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2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 170 - Instruction — Materials and Subjects › Section 170.045 - Trauma-informed developmentally appropriate sexual abuse training, requirements — rulemaking authority.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 170
Effective - 28 Aug 2019
170.045. Trauma-informed developmentally appropriate sexual abuse training, requirements — rulemaking authority. —
1. In school year 2020-21 and in each school year thereafter, each school district shall provide trauma-informed, developmentally appropriate sexual abuse training to students in all grades not lower than sixth grade. School districts must include in the training the following:
(1) Instruction providing students with the knowledge and tools to recognize sexual abuse;
(2) Instruction providing students with the knowledge and tools to report an incident of sexual abuse;
(3) Actions that a student who is a victim of sexual abuse could take to obtain assistance and intervention; and
(4) Available resources for students affected by sexual abuse.
2. The department of elementary and secondary education shall provide guidance and training materials school districts may use to comply with the provisions of this section. The training materials shall be developed in consultation with the task force on the prevention of sexual abuse of children as established in section 210.1200.
3. The school district shall notify parents or guardians in advance of the training required under this section, of the content of the instruction, and the parent's
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or guardian's right to have the student excused from the instruction. Upon written request of the parent or guardian of a student, the student shall be excused from instruction.
4. 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, 2019, shall be invalid and void.
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(L. 2019 H.B. 604)
*Word "parent" appears in original rolls.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 170 - Instruction — Materials and Subjects › Section 170.046 - School-based nonviolent conflict resolution program materials — development, content, availability.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 170
Effective - 28 Aug 1995
170.046. School-based nonviolent conflict resolution program materials — development, content, availability. —
1. The department of health and senior services shall, in consultation with the department of elementary and secondary education, develop program materials for use by school districts in this state, to be known as "School-Based Nonviolent Conflict Resolution", which shall emphasize:
(1) Nonviolence in conflict resolution; and
(2) Moral and ethical decision making.
2. The program material developed pursuant to this section may be presented by school districts at least once each school year in grades kindergarten through grade twelve. Such program material shall be made available to all schools including private and parochial schools and the general public. Students shall receive no academic credit for the program developed pursuant to this section.
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(L. 1995 H.B. 174, et al. § 7)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 170 - Instruction — Materials and Subjects › Section 170.047 - Youth suicide awareness and prevention, training for educators — guidelines — rulemaking authority.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 170
Effective - 28 Aug 2022, 2 histories
170.047. Youth suicide awareness and prevention, training for educators — guidelines — rulemaking authority. —
1. This section shall be known and may be cited as the "Jason Flatt/Avery Reine Cantor Act".
2. (1) Beginning in the 2017-18 school year and continuing until the end of the 2022-23 school year, any licensed educator may annually complete up to two hours of training or professional development in youth suicide awareness and prevention as part of the professional development hours required for state board of education certification.
(2) Beginning in the 2023-24 school year and continuing in subsequent school years, the practicing teacher assistance programs established under section 168.400 may offer and include at least two hours of in-service training provided by each local school district for all practicing teachers in such district regarding suicide prevention. Each school year, all teachers, principals, and licensed educators in each district may attend such training or complete training on suicide prevention through self-review of suicide prevention materials. Attendance at the training shall count as two contact hours of professional development under section 168.021 and shall count as two hours of any other such training required under this section.
3. The department of elementary and secondary education shall develop guidelines suitable for training or professional development in youth suicide awareness and prevention. The department may develop materials that may be used for the training described under subsection 2 of this section or may offer districts materials developed by a third party that districts may use for the training.
4. For purposes of this section, the term
"licensed educator"
shall refer to any teacher with a certificate of license to teach issued by the state board of education or any other educator or administrator required to maintain a professional license issued by the state board of education.
5. The department of elementary and secondary education may promulgate rules and regulations to implement this section.
6. 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 H.B. 1583 merged with H.B. 2379, A.L. 2022 S.B. 681 & 662)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 170 - Instruction — Materials and Subjects › Section 170.048 - Youth suicide awareness and prevention policy, requirements — model policy, feedback — pupil ID cards, Suicide and Crisis Lifeline dialing code to be printed on.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 170
Effective - 28 Aug 2022, 2 histories
170.048. Youth suicide awareness and prevention policy, requirements — model policy, feedback — pupil ID cards, Suicide and Crisis Lifeline dialing code to be printed on. —
1. By July 1, 2018, each district shall adopt a policy for youth suicide awareness and prevention, including plans for how the district will provide for the training and education of its district employees.
2. Each district's policy shall address and include, but not be limited to, the following:
(1) Strategies that can help identify students who are at possible risk of suicide;
(2) Strategies and protocols for helping students at possible risk of suicide; and
(3) Protocols for responding to a suicide death.
3. By July 1, 2017, the department of elementary and secondary education shall develop a model policy that districts may adopt. When developing the model policy, the department shall cooperate, consult with, and seek input from organizations that have expertise in youth suicide awareness and prevention. By July 1, 2021, and at least every three years thereafter, the department shall request information and seek feedback from districts on their experience with the policy for youth suicide awareness and prevention. The department shall review this information and may use it to adapt the department's model policy. The department shall post any information on its website that it has received from districts that it deems relevant. The department shall not post any confidential information or any information that personally identifies any student or school employee.
4. (1) Beginning July 1, 2023, a public school or charter school that serves any pupils in grades seven to twelve and that issues pupil identification cards shall have printed on either side of the cards the three-digit dialing code that directs calls and routes text messages to the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, 988.
(2) If, on July 1, 2023, a public school or charter school subject to the requirements of this subsection has a supply of unissued pupil identification cards that do not comply with the requirements of subdivision (1) of this subsection, the school shall issue those cards until that supply is depleted.
(3) Subdivision (1) of this subsection shall apply to a pupil identification card issued for the first time to a pupil and to a card issued to replace a damaged or lost card.
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(L. 2016 H.B. 1583 merged with H.B. 2379, A.L. 2022 S.B. 681 & 662)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 170 - Instruction — Materials and Subjects › Section 170.049 - Veterans Day observance in schools.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 170
Effective - 28 Aug 2014, 2 histories
170.049. Veterans Day observance in schools. —
The board of each school district shall require each school in such district to conduct educational programs and activities and devote a period of time at least equal to one class period leading up to an observance that conveys the meaning and significance of Veterans Day. Such observance shall take place on or as close as possible to Veterans Day. The board, in consultation with the administrators of each school in the district, shall determine the activities which will constitute the required observance.
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(L. 2003 S.B. 325, A.L. 2014 S.B. 600)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 170 - Instruction — Materials and Subjects › Section 170.051 - Textbook defined — school board to provide free textbooks in public schools — funds to be used.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 170
• Effective - 28 Aug 2018, 2 histories
170.051. Textbook defined — school board to provide free textbooks in public schools — funds to be used. —
1. As used in this section, the term
"textbook"
means workbooks, manuals, or other books, whether bound or in loose-leaf form, intended for use as a principal source of study material for a given class or group of students, a copy of which is expected to be available for the individual use of each pupil in such class or group.
2. Each public school board shall purchase and loan free all textbooks for all children who are enrolled in grades kindergarten through twelve in the public schools of the district, and may purchase textbooks and instructional materials for prekindergarten students.
3. Each school board shall purchase from the incidental fund of the district all the new or used textbooks for all the pupils in all grades and preschool programs of the public schools of the district. The board may also expend incidental fund moneys to provide supplementary texts, library and reference books, contractual educational television services, and any other instructional supplies for all the pupils of the public schools of the district. All books purchased from district funds are the property of the district but shall be furnished, under rules and regulations prescribed by the school board, to the pupils without charge, except for abuse or willful destruction.
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(L. 1963 p. 200 § 10-5, A.L. 1972 S.B. 638, A.L. 1977 S.B. 74, A.L. 1990 S.B. 740, A.L. 1995 S.B. 269, A.L. 2005 S.B. 287, A.L. 2018 S.B. 975 & 1024 Revision)
(Source: RSMo 1959 §§ 170.200, 170.220)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 170 - Instruction — Materials and Subjects › Section 170.057 - Incidental fund moneys may be used for books, supplies and educational television.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 170
Effective - 28 Aug 1977
170.057. Incidental fund moneys may be used for books, supplies and educational television. —
The school board of any school district may expend either textbook fund moneys or incidental fund moneys to provide supplementary texts, library reference books, instructional supplies and contractual educational television services for the pupils of the district's elementary and secondary schools.
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(L. 1977 H.B. 130)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 170 - Instruction — Materials and Subjects › Section 170.121 - Publisher to designate secretary of state as agent for service of process.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 170
Effective - 28 Aug 1963
170.121. Publisher to designate secretary of state as agent for service of process. —
Any person, firm or corporation furnishing textbooks to any district under the provisions of this law shall designate the secretary of state of the state of Missouri as its or their agent upon whom citation and all other writs and processes may be served in the event any suit is brought against the person, firm or corporation.
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(L. 1963 p. 200 § 10-12)
(Source: RSMo 1959 § 170.210)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 170 - Instruction — Materials and Subjects › Section 170.132 - Preference given to educational materials available in Braille or electronic format, public schools.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 170
Effective - 28 Aug 1999
170.132. Preference given to educational materials available in Braille or electronic format, public schools. —
All public elementary, secondary and postsecondary schools shall preferentially procure educational materials, including textbooks and collateral materials, from vendors who make the materials available in either Braille format or electronic format which is computer-readable in a form approved by the department of elementary and secondary education, or both, at no greater cost than for regular materials.
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(L. 1999 H.B. 401)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 170 - Instruction — Materials and Subjects › Section 170.135 - Captioning of electronic video instructional materials — definitions — failure to comply, civil penalty.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 170
Effective - 28 Aug 2007
170.135. Captioning of electronic video instructional materials — definitions — failure to comply, civil penalty. —
1. As used in this section, the following terms mean:
(1)
"Captions"
, when the audio portion of video programming is displayed as text superimposed over the video;
(2)
"Closed captions"
, captions that may be turned on or off by the viewer;
(3)
"Electronic video instructional materials"
, materials designed, marketed, and sold for use in the instructional programs of educational institutions in Missouri, including but not limited to materials on videotape, CD-ROM, digital video disc (DVD), and film;
(4)
"Open captions"
, captions that are always viewable and cannot be turned on and off by the viewer.
2. Beginning January 1, 2008, every publisher or manufacturer of electronic video instructional materials offered for adoption or sale in the state shall supply such materials with open captions or closed captions, except for the following:
(1) Video products or portions of video products for which the publisher does not have the rights to add captions; and
(2) Video products or portions of video products for which the user does not receive a physical copy of the product, but rather the product is otherwise broadcast into the instructional environment through television programming, teleconferences, and/or products distributed over the internet or world wide web.
3. If the publisher or manufacturer fails to comply with the requirements of this section, the publisher or manufacturer shall be liable to the entity that purchased the electronic video instructional materials in the amount of three times the amount paid by the purchasing entity to have captions placed on the materials.
4. In order to ensure the effective implementation of subsection 3 of this section, a liability claim may be made on behalf of the purchasing entity by either the individual purchaser; a school, school district, college, or university that employs the individual purchaser; the Missouri department of elementary and secondary education; or the Missouri department of higher education and workforce development.
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(L. 2007 H.B. 181)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 170 - Instruction — Materials and Subjects › Section 170.171 - Board member accepting bribe — penalty.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 170
Effective - 28 Aug 1963
170.171. Board member accepting bribe — penalty. —
Any member of any school board who accepts or receives any money, gift or any property, or favor whatsoever, from any person, firm or corporation selling or offering for sale any textbooks, or any agent thereof, or from any person in any way interested in the sale of textbooks, shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six months, or by both the fine and imprisonment.
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(L. 1963 p. 200 § 10-17)
(Source: RSMo 1959 § 170.270)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 170 - Instruction — Materials and Subjects › Section 170.201 - Boards may accept gifts for libraries — investment (seven-director districts).

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 170
Effective - 28 Aug 1963
170.201. Boards may accept gifts for libraries — investment (seven-director districts). —
The board of any seven-director district may accept and receive gifts and devises for the erection and endowment of libraries and for the purchase of books, and may invest the endowment fund upon the same security and in the same manner as required by Section 7, Article IX, of the Constitution of Missouri.
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(L. 1963 p. 200 § 10-20)
(Source: RSMo 1959 § 165.367)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 170 - Instruction — Materials and Subjects › Section 170.211 - Public library — powers of board in urban districts.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 170
Effective - 28 Aug 1963
170.211. Public library — powers of board in urban districts. —
1. The school board of any urban school district may establish and maintain a library and free reading room for the use of the school district, and may appropriate such sums as the board deems proper for the support of the library and reading room.
2. The school board may in the name of the school district accept, hold, invest and reinvest, use and disburse any donations, bequests or devises made to it for the benefit of the library or for library purposes in accordance with the terms of the donation, bequest or devise.
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(L. 1963 p. 200 § 10-21)
(Source: RSMo 1959 §§ 165.537, 165.733)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 170 - Instruction — Materials and Subjects › Section 170.221 - Art gallery and museum — powers of board in urban districts.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 170
Effective - 28 Aug 1963
170.221. Art gallery and museum — powers of board in urban districts. —
The board of any urban district may receive and accept gifts, donations and bequests of paintings, engravings, etchings, statuary and other works of art, curios, historical relics, collections of minerals and other articles proper to a museum for use in connection with the public schools, and may appropriate the sums necessary to properly care for, preserve and exhibit the same. The board may also receive gifts and bequests of money and other property for use, and use the same in increasing, preserving, maintaining and caring for the art and museum collections; and for that purpose may purchase sites and erect proper buildings for art and museum collections. Whenever the board files a verified statement with the county clerk, signed by the board or a majority of its members, certifying that, in its or their opinion, the art and museum collections are of the value of not less than twenty-five thousand dollars, then the board may submit to the voters of the school district a proposition to vote bonds for the purpose of erecting an art gallery and museum building for the proper keeping and maintaining of the art and museum collections, which proposition shall be submitted to the voters of the school districts under all the terms and conditions of sections 164.131, 164.151 and 164.161.
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(L. 1963 p. 200 § 10-22)
(Source: RSMo 1959 § 165.537)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 170 - Instruction — Materials and Subjects › Section 170.225 - Rules, procedure.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 170
Effective - 28 Aug 1995
170.225. Rules, procedure. —
No rule or portion of a rule promulgated under the authority of this chapter shall become effective unless it has been promulgated pursuant to the provisions of section 536.024.
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(L. 1977 H.B. 130 § 1 as that number appears for the second time in H.B. 130, A.L. 1981 S.B. 200, A.L. 1995 S.B. 3)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 170 - Instruction — Materials and Subjects › Section 170.231 - Inspection by the public of instructional material, research and experimentation programs or projects.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 170
Effective - 28 Aug 1983
170.231. Inspection by the public of instructional material, research and experimentation programs or projects. —
The school board of each school district shall provide that all public school instructional material intended for use in connection with any public school classroom instruction, or any public school research or experimentation program or project, shall be available for inspection by any person. For the purpose of this section,
"classroom instruction"
shall mean any public school instruction involving teachers and students or peers and students;
"research or experimentation program or project"
shall mean any public school research or experimentation program or project designed to explore or develop new and unproven teaching methods and techniques.
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(L. 1983 H.B. 815 § 162.021)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 170 - Instruction — Materials and Subjects › Section 170.260 - Motivated students program, requirements.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 170
Effective - 28 Aug 1996, 2 histories
170.260. Motivated students program, requirements. —
Each school in each school district, as defined in section 160.010, which offers more than one classroom section of a regular instruction class or program, may offer at least one section of such class or program which shall be designated as motivated. Only students who apply for entrance into the motivated section and complete and sign a motivated contract, established by resolution of the school board of the district, shall be eligible for admission into a class or program designated as motivated. The contract shall include, at a minimum:
(1) A commitment to do all required homework except when extenuating circumstances prevent;
(2) A commitment to be respectful to teachers and other students at all times;
(3) Provision for probationary status upon the first violation of the contract by the student; and
(4) Provision for transfer to a regular class or program upon the third violation of the contract within a school year by the student.
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(L. 1996 H.B. 1301 & 1298)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 170 - Instruction — Materials and Subjects › Section 170.300 - Phonics instruction pilot project.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 170
Effective - 28 Aug 1999
170.300. Phonics instruction pilot project. —
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, beginning with the 1999-2000 school year, there is hereby established within each subdistrict of each metropolitan school district, a pilot project of explicit phonics instruction for students up to and including third grade. This project shall employ the methodology of teaching public school students to pronounce and read words by learning the phonetic sound associations of individual letters, letter groups and syllables and the principles governing these associations. Reading instruction using implied recognition of words or partial words through the use of pictures or other references other than explicit pronunciation of phonetic letter combinations shall not be admitted as a substitute or in combination with explicit phonics instruction.
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(L. 1999 H.B. 889 § 8)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 170 - Instruction — Materials and Subjects › Section 170.305 - Supplemental educational services, equipment and educational materials not deemed an incentive for certification purposes.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 170
Effective - 28 Aug 2009
170.305. Supplemental educational services, equipment and educational materials not deemed an incentive for certification purposes. —
Any and all equipment and educational materials necessary for successful participation in supplemental educational services programming shall not be deemed an incentive for the purposes of compliance with department of elementary and secondary education rules and regulations for supplemental educational services provider certification. The department of elementary and secondary education shall not prohibit providers of supplemental and educational services from allowing students to retain instructional equipment, including computers, used by them upon successful completion of supplemental and educational services.
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(L. 2009 S.B. 291 § 170.400)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 170 - Instruction — Materials and Subjects › Section 170.307 - Mental health awareness training and instruction required — rules.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 170
Effective - 28 Aug 2022
170.307. Mental health awareness training and instruction required — rules. —
1. For school year 2022-23 and each school year thereafter, upon graduation from high school, pupils in public schools and charter schools shall have received mental health awareness training given any time during a pupil's four years of high school.
2. Beginning in school year 2022-23, any public school or charter school serving grades nine through twelve shall provide enrolled students instruction in mental health awareness. Students with disabilities may participate to the extent appropriate as determined by the provisions of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act or Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. Instruction shall be included in the district's existing health or physical education curriculum. Instruction shall be based on a program established by the department of elementary and secondary education.
3. The department of elementary and secondary education shall promulgate rules to develop a model curriculum to be used by school districts to provide the instruction required by 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, 2022, shall be invalid and void.
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(L. 2022 S.B. 681 & 662)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 170 - Instruction — Materials and Subjects › Section 170.311 - Organ, eye, and tissue donation, instruction on, when — students may opt out of instruction, when.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 170
Effective - 28 Aug 2018
170.311. Organ, eye, and tissue donation, instruction on, when — students may opt out of instruction, when. —
1. If a state or nationally recognized program or organization that provides unbiased information on organ, eye, and tissue donation requests to present information on organ, eye, and tissue donation to a school board or a governing board of a charter school, the school board or governing board shall allow a presentation to be given, and shall allot no less than thirty minutes for the presentation. School boards and governing boards shall then consider the information presented and make a decision on whether to present such information to students and parents in the district or charter school and the manner in which such information shall be presented.
2. No student shall be required to participate in any instruction relating to information about organ, eye, and tissue donation if the student has any sincerely held religious or emotional belief which is contrary to such instruction.
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(L. 2018 H.B. 2129)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 170 - Instruction — Materials and Subjects › Section 170.312 - Safe place for newborns act, instruction on, requirements.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 170
Effective - 28 Aug 2013
170.312. Safe place for newborns act, instruction on, requirements. —
1. A school district or charter school may provide annually to high school students enrolled in health education at least thirty minutes of age- and grade-appropriate classroom instruction relative to the safe place for newborns act of 2002 under section 210.950, which provides a mechanism whereby any parent may relinquish the care of an infant to the state in safety and anonymity and without fear of prosecution under certain specified conditions.
2. A school district or charter school that elects to offer such information pursuant to this section shall include the following:
(1) An explanation that relinquishment of an infant means to give over possession or control of the infant to other specified persons as provided by law with the settled intent to forego all parental responsibilities;
(2) The process to be followed by a parent in making a relinquishment;
(3) The general locations where an infant may be left in the care of certain people;
(4) The available options if a parent is unable to travel to a designated emergency care facility; and
(5) The process by which a relinquishing parent may reclaim parental rights to the infant and the time lines for taking this action.
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(L. 2013 S.B. 256 § 1)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 170 - Instruction — Materials and Subjects › Section 170.315 - Active shooter and intruder response training for schools program established, purpose — mandatory drill to be conducted.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 170
Effective - 28 Aug 2013
170.315. Active shooter and intruder response training for schools program established, purpose — mandatory drill to be conducted. —
1. There is hereby established the Active Shooter and Intruder Response Training for Schools Program (ASIRT). Each school district and charter school may, by July 1, 2014, include in its teacher and school employee training a component on how to properly respond to students who provide them with information about a threatening situation and how to address situations in which there is a potentially dangerous or armed intruder in the school. Training may also include information and techniques on how to address situations where an active shooter is present in the school or on school property.
2. Each school district and charter school may conduct the training on an annual basis. If no formal training has previously occurred, the length of the training may be eight hours. The length of annual continuing training may be four hours.
3. All school personnel shall participate in a simulated active shooter and intruder response drill conducted and led by law enforcement professionals. Each drill may include an explanation of its purpose and a safety briefing. The training shall require each participant to know and understand how to respond in the event of an actual emergency on school property or at a school event. The drill may include:
(1) Allowing school personnel to respond to the simulated emergency in whatever way they have been trained or informed; and
(2) Allowing school personnel to attempt and implement new methods of responding to the simulated emergency based upon previously used unsuccessful methods of response.
4. All instructors for the program shall be certified by the department of public safety's peace officers standards training commission.
5. School districts and charter schools may consult and collaborate with law enforcement authorities, emergency response agencies, and other organizations and entities trained to deal with active shooters or potentially dangerous or armed intruders.
6. Public schools shall foster an environment in which students feel comfortable sharing information they have regarding a potentially threatening or dangerous situation with a responsible adult.
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(L. 2013 S.B. 75)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 170 - Instruction — Materials and Subjects › Section 170.340 - Books of religious nature may be used, when.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 170
Effective - 28 Aug 2013
170.340. Books of religious nature may be used, when. —
Books of a religious nature may be used in the classroom as part of instruction in elective courses in literature and history, as long as such books are not used in a manner so as to violate the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
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(L. 2013 S.B. 17)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 170 - Instruction — Materials and Subjects › Section 170.341 - Hebrew Scriptures and the Bible, offering of elective social studies courses related to — purpose — requirements.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 170
Effective - 28 Aug 2023
170.341. Hebrew Scriptures and the Bible, offering of elective social studies courses related to — purpose — requirements. —
1. Any school district or public charter school may offer students elective social studies courses relating, but not limited to, the following:
(1) The Hebrew Scriptures, the Old Testament of the Bible;
(2) The New Testament of the Bible; or
(3) The Hebrew Scriptures and the New Testament of the Bible.
2. The purpose of a course under this section is to:
(1) Teach students knowledge of biblical content, characters, poetry, and narratives that are prerequisites to understanding contemporary society and culture, including literature, art, music, mores, oratory, and public policy; and
(2) Familiarize students with, as applicable:
(a) The contents of the Hebrew Scriptures or New Testament;
(b) The history of the Hebrew Scriptures or New Testament;
(c) The literary style and structure of the Hebrew Scriptures or New Testament; and
(d) The influence of the Hebrew Scriptures or New Testament on law, history, government, literature, art, music, customs, morals, values, and culture.
3. A student shall not be required to use a specific translation as the sole text of the Hebrew Scriptures or New Testament and may use as the basic textbook a different translation of the Hebrew Scriptures or New Testament from that chosen by the school district or public charter school.
4. A course offered under this section shall follow applicable law and all federal and state guidelines in maintaining religious neutrality and accommodating the diverse religious views, traditions, and perspectives of students in the school. A course offered under this section shall not endorse, favor, or promote, or disfavor or show hostility toward, any particular religion or nonreligious faith or religious perspective.
5. School districts and public charter schools, in complying with this section, shall not violate any provision of the Constitution of the United States or federal law, the Constitution of Missouri or any state law, or any administrative regulations of the department of elementary and secondary education or the United States Department of Education.
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(L. 2023 S.B. 34)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 170 - Instruction — Materials and Subjects › Section 170.345 - Missouri civics education initiative — examination required — waiver, when.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 170
Effective - 28 Aug 2016
170.345. Missouri civics education initiative — examination required — waiver, when. —
1. This section shall be known as the "Missouri Civics Education Initiative".
2. Any student entering the ninth grade after July 1, 2017, who is attending any public, charter, or private school, except private trade schools, as a condition of high school graduation shall pass an examination on the provisions and principles of American civics.
3. The examination shall consist of one hundred questions similar to the one hundred questions used by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) that are administered to applicants for United States citizenship.
4. The examination required under this section may be included in any other examination that is administered on the provisions and principles of the Constitution of the United States and of the state of Missouri, and in American history and American institutions, as required in subsection 3 of section 170.011.
5. School districts may use any online test to comply with the provisions of this section.
6. Each school district shall adopt a policy to permit the waiver of the requirements of this section for any student with a disability if recommended by the student's IEP committee. For purposes of this subsection,
"IEP"
means individualized education program.
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(L. 2016 H.B. 1646, 2132 & 1621 merged with S.B. 638)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 170 - Instruction — Materials and Subjects › Section 170.350 - Constitution Project of the Missouri Supreme Court, participation in, effect of.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 170
Effective - 28 Aug 2016
170.350. Constitution Project of the Missouri Supreme Court, participation in, effect of. —
A school district may develop a policy that allows student participation in the Constitution Project of the Missouri Supreme Court to be recognized by:
(1) The granting of credit for some portion of, or in collaboration with:
(a) Inclusion in the student's record of good citizenship as required by the A+ tuition reimbursement program under section 160.545; or
(b) The Missouri and United States Constitution course required under section 170.011; or
(c) Any relevant course or instructional unit in American government or a similar subject; or
(2) District or school-level awards including, but not limited to, certificates or assemblies.
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(L. 2016 H.B. 1646, 2132 & 1621 merged with S.B. 638)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 171 - School Operations › Section 171.011 - School board may adopt rules and regulations.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 171
Effective - 28 Aug 1963
171.011. School board may adopt rules and regulations. —
The school board of each school district in the state may make all needful rules and regulations for the organization, grading and government in the school district. The rules shall take effect when a copy of the rules, duly signed by order of the board, is deposited with the district clerk. The district clerk shall transmit forthwith a copy of the rules to the teachers employed in the schools. The rules may be amended or repealed in like manner.
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(L. 1963 p. 200 § 11-1)
(Source: RSMo 1959 § 163.010)
CROSS REFERENCES:
Admission of nonresident pupils, 167.151
Summary suspension of pupils, 167.171
Suspension or expulsion of pupils by board, 167.161
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 171 - School Operations › Section 171.021 - Schools receiving public moneys to display United States flag — requirement to recite Pledge of Allegiance once per school day — students not required to recite.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 171
Effective - 28 Aug 2016, 2 histories
171.021. Schools receiving public moneys to display United States flag — requirement to recite Pledge of Allegiance once per school day — students not required to recite. —
1. Every school in this state which is supported in whole or in part by public moneys, during the hours while school is in session, shall display in some prominent place either upon the outside of the school building or upon a pole erected in the school yard the flag of the United States of America.
2. Every school in this state which is supported in whole or in part by public moneys shall ensure that the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag of the United States of America is recited in at least one scheduled class of every pupil enrolled in that school no less often than once per school day. Flags for display in individual classrooms may be provided by voluntary donation by any person. No student shall be required to recite the Pledge of Allegiance.
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(L. 1963 p. 200 § 11-2, A.L. 2002 S.B. 718, A.L. 2016 S.B. 638)
(Source: RSMo 1959 § 163.030)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 171 - School Operations › Section 171.026 - Student programs on occupations and educational options, military forces may be represented.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 171
Effective - 28 Aug 1981
171.026. Student programs on occupations and educational options, military forces may be represented. —
If the school board of any school district in the state provides access to persons or groups which make students aware of occupational or educational options, the board shall provide access on the same basis to official recruiting representatives of the military forces of the state and of the United States for the purpose of informing students of educational and career opportunities available in the military.
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(L. 1981 H.B. 717 § 1)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 171 - School Operations › Section 171.034 - Provision of food services by school districts eligible to reduce make-up days.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 171
Effective - 31 May 2006, see footnote
171.034. Provision of food services by school districts eligible to reduce make-up days. —
Any school district that is eligible to reduce its requirement to make up days pursuant to subsection 3 of section 171.033 may provide food service on a summer school food service basis if it resumes school with double sessions.
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(L. 2006 S.B. 769 § 1)
Effective 5-31-06
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 171 - School Operations › Section 171.051 - School holidays.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 171
Effective - 28 Aug 2014
171.051. School holidays. —
School holidays include Thanksgiving Day, December twenty-fifth, the third Monday in February, July fourth, and may include November eleventh at the discretion of the school district.
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(L. 1963 p. 200 § 11-5, A.L. 1969 p. 85, A.L. 2014 S.B. 600)
(Source: RSMo 1959 § 163.020)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 171 - School Operations › Section 171.053 - Participation in sanctioned program activities, excused absences allowed — state aid, computation for such activities.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 171
Effective - 28 Aug 2004
171.053. Participation in sanctioned program activities, excused absences allowed — state aid, computation for such activities. —
1. The general assembly hereby finds and declares that:
(1) The Future Farmers of America Organization (FFA Organization), Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) and 4-H programs in the state and the organized competitions held as a part of the Missouri state fair involve an education and learning process that is not otherwise available in the regular curriculum of secondary education in Missouri;
(2) The principles and practices learned by students in such programs are highly beneficial to students;
(3) Participation in such programs should be encouraged; and
(4) One method of encouraging participation in such programs is to allow such participation to be counted as school attendance for the purpose of determining state school aid.
2. It is the purpose and intent of this section to assure that participation of students in sanctioned activities of such programs be allowed to such extent as may be determined appropriate by the school boards of the various school districts.
3. Any school district which allows an excused absence for athletics or any other extracurricular school activity shall allow, pursuant to its written policy and with the approval of the responsible sponsoring school employee, any student enrolled in the district to use such regularly scheduled instructional time as is reasonably necessary for such student to participate in an officially sanctioned activity of any such program; provided, if the program is not a part of the Missouri state fair or 4-H, that such program has a local chapter which is officially recognized by the student's school.
4. For the purpose of distributing state school aid pursuant to section 163.031, a student who is participating in an officially sanctioned activity of any such program, as provided pursuant to subsection 3 of this section, shall be considered to be attending regularly scheduled instruction in the district and such hours of participation occurring during the regular school day shall be included in the district's calculation of average daily attendance, as defined in section 163.011.
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(L. 2004 S.B. 968 and S.B. 969)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 171 - School Operations › Section 171.091 - Board may provide adult classes out of certain funds.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 171
Effective - 27 Jun 1973, see footnote
171.091. Board may provide adult classes out of certain funds. —
The school board of any school district in this state may provide for the gratuitous education of persons over twenty years of age, resident in the school district. The gratuitous education, however, shall be provided only out of revenue derived by the school district from sources other than those described in Section 3, Article IX, of the Constitution of this State.
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(L. 1963 p. 200 § 11-9, A.L. 1967 p. 236, A.L. 1973 H.B. 38)
(Source: RSMo 1959 § 163.160)
Effective 6-27-73
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 171 - School Operations › Section 171.096 - Board may permit use of school facilities for adult education purposes.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 171
Effective - 28 Aug 1967
171.096. Board may permit use of school facilities for adult education purposes. —
Each school board in the state may, under such terms and conditions as it may determine, permit the use of its buildings and grounds for adult education purposes.
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(L. 1967 1st Ex. Sess. p. 894 § 1)