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2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 167 - Pupils and Special Services › Section 167.232 - Tax for extra transportation may be rescinded, procedure.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 167
Effective - 28 Aug 1978
167.232. Tax for extra transportation may be rescinded, procedure. —
1. The board of education of any seven-director school district where the voters of the district have approved the transportation of pupils living less than one mile from the school and the levying of an additional tax to pay for such transportation as provided in section 167.231 may, when it determines such action advisable, present a proposition to the qualified voters of the district rescinding the tax levy and the requirement that transportation be provided for all pupils living less than one mile from school. Such a proposition shall not be presented to the voters until after such transportation services have been provided for three full school terms and then only at the annual election. Approval of the rescission by a majority of the voters would be effective on July first next following the election. After that date the district shall provide only such transportation as is authorized under subsection 1 of section 167.231. Upon December thirty-first of the year in which the rescission is effective, the district's tax levy shall be reduced by an amount equal to the increase approved by the voters under subsection 2 of section 167.231.
2. The ballot form for such an election shall be in substantially the following form:
Shall the board of education of the ______ school district be required to provide transportation only for those pupils living three and one-half miles or more from school with the option of providing transportation for those living a mile or more from school?
☐ YES
☐ NO
(If you are in favor of the proposition (or question), place an X in the box opposite "YES". If you are opposed to the proposition (or question), place an X in the box opposite "NO".)
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(L. 1977 H.B. 130, A.L. 1978 H.B. 969)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 167 - Pupils and Special Services › Section 167.241 - Transportation of pupils to another district — approved charter school transportation.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 167
• Effective - 28 Aug 2019, 3 histories
167.241. Transportation of pupils to another district — approved charter school transportation. —
1. Except as otherwise provided under this section, transportation for pupils whose tuition the district of residence is required to pay by section 167.131 or who are assigned as provided in section 167.121 shall be provided by the district of residence.
2. In the case of pupils covered by section 167.131, the district of residence shall be required to provide transportation only to school districts accredited by the state board of education pursuant to the authority of the state board of education to classify schools as established in section 161.092, and those school districts designated by the board of education of the district of residence.
3. (1) For purposes of this subsection,
"approved charter school"
has the same meaning given to the term under section 167.895.
(2) For pupils covered by section 167.895, the district of residence shall be required to provide transportation only to school districts or approved charter schools designated by the department of elementary and secondary education or its designee. For pupils covered by section 167.895, the department of elementary and secondary education or its designee shall designate at least one accredited district or approved charter school to which the district of residence shall provide transportation. If the designated district or charter school reaches full student capacity and is unable to receive additional students, the department of elementary and secondary education or its designee shall designate at least one additional accredited district or approved charter school to which the district of residence shall provide transportation.
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(L. 1963 p. 200 § 8-24 and p. 335 § 165.143, A.L. 1977 H.B. 130, A.L. 1979 S.B. 318, A.L. 1993 S.B. 380, A.L. 2016 S.B. 638, A.L. 2019 H.B. 604)
(Source: RSMo 1959 § 165.143)
CROSS REFERENCE:
Transportation by common carrier for students of schools for the blind and deaf, 162.756
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 167 - Pupils and Special Services › Section 167.251 - Board to prescribe rules and regulations — driver to give bond — fund charged with transportation expenses.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 167
Effective - 28 Aug 1963
167.251. Board to prescribe rules and regulations — driver to give bond — fund charged with transportation expenses. —
When transportation is provided by a district pursuant to law, the school board shall make all needful rules and regulations for the transportation of pupils and shall require from every person employed for that purpose, a reasonable bond conditioned upon the faithful discharge of his duties as prescribed by the board. Expenses of transportation shall be paid out of the incidental fund of the district.
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(L. 1963 p. 200 § 8-25)
(Source: RSMo 1959 § 165.140)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 167 - Pupils and Special Services › Section 167.260 - Program for developmentally delayed, ages three and four — program for children from at-risk families.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 167
• Effective - 28 Aug 1990, 2 histories
167.260. Program for developmentally delayed, ages three and four — program for children from at-risk families. —
1. Any local school district offering to all pupils who are eligible by age pursuant to section 163.017 a full day of kindergarten within the school calendar as prepared pursuant to section 171.031 shall be eligible for state aid for a program for developmentally delayed children ages three and four as defined in section 178.691 and for children from at-risk families as defined in section 167.273. State aid shall be provided for no more than a half-day program within the district's school calendar. At a minimum such eligible child shall reach the age of three before the first day of October prior to the start of the school year. Such program shall emphasize social skills, physical development and preparation for kindergarten.
2. The state board of education shall approve such programs and distribute state aid.
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(L. 1990 S.B. 740 § 2)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 167 - Pupils and Special Services › Section 167.265 - School counselors, grades kindergarten through nine — eligibility — application.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 167
Effective - 28 Aug 2016, 2 histories
167.265. School counselors, grades kindergarten through nine — eligibility — application. —
1. A program to provide school counselors in grades kindergarten through nine is established. Any public elementary school, middle school, junior high school, or combination of such schools, containing such grades which meet the criteria pursuant to this section shall be eligible for a state financial supplement to employ a school counselor. Eligibility criteria are: the school shall have a minimum enrollment of one hundred twenty-five pupils per school site, shall have a breakfast program, and shall serve at least forty percent of its lunches to pupils who are eligible for free or reduced price meals according to federal guidelines.
2. A school district which contains such eligible schools may apply to the department of elementary and secondary education for a state financial supplement to employ a school counselor in those schools named in the application and in no other schools of the district. The state financial supplement shall not exceed ten thousand dollars per school counselor. No more than one school counselor per school shall be supplemented by the state pursuant to this section, except that a district may apply for an additional school counselor if the enrollment at the school equals four hundred or more pupils. School counselors thus employed pursuant to this section shall at a minimum engage in direct counseling activities with the pupils of the school during a portion of the school day which represents that portion of the school counselor's salary which is supplemented by the state pursuant to this section.
3. The state board of education shall promulgate rules and regulations for the implementation of this section. Such rules shall include identifying any qualifications for school counselors which may be in addition to those promulgated pursuant to section 168.021, establishing application procedures for school districts, determining a method of awarding state financial supplements in the event that the number of applications exceeds the amounts appropriated therefor, and establishing an amount of state financial supplement per school counselor based upon the salary schedule of the district.
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(L. 1990 S.B. 740 § 4, A.L. 2016 H.B. 2428)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 167 - Pupils and Special Services › Section 167.266 - Academic and career counseling program — rulemaking authority.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 167
Effective - 28 Aug 2018
167.266. Academic and career counseling program — rulemaking authority. —
1. Beginning with the 2018-19 school year, the board of education of a school district or a charter school that is a local educational agency may establish an academic and career counseling program in cooperation with parents and the local community that is in the best interest of and meets the needs of students in the community. School districts and local educational agencies may use the Missouri comprehensive school counseling program as a resource for the development of a district's or local educational agency's program. The department of elementary and secondary education shall develop a process for recognition of a school district's academic and career counseling program established in cooperation with parents and the local community no later than January 1, 2019.
2. The state board of education shall promulgate rules and regulations for the implementation of this section. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, that is created under the authority delegated in this section shall become effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of the provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 536.028. This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable, and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 2018, shall be invalid and void.
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(L. 2018 H.B. 1606)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 167 - Pupils and Special Services › Section 167.268 - Policy for reading success plans — state board to develop guidelines.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 167
• Effective - 28 Aug 2022, 2 histories
167.268. Policy for reading success plans — state board to develop guidelines. —
1. Each school district and charter school shall have on file a policy for reading success plans. Each school district and charter school shall provide all parents and guardians of students, including parents of students who are identified as having a substantial deficiency in reading under subsection 1 of section 167.645, with suggestions for regular parent-guided home reading.
2. The department of elementary and secondary education shall develop guidelines to assist districts and charter schools in formulating policies for reading success plans. Such guidelines may include, but are not limited to, measures of reading proficiency, strategies for addressing reading deficiencies, timelines for measuring pupil improvement in reading, and information on screening of dyslexia. Such guidelines may also identify performance levels for pupils identified as handicapped or severely handicapped and conditions under which such pupils may be exempt from the provisions of this section and section 167.645.
3. Each school district and charter school shall provide intensive reading instruction to students as provided in section 167.645.
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(L. 1990 S.B. 740 § 5, A.L. 2022 S.B. 681 & 662)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 167 - Pupils and Special Services › Section 167.270 - Specialized courses of instruction — pupils at risk of dropping out — pregnant teens and teen mothers.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 167
Effective - 28 Aug 1990, 2 histories
167.270. Specialized courses of instruction — pupils at risk of dropping out — pregnant teens and teen mothers. —
1. Local school districts are encouraged to offer additional specialized programs for any pupil who has a high risk of becoming a high school dropout. Additional financial assistance from state aid provided by section 167.260 shall be provided to those school districts which offer such courses. For any programs established pursuant to this section, such additional state aid shall be distributed according to rules and regulations developed by the state board of education.
2. The rate of reimbursement to local school districts for specialized courses of instruction designed to keep high school pupils from dropping out of school shall be determined on the basis of eight thousand eighty-three dollars for each full-time teacher who teaches such a course which is approved by the state department of elementary and secondary education.
3. A local school district shall be eligible for additional state aid, subject to appropriation therefor, for a program of alternative education programs for pregnant teens and teen mothers who are enrolled as pupils in the district. Such programs may include specialized courses of instruction established pursuant to subsection 1 of this section and such supplemental services as the district may establish within guidelines set by the state board of education to enable teen mothers to complete high school. For these supplemental services a district may accept funds from federal, local and private sources as may be available. Two or more districts may form a consortium to offer these supplemental services. A district which is not a member of a consortium and which does not offer these services may contract with a district which does. Such a district offering such services may waive all or a portion of the tuition for such a pupil.
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(L. 1990 S.B. 740 § 6)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 167 - Pupils and Special Services › Section 167.273 - Program of parent education — pregnant teens, teen parents — at-risk families, characteristics — potential dropouts, characteristics.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 167
• Effective - 28 Aug 1990
167.273. Program of parent education — pregnant teens, teen parents — at-risk families, characteristics — potential dropouts, characteristics. —
A local school district shall be eligible for additional state aid, subject to appropriations, for a program of parent education pursuant to sections 178.691 to 178.699 which is established in one or more high schools of the district to serve pregnant teens and teen parents enrolled as pupils in the district, and for a program of parent education which is designed to assist at-risk families who exhibit the characteristics which produce at-risk children. The term
"at-risk"
is used to describe those families who exhibit the characteristics which may produce children likely to drop out of school, which characteristics may include, but need not be limited to, single parent households, chemical dependencies, unemployment, low educational attainment of the parent or parents, numerous family relocations, referral to mental health or social service agencies, and involvement with the corrections system of this state; and to describe those children who exhibit the characteristics of potential school dropouts, which characteristics may include, but need not be limited to, high absentee rate, high truancy rate, low academic achievement, referrals to mental health or social services agencies, recurring discipline problems, and involvement with the juvenile justice system of this state.
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(L. 1990 S.B. 740 § 7)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 167 - Pupils and Special Services › Section 167.275 - Dropouts to be reported to state literacy hot line — availability of information on website.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 167
Effective - 28 Aug 2009
167.275. Dropouts to be reported to state literacy hot line — availability of information on website. —
1. Effective January 1, 1991, all public and nonpublic secondary schools shall report to the state literacy hotline office in Jefferson City the name, mailing address and telephone number of all students sixteen years of age or older who drop out of school for any reason other than to attend another school, college or university, or enlist in the armed services. Such reports shall be made either by using the telephone hotline number or on forms developed by the department of elementary and secondary education. Upon such notification, the state literacy hotline office shall contact the student who has been reported and refer that student to the nearest location that provides adult basic education instruction leading to the completion of a general educational development certificate.
2. All records and reports from or based upon the reports required by this section shall be made available by free electronic record on the department's website or otherwise on the first business day of each month. The names of the students who drop out and any other information which might identify such students shall not be included in the records and reports made available by free electronic media.
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(L. 1990 S.B. 740 § 8, A.L. 2009 S.B. 291)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 167 - Pupils and Special Services › Section 167.278 - Chief school officers to provide information on postsecondary financial assistance.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 167
Effective - 28 Aug 1990
167.278. Chief school officers to provide information on postsecondary financial assistance. —
The superintendent of schools or other chief school officer of each local public school district and the chief school officer of any nonpublic school shall make available to pupils and their parents information about the various types of financial assistance available to pursue a postsecondary education at a degree-granting institution. The commissioner of higher education shall assist such efforts by making available to schools and pupils information relating to such programs and assistance. In addition, the commissioner in cooperation with the state board of education shall provide such other information as is appropriate to encourage pupils to complete high school and to assist pupils in preparing to enter a postsecondary degree program.
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(L. 1990 S.B. 740 § 9)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 167 - Pupils and Special Services › Section 167.335 - Alternative education grants — qualifications — joint applications.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 167
• Effective - 28 Aug 1996
167.335. Alternative education grants — qualifications — joint applications. —
1. The state board of education shall establish a program to award grants to school districts that apply for assistance in providing alternative educational opportunities for students whose demonstrated disruptive behavior indicates that they cannot be adequately served in the traditional classroom setting. The board shall solicit applications from school districts and shall make grants from funds appropriated for that purpose in such amounts and on such terms as it determines best encourages the development of alternative education programs throughout the state. The board shall give preference to applications that demonstrate a need for alternative education services and stress:
(1) A comprehensive, kindergarten through grade twelve approach to preventing problems that result in the need for alternative education services;
(2) Rigorous instruction in core academic disciplines;
(3) Activities designed to enable the student to better perform in the regular classroom and to transition students back to the regular classroom when merited by their performance;
(4) A student-centered approach whereby activities are designed to meet the particular needs of individual students; and
(5) Collaboration with existing community-based service providers, such as cooperative education programs, school to work programs, parents-as-teachers programs, programs developed by the department of economic development and programs developed by local service delivery agencies, and other governmental and private agencies to address student needs beyond those traditionally addressed by schools.
2. School districts may submit joint applications and are encouraged to pursue regional approaches to alternative education where warranted. Area vocational learning centers shall be eligible to submit applications and are encouraged to pursue grants to expand and enhance existing alternative education programs established pursuant to sections 167.320 to 167.332, provided that any additional activities are compatible with subdivisions (1) to (5) of subsection 1 of this section. The state board of education shall adopt rules necessary to implement the grant program established pursuant to this section, provided that no rule or portion of a rule promulgated pursuant to this section shall become effective unless it has been promulgated pursuant to the provisions of section 536.024.
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(L. 1996 H.B. 1301 & 1298 § 6)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 167 - Pupils and Special Services › Section 167.340 - Read to be ready program — certain students to increase average daily attendance — reading improvement instruction.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 167
• Effective - 28 Aug 1999
167.340. Read to be ready program — certain students to increase average daily attendance — reading improvement instruction. —
1. The provisions of sections 167.340 to 167.346 shall be known and may be cited as the "Read to be Ready Program".
2. Beginning July 1, 2000, if a school district provides reading improvement instruction for students in kindergarten through third grade who do not meet the district's objectives for reading as demonstrated by performance on the district's chosen methods of reading assessment, such students who receive reading improvement instruction pursuant to this subsection may be counted for additional average daily attendance for state school aid during their reading improvement instruction time if such time falls outside normal school hours.
3. Reading improvement instruction may take the form of summer school, provided that the summer school instruction addresses the reading deficiency, additional hours of instruction or such other methods as the district may select including, but not limited to, smaller class sizes, additional resources including computers, reading specialists, teacher and administrator training, tutoring, phonics instruction and use of parents and volunteers.
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(L. 1999 H.B. 889 § 1)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 167 - Pupils and Special Services › Section 167.346 - List of recommended reading assessments — state board's duties — department's duties — rules.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 167
• Effective - 28 Aug 1999
167.346. List of recommended reading assessments — state board's duties — department's duties — rules. —
1. The state board of education shall develop a list of recommended reading assessments for kindergarten through grade three pupils by July 1, 2000. Such assessments shall have a demonstrated effectiveness based on research. The list shall incorporate a variety of methods and may also include reading improvement programs. The list shall serve as a guideline for districts choosing reading improvement assessment and instructional methods pursuant to the grant program established in section 167.343. Districts are not required to use a reading assessment from the list developed pursuant to this section. The department shall review the results of the grants and determine which reading instruction programs have been particularly effective and use this information to update its initial list.
2. The state board of education shall develop guidelines to apply reading assessment results to instructional programs and the training of teachers and administrators in assisting pupils identified as reading below grade level.
3. The department of elementary and secondary education shall adopt rules to implement the provisions of sections 167.340 to 167.346.
4. 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, 1999, shall be invalid and void.
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(L. 1999 H.B. 889 § 3)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 167 - Pupils and Special Services › Section 167.349 - Charter schools, establishment.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 167
• Effective - 01 Jul 2006, see footnote
167.349. Charter schools, establishment. —
In any school district to which any provisions of sections 167.340 to 167.346 apply and in which district charter schools may be established pursuant to section 160.400, any state college or university which provides educational programs to any part of such district and any campus of the state university located in a county of the third classification may sponsor one or more charter schools pursuant to section 160.400 and, in addition to the purposes for which charter schools may be established pursuant to sections 160.400 to 160.420, such charter schools may be established to emphasize remediation of reading deficiencies.
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(L. 1999 H.B. 889 § 7, A.L. 2005 S.B. 287)
Effective 7-01-06
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 167 - Pupils and Special Services › Section 167.600 - Definitions — nonseverability.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 167
• Effective - 28 Aug 1993
167.600. Definitions — nonseverability. —
1. As used in sections 167.600 to 167.621, the following terms mean:
(1)
"Family practitioner"
, a primary care provider, including a licensed physician, nurse practitioner or primary care physician sponsor as defined in subdivision (4) of subsection 1 of section 208.166, or a primary care contracted health provider plan, approved by the parent, guardian or legal custodian of a school age child pursuant to section 167.611;
(2)
"Most accessible care"
, that care or services which reach the most children where they normally are during school hours or where children are most likely to participate with the least obstacles to participation and may include, but shall not be limited to, private, public or parochial schools, learning centers, preschools, child care facilities, common community gathering places, licensed health care facilities, physicians' offices and community centers and may also include the use of traveling medical professionals;
(3)
"School age children"
, all children under the age of nineteen without regard to whether they are currently enrolled in any school and without regard to what public, private, parochial or home school they may attend;
(4)
"School children health services"
, services, including immunization, screening for physical or mental disease, disability or injury, treatment of pathological disease or injury, emergency medical treatment or first aid, or administration of drugs or treatment as ordered by the child's family practitioner, provided that the term shall only include the enumerated services and services directly related to the services enumerated herein;
(5)
"Service area"
, the public school district, if the school district elects to be a Medicaid provider, or an area determined by the department of social services at the time a public school within a school district elects to be a Medicaid provider.
2. Sections 167.600 to 167.621 shall not be severable from each other.
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(L. 1993 H.B. 564 § 1)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 167 - Pupils and Special Services › Section 167.603 - Grants to assist public schools health services, preference — rules — Medicaid payment incentives.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 167
• Effective - 28 Aug 1993
167.603. Grants to assist public schools health services, preference — rules — Medicaid payment incentives. —
Subject to appropriation, the directors of the departments of health and senior services and social services, in consultation with the commissioner of education of the department of elementary and secondary education, may provide grants from the health initiatives fund to assist public schools, public school districts, or local public health departments in expanding school children health services for all school age children. Preference in grants shall be given based on the greater need for school children health services and the least ability to fund such services. The directors shall jointly promulgate rules and regulations governing the grants pursuant to section 192.013 and section 660.017. The director of social services may also provide Medicaid payment incentives.
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(L. 1993 H.B. 564 § 2)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 167 - Pupils and Special Services › Section 167.614 - Discontinuance of participation.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 167
• Effective - 28 Aug 1993
167.614. Discontinuance of participation. —
Participating schools and school districts may discontinue their participation as Medicaid providers at the direction of the local school district board of education.
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(L. 1993 H.B. 564 § 6)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 167 - Pupils and Special Services › Section 167.617 - Continuation of services previously provided.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 167
• Effective - 28 Aug 1993
167.617. Continuation of services previously provided. —
Nothing in sections 167.600 to 167.621 shall prohibit schools or school districts from continuing health or medical services which were provided by such schools or school districts prior to August 28, 1993.
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(L. 1993 H.B. 564 § 7)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 167 - Pupils and Special Services › Section 167.619 - Most accessible care to be provided — discrimination prohibited.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 167
• Effective - 28 Aug 1993
167.619. Most accessible care to be provided — discrimination prohibited. —
When a school or school district enrolls as a Medicaid provider pursuant to section 167.606 or receives a grant under section 167.603, the department of social services shall assure that the grants or funds are used to provide the most accessible care to school age children. No resident child shall be denied or discriminated against in school children health services or Medicaid services offered by a school district or a local health department under sections 167.600 to 167.621 on the grounds that the child regularly attends or does not attend a public, private, parochial, parish or home school.
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(L. 1993 H.B. 564 § 8)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 167 - Pupils and Special Services › Section 167.621 - Authorization of parent or guardian, prerequisite — administration of medicine, first aid, immunity.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 167
• Effective - 28 Aug 2010
167.621. Authorization of parent or guardian, prerequisite — administration of medicine, first aid, immunity. —
1. Persons providing health services under sections 167.600 to 167.621 shall obtain authorization from a parent or guardian of the child before providing services as provided by section 431.061.
2. No employee of any school district may be required to administer medication or medical services for which the employee is not qualified according to standard medical practices. No unqualified employee who refuses to administer medication or medical services shall be subject to any disciplinary action for such refusal. Nothing herein shall be construed to prevent any employee from providing routine first aid, provided that any employee shall be held harmless and immune from any liability if such employee is following a proper procedure adopted by the local school board.
3. Any qualified employee shall be held harmless and immune from any civil liability for administering medication or medical services in good faith and according to standard medical practices.
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(L. 1993 H.B. 564 § 9, A.L. 2010 H.B. 1543)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 167 - Pupils and Special Services › Section 167.624 - Lifesaving training — CPR.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 167
• Effective - 28 Aug 2010
167.624. Lifesaving training — CPR. —
Each school board in the state, if the school district does not presently have a program as described below, may develop and implement a program to train the students and employees of the district in the administration of cardiopulmonary resuscitation and other lifesaving methods, as they determine best, and may consult the department of public safety, the state fire marshal's office, the local fire protection authorities, and others as the board sees fit. The board may make completion of the program a requirement for graduation. Any trained employee shall be held harmless and immune from any civil liability for administering cardiopulmonary resuscitation and other lifesaving methods in good faith and according to standard medical practices.
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(L. 1996 H.B. 1301 & 1298 § 9, A.L. 2010 H.B. 1543)
CROSS REFERENCE:
CPR training authorized, grades nine through twelve, 170.310
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 167 - Pupils and Special Services › Section 167.630 - Epinephrine prefilled auto syringes, school nurse authorized to maintain adequate supply — administration authorized, when.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 167
• Effective - 28 Aug 2022, 3 histories
167.630. Epinephrine prefilled auto syringes, school nurse authorized to maintain adequate supply — administration authorized, when. —
1. Each school board may authorize a school nurse licensed under chapter 335 who is employed by the school district and for whom the board is responsible for to maintain an adequate supply of prefilled auto syringes of epinephrine with fifteen-hundredths milligram or three-tenths milligram delivery at the school. The nurse shall recommend to the school board the number of prefilled epinephrine auto syringes that the school should maintain.
2. To obtain prefilled epinephrine auto syringes for a school district, a prescription written by a licensed physician, a physician's assistant, or nurse practitioner is required. For such prescriptions, the school district shall be designated as the patient, the nurse's name shall be required, and the prescription shall be filled at a licensed pharmacy.
3. A school nurse, contracted agent trained by a nurse, or other school employee trained by and supervised by the nurse shall have the discretion to use an epinephrine auto syringe on any student the school nurse, trained employee, or trained contracted agent believes is having a life-threatening anaphylactic reaction based on the training in recognizing an acute episode of an anaphylactic reaction. The provisions of section 167.624 concerning immunity from civil liability for trained employees administering lifesaving methods shall apply to trained employees administering a prefilled auto syringe under this section. Trained contracted agents shall have immunity from civil liability for administering a prefilled auto syringe under this section.
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(L. 2006 H.B. 1245, A.L. 2010 H.B. 1543, A.L. 2022 S.B. 710)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 167 - Pupils and Special Services › Section 167.635 - Asthma-related rescue medications, school nurse may be authorized by school board to maintain, procedure.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 167
Effective - 28 Aug 2012
167.635. Asthma-related rescue medications, school nurse may be authorized by school board to maintain, procedure. —
1. Each school board may authorize a school nurse licensed under chapter 335 who is employed by the school district and for whom the board is responsible to maintain a supply of asthma-related rescue medications at the school. The nurse shall recommend to the school board the quantity of medication the school should maintain.
2. To obtain asthma rescue medications for a school district, a prescription written by a licensed physician, a physician's assistant, or nurse practitioner is required. For such prescriptions, the school district shall be designated as the patient, the nurse's name shall be required, and the prescription shall be filled at a licensed pharmacy.
3. A school nurse or other school employee trained by and supervised by the nurse shall have the discretion to use asthma-related rescue medications on any student the school nurse or trained employee believes is having a life-threatening asthma episode based on the training in recognizing an acute asthma episode. The provisions of section 167.624 concerning immunity from civil liability for trained employees administering lifesaving methods shall apply to trained employees administering an asthma-related rescue medication under this section.
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(L. 2012 H.B. 1188)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 167 - Pupils and Special Services › Section 167.637 - Influenza and influenza vaccination information, provided when.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 167
Effective - 28 Aug 2018
167.637. Influenza and influenza vaccination information, provided when. —
If the local board of education of a school district provides information on immunizations, infectious diseases, medications, or other school health issues to parents and guardians of students in a grade or grades not lower than kindergarten nor higher than the twelfth grade, the board shall include information that is identical or similar to that produced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention about influenza and influenza vaccinations.
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(L. 2018 H.B. 1606)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 167 - Pupils and Special Services › Section 167.638 - Meningitis immunization, brochure, contents.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 167
Effective - 28 Aug 2016, 2 histories
*167.638. Meningitis immunization, brochure, contents. —
The department of health and senior services shall develop an informational brochure relating to meningococcal disease that states that immunizations against meningococcal disease are available. The department shall make the brochure available on its website and shall notify every public institution of higher education in this state of the availability of the brochure. Each public institution of higher education shall provide a copy of the brochure to all students and if the student is under eighteen years of age, to the student's parent or guardian. Such information in the brochure shall include:
(1) The risk factors for and symptoms of meningococcal disease, how it may be diagnosed, and its possible consequences if untreated;
(2) How meningococcal disease is transmitted;
(3) The latest scientific information on meningococcal disease immunization and its effectiveness, including information on all meningococcal vaccines receiving a Category A or B recommendation from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices;
(4) A statement that any questions or concerns regarding immunization against meningococcal disease may be answered by contacting the individuals's health care provider; and
(5) A recommendation that the current student or entering student receive meningococcal vaccines in accordance with current Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines.
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(L. 2013 S.B. 197, A.L. 2016 S.B. 608 merged with S.B. 635)
Effective 8-28-16 (S.B. 635); *10-14-16 (S.B. 608), see § 21.250
*S.B. 608 was vetoed July 5, 2016. The veto was overridden on September 14, 2016.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 167 - Pupils and Special Services › Section 167.640 - Student promotion conditioned on remediation — tutorial activities and other suggested programs.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 167
• Effective - 28 Aug 2022, 2 histories
167.640. Student promotion conditioned on remediation — tutorial activities and other suggested programs. —
1. School districts shall adopt a policy with regard to student promotion which may require remediation as a condition of promotion to the next grade level for any student identified by the district as failing to master skills and competencies established for that particular grade level by the district board of education. School districts may also require parents or guardians of such students to commit to conduct home-based tutorial activities with their children or, in the case of a student with disabilities eligible for services pursuant to sections 162.670 to 162.1000, the individual education plan shall determine the nature of parental involvement consistent with the requirements for a free, appropriate public education.
2. Such remediation shall recognize that different students learn differently and shall employ methods designed to help these students achieve at high levels. Such remediation may include, but shall not necessarily be limited to, a mandatory summer school program focused on the areas of deficiency or other such activities conducted by the school district outside of the regular school day. Decisions concerning the instruction of a child who receives special educational services pursuant to sections 162.670 to 162.1000 shall be made in accordance with the child's individualized education plan.
3. School districts providing remediation pursuant to this section or section 167.645 outside of the traditional school day may count extra hours of instruction in the calculation of average daily attendance as defined in section 163.011.
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(L. 1999 H.B. 889 § 5, subsecs. 1 to 6, A.L. 2001 S.B. 319, A.L. 2022 S.B. 681 & 662)
CROSS REFERENCE:
Rulemaking authority, 105.269
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 167 - Pupils and Special Services › Section 167.680 - After-school retreat reading and assessment program established — grants awarded, procedure — fund created — rulemaking authority.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 167
• Effective - 01 Jul 2001, see footnote
167.680. After-school retreat reading and assessment program established — grants awarded, procedure — fund created — rulemaking authority. —
1. There is hereby established within the department of elementary and secondary education the "After-School Retreat Reading and Assessment Grant Program". Beginning with the 2002-03 school year, the program shall award grants to schools on a competitive grant basis. School districts may develop after-school reading and assessment programs and submit proposals to the department, pursuant to criteria established by the department for grant approval and on forms promulgated by the department for grant applications. Copies of the criteria established pursuant to this section shall be provided by the department to all school districts in this state. In awarding such grants, the department shall grant preference to school districts with a higher percentage of at-risk students, as the department may determine. In addition, the criteria for grant approval by the department may include, but shall not be limited to:
(1) The development of programs which are educational in nature, with emphasis in reading and student assessment thereof as opposed to day-care oriented programs; or
(2) Other criteria as the department may deem appropriate.
2. Subject to appropriation, beginning with the 2002-03 school year, the department shall award grants to school districts for the development and implementation of after-school retreat programs consistent with this section. In the event that the appropriations or other moneys available for such grants are less than the amount necessary to fully fund all approved grants for the 2002-03 school year or any subsequent school year, the moneys shall be distributed to approved schools on a pro rata basis.
3. There is hereby created in the state treasury the "After-School Retreat Reading and Assessment Grant Program Fund". The fund shall be administered by the department. The fund shall consist of moneys appropriated annually by the general assembly from general revenue to such fund, any moneys paid into the state treasury and required by law to be credited to such fund and any gifts, bequests or donations to such fund. The fund shall be kept separate and apart from all other moneys in the state treasury and shall be paid out by the state treasurer pursuant to chapter 33. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 33.080 to the contrary, moneys in the fund at the end of the biennium shall not be transferred to the credit of the general revenue fund. All interest and moneys earned on the fund shall be credited to the fund.
4. No rule or portion of a rule promulgated pursuant to this section shall take effect unless such rule has been promulgated pursuant to chapter 536.
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(L. 2001 S.B. 319)
Effective 7-01-01