Missouri · statute · Mo. Rev. Stat. ch. 174 · 70 active provisions
For the purpose of establishing state teachers colleges and state colleges the state is divided into seven districts as follows: (1) The counties of Bates, Benton, Camden, Cass, Cole, Cooper, Henry, Hickory, Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette, Maries, Miller, Moniteau, Morgan, Osage, Pettis, Phelps, Pulaski, St. Clair and Sal…
1. State institutions of higher education governed by sections 174.020 to 174.500 shall be named and known as follows: the institution at Warrensburg, Johnson County, shall hereafter be known as the "Central Missouri State University"; the institution at Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, shall hereafter be known a…
The term "junior college" shall be referred to as "community college". The revisor of statutes shall make the appropriate changes to all such references in the revised statutes.
The board of regents of each state teachers college located in the districts described in subdivisions (1) to (4) of section 174.010 may in its discretion change the name of its college as provided by section 174.020 by eliminating from the name of the institution the words "teachers college" or any of such words and t…
The board of regents for each of the educational institutions referred to in section 174.020 shall be known respectively as "The Board of Regents" and by their respective names they shall have perpetual succession, with power to: (1) Sue and be sued; (2) Complain and defend in all courts; (3) Take, purchase, and hold r…
1. The titles which were vested in the governor by section 15 of the omnibus reorganization act of 1974, appendix B, RSMo, to mineral rights acquired by the state as a gift to the board of regents of Central Missouri State University from Howard W. Marolf and Margaret A. Marolf, in December, 1963, are hereby transferre…
The board of regents for each college shall be composed of seven members, six of whom shall reside in the district in which the college for which they are appointed regents is situated, and at least one member of each board shall be a resident of the county in which the college for such district is located. The state c…
1. The governor shall, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, appoint a student representative to the board of regents or governors of each educational institution referred to in section 174.020 who shall attend all meetings and participate in all deliberations of the board. Such student representative shall…
Every two years during a regular session of the general assembly, the governor shall, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, appoint two regents for each college, and whenever a vacancy occurs in either of said boards by death, resignation, removal from the district or by operation of law or otherwise, the g…
The regents shall hold their offices for the term of six years from the first day of January next prior to their confirmation, and until their successors are duly appointed and qualified, except such as may be appointed to fill a vacancy, who shall hold office for the unexpired term.
There shall be a president and vice president of each board, who shall be chosen by the members of the respective boards, and each board shall have a secretary and a treasurer and such other officers as may be deemed necessary; but no board shall appoint one of its members treasurer.
A majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but no appropriation of money nor any contract which shall require any appropriation or disbursement of money, shall be made, nor teacher employed or dismissed, unless a majority of all the members of the board vote for th…
1. A meeting of each board of regents shall be called by the president thereof at the earliest convenient time and place following the appointment of new members in any biennial period for the purpose of selecting officers for the ensuing biennial period and the transaction of such business as may be regularly presente…
Each governing board of the four-year institutions defined in section 176.010 shall adopt an individual attendance policy for the members of its board, by August 28, 1996, and in compliance with subsection 3 of section 172.070. If an attendance policy is not adopted, the coordinating board for higher education shall es…
Each board shall have power to make such rules, regulations and bylaws as may be deemed necessary for the government of the officers of the board and to secure their accountability.
Each state teachers college shall be under the general control and management of its board of regents, and the board shall possess full power and authority to adopt all needful rules and regulations for the guidance and supervision of the conduct of all students while enrolled as such; to enforce obedience to the rules…
1. All teacher-training institutions, receiving state aid, shall provide courses in physical education, first aid and cardiopulmonary* resuscitation for the proper preparation of teachers to carry out the rules and regulations of the state board of education as provided in section 161.102. Each of the five state colleg…
Each board may make such rules and regulations for the admission of students as may be deemed proper.
Each board of regents may appoint and remove the president or any professor or teacher in any state college in its district; may fix the duration, terms and conditions of their offices and compensation; may enter into agreements for and make contributions to both voluntary and statutory retirement plans for the preside…
1. No president, professor or teacher shall be removed except for incompetency, neglect or refusal to perform his duties, dishonesty, drunkenness or immoral conduct; nor shall such president, professor or teacher be removed until after ten days' notice, in writing, stating the nature and cause of removal; and he shall…
1. The board of regents of each state college and each state teachers college shall have power and authority to confer upon students, by diploma under the common seal, such degrees as are usually granted by such colleges, and additional degrees only when authorized by the coordinating board for higher education in circ…
The president of each board shall make an annual report to the department of higher education and workforce development, in the month of August in each year, of all receipts of moneys from appropriations, incidental fees, and all other sources, and the disbursements thereof, and for what purposes, and the condition of…
1. The treasurer of each board, before he enters upon the duties of his office, shall enter into a bond to the state of Missouri, with good and sufficient security, in a penal sum of not less than fifty thousand dollars, to be approved by the board, conditioned that he will faithfully perform all the duties required of…
The secretary of each board shall keep and preserve all records, books and papers belonging to the board. He shall keep a journal of the proceedings of the board, in which the ayes and noes on all questions shall be entered, if requested by any one member of the board. He shall prepare, under the direction of the board…
All appropriations made by the general assembly for the support of any state teachers college or for the benefit thereof, and all grants, gifts, bequests or donations by any individual or corporation for a specified use shall not be applied either wholly or in part to any other use or uses.