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2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 176 - Revenue Bonds of State Educational Institutions — Higher Education Risk Management Associations › Section 176.050 - May issue serial bonds or term bonds — rate of interest — sale of bonds.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 176
• Effective - 28 Aug 1965
176.050. May issue serial bonds or term bonds — rate of interest — sale of bonds. —
1. Bonds issued under and pursuant to the provisions of sections 176.010 to 176.080 shall be of such denomination or denominations, shall bear such rate or rates of interest, and shall mature at such time or times within forty years from the date thereof, as the governing body of such educational institution may determine. Such bonds may be either serial bonds or term bonds.
2. Serial bonds may be issued with or without the reservation of the right to call them for payment and redemption in advance of their maturity, upon the giving of such notice, and with or without a covenant requiring the payment of a premium in the event of such payment and redemption prior to maturity, as the governing body may determine.
3. Term bonds shall contain a reservation of the right to call them for payment and redemption prior to maturity at such time or times and upon the giving of such notice, and upon the payment of such premium, if any, as the governing body may determine.
4. Such bonds, when issued, shall be sold at public sale for the best price obtainable after giving such reasonable notice of such sale as may be determined by the governing body of the educational institution issuing such bonds, but in no event shall such bonds be sold for less than ninety-eight percent of the par value thereof, and accrued interest. Any such bonds may be sold to the United States of America or to any agency or instrumentality thereof, at a price not less than par and accrued interest, without public sale and without the giving of notice as herein provided.
5. Such bonds, when issued and sold, shall be negotiable instruments within the meaning of the law merchant and the negotiable instruments law, and the interest thereon shall be exempt from income taxes under the laws of the state of Missouri.
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(L. 1945 p. 1715 § 5, A.L. 1955 p. 540, A.L. 1965 2d Ex. Sess. p. 896)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 176 - Revenue Bonds of State Educational Institutions — Higher Education Risk Management Associations › Section 176.055 - Provision for issuance, installment payment of bonds and conversion to smaller bonds.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 176
• Effective - 28 Aug 1959
176.055. Provision for issuance, installment payment of bonds and conversion to smaller bonds. —
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in any resolution authorizing bonds under sections 176.010 to 176.080, including refunding bonds, the governing body may provide for the initial issuance of one or more bonds (in this section called "bond" ) and may make such provision for installment payments of the principal amount of any such bond as it may consider desirable and may provide for the making of any such bond registrable as to principal or as to both principal and interest, and where interest accruing thereon is not represented by interest coupons, for the endorsing of payments of interest on such bond. The governing body may further make provision in any such resolution for the manner and circumstances in and under which any such bond may in the future, at the request of the holder thereof, be converted into bonds of smaller denominations, which bonds of smaller denominations may in turn be either coupon bonds or bonds registrable as to principal or principal and interest.
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(L. 1959 H.B. 367)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 176 - Revenue Bonds of State Educational Institutions — Higher Education Risk Management Associations › Section 176.060 - Refunding of bonds.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 176
• Effective - 28 Aug 1955
176.060. Refunding of bonds. —
1. The revenue bonds issued pursuant to the provisions of sections 176.010 to 176.080 may be refunded, in whole or in part, in any of the following circumstances, to wit:
(1) When any such bonds have by their terms become due and payable and there are not sufficient funds in the interest and sinking fund provided for their payment, to pay such bonds and the interest thereon.
(2) When any such bonds are by their terms callable for payment and redemption in advance of their date of maturity and shall have been duly called for payment and redemption.
(3) When any such bonds are voluntarily surrendered by the holder or holders thereof for exchange for refunding bonds.
2. For the purpose of refunding any bonds issued hereunder, including refunding bonds, the governing body of any state educational institution may make and issue refunding bonds in such amount as may be necessary to pay off and redeem the bonds to be refunded together with unpaid and past due interest thereon and any premium which may be due under the terms of such bonds, together also with the cost of issuing such refunding bonds, and may sell the same in like manner as is herein provided for the sale of revenue bonds, and with the proceeds thereof pay off, redeem and cancel such old bonds and coupons as may have matured, or such bonds as may have been called for payment and redemption, together with the past due interest and the premium, if any, due thereon, or such bonds may be issued and delivered in exchange for a like par value amount of bonds to refund which the refunding bonds were issued; provided, however, that no refunding bonds issued pursuant to the provisions of sections 176.010 to 176.080 shall be payable in more than forty years from the date thereof or shall bear interest at a rate in excess of six percent per annum.
3. Such refunding bonds shall be payable from the same sources as were pledged to the payment of the bonds refunded thereby and, in the discretion of the governing body, may be payable from any other sources which under sections 176.010 to 176.080 may be pledged to the payment of revenue bonds issued hereunder. Bonds of two or more issues of any state educational institution may be refunded by a single issue of refunding bonds.
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(L. 1945 p. 1715 § 6, A.L. 1955 Ex. Sess. p. 30)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 176 - Revenue Bonds of State Educational Institutions — Higher Education Risk Management Associations › Section 176.070 - Governing body to provide details — rights of bondholders.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 176
• Effective - 28 Aug 1945
176.070. Governing body to provide details — rights of bondholders. —
The governing body of any state educational institution issuing bonds under the provisions of sections 176.010 to 176.080 is hereby authorized to prescribe the form, details and incidents of such bonds, and to make such covenants as in its judgment may be advisable or necessary properly to secure the payment thereof; provided, that such form, details, incidents and covenants shall not be inconsistent with any of the provisions of sections 176.010 to 176.080. The holder or holders of any bond or bonds issued hereunder or of any coupons representing interest accrued thereon may, by proper civil action either at law or in equity, compel the governing body of the state educational institution issuing such bonds to perform all duties imposed upon it by the provisions of sections 176.010 to 176.080, including the making and collecting of sufficient rates and charges for the use of the project for which such bonds were issued, and also to enforce the performance of any and all other covenants made by such governing body in the issuance of such bonds.
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(L. 1945 p. 1715 § 7)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 176 - Revenue Bonds of State Educational Institutions — Higher Education Risk Management Associations › Section 176.080 - Bonds to be issued pursuant to resolution.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 176
• Effective - 28 Aug 1945
176.080. Bonds to be issued pursuant to resolution. —
Bonds may be issued under the provisions of sections 176.010 to 176.080 pursuant to a resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members of the governing body of any state educational institution as herein defined, and no other proceedings shall be required therefor.
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(L. 1945 p. 1715 § 8)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 176 - Revenue Bonds of State Educational Institutions — Higher Education Risk Management Associations › Section 176.085 - Health and educational facilities, payment of bonds.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 176
Effective - 28 Aug 1988
176.085. Health and educational facilities, payment of bonds. —
The governing body of any state educational institution may cooperate with the Missouri health and educational facilities authority as a participating educational institution as provided in and permitted by sections 360.010 to 360.140. The state educational institution shall apply amounts appropriated by the general assembly for design or construction and related costs of a structure, building or fixture to the payment of bonds issued by the authority to finance or refinance that structure, building or fixture and related costs; provided, however, that any such bonds issued by the authority must be approved in the same manner as private activity bonds are approved under federal law.
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(L. 1988 H.B. 1456)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 176 - Revenue Bonds of State Educational Institutions — Higher Education Risk Management Associations › Section 176.500 - Risk management associations, who may form.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 176
• Effective - 28 Aug 1986
176.500. Risk management associations, who may form. —
Notwithstanding any direct or implied prohibitions in chapter 375 or 379, a group of two or more private associations, corporations, or institutions not operated for private or corporate profit authorized by law to provide or operate educational facilities and to provide a program of education beyond the high school level in the state of Missouri, and which meet the standards for accreditation as determined by the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools or the Coordinating Board for Higher Education, may form an association for the purpose of pooling funds in order to share the types of risks described in section 176.510.
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(L. 1986 H.B. 1387 § 1)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 176 - Revenue Bonds of State Educational Institutions — Higher Education Risk Management Associations › Section 176.505 - Articles of association or declaration of trust, contents, file with director.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 176
• Effective - 28 Aug 1986
176.505. Articles of association or declaration of trust, contents, file with director. —
Any group of two or more qualifying institutions establishing an association under the provisions of sections 176.500 to 176.540 shall, through an attorney in fact selected by such institutions, file with the director of the department of commerce and insurance a copy of its articles of association or declaration of trust. Such articles of association or declaration of trust shall include the names of the institutions initially associated, the method by which other institutions may be admitted to the association as members of the association, the purposes of the association including the types of risks shared, the amount of initial assessment which has been paid into the association by each member, the method of assessment of each member thereafter, and the maximum amount of any assessment which the association may make against any of its members. The articles of association or declaration of trust shall provide for bylaws and for the amendment of the articles of association or declaration of trust and bylaws.
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(L. 1986 H.B. 1387 § 2)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 176 - Revenue Bonds of State Educational Institutions — Higher Education Risk Management Associations › Section 176.510 - Types of risks that may be shared — association may reinsure risk.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 176
• Effective - 28 Aug 1986
176.510. Types of risks that may be shared — association may reinsure risk. —
1. Any association organized under the provisions of sections 176.500 to 176.540 may provide for the sharing of the following risks of loss:
(1) All risks of physical loss or damage to a member of the association's real or personal property of every kind and description wherever located;
(2) All loss or damage to automobiles, wherever located, owned by a member of the association or on which a member of the association has an obligation to provide adequate insurance against all risk of direct physical loss, including collision of the automobile with another object;
(3) All sums which a member of the association shall be obligated to pay by reason of the liability imposed upon the member of the association by law, or assumed by the member of the association under contract or agreement, for losses or damages, direct or consequential, including but not limited to bodily injury, property damage, errors and omissions and personal injury, and expenses;
(4) Employee health and disability benefit programs;
(5) All loss caused by reason of theft, burglary, robbery, kidnapping, disappearance or destruction of any money or securities of any member of the association which may at any time be, or believed by the member of the association to be, in or upon any premise occupied or used by the member or by any bank, trust company, or safe deposit company, or while in transit or in the custody of the member of the association's officers or employees;
(6) Any other risk for which a member of the association may otherwise procure insurance, excepting that of life insurance and dealing in annuities.
2. Any association organized under the provisions of sections 176.500 to 176.540 may cause itself to be wholly or partially reinsured against any loss arising from any risk which it may have undertaken, on such terms and to such extent as it may deem proper from time to time.
3. Membership in any association organized under the provisions of sections 176.500 to 176.540 shall be available to, and the coverage of any losses by such association shall be extended to, only those institutions qualifying under section 176.500.
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(L. 1986 H.B. 1387 § 3)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 176 - Revenue Bonds of State Educational Institutions — Higher Education Risk Management Associations › Section 176.515 - Workers' compensation liability, may be covered, separate account.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 176
• Effective - 28 Aug 1986
176.515. Workers' compensation liability, may be covered, separate account. —
Any association organized under the provisions of sections 176.500 to 176.540 may include among the types of risks shared liability imposed by chapter 287 relating to workers' compensation liability. To the extent workers' compensation liability is covered, the association shall be subject to the requirements of chapter 287 and shall maintain a separate account therefor. Funds allocated to the workers' compensation account shall not be used to pay claims arising out of other types of risks undertaken by the association; provided, however, that nothing contained in this section shall prevent the commingling of funds for the purposes of investment or the allocation of expenses between the workers' compensation account and other accounts of the association.
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(L. 1986 H.B. 1387 § 4)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 176 - Revenue Bonds of State Educational Institutions — Higher Education Risk Management Associations › Section 176.520 - Associations exempt from provisions of insurance law.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 176
• Effective - 28 Aug 1986
176.520. Associations exempt from provisions of insurance law. —
Any association organized under the provisions of sections 176.500 to 176.540 shall be exempt from all provisions of other insurance laws of this state, not only in governmental relations but for every other purpose.
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(L. 1986 H.B. 1387 § 5)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 176 - Revenue Bonds of State Educational Institutions — Higher Education Risk Management Associations › Section 176.525 - Associations may make bylaws.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 176
• Effective - 28 Aug 1986
176.525. Associations may make bylaws. —
Any association organized under the provisions of sections 176.500 to 176.540 may make, establish and put into execution such bylaws and resolutions, not inconsistent with any other provision of sections 176.500 to 176.540, as may seem necessary or convenient for its regulation and government, and for the arrangement of its affairs, and do and execute all such acts and things as may be necessary to carry into full effect the purposes intended by the provisions of sections 176.500 to 176.540.
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(L. 1986 H.B. 1387 § 6)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 176 - Revenue Bonds of State Educational Institutions — Higher Education Risk Management Associations › Section 176.530 - Annual audit report, file with director.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 176
• Effective - 28 Aug 1986
176.530. Annual audit report, file with director. —
Any association organized under the provisions of sections 176.500 to 176.540 shall file with the director of the department of commerce and insurance insurance of this state an annual audit report of the operations of such association, compiled by an independent auditor in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards.
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(L. 1986 H.B. 1387 § 7)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 176 - Revenue Bonds of State Educational Institutions — Higher Education Risk Management Associations › Section 176.535 - Attorney in fact, service of process, file with director — writing authorizing such service.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 176
• Effective - 28 Aug 1986
176.535. Attorney in fact, service of process, file with director — writing authorizing such service. —
Concurrently with the filing of the documents provided for by the terms of section 176.505, the attorney in fact shall file with the director of the department of commerce and insurance an instrument in writing, executed by him, providing for service of process on such attorney in fact in all suits instituted by any member or members of the association against such association.
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(L. 1986 H.B. 1387 § 8)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 176 - Revenue Bonds of State Educational Institutions — Higher Education Risk Management Associations › Section 176.540 - Service of process on association, nonmembers, how.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 176
• Effective - 28 Aug 1986
176.540. Service of process on association, nonmembers, how. —
Every association or organization, which is not a corporation or trust organized under the laws of this state, or any other state, which accepts membership dues or fees shall be subject to service of process against it and each of its members, collectively or individually, in any action arising out of or in respect to the member's participation in or on behalf of such association or organization, by delivering a copy of the summons with a copy of the petition attached to the secretary of state at his office, or in his absence to the chief clerk of the secretary of state at his office, and such service shall be sufficient service upon such association. A copy of the summons and petition shall be delivered by registered mail by the chief clerk of the secretary of state to the last known address of the association if the address is a matter of record with the secretary of state or, otherwise, to an officer of the association.
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(L. 1986 H.B. 1387 § 9)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 177 - School Property and Equipment › Section 177.011 - Title and control of school property — inapplicability to community college districts.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 177
Effective - 28 Aug 2014, 2 histories
177.011. Title and control of school property — inapplicability to community college districts. —
1. The title of all schoolhouse sites and other school property is vested in the district in which the property is located, or if the directors of both school districts involved agree, a school district may own property outside of the boundaries of the district and operate upon such property for school purposes; provided that, such property may only be used for school purposes for students residing in the school district owning such property or students who are enrolled in such school district as part of a court-ordered desegregation plan. All property leased or rented for school purposes shall be wholly under the control of the school board during such time. With the exception of lease agreements entered into under the provisions of section 177.088, no board shall lease or rent any building for school purposes while the district schoolhouse is unoccupied, and no schoolhouse or school site shall be abandoned or sold until another site and house are provided for the school district.
2. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 178.770, the provisions of this section shall not apply to community college districts. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to impair the duty and authority of the coordinating board for higher education to approve academic programs under section 173.005.
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(L. 1963 p. 200 § 12-1, A.L. 1994 S.B. 442, A.L. 2012 S.B. 563 merged with S.B. 665, A.L. 2014 S.B. 719)
(Source: RSMo 1959 § 166.010)
CROSS REFERENCE:
Control of property, metropolitan school districts, 162.571
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 177 - School Property and Equipment › Section 177.021 - School realty subject to certain ordinances and special assessments.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 177
Effective - 28 Aug 1963
177.021. School realty subject to certain ordinances and special assessments. —
All real estate owned by any school district of this state is subject to the provisions of all orders, resolutions or ordinances of any county, city, town or village or other political subdivision or public corporation of this state, which relate to the erection, construction and maintenance of sewers and sewer systems, and of sidewalks, guttering, curbing and paving of the streets and alleys adjoining and abutting the real estate of the school districts and to the assessment of the costs thereof, to the same extent as that of private citizens of this state.
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(L. 1963 p. 200 § 12-2)
(Source: RSMo 1959 § 166.020)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 177 - School Property and Equipment › Section 177.031 - Care of property and purchase of supplies — free use of buildings and grounds for public purpose.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 177
Effective - 28 Aug 1978
177.031. Care of property and purchase of supplies — free use of buildings and grounds for public purpose. —
1. The school board has the care and keeping of all property belonging to the district and shall provide the necessary globes, maps, charts, apparatus, supplementary books, and other material for the use of the school. The board shall keep the schoolhouses and other buildings in good repair, the grounds belonging thereto in good condition, and shall provide fuel, heating apparatus, and other material and appliances necessary for the proper heating, lighting, ventilation and sanitation of the schoolhouses; shall have the floors swept and fires made at the expense of the district, and cause an accurate account of the expense thereof to be kept and a report and settlement to be made at the next annual meeting or as required by law.
2. The school board having charge of the schoolhouses, buildings and grounds appurtenant thereto may allow the free use of the houses, buildings and grounds for the free discussion of public questions or subjects of general public interest, for the meeting of organizations of citizens, and for any other civic, social and educational purpose that will not interfere with the prime purpose to which the houses, buildings and grounds are devoted. If an application is granted and the use of the houses, buildings, or grounds is permitted for the purposes aforesaid, the school board may provide, free of charge, heat, light and janitor service therein when necessary, and may make any other provisions, free of charge, needed for the convenient and comfortable use of the houses, buildings and grounds for such purposes, or the school boards may require the expenses to be paid by the organizations or persons who are allowed the use of the houses, buildings and grounds. All persons upon whose application or at whose request the use of any schoolhouse, building, or part thereof, or any grounds appurtenant thereto, is permitted as herein provided shall be jointly and severally liable for any injury or damage thereto which directly results from the use, ordinary wear and tear excepted.
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(L. 1963 p. 200 § 12-3, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)
(Source: RSMo 1959 § 166.030)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 177 - School Property and Equipment › Section 177.041 - Condemnation of land.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 177
Effective - 28 Aug 1963
177.041. Condemnation of land. —
If any school district seeks to acquire real property for any purpose for which the district is authorized by law to acquire the property and cannot agree with the owner on the purchase price, or for any other cause cannot secure a title to the property, the school board of the district may condemn the property in the manner provided in sections 523.010 to 523.100, and upon condemnation and payment of the appraisement as provided, the fee simple title of the real property shall vest in the school district or, in metropolitan school districts, in the board of education.
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(L. 1963 p. 200 § 12-4)
(Source: RSMo 1959 § 165.100)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 177 - School Property and Equipment › Section 177.051 - Conveyance of property to public institution of higher education.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 177
Effective - 28 Aug 1993
177.051. Conveyance of property to public institution of higher education. —
If there is within any school district any school property that is not required for the use of the school district and the property could be used for purposes of offering education beyond grade twelve by a public institution of higher education, the school board may lease or convey the property to the public institution, and the proceeds derived from a conveyance shall be placed to the credit of the incidental fund of the district.
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(L. 1963 p. 200 § 12-5 and p. 348 § 1, A.L. 1993 S.B. 380)
(Source: L. 1961 p. 357 § 14)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 177 - School Property and Equipment › Section 177.061 - Conveyance of sixteenth-section lands.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 177
Effective - 28 Aug 1993
177.061. Conveyance of sixteenth-section lands. —
1. Any of the sixteenth-sections of land, or lands selected in lieu thereof, granted to the state of Missouri by acts of Congress for the support of schools in congressional townships may be sold and conveyed by the school district for whose benefit the land is held in the manner provided by law for the sale of property owned by the school district and no longer required for school purposes. The deed of conveyance shall be executed by the president of the school board of the district, signed by him and attested by the clerk or secretary of the board. If the district has a seal the seal shall be affixed to the deed.
2. Any conveyance of the land made by a school board in accordance with this section shall divest the state of Missouri of all title to the land, and vest title in the grantees, their heirs and assigns, forever.
3. The proceeds derived from the sale of the sixteenth-section school lands shall be placed to the credit of the incidental fund of the district.
4. This section does not affect conveyances of sixteenth-section school lands made under prior laws.
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(L. 1963 p. 200 § 12-6, A.L. 1993 S.B. 380)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 177 - School Property and Equipment › Section 177.071 - Validation of prior conveyances of sixteenth-section lands.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 177
Effective - 28 Aug 1963
177.071. Validation of prior conveyances of sixteenth-section lands. —
All sales of land in sections numbered sixteen, or lands selected in lieu thereof, by any sheriff, in the attempt to carry out the provisions of any statute relating to the sale of the lands as school lands for the townships in which they lie, which sales took place more than ten years before October 13, 1963, shall, upon the expiration of two years from October 13, 1963, become and be deemed valid and effectual for all intents and purposes, and the title thereto sought to be conveyed is hereby confirmed in the respective purchasers and those claiming under them at the expiration of the two years, whether there was any petition from the householders of the townships for the sales or not, and notwithstanding any other errors, defects, omissions or imperfections in the petition, order of sale, notice, sale, or other proceeding therein; save only as to such lands now involved or which during the period of two years may become involved in any suit because thereof, as to which lands this section shall not take effect until the final determination of the suit.
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(L. 1963 p. 200 § 12-7)
(Source: RSMo 1959 § 166.180)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 177 - School Property and Equipment › Section 177.082 - Lease purchase agreements permitted, when.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 177
Effective - 28 Aug 2001
177.082. Lease purchase agreements permitted, when. —
The school board may purchase apparatus, equipment and furnishings for its schools and operations by entering into lease purchase agreements with vendors. Any agreement which may result in school district ownership of the leased object must contain a provision which allows the district an option to terminate the agreement on at least an annual basis without penalty. All expenditures related to lease purchase agreements shall be considered expenditures for capital outlay and shall be made pursuant to the provisions of section 165.011.
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(L. 2001 S.B. 303)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 177 - School Property and Equipment › Section 177.086 - Construction of facilities, sealed bids and public advertisement required, when.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 177
Effective - 28 Aug 2019, 2 histories
177.086. Construction of facilities, sealed bids and public advertisement required, when. —
1. Any school district authorizing the construction of facilities which may exceed an expenditure of fifty thousand dollars shall publicly advertise, once a week for two consecutive weeks, in a newspaper of general circulation, qualified pursuant to chapter 493, located within the city in which the school district is located, or if there be no such newspaper, in a qualified newspaper of general circulation in the county, or if there be no such newspaper, in a qualified newspaper of general circulation in an adjoining county, and may advertise in business, trade, or minority newspapers, for bids on said construction.
2. No bids shall be entertained by the school district which are not made in accordance with the specifications furnished by the district and all contracts shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder complying with the terms of the letting, provided that the district shall have the right to reject any and all bids.
3. All bids must be submitted sealed and in writing, to be opened publicly at time and place of the district's choosing.
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(L. 1965 p. 307 §§ 1, 2, 3, A.L. 1996 S.B. 605, A.L. 2003 S.B. 686, A.L. 2019 H.B. 604)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 177 - School Property and Equipment › Section 177.101 - Public parks and playgrounds, seven-director board may establish.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 177
Effective - 28 Aug 1977
177.101. Public parks and playgrounds, seven-director board may establish. —
1. In seven-director districts as specified in this section, the school board may establish and maintain public parks and playgrounds for the use of the public school district, and may appropriate the sums they deem proper for the support thereof.
2. The school board may lease or purchase grounds additional to the schoolhouse site, either adjacent thereto or elsewhere in the school district, for libraries, public parks and playgrounds and pay for the grounds so leased or purchased out of the funds of the school district available for the purpose.
3. The board of education shall have full custody and control of the parks and playgrounds including the policing and the preservation of order thereon and may permit the use of the grounds that it deems best in the interest of the district. The board shall adopt and enforce, subject to the laws of the state and the ordinances of the city, suitable rules and regulations for the control of the grounds and the conduct of persons using them.
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(L. 1963 p. 200 § 12-10, A.L. 1977 H.B. 130)
(Source: RSMo 1959 § 165.327)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 177 - School Property and Equipment › Section 177.111 - Athletic stadiums — powers of board.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 177
Effective - 28 Aug 1963
177.111. Athletic stadiums — powers of board. —
1. Any seven-director school district, acting through its board of directors, may acquire, construct, erect, equip and furnish, operate, control and regulate a stadium or similar structure for the holding of school athletic games, contests and other recreational activities and exhibitions, and for purposes and uses incidental thereto. Portions of the structure may be constructed and equipped for gymnasium or training rooms and dressing rooms. From time to time the district may make additions to or enlarge the structure.
2. The school district may use real property now or hereafter belonging to it as a site for the stadium, or may acquire by purchase, lease, gift or otherwise the real and personal property that in the judgment of the board of directors is necessary, advisable and suitable for the purpose, together with adequate space for off-street parking of vehicles. It may accept contributions and gifts of money or property for the acquisition, construction, operation and maintenance of the stadium and sites and appurtenances thereto.
3. If the district uses for such purpose property acquired by funds derived from proceeds of taxation, it shall make payment from the proceeds of the bonds issued pursuant to sections 164.231 to 164.301, or from funds available therefor from sources other than taxation, into its treasury to the credit of the appropriate fund a sum equal to the cost to the school district of the property or its then appraised value, whichever is greater. The appraised value shall be determined by a proceeding in the circuit court of the county where the land is situated in the nature of a condemnation proceeding, so that the school district will in effect have condemned the land for the benefit of the project and it will have ceased to represent investment of proceeds of taxation. The circuit court is vested with jurisdiction of the proceeding in which the school district shall be plaintiff and the attorney general shall be made a party defendant as representing the public interest in the property and funds of the school district derived from taxation.
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(L. 1963 p. 200 § 12-11 and p. 354 § 176.110)
(Source: RSMo 1959 § 176.110)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 177 - School Property and Equipment › Section 177.121 - May charge for admission and concessions — permit use of stadium by others.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 177
Effective - 28 Aug 1963
177.121. May charge for admission and concessions — permit use of stadium by others. —
The school district may charge and receive reasonable tolls or admission charges and may grant, for consideration and under terms and conditions that the board of directors determines, concessions or exclusive rights to sell in and about the stadium refreshments, programs, emblems and similar articles related to the activity carried on, and the exclusive rights to make radio or television broadcasts of the games, contests or other exhibitions that are held therein; and may permit temporary use of the stadium by others when not in use by the schools, upon terms and for consideration, if any, that the board of directors determines.
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(L. 1963 p. 200 § 12-12)
(Source: RSMo 1959 § 176.120)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 177 - School Property and Equipment › Section 177.131 - Establishment of elementary and high schools.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 177
Effective - 28 Aug 1963
177.131. Establishment of elementary and high schools. —
The school board in each urban district, as soon as sufficient funds have been provided, shall establish an adequate number of elementary and high schools, select and procure sites, and erect and furnish suitable school buildings therefor.
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(L. 1963 p. 200 § 12-13)
(Source: RSMo 1959 § 165.527)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 177 - School Property and Equipment › Section 177.151 - Public auditorium — powers of board.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 177
Effective - 28 Aug 1963
177.151. Public auditorium — powers of board. —
The board may erect, construct and maintain, and use for all purposes connected with or incident to the work of the public schools or library or art gallery or museum, and let out to others for compensation, an auditorium or public hall suitable for public gatherings. The auditorium may be erected or constructed either in connection with the building devoted to the public library, art gallery or museum, or separate therefrom. The proceeds of rents over expenses shall be used for the purchase of books for the public library.
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(L. 1963 p. 200 § 12-15)
(Source: RSMo 1959 § 165.540)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 177 - School Property and Equipment › Section 177.161 - Contracts for erection and repair of school buildings — bids required when.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 177
Effective - 28 Aug 1981
177.161. Contracts for erection and repair of school buildings — bids required when. —
In metropolitan school districts, all contracts for the erection of school buildings and all contracts for repairs and alterations or additions to school property or materials, equipment or apparatus to be furnished exceeding the sum of five thousand dollars shall be made by the board of education, after public letting, to the lowest responsible bidder complying with the terms of the letting. The necessary specifications and drawings shall be prepared for all such work, and bids therefor shall be solicited by advertisement as the board of education provides. No bid shall be entertained by the board of education which is not made in accordance with the specifications and drawings furnished and all contracts shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder complying with the terms of the letting. The board of education shall have the right to reject any and all bids. Contracts involving the expenditure of less than five thousand dollars for work to be done and materials or equipment to be furnished may be made directly by the superintendent of schools, or by the other officer or employee of the board of education that he designates with the approval of the board, without public letting and without advertising for or inviting bids. The board of education may, however, use its own employees to alter, maintain and repair school buildings, to maintain and repair apparatus or equipment, or to make improvements of school grounds without the letting of contracts whenever the total cost of labor on the job does not exceed the amount of twenty thousand dollars.
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(L. 1963 p. 200 § 12-16, A.L. 1967 p. 238, A.L. 1981 H.B. 854)
(Source: RSMo 1959 § 165.603)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 177 - School Property and Equipment › Section 177.171 - Contracts for furnishing school supplies — bids required when.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 177
Effective - 28 Aug 1981
177.171. Contracts for furnishing school supplies — bids required when. —
The board of education shall cause advertisements to be made under regulations that it provides for proposals for furnishing the supplies required in the schools and by the board. Every contract shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder complying with the terms of the letting; but the board shall have and reserve the right to reject any and all bids. The board may authorize the purchase of supplies not exceeding five thousand dollars in amount without letting of contract. The board shall make distribution of supplies through the agencies and in the manner that it deems proper. The board may contract for textbooks or school apparatus for such term of years as it deems proper.
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(L. 1963 p. 200 § 12-17, A.L. 1981 H.B. 854)
(Source: RSMo 1959 § 165.607)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 178 - Special Schools and Instruction and Special Districts › Section 178.160 - State to furnish funds for readers for blind students, when.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 178
• Effective - 28 Aug 1994
178.160. State to furnish funds for readers for blind students, when. —
1. Whenever a blind person who is a citizen of this state and a pupil in actual attendance in a local school district program or a special school district program or in actual attendance at a college, university, technical or professional school located in this state and authorized by law to grant degrees, other than an institution established for the regular instruction of the blind, applies to rehabilitation services for the blind for the aid provided under this section, the state shall pay the sum of five hundred dollars per annum with which to employ a person or persons to read to the pupil from textbooks and pamphlets used by him in his studies at the college, university or school.
2. Blind persons who are eligible to receive the services of a reader under provisions of any other state or federal program are not eligible to receive the aid provided under this section. However, money shall be paid under this section as matching funds to the extent required to provide services of a reader to blind persons who are eligible to receive the services of a reader under provisions of any other state or federal program, provided that the matching funds provided under this section shall not exceed five hundred dollars per annum.
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(L. 1963 p. 200 § 13-16, A.L. 1977 H.B. 130, A.L. 1994 S.B. 619)
(Source: RSMo 1959 § 177.140)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 178 - Special Schools and Instruction and Special Districts › Section 178.170 - Qualifications of reader.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 178
Effective - 28 Aug 1963
178.170. Qualifications of reader. —
If possible, the person selected as a reader for the blind pupil shall be a person who, in the judgment of the executive officer of the institution, is worthy of the assistance in pursuing his school work which the remuneration provided for in section 178.160 will accord him.
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(L. 1963 p. 200 § 13-17)
(Source: RSMo 1959 § 177.150)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 178 - Special Schools and Instruction and Special Districts › Section 178.180 - Compensation of reader, how and when paid.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 178
Effective - 28 Aug 1994
178.180. Compensation of reader, how and when paid. —
Except for school districts, the moneys shall be paid monthly out of the general revenue fund of the state, after the beginning of the school year of the institution, by rehabilitation services for the blind, department of social services, to the treasurer of the institution upon his presenting an account showing the names of individuals who received the services and the number of hours of services each received. For school districts, the money shall be paid out of the state school moneys fund upon application to the department of elementary and secondary education showing the actual number of blind pupils attending school in the school district after the beginning of the school year with the regular distribution of state funds provided for in sections 163.081 and 163.082
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. The account shall be verified by the executive officer of the school district or institution.
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(L. 1963 p. 200 § 13-18, A.L. 1977 H.B. 130, A.L. 1981 H.B. 111, A.L. 1983 S.B. 44 & 45 merged with H.B. 785, A.L. 1994 S.B. 619)
(Source: RSMo 1959 § 177.160)
*Section 163.082 was repealed by H.B. 1450, 1982.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 178 - Special Schools and Instruction and Special Districts › Section 178.280 - Board of directors of seven-director district may conduct summer schools.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 178
Effective - 28 Aug 1977
178.280. Board of directors of seven-director district may conduct summer schools. —
The board of education of any seven-director district, in its discretion, may establish and maintain summer schools, making all necessary rules and regulations therefor and fixing the rates of tuition of resident pupils above the age of twenty years and of others who are not entitled to receive free public school privileges in the district.
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(L. 1963 p. 200 § 13-28, A.L. 1973 H.B. 158, A.L. 1977 H.B. 130)
(Source: RSMo 1959 § 165.553, A.L. 1961 p. 353 § 165.323)