Mo. Rev. Stat. ch. 163

Mo. Rev. Stat. ch. 163
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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 163.011 Definitions - method of calculating state aid.

163.011. Definitions — method of calculating state aid. — As used in this chapter unless the context requires otherwise: (1) "Adjusted operating levy" , the sum of tax rates for the current year for teachers' and incidental funds for a school district as reported to the proper officer of each county pursuant to section 164.011 ; (2) "Average daily attendance" , the quotient or the sum of the quotients obtained by dividing the total number of hours attended in a term by resident pupils between the ages of five and twenty-one by the actual number of hours school was in session in that term. To the average daily attendance of the following school term shall be added the full-time equivalent average daily attendance of summer school students. "Full-time equivalent average daily attendance of summer school students" shall be computed by dividing the total number of hours, except for physical education hours that do not count as credit toward graduation for students in grades nine, ten, eleven, and twelve, attended by all summer school pupils by the number of hours required in section 160.011 in the school term. For purposes of determining average daily attendance under this subdivision, the term "resident pupil" shall include all children between the ages of five and twenty-one who are residents of the school district and who are attending kindergarten through grade twelve in such district. If a child is attending school in a district other than the district of residence and the child's parent is teaching in the school district or is a regular employee of the school district which the child is attending, then such child shall be considered a resident pupil of the school district which the child is attending for such period of time when the district of residence is not otherwise liable for tuition. Average daily attendance for students below the age of five years for which a school district may receive state aid based on such attendance shall be computed as regular school term attendance unless otherwise provided by law; (3) "Current operating expenditures" : (a) For the fiscal year 2007 calculation, current operating expenditures shall be calculated using data from fiscal year 2004 and shall be calculated as all expenditures for instruction and support services except capital outlay and debt service expenditures minus the revenue from federal categorical sources; food service; student activities; categorical payments for transportation costs pursuant to section 163.161 ; state reimbursements for early childhood special education; the career ladder entitlement for the district, as provided for in sections 168.500 to 168.515 ; the vocational education entitlement for the district, as provided for in section 167.332 * ; and payments from other districts; (b) In every fiscal year subsequent to fiscal year 2007, current operating expenditures shall be the amount in paragraph (a) of this subdivision plus any increases in state funding pursuant to sections 163.031 and 163.043 subsequent to fiscal year 2005, not to exceed five percent, per recalculation, of the state revenue received by a district in the 2004-05 school year from the foundation formula, line 14, gifted, remedial reading, exceptional pupil aid, fair share, and free textbook payments for any district from the first preceding calculation of the state adequacy target; (4) "District's tax rate ceiling" , the highest tax rate ceiling in effect subsequent to the 1980 tax year or any subsequent year. Such tax rate ceiling shall not contain any tax levy for debt service; (5) "Dollar-value modifier" , an index of the relative purchasing power of a dollar, calculated as one plus fifteen percent of the difference of the regional wage ratio minus one, provided that the dollar value modifier shall not be applied at a rate less than 1.0: (a) "County wage per job" , the total county wage and salary disbursements divided by the total county wage and salary employment for each county and the City of St. Louis as reported by the Bureau of Economic Analysis of the United States Department of Commerce for the fourth year preceding the payment year; (b) "Regional wage per job" : a. The total Missouri wage and salary disbursements of the metropolitan area as defined by the Office of Management and Budget divided by the total Missouri metropolitan wage and salary employment for the metropolitan area for the county signified in the school district number or the City of St. Louis, as reported by the Bureau of Economic Analysis of the United States Department of Commerce for the fourth year preceding the payment year and recalculated upon every decennial census to incorporate counties that are newly added to the description of metropolitan areas; or if no such metropolitan area is established, then: b. The total Missouri wage and salary disbursements of the micropolitan area as defined by the Office of Management and Budget divided by the total Missouri micropolitan wage and salary employment for the micropolitan area for the county signified in the school district number, as reported by the Bureau of Economic Analysis of the United States Department of Commerce for the fourth year preceding the payment year, if a micropolitan area for such county has been established and recalculated upon every decennial census to incorporate counties that are newly added to the description of micropolitan areas; or c. If a county is not part of a metropolitan or micropolitan area as established by the Office of Management and Budget, then the county wage per job, as defined in paragraph (a) of this subdivision, shall be used for the school district, as signified by the school district number; (c) "Regional wage ratio" , the ratio of the regional wage per job divided by the state median wage per job; (d) "State median wage per job" , the fifty-eighth highest county wage per job; (6) "Free and reduced price lunch pupil count" , for school districts not eligible for and those that do not choose the USDA Community Eligibility Option, the number of pupils eligible for free and reduced price lunch on the last Wednesday in January for the preceding school year who were enrolled as students of the district, as approved by the department in accordance with applicable federal regulations. For eligible school districts that choose the USDA Community Eligibility Option, the free and reduced price lunch pupil count shall be the percentage of free and reduced price lunch students calculated as eligible on the last Wednesday in January of the most recent school year that included household applications to determine free and reduced price lunch count multiplied by the district's average daily attendance figure; (7) "Free and reduced price lunch threshold" shall be calculated by dividing the total free and reduced price lunch pupil count of every performance district that falls entirely above the bottom five percent and entirely below the top five percent of average daily attendance, when such districts are rank-ordered based on their current operating expenditures per average daily attendance, by the total average daily attendance of all included performance districts; (8) "Limited English proficiency pupil count" , the number in the preceding school year of pupils aged three through twenty-one enrolled or preparing to enroll in an elementary school or secondary school who were not born in the United States or whose native language is a language other than English or are Native American or Alaskan native, or a native resident of the outlying areas, and come from an environment where a language other than English has had a significant impact on such individuals' level of English language proficiency, or are migratory, whose native language is a language other than English, and who come from an environment where a language other than English is dominant; and have difficulties in speaking, reading, writing, or understanding the English language sufficient to deny such individuals the ability to meet the state's proficient level of achievement on state assessments described in Public Law 107-10 , the ability to achieve successfully in classrooms where the language of instruction is English, or the opportunity to participate fully in society; (9) "Limited English proficiency threshold" shall be calculated by dividing the total limited English proficiency pupil count of every performance district that falls entirely above the bottom five percent and entirely below the top five percent of average daily attendance, when such districts are rank-ordered based on their current operating expenditures per average daily attendance, by the total average daily attendance of all included performance districts; (10) "Local effort" : (a) For the fiscal year 2007 calculation, local effort shall be computed as the equalized assessed valuation of the property of a school district in calendar year 2004 divided by one hundred and multiplied by the performance levy less the percentage retained by the county assessor and collector plus one hundred percent of the amount received in fiscal year 2005 for school purposes from intangible taxes, fines, escheats, payments in lieu of taxes and receipts from state-assessed railroad and utility tax, one hundred percent of the amount received for school purposes pursuant to the merchants' and manufacturers' taxes under sections 150.010 to 150.370 , one hundred percent of the amounts received for school purposes from federal properties under sections 12.070 and 12.080 except when such amounts are used in the calculation of federal impact aid pursuant to P.L. 81-874 , fifty percent of Proposition C revenues received for school purposes from the school district trust fund under section 163.087 , and one hundred percent of any local earnings or income taxes received by the district for school purposes. Under this paragraph, for a special district established under sections 162.815 to 162.940 in a county with a charter form of government and with more than one million inhabitants, a tax levy of zero shall be utilized in lieu of the performance levy for the special school district; (b) In every year subsequent to fiscal year 2007, local effort shall be the amount calculated under paragraph (a) of this subdivision plus any increase in the amount received for school purposes from fines. If a district's assessed valuation has decreased subsequent to the calculation outlined in paragraph (a) of this subdivision, the district's local effort shall be calculated using the district's current assessed valuation in lieu of the assessed valuation utilized in the calculation outlined in paragraph (a) of this subdivision. When a change in a school district's boundary lines occurs because of a boundary line change, annexation, attachment, consolidation, reorganization, or dissolution under section 162.071 , 162.081 , sections 162.171 to 162.201 , section 162.221 , 162.223 , 162.431 , 162.441 , or 162.451 , or in the event that a school district assumes any territory from a district that ceases to exist for any reason, the department of elementary and secondary education shall make a proper adjustment to each affected district's local effort, so that each district's local effort figure conforms to the new boundary lines of the district. The department shall compute the local effort figure by applying the calendar year 2004 assessed valuation data to the new land areas resulting from the boundary line change, annexation, attachment, consolidation, reorganization, or dissolution and otherwise follow the procedures described in this subdivision; (11) "Membership" shall be the average of: (a) The number of resident full-time students and the full-time equivalent number of part-time students who were enrolled in the public schools of the district on the last Wednesday in September of the previous year and who were in attendance one day or more during the preceding ten school days; and (b) The number of resident full-time students and the full-time equivalent number of part-time students who were enrolled in the public schools of the district on the last Wednesday in January of the previous year and who were in attendance one day or more during the preceding ten school days, plus the full-time equivalent number of summer school pupils. "Full-time equivalent number of part-time students" is determined by dividing the total number of hours for which all part-time students are enrolled by the number of hours in the school term. "Full-time equivalent number of summer school pupils" is determined by dividing the total number of hours for which all summer school pupils were enrolled by the number of hours required pursuant to section 160.011 in the school term. Only students eligible to be counted for average daily attendance shall be counted for membership; (12) "Operating levy for school purposes" , the sum of tax rates levied for teachers' and incidental funds plus the operating levy or sales tax equivalent pursuant to section 162.1100 of any transitional school district containing the school district, in the payment year, not including any equalized operating levy for school purposes levied by a special school district in which the district is located; (13) "Performance district" , any district that has met performance standards and indicators as established by the department of elementary and secondary education for purposes of accreditation under section 161.092 and as reported on the final annual performance report for that district each year; for calculations to be utilized for payments in fiscal years subsequent to fiscal year 2018, the number of performance districts shall not exceed twenty-five percent of all public school districts; (14) "Performance levy" , three dollars and forty-three cents; (15) "School purposes" pertains to teachers' and incidental funds; (16) "Special education pupil count" , the number of public school students with a current individualized education program or services plan and receiving services from the resident district as of December first of the preceding school year, except for special education services provided through a school district established under sections 162.815 to 162.940 in a county with a charter form of government and with more than one million inhabitants, in which case the sum of the students in each district within the county exceeding the special education threshold of each respective district within the county shall be counted within the special district and not in the district of residence for purposes of distributing the state aid derived from the special education pupil count; (17) "Special education threshold" shall be calculated by dividing the total special education pupil count of every performance district that falls entirely above the bottom five percent and entirely below the top five percent of average daily attendance, when such districts are rank-ordered based on their current operating expenditures per average daily attendance, by the total average daily attendance of all included performance districts; (18) "State adequacy target" , the sum of the current operating expenditures of every performance district that falls entirely above the bottom five percent and entirely below the top five percent of average daily attendance, when such districts are rank-ordered based on their current operating expenditures per average daily attendance, divided by the total average daily attendance of all included performance districts. The department of elementary and secondary education shall first calculate the state adequacy target for fiscal year 2007 and recalculate the state adequacy target every two years using the most current available data. The recalculation shall never result in a decrease from the state adequacy target as calculated for fiscal years 2017 and 2018 and any state adequacy target figure calculated subsequent to fiscal year 2018. Should a recalculation result in an increase in the state adequacy target amount, fifty percent of that increase shall be included in the state adequacy target amount in the year of recalculation, and fifty percent of that increase shall be included in the state adequacy target amount in the subsequent year. The state adequacy target may be adjusted to accommodate available appropriations as provided in subsection 7 of section 163.031 ; (19) "Teacher" , any teacher, teacher-secretary, substitute teacher, supervisor, principal, supervising principal, superintendent or assistant superintendent, school nurse, social worker, counselor or librarian who shall, regularly, teach or be employed for no higher than grade twelve more than one-half time in the public schools and who is certified under the laws governing the certification of teachers in Missouri; (20) "Weighted average daily attendance" : (a) For fiscal years prior to the 2026 fiscal year, paragraph (g) of this subdivision; (b) For the 2026 fiscal year, the sum of nine-tenths multiplied by paragraph (g) of this subdivision plus one-tenth multiplied by the weighted membership; (c) For the 2027 fiscal year, the sum of eight-tenths multiplied by paragraph (g) of this subdivision plus two-tenths multiplied by the weighted membership; (d) For the 2028 fiscal year, the sum of seven-tenths multiplied by paragraph (g) of this subdivision plus three-tenths multiplied by the weighted membership; (e) For the 2029 fiscal year, the sum of six-tenths multiplied by paragraph (g) of this subdivision plus four-tenths multiplied by the weighted membership; (f) For the 2030 fiscal year and all subsequent fiscal years, the sum of five-tenths multiplied by paragraph (g) of this subdivision plus five-tenths multiplied by the weighted membership; (g) The average daily attendance plus the product of twenty-five hundredths multiplied by the free and reduced price lunch pupil count that exceeds the free and reduced price lunch threshold, plus the product of seventy-five hundredths multiplied by the number of special education pupil count that exceeds the special education threshold, plus the product of six-tenths multiplied by the number of limited English proficiency pupil count that exceeds the limited English proficiency threshold. For special districts established under sections 162.815 to 162.940 in a county with a charter form of government and with more than one million inhabitants, weighted average daily attendance shall be the average daily attendance plus the product of twenty-five hundredths multiplied by the free and reduced price lunch pupil count that exceeds the free and reduced price lunch threshold, plus the product of seventy-five hundredths multiplied by the sum of the special education pupil count that exceeds the threshold for each county district, plus the product of six-tenths multiplied by the limited English proficiency pupil count that exceeds the limited English proficiency threshold. None of the districts comprising a special district established under sections 162.815 to 162.940 in a county with a charter form of government and with more than one million inhabitants, shall use any special education pupil count in calculating their weighted average daily attendance; (21) "Weighted membership" , the membership plus the product of twenty-five hundredths multiplied by the free and reduced price lunch pupil count that exceeds the free and reduced price lunch threshold, plus the product of seventy-five hundredths multiplied by the number of special education pupil count that exceeds the special education threshold, plus the product of six-tenths multiplied by the number of limited English proficiency pupil count that exceeds the limited English proficiency threshold. For special districts established under sections 162.815 to 162.940 in a county with more than one million inhabitants, weighted membership shall be the membership plus the product of twenty-five hundredths multiplied by the free and reduced price lunch pupil count that exceeds the free and reduced price lunch threshold, plus the product of seventy-five hundredths multiplied by the sum of the special education pupil count that exceeds the threshold for each county district, plus the product of six-tenths multiplied by the limited English proficiency pupil count that exceeds the limited English proficiency threshold. None of the districts comprising a special district established under sections 162.815 to 162.940 in a county with more than one million inhabitants shall use any special education pupil count in calculating their weighted membership. (L. 1963 p. 200 § 4-1 merged with p. 335 § 161.021, A.L. 1967 p. 245, A.L. 1973 H.B. 38, H.B. 158, A.L. 1977 H.B. 130, H.B. 131, H.B. 187 (text taken from H.B. 131), A.L. 1982 adopted by Initiative, Proposition C, November 2, 1982, A.L. 1985 S.B. 152, A.L. 1986 S.B. 707 merged with H.B. 1441, A.L. 1988 S.B. 797, A.L. 1992 H.B. 1478, et al., A.L. 1993 S.B. 380, A.L. 1996 S.B. 795, et al., A.L. 1997 H.B. 628, A.L. 1998 S.B. 535, S.B. 781, A.L. 1999 H.B. 889, A.L. 2001 S.B. 353, A.L. 2002 H.B. 1711, A.L. 2005 S.B. 287, A.L. 2006 S.B. 894, A.L. 2007 S.B. 22 merged with S.B. 456, A.L. 2008 Adopted by Initiative, Proposition A, November 4, 2008, A.L. 2009 S.B. 291, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1689, A.L. 2015 H.B. 41, A.L. 2016 S.B. 586 & 651, A.L. 2024 S.B. 727) (Source: RSMo 1959 § 161.021) *Section 167.332 was repealed by H.B. 1608, 2012. (2009) School funding formula is constitutional against challenges under Article IX , Article X, and the equal protection clause of the Missouri Constitution. Committee for Educational Equality v. State of Missouri, 294 S.W.3d 477 (Mo.banc).

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 163.012 Average daily attendance and membership, how determined.

163.012. Average daily attendance and membership, how determined. — For state aid and all other school purposes, membership and average daily attendance shall be determined on the basis of full-time equivalence in the same manner as specified for part-time students in section 163.011 . (L. 1984 H.B. 1456 & 1197)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 163.013 Schools offering both kindergarten and transportation, state aid, how computed.

163.013. Schools offering both kindergarten and transportation, state aid, how computed. — Any school offering kindergarten and also offering transportation under section 167.231 shall receive state aid for kindergarten students under the same formula as prescribed by law under section 163.031 . (L. 1967 p. 245 § 2, A.L. 1993 S.B. 380)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 163.016 Designation of school district numbers (Monroe City, Owensville, Belle, and ...

163.016. Designation of school district numbers (Monroe City, Owensville, Belle, and Leadwood). — 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 163.011 , for any school district located in more than one county and whose headquarters are located within a city of the fourth classification with more than two thousand five hundred but fewer than two thousand six hundred inhabitants and located in more than one county, the county signified in the school district number shall be the county in the district with the highest dollar value modifier. 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 163.011 to the contrary, for any school district located in more than one county and whose headquarters are located within a city with more than two thousand seven hundred but fewer than three thousand inhabitants and located in a county with more than fourteen thousand but fewer than fifteen thousand seven hundred inhabitants and with a county seat with more than two thousand but fewer than three thousand inhabitants, the county signified in the school district number shall be the county in the district with the highest dollar value modifier. 3. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 163.011 to the contrary, for any school district located in more than one county and whose headquarters are located within a city with more than one thousand one hundred seventy but fewer than one thousand three hundred inhabitants and located in a county with more than sixty thousand but fewer than seventy thousand inhabitants, the county signified in the school district number shall be the county in the district with the highest dollar value modifier. 4. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 163.011 to the contrary, for any school district located in more than one county and whose headquarters are located within a city with more than one thousand three hundred but fewer than one thousand five hundred inhabitants and partially located in a county with more than eight thousand but fewer than eight thousand nine hundred inhabitants and with a county seat with more than three hundred but fewer than six hundred inhabitants, the county signified in the school district number shall be the county in the district with the highest dollar value modifier. (L. 2007 S.B. 22 merged with S.B. 30, A.L. 2022 S.B. 681 & 662)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 163.018 Early childhood education programs, pupils included in average daily ...

163.018. Early childhood education programs, pupils included in average daily attendance calculation, when — standards for early education program, department considerations. — 1. (1) Notwithstanding the definition of average daily attendance in subdivision (2) of section 163.011 to the contrary, pupils between the ages of three and five who are eligible for free and reduced price lunch and attend an early childhood education program: (a) That is operated by and in a district or by a charter school that has declared itself as a local educational agency providing full-day kindergarten and that meets standards established by the state board of education; or (b) That is under contract with a district or charter school that has declared itself as a local educational agency and that meets standards established by the state board of education; shall be included in the district's or charter school's calculation of average daily attendance. The total number of such pupils included in the district's or charter school's calculation of average daily attendance shall not exceed eight percent of the total number of pupils who are eligible for free and reduced price lunch between the ages of five and eighteen who are included in the district's or charter school's calculation of average daily attendance. (2) If a pupil described under subdivision (1) of this subsection leaves an early childhood education program during the school year, a district or charter school shall be allowed to fill the vacant enrollment spot with another pupil between the ages of three and five who is eligible for free and reduced price lunch without affecting the district's or charter school's calculation of average daily attendance. 2. In establishing standards for any early childhood education program that is under contract with a district or charter school that has declared itself as a local educational agency, the state board of education shall consider: (1) Whether a program offers full-day and full-year programming; (2) Whether a program has teacher-to-child ratios consistent with reasonable standards set by early childhood education program accrediting agencies; (3) Whether a program offers professional development supports for educators and the type of supports offered; (4) Whether a program uses appropriately credentialed educators; (5) Whether a program uses an early childhood education curriculum that has been approved by the department of elementary and secondary education and whether the curriculum is developmentally appropriate; and (6) Any other factor that the state board of education determines to be significant in ensuring that children achieve high levels of kindergarten readiness. The state board of education shall require that staff members of any early childhood education program that is under contract with a district or charter school that has declared itself as a local educational agency undergo background checks as described in section 168.133 . 3. This section shall not require school attendance beyond that mandated under section 167.031 and shall not change or amend the provisions of sections 160.051 , 160.053 , 160.054 , and 160.055 relating to kindergarten attendance. (L. 2014 H.B. 1689, A.L. 2016 S.B. 586 & 651, A.L. 2018 H.B. 1606 merged with S.B. 743, A.L. 2019 H.B. 604, A.L. 2024 S.B. 727)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 163.021 Eligibility for state aid, requirements - evaluation of correlation of ...

163.021. Eligibility for state aid, requirements — evaluation of correlation of rates and assessed valuation, report, calculation — further requirements — exception — operating levy less than performance levy, requirements. — 1. A school district shall receive state aid for its education program only if it: (1) Provides for at least a minimum school term as provided in section 171.031 . When the aggregate hours lost in a term due to inclement weather decreases the total hours of the school term below the required minimum number of hours by more than twelve hours for all-day students or six hours for one-half-day kindergarten students, all such hours below the minimum must be made up as provided in section 171.033 ; (2) Maintains adequate and accurate records of attendance, personnel and finances, as required by the state board of education, which shall include the preparation of a financial statement which shall be submitted to the state board of education the same as required by the provisions of section 165.111 for districts; (3) Levies an operating levy for school purposes of not less than one dollar and twenty-five cents after all adjustments and reductions on each one hundred dollars assessed valuation of the district; and (4) Computes average daily attendance as defined in subdivision (2) of section 163.011 as modified by section 171.031 . Whenever there has existed within the district an infectious disease, contagion, epidemic, plague or similar condition whereby the school attendance is substantially reduced for an extended period in any school year, the apportionment of school funds and all other distribution of school moneys shall be made on the basis of the school year next preceding the year in which such condition existed. 2. For the 2006-07 school year and thereafter, no school district shall receive more state aid, as calculated under subsections 1 and 2 of section 163.031 , for its education program, exclusive of categorical add-ons, than it received per weighted average daily attendance for the school year 2005-06 from the foundation formula, line 14, gifted, remedial reading, exceptional pupil aid, fair share, and free textbook payment amounts, unless it has an operating levy for school purposes, as determined pursuant to section 163.011 , of not less than two dollars and seventy-five cents after all adjustments and reductions. Any district which is required, pursuant to Article X, Section 22 of the Missouri Constitution, to reduce its operating levy below the minimum tax rate otherwise required under this subsection shall not be construed to be in violation of this subsection for making such tax rate reduction. Pursuant to Section 10(c) of Article X of the state constitution, a school district may levy the operating levy for school purposes required by this subsection less all adjustments required pursuant to Article X, Section 22 of the Missouri Constitution if such rate does not exceed the highest tax rate in effect subsequent to the 1980 tax year. Nothing in this section shall be construed to mean that a school district is guaranteed to receive an amount not less than the amount the school district received per eligible pupil for the school year 1990-91. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to any school district located in a county of the second classification which has a nuclear power plant located in such district or to any school district located in a county of the third classification which has an electric power generation unit with a rated generating capacity of more than one hundred fifty megawatts which is owned or operated or both by a rural electric cooperative except that such school districts may levy for current school purposes and capital projects an operating levy not to exceed two dollars and seventy-five cents less all adjustments required pursuant to Article X, Section 22 of the Missouri Constitution. 3. No school district shall receive more state aid, as calculated in section 163.031 , for its education program, exclusive of categorical add-ons, than it received per eligible pupil for the school year 1993-94, if the state board of education determines that the district was not in compliance in the preceding school year with the requirements of section 163.172 , until such time as the board determines that the district is again in compliance with the requirements of section 163.172 . 4. No school district shall receive state aid, pursuant to section 163.031 , if such district was not in compliance, during the preceding school year, with the requirement, established pursuant to section 160.530 to allocate revenue to the professional development committee of the district. 5. No school district shall receive more state aid, as calculated in subsections 1 and 2 of section 163.031 , for its education program, exclusive of categorical add-ons, than it received per weighted average daily attendance for the school year 2005-06 from the foundation formula, line 14, gifted, remedial reading, exceptional pupil aid, fair share, and free textbook payment amounts, if the district did not comply in the preceding school year with the requirements of subsection 5 of section 163.031 . 6. Any school district that levies an operating levy for school purposes that is less than the performance levy, as such term is defined in section 163.011 , shall provide written notice to the department of elementary and secondary education asserting that the district is providing an adequate education to the students of such district. If a school district asserts that it is not providing an adequate education to its students, such inadequacy shall be deemed to be a result of insufficient local effort. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to any special district established under sections 162.815 to 162.940 . (L. 1963 p. 200 § 4-2, A.L. 1973 H.B. 38, A.L. 1982 S.B. 832, A.L. 1983 S.B. 39, A.L. 1984 H.B. 1456 & 1197, A.L. 1988 S.B. 797, A.L. 1992 H.B. 1478, et al., A.L. 1993 S.B. 380, A.L. 1996 S.B. 795, et al., A.L. 1997 H.B. 105, A.L. 1998 S.B. 781, A.L. 2005 S.B. 287, A.L. 2006 S.B. 894, A.L. 2015 H.B. 41, A.L. 2018 H.B. 1606 merged with S.B. 743, A.L. 2024 S.B. 727) (Source: RSMo 1959 § 161.025) Effective 7-01-26

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 163.022 Minimum levy requirement not applicable in certain counties.

163.022. Minimum levy requirement not applicable in certain counties. — Provisions of other law to the contrary notwithstanding, the provisions of subsection 2 of section 163.021 shall not apply to any elementary school district located in a * county with a population of between thirty-five thousand and thirty-six thousand residents that contains the majority of at least five school districts. (L. 1994 S.B. 676 § 2) Effective 7-12-94 *Word "a" does not appear in original rolls.

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 163.023 School district with operating levy below minimum value classified ...

163.023. School district with operating levy below minimum value classified unaccredited, when — procedure for classification. — 1. Commencing September 1, 1997, a school district that has an operating levy for school purposes as defined in section 163.011 , of less than the minimum value required by section 163.021 , shall be classified as unaccredited by the state board of education and shall be deemed to be an unclassified school district for all purposes under force of law, pursuant to the authority of the state board of education to classify school districts pursuant to section 161.092 , except that no school district shall be classified as unaccredited or deemed to be an unclassified school district pursuant to this section if such district is ineligible to receive state aid under section 163.031 , exclusive of categorical add-ons, because the district's local effort is greater than its weighted average daily attendance multiplied by the state adequacy target multiplied by the dollar value modifier. No school district, except a district which is ineligible to receive state aid under section 163.031 , exclusive of categorical add-ons, because the district's local effort is greater than its weighted average daily attendance multiplied by the state adequacy target multiplied by the dollar value modifier, may be classified or reclassified as accredited until such district has an operating levy for school purposes which is equal to or greater than the minimum value required by section 163.021 . Beginning July 1, 1998, the state board of education shall consider the results for a school district from the statewide assessment system developed pursuant to the provisions of section 160.518 when classifying a school district as authorized by subdivision (9) of section 161.092 . Further, the state board of education shall consider the condition and adequacy of facilities of a school district when determining such classification. 2. For any school district classified unaccredited for any school year, the state board of education shall conduct procedures to classify said school district for the first school year following. (L. 1993 S.B. 380 § 9 subsecs. 1, 2, A.L. 2005 S.B. 287) Effective 7-01-06

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 163.024 Environmental violations, moneys received from payment of civil penalty ...

163.024. Environmental violations, moneys received from payment of civil penalty excluded from local effort — special provisions, Iron County (Iron, Jefferson, Reynolds, and Washington counties). — *1. All moneys received in the Iron County school fund, Reynolds County school fund, Jefferson County school fund, and Washington County school fund from the payment of a civil penalty pursuant to a consent decree filed in the United States district court for the eastern district of Missouri in December, 2011, in the case of United States of America and State of Missouri v. the Doe Run Resources Corporation d/b/a "The Doe Run Company," and the Buick Resource Recycling Facility, LLC, because of environmental violations shall not be included in any district's local effort figure, as such term is defined in section 163.011 . The provisions of this subsection shall terminate on July 1, 2016. **2. (1) No moneys received in the Iron County school fund from the payment of any penalty, whether to resolve violations or as payment of any stipulated penalty, under Administrative Order on Consent No. APCP-2019-001 ("Order") issued by the department of natural resources and effective on August 30, 2019, shall be included as part of such school district's local effort for the calculation of local effort under section 163.011 . (2) The department of elementary and secondary education shall reimburse such school district for the amount of any moneys described in subdivision (1) of this subsection that are or have been included in such school district's local effort contrary to subdivision (1) of this subsection. (3) The department of natural resources shall notify the revisor of statutes when the Order is terminated as provided in the Order, and this subsection shall expire on the last day of the fiscal year in which the revisor receives such notification from the department. (L. 2012 S.B. 599, A.L. 2023 S.B. 109) *Subsection 1 of this section terminated 1-01-16. **Subsection 2 of this section contains a contingent expiration date.

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 163.025 Operating levy reduction below minimum rate, effect upon accreditation ...

163.025. Operating levy reduction below minimum rate, effect upon accreditation classification. — Whenever the adjusted operating levy, as defined in section 163.011 , of any school district is required, pursuant to Article X, Section 22 of the Missouri Constitution, to be reduced below the minimum tax rate required for the current school year under section 163.021 , the district shall not be classified as unaccredited under section 163.023 . (L. 1995 H.B. 211 § 1, A.L. 1996 S.B. 795, et al., A.L. 2005 S.B. 287) Effective 7-01-06

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 163.028 Rules, effective, when - rules invalid and void, when.

163.028. Rules, effective, when — rules invalid and void, when. — 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 act * 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 July 1, 2006, shall be invalid and void. (L. 1997 H.B. 641 & 593 § 1, A.L. 2005 S.B. 287) Effective 7-01-06 *"This act" (S.B. 287, 2005) contained numerous sections. Consult Disposition of Sections table for a definitive listing.

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 163.031 State aid - amount, how determined - categorical add-on revenue, ...

163.031. State aid — amount, how determined — categorical add-on revenue, determination of amount — waiver of rules — deposits to teachers' fund and incidental fund, when — state adequacy target adjustment, when — revenue from certain taxes to be reported to department. — 1. The department of elementary and secondary education shall calculate and distribute to each school district qualified to receive state aid under section 163.021 an amount determined by multiplying the district's weighted average daily attendance by the state adequacy target, multiplying this product by the dollar value modifier for the district, and subtracting from this product the district's local effort and subtracting payments from the classroom trust fund under section 163.043 . 2. Other provisions of law to the contrary notwithstanding: (1) For districts with an average daily attendance of more than three hundred fifty in the school year preceding the payment year: (a) For the 2008-09 school year, the state revenue per weighted average daily attendance received by a district from the state aid calculation under subsections 1 and 4 of this section, as applicable, and the classroom trust fund under section 163.043 shall not be less than the state revenue received by a district in the 2005-06 school year from the foundation formula, line 14, gifted, remedial reading, exceptional pupil aid, fair share, and free textbook payment amounts multiplied by the dollar value modifier, and dividing this product by the weighted average daily attendance computed for the 2005-06 school year; (b) For each year subsequent to the 2008-09 school year, the amount shall be no less than that computed in paragraph (a) of this subdivision, multiplied by the weighted average daily attendance pursuant to section 163.036 , less any increase in revenue received from the classroom trust fund under section 163.043 ; (2) For districts with an average daily attendance of three hundred fifty or less in the school year preceding the payment year: (a) For the 2008-09 school year, the state revenue received by a district from the state aid calculation under subsections 1 and 4 of this section, as applicable, and the classroom trust fund under section 163.043 shall not be less than the greater of state revenue received by a district in the 2004-05 or 2005-06 school year from the foundation formula, line 14, gifted, remedial reading, exceptional pupil aid, fair share, and free textbook payment amounts multiplied by the dollar value modifier; (b) For each year subsequent to the 2008-09 school year, the amount shall be no less than that computed in paragraph (a) of this subdivision; (3) The department of elementary and secondary education shall make an addition in the payment amount specified in subsection 1 of this section to assure compliance with the provisions contained in this subsection. 3. School districts that meet the requirements of section 163.021 shall receive categorical add-on revenue as provided in this subsection. The categorical add-on for the district shall be the sum of: seventy-five percent of the district allowable transportation costs under section 163.161 ; the career ladder entitlement for the district, as provided for in sections 168.500 to 168.515 ; the vocational education entitlement for the district, as provided for in section 167.332 * ; and the district educational and screening program entitlements as provided for in sections 178.691 to 178.699 . The categorical add-on revenue amounts may be adjusted to accommodate available appropriations. 4. For any school district meeting the eligibility criteria for state aid as established in section 163.021 , but which is considered an option district under section 163.042 and therefore receives no state aid, the commissioner of education shall present a plan to the superintendent of the school district for the waiver of rules and the duration of said waivers, in order to promote flexibility in the operations of the district and to enhance and encourage efficiency in the delivery of instructional services as provided in section 163.042 . 5. (1) No less than seventy-five percent of the state revenue received under the provisions of subsections 1 and 2 of this section shall be placed in the teachers' fund, and the remaining percent of such moneys shall be placed in the incidental fund. No less than seventy-five percent of one-half of the funds received from the school district trust fund distributed under section 163.087 shall be placed in the teachers' fund. One hundred percent of revenue received under the provisions of section 163.161 shall be placed in the incidental fund. One hundred percent of revenue received under the provisions of sections 168.500 to 168.515 shall be placed in the teachers' fund. (2) A school district shall spend for certificated compensation and tuition expenditures each year: (a) An amount equal to at least seventy-five percent of the state revenue received under the provisions of subsections 1 and 2 of this section; (b) An amount equal to at least seventy-five percent of one-half of the funds received from the school district trust fund distributed under section 163.087 during the preceding school year; and (c) Beginning in fiscal year 2008, as much as was spent per the second preceding year's weighted average daily attendance for certificated compensation and tuition expenditures the previous year from revenue produced by local and county tax sources in the teachers' fund, plus the amount of the incidental fund to teachers' fund transfer calculated to be local and county tax sources by dividing local and county tax sources in the incidental fund by total revenue in the incidental fund. In the event a district fails to comply with this provision, the amount by which the district fails to spend funds as provided herein shall be deducted from the district's state revenue received under the provisions of subsections 1 and 2 of this section for the following year, provided that the state board of education may exempt a school district from this provision if the state board of education determines that circumstances warrant such exemption. 6. (1) If a school district's annual audit discloses that students were inappropriately identified as eligible for free and reduced price lunch, special education, or limited English proficiency and the district does not resolve the audit finding, the department of elementary and secondary education shall require that the amount of aid paid pursuant to the weighting for free and reduced price lunch, special education, or limited English proficiency in the weighted average daily attendance on the inappropriately identified pupils be repaid by the district in the next school year and shall additionally impose a penalty of one hundred percent of such aid paid on such pupils, which penalty shall also be paid within the next school year. Such amounts may be repaid by the district through the withholding of the amount of state aid. (2) In the 2017-18 school year and in each subsequent school year, if a district experiences a decrease in its gifted program enrollment of twenty percent or more from the previous school year, an amount equal to the product of the difference between the number of students enrolled in the gifted program in the current school year and the number of students enrolled in the gifted program in the previous school year multiplied by six hundred eighty dollars shall be subtracted from the district's current year payment amount. The provisions of this subdivision shall apply to districts entitled to receive state aid payments under both subsections 1 and 2 of this section but shall not apply to any school district with an average daily attendance of three hundred fifty or less. 7. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, in any fiscal year during which the total formula appropriation is insufficient to fully fund the entitlement calculation of this section, the department of elementary and secondary education shall adjust the state adequacy target in order to accommodate the appropriation level for the given fiscal year. In no manner shall any payment modification be rendered for any district qualified to receive payments under subsection 2 of this section based on insufficient appropriations. 8. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, school districts that receive revenue from the tax authorized under sections 148.030 , 148.140 , 148.620 , and 148.720 shall, beginning January 1, 2020, and every January first thereafter, report the amount of said revenue received by the district to the department. The department shall, based on the data submitted by the district, determine the total amount of revenue the district would have received from the tax authorized under sections 148.030 , 148.140 , 148.620 , and 148.720 absent the provisions of section 148.720 , and remit the following amount to each applicable district not less than thirty days after the conclusion of each calendar year. The amount remitted to each district shall be the total of the revenue received by the district from the tax authorized under sections 148.030 , 148.140 , 148.620 , and 148.720 during the applicable calendar year times one and five thousand six hundred ** twenty-five ten thousandths minus the total of the revenue received by the district from the tax authorized under sections 148.030 , 148.140 , 148.620 , and 148.720 during the same calendar year. This payment shall be in addition to payments authorized under subsections 1, 2, and 7 of this section and shall be made from the annual appropriation to fund this section. (L. 1963 p. 200 § 4-3 and p. 335 § 161.031, A.L. 1965 p. 284, A.L. 1965 2d Ex. Sess. p. 894, A.L. 1967 p. 246, A.L. 1967 1st Ex. Sess. p. 881, A.L. 1969 p. 268, A.L. 1975 H.B. 945, A.L. 1976 S.B. 524, A.L. 1977 H.B. 131, A.L. 1982 Adopted by Initiative, Proposition C, November 2, 1982, A.L. 1984 H.B. 856 & 1358, A.L. 1985 H.B. 463, A.L. 1986 S.B. 707, A.L. 1993 S.B. 380, A.L. 1996 S.B. 795, et al., A.L. 1997 H.B. 641 & 593, A.L. 1998 S.B. 781, A.L. 2000 S.B. 944, A.L. 2004 S.B. 968 and S.B. 969, A.L. 2005 S.B. 287, A.L. 2006 S.B. 894, A.L. 2009 S.B. 291, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1689, A.L. 2015 H.B. 41, A.L. 2016 S.B. 638, A.L. 2019 H.B. 604) (Source: RSMo 1959 §§ 161.031, 161.061) *Section 167.332 was repealed by H.B. 1608, 2012. **Word "and" appears here in original rolls.

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 163.036 Estimates of weighted average daily attendance, authorized, how computed - ...

163.036. Estimates of weighted average daily attendance, authorized, how computed — summer school computation — error in computation between actual and estimated attendance, how corrected — use of assessed valuation for state aid — delinquency in payment of property tax, effect on assessment. — 1. In computing the amount of state aid a school district is entitled to receive for the minimum school term only under section 163.031 , a school district may use an estimate of the weighted average daily attendance for the current year, or the weighted average daily attendance for the immediately preceding year or the weighted average daily attendance for the second preceding school year, whichever is greater. Beginning with the 2006-07 school year, the summer school attendance included in the average daily attendance as defined in subdivision (2) of section 163.011 shall include only the attendance hours of pupils that attend summer school in the current year. Beginning with the 2004-05 school year, when a district's official calendar for the current year contributes to a more than ten percent reduction in the average daily attendance for kindergarten compared to the immediately preceding year, the payment attributable to kindergarten shall include only the current year kindergarten average daily attendance. Any error made in the apportionment of state aid because of a difference between the actual weighted average daily attendance and the estimated weighted average daily attendance shall be corrected as provided in section 163.091 , except that if the amount paid to a district estimating weighted average daily attendance exceeds the amount to which the district was actually entitled by more than five percent, interest at the rate of six percent shall be charged on the excess and shall be added to the amount to be deducted from the district's apportionment the next succeeding year. 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 1 of this section or any other provision of law, the state board of education shall make an adjustment for the immediately preceding year for any increase in the actual weighted average daily attendance above the number on which the state aid in section 163.031 was calculated. Said adjustment shall be made in the manner providing for correction of errors under subsection 1 of this section. 3. Any error made in the apportionment of state aid because of a difference between the actual equalized assessed valuation for the current year and the estimated equalized assessed valuation for the current year shall be corrected as provided in section 163.091 , except that if the amount paid to a district estimating current equalized assessed valuation exceeds the amount to which the district was actually entitled, interest at the rate of six percent shall be charged on the excess and shall be added to the amount to be deducted from the district's apportionment the next succeeding year. 4. For the purposes of distribution of state school aid pursuant to section 163.031 , a school district with ten percent or more of its assessed valuation that is owned by one person or corporation as commercial or personal property who is delinquent in a property tax payment may elect, after receiving notice from the county clerk on or before March fifteenth that more than ten percent of its current taxes due the preceding December thirty-first by a single property owner are delinquent, to use in the local effort calculation of the state aid formula the district's equalized assessed valuation for the preceding year or the actual assessed valuation of the year for which the taxes are delinquent less the assessed valuation of property for which the current year's property tax is delinquent. To qualify for use of the actual assessed valuation of the year for which the taxes are delinquent less the assessed valuation of property for which the current year's property tax is delinquent, a district must notify the department of elementary and secondary education on or before April first, except in the year enacted, of the current year amount of delinquent taxes, the assessed valuation of such property for which delinquent taxes are owed and the total assessed valuation of the district for the year in which the taxes were due but not paid. Any district giving such notice to the department of elementary and secondary education shall present verification of the accuracy of such notice obtained from the clerk of the county levying delinquent taxes. When any of the delinquent taxes identified by such notice are paid during a four-year period following the due date, the county clerk shall give notice to the district and the department of elementary and secondary education, and state aid paid to the district shall be reduced by an amount equal to the delinquent taxes received plus interest. The reduction in state aid shall occur over a period not to exceed five years and the interest rate on excess state aid not refunded shall be six percent annually. 5. If a district receives state aid based on equalized assessed valuation as determined by subsection 4 of this section and if prior to such notice the district was paid state aid pursuant to section 163.031 , the amount of state aid paid during the year of such notice and the first year following shall equal the sum of state aid paid pursuant to section 163.031 plus the difference between the state aid amount being paid after such notice minus the amount of state aid the district would have received pursuant to section 163.031 before such notice. To be eligible to receive state aid based on this provision the district must levy during the first year following such notice at least the maximum levy permitted school districts by Article X, Section 11(b) of the Missouri Constitution and have a voluntary rollback of its tax rate which is no greater than one cent per one hundred dollars assessed valuation. (L. 1967 p. 248, A.L. 1969 p. 268, A.L. 1977 H.B. 131, A.L. 1982 Adopted by Initiative, Proposition C, November 2, 1982, A.L. 1991 S.B. 411, A.L. 1993 S.B. 380, A.L. 1997 H.B. 641 & 593, A.L. 1999 H.B. 889, A.L. 2000 S.B. 573, A.L. 2002 H.B. 1711, A.L. 2004 S.B. 968 and S.B. 969, A.L. 2005 S.B. 287) Effective 7-01-06

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 163.038 Districts with a county municipal court, payments to be made.

163.038. Districts with a county municipal court, payments to be made. — Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any school district that is located at least partially in any county that creates a county municipal court or is otherwise eligible to prosecute county ordinance violations under section 66.010 , et seq., after January 1, 2006, shall be entitled to a payment amount from the department of elementary and secondary education in addition to all other payments required under this chapter equal to the decrease, if any, in the amount of revenue a district receives from fines in the current year from the revenue the district received from fines in fiscal year 2005. (L. 2007 S.B. 22 merged with S.B. 456)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 163.041 Computation of average daily attendance for first apportionment to ...

163.041. Computation of average daily attendance for first apportionment to reorganized district. — The average daily attendance for the first apportionment of state school moneys to any enlarged school district organized under the provisions of sections 162.101 to 162.201 shall be computed by adding together the total average daily attendance in each district that has become a component part of the enlarged district. (L. 1963 p. 200 § 4-4) (Source: RSMo 1959 § 165.703)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 163.042 Option district election, effect of - notification to department of election.

163.042. Option district election, effect of — notification to department of election. — 1. Any board of any school district may elect in any fiscal year to be considered an option district. Such option districts shall not be entitled to any state aid under section 163.031 or 163.043 . In exchange for forgoing state aid, option districts shall be granted waivers from all Missouri school improvement plan provisions and any requirements otherwise imposed on the school district related to the authority of the state board of education to classify school districts under section 161.092 , all fund transfer restrictions under chapter 165 , and such other rules as determined by the commissioner of education. Nothing in this section exempts any school district from its requirement to administer the state assessment. Further, such districts may choose not to comply with any requirements of federal law and any funding attached to such requirements, provided that such noncompliance is not prohibited under federal law. In any year in which a district elects to be an option district, no locally generated revenue shall be transferred to the state in any manner whatsoever. 2. Between June first and June thirtieth of each year, any board of any district electing to be considered an option district for the following fiscal year shall notify the department of elementary and secondary education of such intention. The department shall promulgate rules concerning the specific eligibility criteria for a district to become and apply for option district status. (L. 2005 S.B. 287) Effective 7-01-06

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 163.043 Classroom trust fund created, distribution of moneys - use of moneys by ...

163.043. Classroom trust fund created, distribution of moneys — use of moneys by districts. — 1. For fiscal year 2007 and each subsequent fiscal year, the "Classroom Trust Fund", which is hereby created in the state treasury, shall be distributed by the state board of education to each school district in this state qualified to receive state aid pursuant to section 163.021 on an average daily attendance basis. 2. The moneys distributed pursuant to this section shall be spent at the discretion of the local school district. The moneys may be used by the district for: (1) Teacher recruitment, retention, salaries, or professional development; (2) School construction, renovation, or leasing; (3) Technology enhancements or textbooks or instructional materials; (4) School safety; or (5) Supplying additional funding for required programs, both state and federal. 3. The classroom trust fund shall consist of all moneys transferred to it under section 160.534 , all moneys otherwise appropriated or donated to it, and, notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, all unclaimed lottery prize money. 4. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any option district as defined in section 163.042 . 5. For the 2010-11 school year and for each subsequent year, all proceeds a school district receives from the classroom trust fund in excess of the amount the district received from the classroom trust fund in the 2009-10 school year shall be placed to the credit of the district's teachers' and incidental funds. (L. 2005 S.B. 287, A.L. 2009 S.B. 291) Effective 7-13-09

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 163.044 Annual appropriation of thirty million dollars for specified uses.

163.044. Annual appropriation of thirty million dollars for specified uses. — 1. Beginning with the 2007 fiscal year and each subsequent fiscal year, the general assembly shall appropriate thirty million dollars to be directed in the following manner to school districts with an average daily attendance of three hundred fifty students or less in the school year preceding the payment year, provided that nonresident students enrolled in such school districts through section 161.670 shall not be included in the total for purposes of this section: (1) Twenty million dollars shall be distributed to the eligible districts in proportion to their average daily attendance; and (2) Ten million dollars shall be directed to the eligible districts that have an operating levy for school purposes in the current year equal to or greater than the performance levy and any school districts which have an operating levy for school purposes in the current year less than the performance levy solely due to a modification of such district's levy required under subdivision (4) of subsection 5 of section 137.073 . A tax-rate-weighted average daily attendance shall be calculated for each eligible district in proportion to its operating levy for school purposes for the current year divided by the performance levy with that result multiplied by the district's average daily attendance in the school year preceding the payment year. The total appropriation pursuant to this subdivision shall then be divided by the sum of the tax-rate-weighted average daily attendance of the eligible districts, and the resulting amount per tax-rate-weighted average daily attendance shall be multiplied by each eligible district's tax-rate-weighted average daily attendance to determine the amount to be paid to each eligible district. 2. The payment under this section shall not be transferred to the capital projects fund. 3. Except as provided in subsection 2 of this section, districts receiving payments under this section may use the moneys for, including but not limited to, the following: (1) Distance learning; (2) Extraordinary transportation costs; (3) Rural teacher recruitment; and (4) Student learning opportunities not available within the district. (L. 2005 S.B. 287, A.L. 2008 S.B. 711, A.L. 2024 S.B. 727, A.L. 2025 S.B. 68)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 163.045 Additional state aid for 169 school days or more - moneys used for teacher ...

163.045. Additional state aid for 169 school days or more — moneys used for teacher salaries only. — 1. (1) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, in addition to all funds distributed to school districts pursuant to the provisions of section 163.031 , the department of elementary and secondary education shall, after rendering all calculations required pursuant to the provisions of such section, remit an amount equal to one percent for fiscal years 2026 and 2027, or two percent for fiscal year 2028 and all subsequent fiscal years, of each district's preceding year's annual state aid entitlement as calculated in June in accordance with the provisions of such section for any district with a preceding year school board-approved school calendar that provided for one hundred sixty-nine school days or more of planned attendance. For districts in which one or more charter schools operate, and for all charter schools located therein, the department shall, after rendering all calculations required pursuant to the provisions of section 163.031 and section 160.415 , remit an amount equal to one percent for fiscal years 2026 and 2027, or two percent for fiscal year 2028 and all subsequent fiscal years, of each district's and charter school's preceding year's annual state aid entitlement as calculated in June, prior to any required adjustment pursuant to subsections 4 and 15 of section 160.415 , for any district or charter school with a preceding year board-approved school calendar that provided for one hundred sixty-nine school days or more of planned attendance. (2) This subsection shall not be construed to prohibit the distribution of additional moneys under subdivision (1) of this subsection to a school district or charter school that: (a) Prepares an annual calendar for the district's or charter school's school term under section 171.031 that establishes a school term of at least one hundred sixty-nine school days; and (b) Is in session for fewer than one hundred sixty-nine school days in such school term because of: a. Exceptional or emergency circumstances, as provided under section 171.033 ; or b. An authorized reduction of the required number of hours or days under subsection 2 of section 160.041 . 2. Any funds received as provided in this section shall be used by school districts and charter schools exclusively to increase teacher salaries. Any school district or charter school that receives funds as provided in this section but fails to utilize such funds solely to increase teacher salaries shall have an amount equal to the amount of such funds received withheld from such district's or charter school's state aid payments pursuant to the provisions of section 163.031 or 160.415 . (L. 2024 S.B. 727 § 1, A.L. 2025 S.B. 68)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 163.048 Athletics, participation in competition designated for biological sex ...

163.048. Athletics, participation in competition designated for biological sex opposite prohibited — definitions — findings — requirements — rulemaking — expiration — severability clause. — 1. As used in this section, the following terms mean: (1) "Athletics" , any interscholastic athletic games, contests, programs, activities, exhibitions, or other similar competitions organized and provided for students; (2) "Sex" , the two main categories of male and female into which individuals are divided based on an individual's reproductive biology at birth and the individual's genome. 2. (1) The general assembly hereby finds the following: (a) A noticeable disparity continues between the athletics participation rates of students who are male and students who are female; and (b) Courts have recognized that classification by sex is the only feasible classification to promote the governmental interest of providing opportunities for athletics for females. (2) The general assembly hereby declares that it is the public policy of this state to further the governmental interest of ensuring that sufficient opportunities for athletics remain available for females to remedy past discrimination on the basis of sex. 3. (1) Except as provided under subdivision (2) of this subsection, no private school, public school district, public charter school, or public or private institution of postsecondary education shall allow any student to compete in an athletics competition that is designated for the biological sex opposite to the student's biological sex as correctly stated on the student's official birth certificate as described in subsection 4 of this section or, if the student's official birth certificate is unobtainable, another government record. (2) A private school, public school, public charter school, or public or private institution of postsecondary education may allow a female student to compete in an athletics competition that is designated for male students if no corresponding athletics competition designated for female students is offered or available. 4. For purposes of this section, a statement of a student's biological sex on the student's official birth certificate or another government record shall be deemed to have correctly stated the student's biological sex only if the statement was: (1) Entered at or near the time of the student's birth; or (2) Modified to correct any scrivener's error in the student's biological sex. 5. A private school, public school district, public charter school, or public or private institution of postsecondary education that violates subdivision (1) of subsection 3 of this section shall not receive any state aid under this chapter or chapter 173 or any other revenues from the state. 6. The parent or guardian of any student, or any student who is over eighteen years of age, who is deprived of an athletic opportunity as a result of a violation of this section shall have a cause of action for injunctive or other equitable relief, as well as payment of reasonable attorney's fees, costs, and expenses of the parent, guardian, or student. The relief and remedies set forth shall not be deemed exclusive and shall be in addition to any other relief or remedies permitted by law. 7. The department of elementary and secondary education and the department of higher education and workforce development shall each promulgate all necessary rules and regulations for the implementation and administration of this section. Such rules and regulations shall ensure compliance with state and federal law regarding the confidentiality of student medical information. 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, 2023, shall be invalid and void. * 8. The provisions of this section shall expire on August 28, 2027. 9. If any provision of this section or the application thereof to anyone or to any circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of this section and the application of such provisions to others or other circumstances shall not be affected thereby. (L. 2023 S.B. 39 §§ 163.048, B) *Provisions of this section expire 8-28-27

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 163.051 Forced closing of school - state aid based on prior year's attendance.

163.051. Forced closing of school — state aid based on prior year's attendance. — The state board of education, in the apportionment of the state school moneys fund, may use the average daily attendance of the next full year preceding or project the average daily attendance for the current year based on the average daily attendance for the last fifty days the schools of the district were in session before the schools were forced to close before the expiration of the term or before average daily attendance dropped substantially because of a disaster caused by flood, fire, windstorm or any natural disaster when all or part of the district is designated a disaster area by the governor of the state, or when districts have been forced to close because of nonpayment of taxes as a result of flooding or drought conditions or because of loss of surplus funds occasioned by bank failures in any county of the state. (L. 1963 p. 200 § 4-5, A.L. 1973 H.B. 38) (Source: RSMo 1959 § 161.070) Effective 6-27-73

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 163.063 Nonresident pupils in residential care facilities - federal and state aid, ...

163.063. Nonresident pupils in residential care facilities — federal and state aid, counted in average daily attendance, where. — 1. As used in this section, the following words mean: (1) "Nonresident pupil" , a child who: (a) At the time such child is admitted to a residential care facility, is domiciled in one school district in Missouri but resides in a residential care facility located in another school district in Missouri as a result of placement arranged by or approved by the department of mental health or the department of social services or placement arranged by or ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction; (b) Receives care or treatment in such residential care facility that is not within the school district in which the child's domicile is located; (c) Is unable to attend school in either the school district in which such domicile is located or the school district in which such residential care facility is located because such child: a. May be a safety risk; or b. Has behavioral conditions that support the need to educate such child on such residential care facility's site or campus; and (d) Is being provided all required educational services within such residential care facility; (2) "Residential care facility" , any residential care facility required to be licensed under sections 210.481 to 210.536 , or a similar facility. 2. For purposes of calculating federal-aid and state-aid distributions for nonresident pupils pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, a nonresident pupil who receives all of such pupil's required educational services on-site at a residential care facility shall be included in the average daily attendance of the following school district that results in the greatest total amount of state and federal aid to the district in which the residential care facility is located: (1) The school district of such pupil's domicile prior to placement in a residential care facility; or (2) The school district of such pupil's residence following placement in a residential care facility. 3. Any educational costs incurred by a residential care facility that are not remitted under this section may be reimbursed as provided in section 167.126 . 4. Educational costs incurred by a residential care facility for a child who was not enrolled in a school district in Missouri at the time the child was admitted to such residential care facility shall be reimbursed as provided in section 167.126 . 5. No provision of this section shall be construed to prevent a residential care facility and a school district from mutually agreeing to a financial arrangement that deviates from the provisions of this section. (L. 2023 H.B. 447)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 163.071 State aid for pupils residing on federal lands.

163.071. State aid for pupils residing on federal lands. — 1. If federal regulations permit inclusion of federal impact aid received pursuant to P.L. 81-874, in part or in full, as a component of local effort in this chapter, then the weighted average daily attendance for a district which provides an approved program for pupils residing on federal lands shall include those pupils residing on federal lands in the district. 2. If federal regulations forbid inclusion of federal impact aid received pursuant to P.L. 81-874, in part or in full, as a component of local effort in this chapter, then the weighted average daily attendance for a district which provides an approved program for pupils residing on federal lands shall not include those pupils residing on federal lands in the district and the district shall be entitled to state aid for pupils residing on federal lands in an amount to be determined as follows: the total amount apportioned to the district by the state under section 163.031 for resident pupils shall be divided by the average daily attendance of resident pupils in the district and the quotient resulting shall be multiplied by the number of pupils in average daily attendance in grades kindergarten through twelve residing on the federal lands. The additional state aid under this section shall be paid in the same manner as other apportionments made under section 163.031 . (L. 1963 p. 200 § 4-7, A.L. 1993 S.B. 380, A.L. 2005 S.B. 287) (Source: RSMo 1959 § 161.035) Effective 7-01-06

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 163.073 Aid for programs provided by the division of youth services - amount, how ...

163.073. Aid for programs provided by the division of youth services — amount, how determined — payment by district of domicile of the child, amount. — 1. When an education program, as approved under section 219.056 , is provided for pupils by the division of youth services in one of the facilities operated by the division for children who have been assigned there by the courts, the division of youth services shall be entitled to state aid for pupils being educated by the division of youth services in an amount to be determined as follows: the total amount apportioned to the division of youth services shall be an amount equal to the average per weighted average daily attendance amount apportioned for the preceding school year under section 163.031 , multiplied by the number of full-time equivalent students served by facilities operated by the division of youth services. The number of full-time equivalent students shall be determined by dividing by one hundred seventy-four days the number of student-days of education service provided by the division of youth services to elementary and secondary students who have been assigned to the division by the courts and who have been determined as inappropriate for attendance in a local public school. A "student day" shall mean one day of education services provided for one student. In school year 2019-20 and subsequent years, the number of full-time equivalent students shall be the quotient of the number of student-hours of education service provided by the division of youth services to elementary and secondary students who have been assigned to the division by the courts, and who have been determined as inappropriate for attendance in a local public school, divided by one thousand forty-four hours. A "student hour" shall mean one hour of education services provided for one student. In addition, other provisions of law notwithstanding, the division of youth services shall be entitled to funds under section 163.087 . The number of full-time equivalent students as defined in this section shall be considered as September membership and as average daily attendance for the apportioning of funds under section 163.087 . 2. The educational program approved under section 219.056 as provided for pupils by the division of youth services shall qualify for funding for those services provided to handicapped or severely handicapped children. The department of elementary and secondary education shall cooperate with the division of youth services in arriving at an equitable funding for the services provided to handicapped children in the facilities operated by the division of youth services. 3. Each local school district or special school district constituting the domicile of a child placed in programs or facilities operated by the division of youth services or residing in another district pursuant to assignment by the division of youth services shall pay toward the per-pupil cost of educational services provided by the serving district or agency an amount equal to the average sum produced per child by the local tax effort of that district. A special school district shall pay the average sum produced per child by the local tax efforts of the component districts. This amount paid by the local school district or the special school district shall be on the basis of full-time equivalence as determined in section 163.011 , not to exceed the actual per-pupil local tax effort. (L. 1986 S.B. 707, A.L. 2005 S.B. 287, A.L. 2018 H.B. 1606 merged with S.B. 743)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 163.081 Secretary to report to state department, when, contents, penalty - ...

163.081. Secretary to report to state department, when, contents, penalty — distribution, when. — 1. Between June fifteenth and June thirtieth each year the secretary of each school district shall make a report to the state department of elementary and secondary education which shall contain all necessary data for calculating the amounts of state support which each district is to receive for the following school year. Reports shall be forwarded to the state board of education on or before July fifteenth. Any district secretary, superintendent or teacher who knowingly furnishes any false information in the reports, or neglects or refuses to make the reports, is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six months or by both such fine and imprisonment. 2. The moneys appropriated for the state schools in any such year shall be distributed to the several districts entitled thereto through twelve monthly disbursements, provided that the total disbursements through the twelve payments shall not exceed the total amount appropriated for such purpose. (L. 1963 p. 200 § 4-8 and p. 338 § 161.051, A.L. 1973 H.B. 158, A.L. 1977 H.B. 130, A.L. 1982 H.B. 1450, A.L. 2005 S.B. 287) (Source: RSMo 1959 § 161.051) Effective 7-01-06

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 163.083 Distribution of state aid - treasurer may disregard certain requirements.

163.083. Distribution of state aid — treasurer may disregard certain requirements. — When distributing the state aid authorized by the provisions of sections 162.935 , 162.975 , 162.980 * , 162.985 ** , 162.900 , 163.031 , 163.161 and all other moneys distributed by the state department of elementary and secondary education, the state treasurer may, in any year if requested by a school district, disregard the provision in section 30.180 requiring the treasurer to convert the warrant requesting payment into a check or draft and wire transfer the amount to be distributed to the school district directly to the school district's designated depositary for credit to the school district's account. (L. 1977 H.B. 130 § 5, A.L. 1982 H.B. 1450, A.L. 1990 S.B. 740, A.L. 2005 H.B. 258) *Section 162.980 was repealed in 1997 by H.B. 641 & 593. **Section 162.985 was repealed in 1977 by H.B. 131.

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 163.087 School district trust fund distribution, certain school districts - ...

163.087. School district trust fund distribution, certain school districts — districts foregoing reduction in total operating levy, calculation of entitlement. — 1. Money in the school district trust fund shall be distributed to each school district in the state in the same ratio that the weighted average daily attendance in the district bears to the total weighted average daily attendance in all such school districts for the preceding year, except as otherwise provided in section 163.031 . In addition, each such district which is providing an approved program for pupils residing on federal lands shall receive an amount which shall be determined as follows: weighted average daily attendance for pupils residing on federal lands shall be calculated separately for the district in the manner provided in section 163.011 , treating such pupils as residents of the district for this purpose. Such weighted average daily attendance shall be multiplied by one-half of the amount to be received by the district, pursuant to this subsection, per weighted average daily attendance not residing on federal lands. 2. Money in the fund shall be distributed monthly. The state board of education shall certify the amounts to be distributed to the several school districts to the commissioner of administration who shall issue the warrants therefor. 3. Money received by a school district from the school district trust fund shall be deemed to be local tax revenue derived for the same fiscal year in which the money is received for the teachers' and incidental funds. In the calculation of state aid for the district under the provisions of section 163.031 , one-half the amount received by the district in the first preceding year shall be included in local effort as provided in section 163.031 . (L. 1982 Adopted by Initiative, Proposition C, November 2, 1982, A.L. 1983 H.B. 310, A.L. 1993 S.B. 380, A.L. 1995 S.B. 255, A.L. 2005 S.B. 287) Effective 7-1-06

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 163.091 Correction of errors in apportionment of state aid.

163.091. Correction of errors in apportionment of state aid. — The state board of education may correct any error made in the apportionment of the state school moneys fund and classroom trust fund among the various districts of this state out of the state school moneys fund and classroom trust fund of the year next following the date when the mistake was made. The state board of education shall certify the amount set apart to any school district for the purpose of correcting any error to the commissioner of administration, and the commissioner of administration shall certify the amount so apportioned for proper payment, and the district treasurer shall credit the funds as the funds of the year in which the error occurred. If any district has received funds in excess of the amount to which it was entitled, its apportionment for the next succeeding year shall be reduced accordingly. (L. 1963 p. 200 § 4-9, A.L. 1977 H.B. 130, S.B. 82, A.L. 2005 S.B. 287) (Source: RSMo 1959 § 161.080) Effective 7-01-06

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 163.095 Erroneously set levy in capital projects fund, department to revise state ...

163.095. Erroneously set levy in capital projects fund, department to revise state aid calculation (St. Louis County). — For any district in the county with a charter form of government and with more than one million inhabitants that in calendar year 2005 (school year 2005-06) erroneously set a levy in the capital projects fund rather than the incidental fund and reported the capital projects amount to the county for which the county issued tax notices and the district received taxes for calendar year 2005, the department of elementary and secondary education shall calculate the amount the district would have received in state school aid for fiscal year 2006 had the district placed the levy in the incidental fund rather than the capital projects fund and use this revised 2005-06 calculated funding amount in the distribution of state school aid for fiscal year 2007 and subsequent years. The sum of the amounts due to the school district in state school aid after recalculation for fiscal years 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010 shall be divided and distributed to the school district in equal amounts in fiscal years 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013. The calculation shall not change the actual funding due the district for the 2005-06 school year. (L. 2009 S.B. 291)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 163.096 Recalculation of local effort for certain districts.

163.096. Recalculation of local effort for certain districts. — For any school district that, during fiscal year 2005, recorded revenues from intangible taxes, the merchants' and manufacturers' surcharge, and payments in lieu of taxes other than tax increment financing surplus to the district's teacher and incidental funds and, as a result, caused an elevation of the district's local effort figure, as the term local effort is defined in section 163.011 , the department of elementary and secondary education shall calculate the amount of state aid the district would have received had the district placed such revenues in its capital projects fund or debt service fund. The department shall use this revised local effort figure for all state aid payments subsequent to August 28, 2024. (L. 2024 S.B. 727)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 163.161 State aid for transportation of pupils - powers of state board to approve ...

163.161. State aid for transportation of pupils — powers of state board to approve routes, or portions of routes — effect — limitations on use of funds. — 1. Any school district which makes provision for transporting pupils as provided in section 162.621 and sections 167.231 and 167.241 shall receive state aid for the ensuing year for such transportation on the basis of the cost of pupil transportation services provided the current year. A district shall receive, pursuant to section 163.031 , an amount not greater than seventy-five percent of the allowable costs of providing pupil transportation services to and from school and to and from public accredited vocational courses, and shall not receive an amount per pupil greater than one hundred twenty-five percent of the state average approved cost per pupil transported the second preceding school year, except when the state board of education determines that sufficient circumstances exist to authorize amounts in excess of the one hundred twenty-five percent of the state average approved cost per pupil transported the second previous year. 2. The state board of education shall determine public school district route approval procedures to be used by each public school district board of education to approve all bus routes or portions of routes and determine the total miles each public school district needs for safe and cost-efficient transportation of the pupils and the state board of education shall determine allowable costs. No state aid shall be paid for the costs of transporting pupils living less than one mile from the school. However, if the state board of education determines that circumstances exist where no appreciable additional expenses are incurred in transporting pupils living less than one mile from school, such pupils may be transported without increasing or diminishing the district's entitlement to state aid for transportation. 3. State aid for transporting handicapped and severely handicapped students attending classes within the school district or in a nearby district under a contractual arrangement shall be paid in accordance with the provisions of section 163.031 and an amount equal to seventy-five percent of the additional cost of transporting handicapped and severely handicapped students above the average per pupil cost of transporting all students of the district shall be apportioned pursuant to section 163.031 where such special transportation is approved in advance by the department of elementary and secondary education. State aid for transportation of handicapped and severely handicapped children in a special school district shall be seventy-five percent of allowable costs as determined by the state board of education which may for sufficient reason authorize amounts in excess of one hundred twenty-five percent of the state average approved cost per pupil transported the second previous year. In no event shall state transportation aid exceed seventy-five percent of the total allowable cost of transporting all pupils eligible to be transported; provided that no district shall receive reduced reimbursement for costs of transportation of handicapped and severely handicapped children based upon inefficiency. 4. No state transportation aid received pursuant to section 163.031 shall be used to purchase any school bus manufactured prior to April 1, 1977, that does not meet the federal motor vehicle safety standards. (L. 1963 p. 200 § 4-16 and p. 335 § 165.143, A.L. 1965 p. 284, A.L. 1969 p. 268, A.L. 1973 H.B. 158, A.L. 1977 H.B. 131, A.L. 1978 H.B. 969, A.L. 1980 H.B. 1633, A.L. 1983 H.B. 815, A.L. 1985 H.B. 463, A.L. 1986 S.B. 707, A.L. 1987 H.B. 384 Revision, A.L. 1993 S.B. 380, A.L. 1998 S.B. 781) (Source: RSMo 1959 § 165.143)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 163.172 Minimum teacher's salary - information to be provided to general assembly - ...

163.172. Minimum teacher's salary — information to be provided to general assembly — salary defined — grant fund and program created. — 1. (1) In school year 1994-95 and thereafter until school year 2006-07, the minimum teacher's salary shall be eighteen thousand dollars. Beginning in school year 2006-07, the minimum teacher's salary shall be twenty-two thousand dollars; in school year 2007-08, the minimum teacher's salary shall be twenty-three thousand dollars; in school year 2008-09, the minimum teacher's salary shall be twenty-four thousand dollars; in school year 2009-10 and in each subsequent school year through the 2024-25 school year, the minimum teacher's salary shall be twenty-five thousand dollars. (2) For the 2025-26 school year and in all subsequent school years, the minimum teacher's salary shall be forty thousand dollars. (3) Beginning in the school year 1996-97 until school year 2006-07, for any full-time teacher with a master's degree and at least ten years' teaching experience in a public school or combination of public schools, the minimum salary shall be twenty-four thousand dollars. Beginning in the school year 2006-07, for any full-time teacher with a master's degree in an academic teaching field and at least ten years' teaching experience in a public school or combination of public schools, the minimum salary shall be thirty thousand dollars; in the 2007-08 school year such minimum salary shall be thirty-one thousand dollars; in the 2008-09 school year such minimum salary shall be thirty-two thousand dollars; and in the 2009-10 school year and in each subsequent school year through the 2024-25 school year, such minimum salary shall be thirty-three thousand dollars. (4) For the 2025-26 school year and in all subsequent school years, the minimum teacher's salary for any full-time teacher with a master's degree and at least ten years' teaching experience in a public school or combination of public schools shall be as follows: (a) In the 2025-26 school year, forty-six thousand dollars; (b) In the 2026-27 school year, forty-seven thousand dollars; and (c) In the 2027-28 school year, forty-eight thousand dollars. 2. (1) As used in this subsection, "CPI" means the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for the United States as reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, or its successor index. (2) In the 2028-29 school year and in all subsequent school years, the minimum salaries identified in subdivision (2) of subsection 1 of this section and in paragraph (c) of subdivision (4) of subsection 1 of this section shall be adjusted annually by the percentage increase in inflation as described in subdivision (3) of this subsection. (3) If the CPI report for January of a given year indicates that inflation increased over the previous twelve months by at least one percent, the department of elementary and secondary education shall increase the minimum salaries described in subdivision (2) of this subsection by the same percentage increase in inflation, except that no minimum salary increase shall exceed three percent. (4) The state board of education shall publish such minimum salaries annually in February beginning in calendar year 2026. Modifications to the minimum salaries shall take effect on July first of each calendar year. 3. The commissioner of education shall present to the appropriate committees of the general assembly information on the average Missouri teacher's salary, regional average salary data, and national average salary data. 4. All school salary information shall be public information. 5. As used in this section, the term "salary" shall be defined as the salary figure which appears on the teacher's contract and as determined by the local school district's basic salary schedule and does not include supplements for extra duties. 6. The minimum salary for any fully certificated teacher employed on a less than full-time basis by a school district, state school for the severely handicapped, the Missouri School for the Deaf, or the Missouri School for the Blind shall be prorated to reflect the amounts provided in subsection 1 of this section. 7. (1) There is hereby created in the state treasury the "Teacher Baseline Salary Grant Fund", which shall consist of moneys appropriated under subsection 8 of this section. The state treasurer shall be custodian of the fund. In accordance with sections 30.170 and 30.180 , the state treasurer may approve disbursements. The fund shall be a dedicated fund and, upon appropriation, moneys in this fund shall be used solely to increase minimum teacher's salaries as provided in this section. (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 33.080 to the contrary, any moneys remaining in the fund at the end of the biennium shall not revert to the credit of the general revenue fund. (3) The state treasurer shall invest moneys in the fund in the same manner as other funds are invested. Any interest and moneys earned on such investments shall be credited to the fund. 8. (1) There is hereby created the "Teacher Baseline Salary Grant" program. The general assembly may appropriate amounts to the teacher baseline salary grant fund created in subsection 7 of this section. The total amount appropriated to such fund shall not exceed the amount necessary to assist each school district in increasing minimum teacher's salaries to the minimum amount as required under this section. (2) Subject to the appropriation of moneys to the teacher baseline salary grant fund, each school district may apply to the department of elementary and secondary education for a grant of moneys from the teacher baseline salary grant fund to assist such district in increasing minimum teacher's salaries as required under this section. (L. 1985 H.B. 463 § 163.171, A.L. 1986 H.B. 1441, A.L. 1990 S.B. 740, A.L. 1993 S.B. 380, A.L. 1996 S.B. 795, et al., A.L. 2005 S.B. 287, A.L. 2024 S.B. 727, A.L. 2025 S.B. 68)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 163.191 State aid to community colleges - definitions - distribution to be based on ...

163.191. State aid to community colleges — definitions — distribution to be based on resource allocation model, adjustment annually, factors involved — report on effectiveness of model, due when. — 1. As used in this section, the following terms shall mean: (1) "Community college" , an institution of higher education deriving financial resources from local, state, and federal sources, and providing postsecondary education primarily for persons above the twelfth grade age level, including courses in: (a) Liberal arts and sciences, including general education; (b) Occupational, vocational-technical; and (c) A variety of educational community services. Community college course offerings shall generally lead to the granting of certificates, diplomas, or associate degrees, and may include baccalaureate degrees only when authorized by the coordinating board for higher education in circumstances where the level of education required in a field for accreditation or licensure increases to the baccalaureate degree level or, in the case of applied bachelor's degrees, the level of education required for employment in a field increases to that level, and when doing so would not unnecessarily duplicate an existing program, collaboration with a university is not feasible or the approach is not a viable means of meeting the needs of students and employers, and the institution has the academic and financial capacity to offer the program in a high-quality manner. Quality for such baccalaureate degree programs shall be evaluated at least in part by the delivery of upper-level coursework or competencies, and defined by accreditation or compliance with the Higher Learning Commission standards for bachelor's degrees; (2) "Operating costs" , all costs attributable to current operations, including all direct costs of instruction, instructors' and counselors' compensation, administrative costs, all normal operating costs and all similar noncapital expenditures during any year, excluding costs of construction of facilities and the purchase of equipment, furniture, and other capital items authorized and funded in accordance with subsection 6 of this section. Operating costs shall be computed in accordance with accounting methods and procedures to be specified by the department of higher education and workforce development; (3) "Year" , from July first to June thirtieth of the following year. 2. Each year public community colleges in the aggregate shall be eligible to receive from state funds, if state funds are available and appropriated, an amount up to but not more than fifty percent of the state community colleges' planned operating costs as determined by the department of higher education and workforce development. The department of higher education and workforce development shall review all institutional budget requests and prepare appropriation recommendations annually for the community colleges under the supervision of the department. The department's budget request shall include a recommended level of funding. 3. (1) Except as provided in subdivision (2) of this subsection, distribution of appropriated funds to community college districts shall be in accordance with the community college resource allocation model. This model shall be developed and revised as appropriate cooperatively by the community colleges and the department of higher education and workforce development. The department of higher education and workforce development shall recommend the model to the coordinating board for higher education for their approval. The core funding level for each community college shall initially be established at an amount agreed upon by the community colleges and the department of higher education and workforce development. This amount will be adjusted annually for inflation, limited growth, and program improvements in accordance with the resource allocation model starting with fiscal year 1993. (2) Unless the general assembly chooses to otherwise appropriate state funding, beginning in fiscal year 2016, at least ninety percent of any increase in core funding over the appropriated amount for the previous fiscal year shall be distributed in accordance with the achievement of performance-funding measures under section 173.1006 . 4. The department of higher education and workforce development shall be responsible for evaluating the effectiveness of the resource allocation model and shall submit a report to the governor, the joint committee on education, the speaker of the house of representatives and president pro tempore of the senate by October 31, 2019, and every four years thereafter. 5. The department of higher education and workforce development shall request new and separate state aid funds for any new community college district for its first six years of operation. The request for the new district shall be based upon the same level of funding being provided to the existing districts, and should be sufficient to provide for the growth required to reach a mature enrollment level. 6. In addition to state funds received for operating purposes, each community college district shall be eligible to receive an annual appropriation, exclusive of any capital appropriations, for the cost of maintenance and repair of facilities and grounds, including surface parking areas, and purchases of equipment and furniture. Such funds shall not exceed in any year an amount equal to ten percent of the state appropriations, exclusive of any capital appropriations, to community college districts for operating purposes during the most recently completed fiscal year. The department of higher education and workforce development may include in its annual appropriations request the necessary funds to implement the provisions of this subsection and when appropriated shall distribute the funds to each community college district as appropriated. The department of higher education and workforce development appropriations request shall be for specific maintenance, repair, and equipment projects at specific community college districts, shall be in an amount of fifty percent of the cost of a given project as determined by the coordinating board and shall be only for projects which have been approved by the coordinating board through a process of application, evaluation, and approval as established by the coordinating board. The coordinating board, as part of its process of application, evaluation, and approval, shall require the community college district to provide proof that the fifty-percent share of funding to be defrayed by the district is either on hand or committed for maintenance, repair, and equipment projects. Only salaries or portions of salaries paid which are directly related to approved projects may be used as a part of the fifty-percent share of funding. 7. School districts offering two-year college courses pursuant to section 178.370 on October 31, 1961, shall receive state aid pursuant to subsection 2, subdivision (1) of subsection 3, and subsection 6 of this section if all scholastic standards established pursuant to sections 178.770 to 178.890 are met. 8. In order to make postsecondary educational opportunities available to Missouri residents who do not reside in an existing community college district, community colleges organized pursuant to section 178.370 or sections 178.770 to 178.890 shall be authorized pursuant to the funding provisions of this section to offer courses and programs outside the community college district with prior approval by the coordinating board for higher education. The classes conducted outside the district shall be self-sustaining except that the coordinating board shall promulgate rules to reimburse selected out-of-district instruction only where prior need has been established in geographical areas designated by the coordinating board for higher education. Funding for such off-campus instruction shall be included in the appropriation recommendations, shall be determined by the general assembly and shall continue, within the amounts appropriated therefor, unless the general assembly disapproves the action by concurrent resolution. 9. When distributing state aid authorized for community colleges, the state treasurer may, in any year if requested by a community college, disregard the provision in section 30.180 requiring the state treasurer to convert the warrant requesting payment into a check or draft and wire transfer the amount to be distributed to the community college directly to the community college's designated deposit for credit to the community college's account. (L. 1963 p. 200 § 4-19, A.L. 1965 p. 287, A.L. 1967 p. 249, A.L. 1972 S.B. 384, A.L. 1975 H.B. 526, A.L. 1981 S.B. 2, A.L. 1983 S.B. 160, A.L. 1985 H.B. 374, A.L. 1987 S.B. 335, A.L. 1988 H.B. 1456, A.L. 1989 H.B. 128, et al., A.L. 1990 H.B. 974 and 1358, A.L. 1991 H.B. 51, et al., A.L. 1992 H.B. 1102, A.L. 2000 H.B. 1486, A.L. 2001 S.B. 295, A.L. 2004 S.B. 1091, A.L. 2014 S.B. 492, A.L. 2018 H.B. 1465 merged with S.B. 807 & 577)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 163.195 Disclaimer as to dollar amounts of future payments.

163.195. Disclaimer as to dollar amounts of future payments. — Passage of sections 143.998 , 162.975 , 163.011 , 163.031 , 163.036 , 163.161 and 163.195 shall not be construed as a promise to fund the school foundation program at any particular dollar amount. Passage of sections 143.998 , 162.975 , 163.011 , 163.031 , 163.036 , 163.161 and 163.195 shall provide a statutory formula to distribute whatever funds are appropriated by the legislature to the various public elementary and secondary school districts in the state. (L. 1977 H.B. 131 § A)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 163.410 Compliance with certain expenditure requirements, school districts excused ...

163.410. Compliance with certain expenditure requirements, school districts excused from, when. — 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 163.021 , in fiscal years 2011, 2012, and 2013, if the appropriation for subsections 1 and 2 of section 163.031 is less than the annualized calculation of the amount needed for the phase-in required under subsection 4 of section 163.031 for that fiscal year or the appropriation for transportation as provided in subsection 3 of section 163.031 is funded at a level that provides less than seventy-five percent of allowable costs, school districts shall be excused from compliance with: (1) Spending funds for professional development as required under subsection 1 of section 160.530 ; and (2) The fund placement and expenditure requirements of subsection 6 of section 163.031 . 2. If the governor withholds funds for the school funding formula basic apportionment under section 163.031 , in fiscal years 2011, 2012, and 2013, school districts shall be excused from compliance with the statutes listed in subsection 1 of this section in the following fiscal year. (L. 2010 H.B. 1543) Effective 7-01-10
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