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Chapter 161

Mo. Rev. Stat. ch. 161

Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

161.020Department of elementary and secondary education created — superintendents of schools for deaf and for blind students — appointment 161.022State board of education — appointment, terms, removal, compensation 161.026Teacher representative on state board of education, qualifications, term, vacancy 161.032Qualifications of state board members 161.042Oath of office 161.052Vacancies in office 161.062Selection of officers of the board 161.072Meetings of board — records, electronic availability, when — closed meetings to teacher representative, when 161.082Board members may not act individually — quorum 161.092Powers and duties of state board 161.093High school equivalency certificate may be issued by state board, when 161.094Examinations for high school equivalency certificate, what tests acceptable 161.095Fee for examination — subsidized when 161.096Statewide longitudinal data system, regulation on student data accessibility, transparency, and accountability required — regulation requirements — data not to be reported — rulemaking authority — violation, penalty — attorney general to enforce 161.097Evaluation of teacher education programs — advisory board established — literacy and reading instruction — rulemaking authority 161.098Retention and recruitment of teachers, report required 161.099Department to ensure that curriculum promotes preparation of teachers 161.101Scoring rubric on performance not to be used, when — department to develop rubric, where 161.102State board to adopt rules concerning courses in physical education and provide manual — procedure 161.104State board to adopt rules on instruction of etiquette concerning the U.S. flag 161.1050Initiative established, department duties — definitions 161.1055Pilot program established, selection of schools — fund created — definitions 161.106Career and student organizations' activities, department to provide staffing support — handling of organization funds 161.1080Citation of law 161.1085Definitions 161.1090School turnaround program, purpose — criteria, designation of schools in need 161.1095School turnaround committee, members — expert — plan, contents — local educational agency duties — approval of plan, procedure 161.1100Independent school turnaround experts identified by department, duties — qualifications for experts 161.1105Contracts awarded for experts, criteria — negotiation of contracts, department duties — fund created, use of moneys 161.1110Review of school turnaround plan — approval criteria — rulemaking authority — fund created, use of moneys — grants awarded 161.1115Extension granted, when — rulemaking authority 161.112Commissioner of education — appointment — qualifications — compensation — removal 161.1120School recognition and reward program established, purpose — fund created, use of moneys — grants awarded 161.1125Report to joint committee on education 161.1130Rulemaking authority 161.122Duties of the commissioner 161.132Department includes what — employees, appointment and compensation 161.142Offices of department — records 161.152Section of district reorganization created — duties 161.162Section of special education created — special education defined — director, appointment, compensation 161.172Veterans' training institutions, inspection and listing 161.184Department shall not assist in placement of certain records upon certain diplomas 161.193State council on vocational education established by executive order, assigned to department — reports, distribution 161.203Videotape to be produced on prison conditions and the young offender — rules for distribution to all districts — viewing required for all students and status offenders, exceptions 161.209Rules and policies, department has affirmative duty to seek comment on — review of existing rules and policies, procedure — no penalty for failure to meet resource standards, when 161.210State board may modify or waive rules, when 161.213High-quality early childhood education standards required — rulemaking authority 161.214School innovation team — definitions — waiver granted, when, procedure — annual report — rules 161.215Early childhood development, education and care fund created, purpose, use of moneys — rulemaking authority — audit 161.217Early learning quality assurance report--sunset provision 161.223Grants from department of elementary and secondary education to local school districts, preferences, discrimination prohibited 161.226Foreign language materials to be provided to schools, when 161.227Adult basic education English language services 161.239Home reading program — definitions — fund created, use of moneys — program conditions 161.241Reading instruction, comprehensive system of services — office of literacy — department duties — fund created, use of moneys 161.244Early childhood education grants — definitions — standards 161.249Advisory council created, members, appointment, duties 161.261STEM career awareness, program established, purpose — online program, criteria — fund created — rulemaking authority 161.264STEM career awareness activity program, purpose — providers, selection procedure — fund created, use of moneys — rules 161.365Department to establish guidelines and specifications for program — districts to be provided with information — rulemaking authority 161.371School work construction projects, random drug and alcohol testing of contractors permitted 161.375Teachers and principals, standards for high-quality mentoring to be developed 161.380Competency-based education grant program — fund created — awarding of grants, requirements — rules 161.385Competency-based education task force, members, duties — report 161.396Citation of law — definitions — deaf or hard of hearing children, parent resource for ASL and English literacy — tools or assessments — department duties — ad hoc advisory committee, duties — annual report 161.400Commission for the deaf and hard of hearing created — appointment — qualifications — terms — expenses — chairperson — deaf members to be provided with interpreters, cost for, how paid 161.403Executive director — qualifications — compensation, office space, staff, to be provided by department 161.405Commission to function as agency of state — purpose — powers and duties 161.407Census of deaf population of state, purpose — census report content, filed when 161.409Confidentiality of all reports and records maintained by commission — violation, penalty — release of information, no liability, exception 161.410Missouri commission for the deaf and hard of hearing fund created in the state treasury, deposits and disbursements 161.412Issuance of grants to deaf-blind adults and children and their families 161.415Minority teaching scholarships — amount — qualifications — matching funds — renewability 161.418Department to develop criteria — applicant preference of schools 161.421Cessation of study — effect 161.424Recipients of scholarships to teach in this state — terms, conditions — deferral of payments 161.450Physical fitness challenge for students, department to adopt rules — rulemaking authority 161.500Citation of law 161.502Definitions 161.504Drug-free schools program created — department may apply for funding — disbursement of funds — application for funding of prevention and suppression programs — interagency agreements — administrative guidelines — annual report, contents 161.506Concentration of program — elements — enhanced efforts — use of funds — advisory committee 161.508Criteria for rating grant applications to be developed by committee — membership of committee — staff services — compensation — duties — guidelines and procedures to be developed — department to administer and monitor — personnel costs — administrative costs 161.520Districts in financial stress, factors determining — notification to district school board, contents — board to prepare budget and education plan, contents 161.525Fiscal year ending with balance of less than one percent in teachers' and incidental funds — notice requirements 161.527District not required to reduce operating levy, when — restrictions on administrative costs and salaries — exemptions from restrictions, limitation — extension on exemptions may be submitted to voters 161.529Duties imposed on boards of education, how enforced 161.610Procedure for reporting performance of high school graduates completing vocational education programs — procedure — data included — public reports 161.625Citation of law — postsecondary information, education costs and alternative career paths — report to department, contents 161.650Department to identify and adopt violence prevention program, district to administer — state board to adopt violence prevention program — duties — administered how — funding 161.670Course access and virtual school program established, eligibility for enrollment — state aid calculation — enrollment process, payment by district — instructional activities, requirements — department duties, annual report — statewide assessments — rulemaking authority 161.700Citation of law — commission created, members — Holocaust defined — executive director may be employed — Holocaust education week 161.825Citation of law — definitions — master list of autism spectrum disorder resources required — scholarship granting organizations, requirements, duties — department duties — sunset provision 161.850Publication to be produced, purpose, content — copy to be provided to parents — rulemaking authority 161.855Work groups to convene, members, recommendations — state board to adopt and implement standards, when — pilot assessments — certain persons performing work to be employees of the district 161.900Definitions 161.905Assistive technology council established — members, qualifications, terms, chairperson how selected — meetings 161.910Bylaws to be adopted by council, no compensation but to be paid expenses 161.915Council assigned to agency for technological-related assistance to individuals with disabilities 161.920Council assigned to department of elementary and secondary education, when — appropriation required for continued actions and staff 161.925Duties of council 161.930Assistive technology trust fund created, use of moneys 161.935Council to assure compliance with federal accessibility laws — duties of council to assure accessibility 161.940Assistive technology loan program created — council to promulgate rules to enforce 161.945Assistive technology loan revolving fund established