28 Aug 2010
178.697. Costs not to exceed appropriations — annual screenings and prenatal visit eligibility, when, expiration. —
1. Funding for sections 178.691 to 178.699 shall be made available pursuant to section 163.031 and shall be subject to appropriations made for this purpose.
2. Costs of contractual arrangements shall be the obligation of the school district of residence of each preschool child. Costs of contractual arrangements shall not exceed an amount equal to an amount reimbursable to the school districts under the provisions of sections 178.691 to 178.699.
3. Payments for participants for programs outlined in section 178.693 shall be uniform for all districts or public agencies.
*
4. Families with children under the age of kindergarten entry shall be eligible to receive annual development screenings and parents shall be eligible to receive prenatal visits under sections 178.691 to 178.699. Priority for service delivery of approved parent education programs under sections
**
178.691 to 178.699, which includes, but is not limited to, home visits, group meetings, screenings, and service referrals, shall be given to high-needs families in accordance with criteria set forth by the department of elementary and secondary education. Local school districts may establish cost sharing strategies to supplement funding for such program services. The provisions of this subsection shall expire on December 31, 2015, unless reauthorized by an act of the general assembly.
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(L. 1984 S.B. 658 § 4, A.L. 1993 S.B. 380, A.L. 2010 H.B. 1543)
*Subsection 4 expires 12-31-15
**Word "section" appears in original rolls.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 178 - Special Schools and Instruction and Special Districts › Section 178.698 - Plan to distribute funds to allow voluntary participation.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 178
• Effective - 28 Aug 1993
178.698. Plan to distribute funds to allow voluntary participation. —
Pursuant to the educational and screening program for children under age five and their parents established in sections 178.691 to 178.699, in its budget requests for fiscal years 1995, 1996, and 1997, in anticipation of moneys from the trust fund established in section 160.500, the department of elementary and secondary education shall include a plan to distribute sufficient moneys to public school districts to allow all eligible children and their parents to voluntarily participate in the program beginning with the 1997-98 school year.
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(L. 1993 S.B. 380 § 15)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 178 - Special Schools and Instruction and Special Districts › Section 178.699 - Participation voluntary — information obtained is confidential.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 178
• Effective - 28 Aug 1984
178.699. Participation voluntary — information obtained is confidential. —
1. No person shall be required to participate in any program of parent education or developmental screening, or in any program for developmentally delayed children, approved by the department of elementary and secondary education pursuant to sections 178.691 to 178.699.
2. Any information obtained as a result of an approved program of developmental screening is confidential, and may not be released to anyone other than parents or guardians without the express written consent of the parents or guardians of the child.
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(L. 1984 S.B. 658 § 5)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 178 - Special Schools and Instruction and Special Districts › Section 178.770 - Organization of community college districts — standards — corporate powers of districts.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 178
• Effective - 28 Aug 1963
178.770. Organization of community college districts — standards — corporate powers of districts. —
1. In any public school district, or in any two or more contiguous public school districts in this state, whether in the same county or not, the voters resident therein may organize a community college district in the manner hereinafter provided. Prior to the organization of a district under sections 178.770 to 178.890, the coordinating board for higher education shall establish standards for the organization of the districts which shall include among other things:
(1) Whether a community college is needed in the proposed district;
(2) Whether the assessed valuation of taxable, tangible property in the proposed district is sufficient to support adequately the proposed community college; and
(3) Whether there were a sufficient number of graduates of high school in the proposed district during the preceding year to support a community college in the proposed district.
2. When a district is organized, it shall be a body corporate and a subdivision of the state of Missouri and shall be known as "The Community College District of ______, Missouri" and, in that name, may sue and be sued, levy and collect taxes within the limitations of sections 178.770 to 178.890, issue bonds and possess the same corporate powers as common and seven-director school districts in this state, other than urban districts, except as herein otherwise provided.
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(L. 1963 p. 200 § 13-77)
(Source: L. 1961 p. 357 § 1)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 178 - Special Schools and Instruction and Special Districts › Section 178.780 - Coordinating board for higher education to supervise colleges — duties.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 178
• Effective - 28 Aug 2016, 2 histories
178.780. Coordinating board for higher education to supervise colleges — duties. —
1. Tax supported community colleges formed prior to October 13, 1961, and those formed under the provisions of sections 178.770 to 178.890 shall be under the supervision of the coordinating board for higher education.
2. The coordinating board for higher education shall:
(1) Establish the role of the two-year college in the state;
(2) Set up a survey form to be used for local surveys of need and potential for two-year colleges; provide supervision in the conducting of surveys; require that the results of the studies be used in reviewing applications for approval; and establish and use the survey results to set up priorities;
(3) Require that the initiative to establish two-year colleges come from the area to be served;
(4) Administer the state financial support program;
(5) Supervise the community college districts formed under the provisions of sections 178.770 to 178.890 and the community colleges now in existence and formed prior to October 13, 1961;
(6) Formulate and put into effect uniform policies as to budgeting, record keeping, and student accounting;
(7) Establish uniform minimum entrance requirements and uniform curricular offerings for all community colleges;
(8) Make a continuing study of community college education in the state;
(9) Be responsible for the accreditation of each community college under its supervision. Accreditation shall be conducted annually or as often as deemed advisable and made in a manner consistent with rules and regulations established and applied uniformly to all community colleges in the state. Standards for accreditation of community colleges shall be formulated with due consideration given to curriculum offerings and entrance requirements of the University of Missouri; and
(10) Establish a standard core curriculum and a common course numbering equivalency matrix for lower-division courses to be used at community colleges and other public institutions of higher education to facilitate student transfers as provided under sections 178.785 to 178.789.
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(L. 1963 p. 200 § 13-78, A.L. 2016 S.B. 997)
(Source: L. 1961 p. 357 § 2)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 178 - Special Schools and Instruction and Special Districts › Section 178.785 - Higher education core curriculum transfer act — definitions.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 178
• Effective - 28 Aug 2016
178.785. Higher education core curriculum transfer act — definitions. —
The provisions of sections 178.785 to 178.789 shall be known and may be cited as the "Higher Education Core Curriculum Transfer Act". For purposes of sections 178.785 to 178.789, the following terms mean:
(1)
"Coordinating board"
, the coordinating board for higher education established in section 173.005;
(2)
"Core curriculum"
, the basic competencies to be met, which shall include communicating, higher-order thinking, managing information, valuing, and includes the knowledge areas of social and behavioral sciences, humanities and fine arts, mathematics, and life and physical sciences;
(3)
"Faculty member"
, a person who is employed full-time by a community college or other public institution of higher education as a member of the faculty whose primary duties include teaching, research, academic service, or administration;
(4)
"Native student"
, a student whose initial college enrollment was at an institution of higher education and who has not transferred to any other institution since that initial enrollment and who has completed no more than eleven credit hours at any other institution of higher education.
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(L. 2016 S.B. 997)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 178 - Special Schools and Instruction and Special Districts › Section 178.786 - Lower division core curriculum, recommendation — common course numbering equivalency matrix.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 178
• Effective - 28 Aug 2016
178.786. Lower division core curriculum, recommendation — common course numbering equivalency matrix. —
1. The coordinating board for higher education, with the assistance of an advisory committee composed of representatives from each public community college in this state and each public four-year institution of higher education, shall develop a recommended lower division core curriculum of forty-two semester credit hours, including a statement of the content, component areas, and objectives of the core curriculum. A majority of the members of the advisory committee shall be faculty members from Missouri public institutions of higher education.
2. The coordinating board shall approve a common course numbering equivalency matrix for the forty-two credit hour block at all institutions of higher education in the state to facilitate the transfer of those courses among institutions of higher education by promoting consistency in course designation and course identification. Each community college and four-year institution of higher education shall include in its course listings the applicable course numbers from the common course numbering equivalency matrix approved by the coordinating board under this subsection.
3. The coordinating board shall complete the requirements of subsections 1 and 2 of this section prior to January 1, 2018, for implementation of the core curriculum transfer recommendations for the 2018-19 academic year for all public institutions of higher education.
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(L. 2016 S.B. 997)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 178 - Special Schools and Instruction and Special Districts › Section 178.787 - Forty-two credit hour block, adoption of — transfer of course credits.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 178
• Effective - 28 Aug 2016
178.787. Forty-two credit hour block, adoption of — transfer of course credits. —
1. Each community college, as defined in section 163.191, and public four-year institution of higher education shall adopt the forty-two credit hour block, including specific courses comprising the curriculum, based on the core curriculum recommendations made by the coordinating board for higher education under subsections 1 and 2 of section 178.786, for implementation beginning in the 2018-19 academic year.
2. If a student successfully completes the forty-two credit core curriculum at a community college or other public institution of higher education, that block of courses may be transferred to any other public institution of higher education in this state and shall be substituted for the receiving institution's core curriculum. A student shall receive academic credit for each of the courses transferred and shall not be required to take additional core curriculum courses at the receiving institution.
3. A student who transfers from one public institution of higher education to another public institution of higher education in the state without completing the core curriculum of the sending institution shall receive academic credit from the receiving institution for each of the courses that the student has successfully completed in the core curriculum of the sending institution. Following receipt of credit for these courses, the student may be required to satisfy further course requirements in the core curriculum of the receiving institution.
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(L. 2016 S.B. 997)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 178 - Special Schools and Instruction and Special Districts › Section 178.788 - Transfer practices, criteria to evaluate — requirements for credit transfers.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 178
• Effective - 28 Aug 2016
178.788. Transfer practices, criteria to evaluate — requirements for credit transfers. —
1. The coordinating board for higher education, in consultation with the advisory board established in section 178.786, shall develop criteria to evaluate the transfer practices of each public institution of higher education in this state and shall evaluate the transfer practices of each institution based on this criteria.
2. The coordinating board shall develop procedures to be followed by institutions of higher education in resolving disputes concerning the transfer of course credit and by the commissioner of higher education in making a final determination concerning transfer of course credit if a transfer is in dispute.
3. Each institution of higher education shall publish in its course catalogs and on its official website the procedures adopted by the board under subsections 1 and 2 of this section.
4. If an institution of higher education does not accept course credit earned by a student at another public institution of higher education, that institution shall give written notice to the student and the other institution that the transfer of the course credit is denied. The two institutions and the student shall attempt to resolve the transfer of the course credit in accordance with rules promulgated by the coordinating board. If the transfer dispute is not resolved to the satisfaction of the student or the institution at which the credit was earned within forty-five days after the date the student received written notice of the denial, the institution that denies the transfer of the course credit shall notify the commissioner of higher education of its denial and the reasons for the denial.
5. The commissioner of higher education or his or her designee shall make the final determination about a dispute concerning the transfer of course credit and give written notice of the determination as to the involved student and institutions.
6. The coordinating board shall collect data on the types of transfer disputes that are reported and the disposition of each case that is considered by the commissioner of higher education or the commissioner's designee.
7. The provisions of sections 178.785 to 178.789 shall not apply to native students who are not seeking to transfer credits nor affect the authority of an institution of higher education to adopt its own admission standards or its own grading policies.
8. Students enrolled in professional programs shall complete the appropriate core curriculum that is required for accreditation or licensure.
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(L. 2016 S.B. 997)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 178 - Special Schools and Instruction and Special Districts › Section 178.789 - Rulemaking authority.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 178
• Effective - 28 Aug 2016
178.789. Rulemaking authority. —
The coordinating board for higher education may promulgate all necessary rules and regulations for the administration of sections 178.785 to 178.789. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, that is created under the authority delegated in this section shall become effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of the provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 536.028. This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 2016, shall be invalid and void.
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(L. 2016 S.B. 997)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 178 - Special Schools and Instruction and Special Districts › Section 178.790 - Boundaries of community college districts.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 178
• Effective - 28 Aug 1998
178.790. Boundaries of community college districts. —
The boundaries of any community college district organized pursuant to sections 178.770 to 178.890 shall coincide with the boundaries of the school district or of the contiguous school districts proposed to be included, and the community college district shall be in addition to any other school districts existing in any portion of the area.
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(L. 1963 p. 200 § 13-79, A.L. 1998 S.B. 553)
(Source: L. 1961 p. 357 § 3)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 178 - Special Schools and Instruction and Special Districts › Section 178.830 - Board of trustees — oath — officers — quorum — vacancies filled, how — seal.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 178
• Effective - 28 Aug 1963
178.830. Board of trustees — oath — officers — quorum — vacancies filled, how — seal. —
Newly elected members of the board of trustees shall qualify by taking the oath of office prescribed by Article VII, Section 2, of the Constitution of Missouri. The board shall organize by the election of a president and vice president, a secretary and a treasurer. The secretary and treasurer need not be members of the board. A majority of the board constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business, but no contract shall be let, teacher employed or dismissed, or bill approved unless a majority of the whole board votes therefor. Any vacancy occurring in the board shall be filled by appointment by the remaining members of the board, and the person appointed shall hold office until the next election held by the community college district when a trustee shall be elected for the unexpired term. The board shall keep a common seal with which to attest its official acts.
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(L. 1963 p. 200 § 13-83)
(Source: L. 1961 p. 357 § 7)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 178 - Special Schools and Instruction and Special Districts › Section 178.835 - Discipline of students.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 178
• Effective - 28 Aug 1972
178.835. Discipline of students. —
1. The governing body of each public community college district and each public school district offering community college courses shall possess full power and authority to adopt rules and regulations for the guidance and supervision of the conduct of its college students; to enforce compliance therewith; and to delegate to appropriate persons in the district the power to discipline students, including the power of suspension and expulsion, for violation of such rules and regulations.
2. The governing body may also delegate to any administrator or acting administrator designated by the governing body the power to suspend summarily any student whose presence on the district facility would, in the opinion of such administrator or acting administrator, seriously disrupt the operation of the district, or constitute a danger to the records or other physical properties of the district or to the health, safety or welfare of the student or other persons. Such summary suspension shall not exceed a period of five days, unless within such time the district has commenced formal disciplinary procedure and diligently pursues each procedure until its conclusion, in which event such summary suspension may be continued until such conclusion.
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(L. 1971 S.B. 129, A.L. 1972 S.B. 455)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 178 - Special Schools and Instruction and Special Districts › Section 178.840 - Election, when held, how conducted — certification of votes cast.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 178
• Effective - 28 Aug 1978
178.840. Election, when held, how conducted — certification of votes cast. —
1. After organization, the voters of the community college district shall vote for trustees and on all other propositions provided by law for submission at school elections which are applicable to community college districts. Regular elections in community college districts shall be held on municipal election days in the years in which trustees are to be elected or propositions must be voted upon.
2. If trustees are elected other than at large throughout the entire district, then only those voters within the subdistrict from which the trustee or trustees are to be elected shall cast their ballots for the trustee or trustees from that subdistrict. All candidates for the office of trustee shall file their declarations of candidacy with the secretary of the board of trustees.
3. A majority of the then qualified members of the board of trustees shall declare and certify the candidates receiving the greatest number of votes for terms of six years each and until their successors are elected and qualified and shall declare and certify the results of the votes cast on any question presented at the election.
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(L. 1963 p. 200 § 13-84 and p. 346 § 165.813, A.L. 1967 p. 280, A.L. 1972 H.B. 1169, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)
(Source: L. 1961 p. 357 § 8)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 178 - Special Schools and Instruction and Special Districts › Section 178.850 - District to provide college courses — per capita cost to be determined — tuition charges.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 178
• Effective - 28 Aug 1963
178.850. District to provide college courses — per capita cost to be determined — tuition charges. —
A community college district organized under sections 178.770 to 178.890 shall provide instruction, classes, school or schools for pupils resident within the community college district who have completed an approved high school course. The board of trustees of the district shall determine the per capita cost of the college courses, file the same with the coordinating board for higher education and, upon approval thereof by the coordinating board for higher education, shall require of all nonresidents who are accepted as pupils a tuition fee in the sum that is necessary for maintenance of the college courses. In addition thereto, the board may charge resident pupils the amounts that it deems necessary to maintain the college courses, taking into consideration the other funds that are available under law for the support of the college courses.
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(L. 1963 p. 200 § 13-85)
(Source: L. 1961 p. 357 § 9)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 178 - Special Schools and Instruction and Special Districts › Section 178.860 - Board to appoint employees — fix compensation — teachers to be members of public school retirement system.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 178
• Effective - 28 Aug 1963
178.860. Board to appoint employees — fix compensation — teachers to be members of public school retirement system. —
The board of trustees shall appoint the employees of the community college, define and assign their powers and duties and fix their compensation. All certificated personnel shall be members of the public school retirement system of Missouri under provisions of section 169.010.
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(L. 1963 p. 200 § 13-86)
(Source: L. 1961 p. 357 § 10)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 178 - Special Schools and Instruction and Special Districts › Section 178.862 - Community college district police — oath, powers, qualifications.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 178
• Effective - 28 Aug 2017, 2 histories
178.862. Community college district police — oath, powers, qualifications. —
1. The trustees of any community college district of this state may appoint and employ as many college police officers as they may deem necessary to protect persons, property, and to preserve peace and good order only in the public buildings, properties, grounds, and other facilities and locations over which they have charge or control.
2. The college police officers, before they enter upon their duties, shall take and subscribe an oath of office before some officer authorized to administer oaths, to faithfully and impartially discharge the duties thereof, which oath shall be filed in the office of the college district board of trustees, and the secretary of the board shall give each college police officer so appointed and qualified a certificate of appointment, under the seal of the board of trustees, which certificate shall empower him with the same authority to maintain order, preserve peace and make arrests as is now held by peace officers; the college police officer may in addition expel from the public buildings, campuses, and grounds, persons violating the rules and regulations that may be prescribed by the board of trustees or others under the authority of the board. Such officer or employee of the community college as may be designated by the board of trustees shall have immediate charge, control and supervision of college police officers appointed by authority of this section. Such college police officers shall have satisfactorily completed before appointment a training course for peace officers as required under chapter 590 or, by virtue of previous experience or other training, shall have met the requirements of chapter 590.
3. Nothing herein shall be construed as denying the board of trustees the right to appoint guards or watchmen who shall not be given the authority and powers hereby authorized.
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(L. 1974 H.B. 917 § 1, A.L. 2017 H.B. 190 & 208)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 178 - Special Schools and Instruction and Special Districts › Section 178.870 - Tax rates, limits — how increased and decreased.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 178
• Effective - 28 Aug 2002
178.870. Tax rates, limits — how increased and decreased. —
Any tax imposed on property subject to the taxing power of the community college district under Article X, Section 11(a) of the Missouri Constitution without voter approval shall not exceed the annual rate of ten cents on the hundred dollars assessed valuation in districts having one billion five hundred million dollars or more assessed valuation; twenty cents on the hundred dollars assessed valuation in districts having seven hundred fifty million dollars but less than one billion five hundred million dollars assessed valuation; thirty cents on the hundred dollars assessed valuation in districts having five hundred million dollars but less than seven hundred fifty million dollars assessed valuation; forty cents on the hundred dollars assessed valuation in districts having less than five hundred million dollars assessed valuation; except that, no public community college district having an assessed valuation in excess of one hundred million and less than two hundred fifty million which is levying an operating levy of thirty cents per one hundred dollars assessed valuation on September 28, 1975, shall increase such levy above thirty cents per one hundred dollars assessed valuation without voter approval. Tax rates specified in this section that were in effect in 1984 shall not be lowered due to an increase in assessed valuation created by general reassessment; however, the provisions of section 137.073 or Section 22(a) of Article X of the Missouri Constitution are applicable. Districts which operate institutions awarding degrees above the associate degree shall not be affected by the changes provided in this section. Increases of the rate with voter approval shall be made in the manner provided in chapter 164 for school districts.
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(L. 1963 p. 200 § 13-87, A.L. 1975 S.B. 190, A.L. 1985 H.B. 374, A.L. 2000 S.B. 894, A.L. 2002 H.B. 2022 merged with S.B. 947)
(Source: L. 1961 p. 357 § 11)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 178 - Special Schools and Instruction and Special Districts › Section 178.880 - Taxation of public utility property — rate not included in determining rate to be levied by other school districts.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 178
• Effective - 28 Aug 1963
178.880. Taxation of public utility property — rate not included in determining rate to be levied by other school districts. —
All real and tangible personal property owned by railroads, street railways, boats, vessels, bridge companies, telegraph companies, electric light and power companies, electric transmission line companies, pipeline companies, express companies, airline companies and other companies and public utilities whose property is assessed by the state tax commission shall be taxed at the same rate of taxation which is levied on other property in the community college district in the same manner and to the same extent that the property is subject to assessment and taxation for general county purposes, and all of the provisions of chapters 151, 153, 154 and 155 shall apply to taxation by community college districts to the same extent as if the community college districts were specifically included in the provisions contained in chapters 151, 153, 154 and 155, except that the taxes levied by community college districts shall not be included for the purpose of determining the average school levy for the other school districts in the county in which they are situated. The taxes levied against the property by community college districts shall be collected in the same manner as taxes are collected on the property from general county taxes.
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(L. 1963 p. 200 § 13-88)
(Source: L. 1961 p. 357 § 12)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 178 - Special Schools and Instruction and Special Districts › Section 178.881 - Community college capital improvement subdistrict may be established, boundaries, taxation — ballot language — dissolution of subdistrict.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 178
• Effective - 28 Aug 2002
178.881. Community college capital improvement subdistrict may be established, boundaries, taxation — ballot language — dissolution of subdistrict. —
1. The board of trustees of any public community college district in this state may establish a community college capital improvement subdistrict by its order for the sole purpose of capital projects. The boundaries of any capital improvement subdistrict established pursuant to this section shall be within the boundaries of the community college district.
2. In the event a capital improvement subdistrict is so established, the board of trustees may propose an annual rate of taxation for the sole purpose of capital projects, within the limits of sections 178.770 to 178.891, which proposal shall be submitted to a vote of the people within the capital improvement subdistrict.
3. The question shall be submitted in substantially the following form:
Shall the board of trustees of ______ (name of district) be authorized, for the purpose of ______ (name of capital project), to borrow money in the amount of ______ dollars to be used in the capital improvement subdistrict of ______ (name of capital improvement subdistrict) for the purpose of ______ (name of capital project) and issue bonds for payment thereof?
☐ YES
☐ NO
4. If a majority of the votes cast on the question are for the tax as submitted, the tax shall be levied and collected on property within the capital improvement subdistrict in the same manner as other community college district taxes. Such funds shall be used for capital improvements in the community college capital improvement subdistrict.
5. Where a tax has not been approved by the voters within a five-year period from the establishment of a community college capital improvement subdistrict, such capital improvement subdistrict shall be dissolved by the board of trustees.
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(L. 2002 H.B. 2022 merged with S.B. 947)