Missouri · statute · Mo. Rev. Stat. ch. 160 · 101 active provisions
As used in chapters 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 167, 168, 170, 171, 177 and 178, the following terms mean: (1) "District" or "school district", when used alone, may include seven-director, urban, and metropolitan school districts; (2) "Elementary school", a public school giving instruction in a grade or grades not hi…
The repeal and reenactment of sections 160.011, 160.041, 163.021, 171.031, and 171.033 of this act* shall become effective July 1, 2026.
1. The general assembly finds that all persons are equal before the law and are entitled to equal rights and opportunities under the law pursuant to Article I, Section 2 of the Constitution of Missouri and the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. The general assembly condemns discrimination in…
1. (1) No educational institution shall discriminate because of race, ethnicity, national origin, sex, disability, religion, or marital status against a student or an employee in the state system of public elementary and secondary education. (2) No person in this state shall, on the basis of race, ethnicity, national o…
The public school districts existing under the laws of this state are divided into the following classes; namely, seven-director, urban, and metropolitan school districts.
For the purpose of taxation under Section 11 of Article X of the Constitution, the term "school districts formed of cities or towns" includes any seven-director district in which is located any town or incorporated city.
1. A "school month" consists of four weeks of five days each for schools with a five-day school week or four weeks of four days each for schools with a four-day school week. The term "school day" shall mean any day in which, for any amount of time, pupils are under the guidance and direction of teachers in the teaching…
1. Each public school shall develop standards for teaching no later than June 30, 2010. The standards shall be applicable to all public schools, including public charter schools operated by the board of a school district. 2. Teaching standards shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) Students actively p…
1. A system of free public schools is established throughout the state for the gratuitous instruction of persons between the ages of five and twenty-one years. Any child whose fifth birthday occurs before the first day of August shall be deemed to have attained the age of five years at the commencement of the school ye…
1. If a school district maintains a prekindergarten program, a child is eligible for admission to that prekindergarten program only if the child has reached the age of three before the first day of August of the school year beginning in that calendar year. If a school district maintains a kindergarten program, a child…
1. Notwithstanding any provisions of sections 160.051 and 160.053, to the contrary, beginning with the 1997-98 school year, all metropolitan school districts, except as provided in subsection 2 of this section, may establish and enforce a regulation which requires that a child shall have attained the age of three by Au…
1. Notwithstanding any provisions of sections 160.051 and 160.053, to the contrary, beginning with the 1997-98 school year, all urban school districts containing the greater part of the population of a city which has more than three hundred thousand inhabitants, except as provided in subsection 2 of this section, may e…
In all counties in this state the county clerk shall be responsible for maintaining records of a historical, statutory or informational nature that were formerly maintained by the county superintendent of schools.
Charter, private and parochial schools shall not be civilly liable for providing to other schools any information required to be provided pursuant to this chapter.
1. By September 1, 2019, each public school district and each charter school shall develop, maintain, and make publicly available, at a minimum, a searchable expenditure and revenue document or database detailing actual income, expenditures, and disbursements for the current calendar or fiscal year on its district or s…
Every school district shall develop a policy by June 30, 2006, detailing the consequences that will result for a student at school if the student is found to be in possession or drinking alcohol either on school property or while representing the school at extracurricular activities.
1. Any public school or public institution of higher education in this state may offer one or more courses in American Sign Language (ASL). American Sign Language shall be treated as a foreign language for academic credit granting and receiving purposes when ASL is offered by a public school or public institution of hi…
1. This section shall be known and may be cited as the "Get the Lead Out of School Drinking Water Act". 2. As used in this section, the following terms mean: (1) "Department", the Missouri department of health and senior services; (2) "Disadvantaged school district", any school district that serves students from a coun…
1. This section shall be known and may be cited as the "Missouri Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair (Missouri CROWN) Act". 2. As used in this section, the following terms mean: (1) "Educational institution", any public or private prekindergarten program, public or private elementary or secondary scho…
The provisions of sections 37.710*, 160.250, 160.261, 160.262, 162.014, 162.068, 162.069, 168.021, 168.071, 168.133*, 210.135, 210.145*, 210.152*, 210.915, 210.922, and 556.037 relating to protecting children from sexual offenders shall be known as the "Amy Hestir Student Protection Act".
Whereas a general diffusion of knowledge and intelligence is essential to the preservation of the rights and liberties of the people, and whereas education directly affects the future of the citizens of our state, and whereas at few times in the history of this state and country has there been greater critical interest…
1. There is hereby established a joint committee of the general assembly, which shall be known as the "Joint Committee on Education", which shall be composed of seven members of the senate and seven members of the house of representatives. The senate members of the committee shall be appointed by the president pro tem…
1. The commissioner of education shall direct the department of elementary and secondary education to insure that all school districts have a program of pupil testing which shall test competency in the subject areas of English, reading, language arts, science, mathematics, social studies and civics. 2. The department o…
1. The local board of education of each school district shall clearly establish a written policy of discipline, including the district's determination on the use of corporal punishment and the procedures in which punishment will be applied. A written copy of the district's discipline policy and corporal punishment proc…
1. The office of the child advocate as created in section 37.705 shall be authorized to coordinate mediation efforts between school districts and students and charter schools and students when requested by both parties when allegations of child abuse arise in a school setting. The office of the child advocate shall mai…