Effective - 28 Aug 2013
178.1100. Definitions — fund created, use of moneys — review by coordinating board — rulemaking authority. — 1. As used in this section, except in those instances where the context states otherwise, the following words and phrases shall mean:
(1) "Innovation education campus" or "innovation campus", an educational partnership consisting of at least one of each of the following entities:
(a) A local Missouri high school or K-12 school district;
(b) A Missouri four-year public or private higher education institution;
(c) A Missouri-based business or businesses; and
(d) A Missouri two-year public higher education institution or State Technical College of Missouri*;
(2) "Innovation education campus fund" or "fund", the fund to be administered by the commissioner of higher education and in the custody of the state treasurer created under this section to fund the instruction of an innovation campus.
2. There is hereby created in the state treasury the "Innovation Education Campus Fund". The commissioner of higher education shall administer the fund. The state treasurer shall be custodian of the fund and may approve disbursements from the fund in accordance with sections 30.170 and 30.180. Upon appropriation, money in the fund shall be used solely for the administration of this section. 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. 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.
3. The general assembly may appropriate moneys to the fund that shall be used to fund the program of instruction at any innovation education campus.
4. Participating institutions, as provided in this section, may receive moneys from the fund when the following criteria are satisfied:
(1) The innovation education campus demonstrates it is actively working to lower the cost for students to complete a college degree;
(2) The program at the innovation education campus decreases the general amount of time required for a student to earn a college degree;
(3) The innovation education campus provides applied and project-based learning experiences for students and leverages curriculum developed in consultation with partner Missouri business and industry representatives;
(4) Students graduate from the innovation education campus with direct access to internship, apprentice, part-time or full-time career opportunities with Missouri-based businesses that are in partnership with the innovation education campus; and
(5) The innovation education campus engages and partners with industry stakeholders in ongoing program development and program outcomes review.
5. The existing Missouri innovation campus, consisting of the University of Central Missouri, a school district with a student enrollment between seventeen thousand and nineteen thousand students that is located in any county with a charter form of government and with more than six hundred thousand but fewer than seven hundred thousand inhabitants, a community college located in any county with a charter form of government and with more than six hundred thousand but fewer than seven hundred thousand inhabitants, and private enterprises, has satisfied these criteria and is eligible for funding under this section.
6. The coordinating board for higher education shall conduct a review every five years of any innovation education campus to verify ongoing compliance with the requirements of subsection 4 of this section, including the Missouri innovation campus identified in subsection 5 of this section. As part of its review, the coordinating board shall consult with and take input from each entity that is a partner to an innovation education campus. Business and industry involved in an innovation education campus, either financially or through in-kind support, may provide feedback regarding the curriculum, courses, and investment quality of the innovation education campus to the coordinating board.
7. Any innovation education campus shall annually verify to the coordinating board for higher education that it has satisfied the criteria established in subsection 4 of this section. Upon verification that the criteria are satisfied, moneys from the fund shall be disbursed.
8. If the general assembly appropriates moneys to the fund, the allocation of moneys between entities partnered in an innovation education campus for purposes of operating the innovation education campus shall be determined through the appropriations process. Moneys appropriated to the fund shall not be considered part of the annual appropriation to any institution of higher education or any school district. If an innovation education campus, or any entity that has partnered to create and operate an innovation education campus, receives private funds, such private funds shall not be placed in the fund created in this section.
9. The coordinating board for higher education shall promulgate rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this section. Nothing in this section is intended to conflict with or supercede rules or regulations promulgated by the coordinating board for higher education. 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, 2013, shall be invalid and void.
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(L. 2013 S.B. 381)
*"Linn State Technical College" appears in original rolls. The name of the college was changed by H.B. 673, 2013, effective 7-01-14.
Structure Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XI - Education and Libraries
Chapter 178 - Special Schools and Instruction and Special Districts
Section 178.160 - State to furnish funds for readers for blind students, when.
Section 178.170 - Qualifications of reader.
Section 178.180 - Compensation of reader, how and when paid.
Section 178.280 - Board of directors of seven-director district may conduct summer schools.
Section 178.295 - Definitions.
Section 178.298 - Notice to school district of juvenile's placement or detention, when.
Section 178.300 - Part-time schools established, when.
Section 178.310 - State board to establish standards.
Section 178.320 - Federal funds available, when.
Section 178.330 - Attendance counted as part of employment time.
Section 178.340 - State and local boards of education to administer law.
Section 178.350 - District may be excused from maintaining part-time school.
Section 178.360 - Annual report of state board.
Section 178.370 - Establishment of two-year college courses.
Section 178.380 - Per capita cost of courses to be determined — tuition.
Section 178.390 - Board may set aside funds for pupils' tuition.
Section 178.420 - Definitions.
Section 178.430 - Acceptance of federal acts and funds.
Section 178.440 - State board of education to cooperate with federal authorities.
Section 178.450 - Duties of state board of education.
Section 178.460 - State treasurer to be custodian of funds.
Section 178.470 - Report to the general assembly.
Section 178.480 - Approved schools to receive federal money, when — appropriation of state's share.
Section 178.490 - Local boards may contract for vocational education services.
Section 178.500 - May also contract for additional instruction in approved courses.
Section 178.510 - Contracting district to pay tuition — apportionment of state aid.
Section 178.520 - Vocational education fund — how obtained when no state appropriation is made.
Section 178.540 - Commissioner of education to be executive officer — assistants.
Section 178.570 - State board may incur necessary administration expenses.
Section 178.580 - State board to report to general assembly.
Section 178.600 - State treasurer to be custodian of funds — disbursement.
Section 178.610 - Duties of state board of education.
Section 178.620 - State board to formulate plan of cooperation.
Section 178.630 - State board may receive gifts and donations — fund created — use — report.
Section 178.633 - Terms of voting members — nonvoting members, terms.
Section 178.634 - Board's expenses, to be paid — vacancies, resignations, removals, how filled.
Section 178.639 - Employees of college eligible for Missouri state employees' retirement system.
Section 178.651 - Definitions.
Section 178.653 - Independent living center fund created — administration — funding.
Section 178.658 - Location of centers, restriction on funding.
Section 178.691 - Definitions.
Section 178.693 - Educational and screening programs — reimbursement by state.
Section 178.695 - Program review.
Section 178.698 - Plan to distribute funds to allow voluntary participation.
Section 178.699 - Participation voluntary — information obtained is confidential.
Section 178.780 - Coordinating board for higher education to supervise colleges — duties.
Section 178.785 - Higher education core curriculum transfer act — definitions.
Section 178.787 - Forty-two credit hour block, adoption of — transfer of course credits.
Section 178.788 - Transfer practices, criteria to evaluate — requirements for credit transfers.
Section 178.789 - Rulemaking authority.
Section 178.790 - Boundaries of community college districts.
Section 178.800 - Petition to establish district — election on proposal.
Section 178.830 - Board of trustees — oath — officers — quorum — vacancies filled, how — seal.
Section 178.835 - Discipline of students.
Section 178.840 - Election, when held, how conducted — certification of votes cast.
Section 178.862 - Community college district police — oath, powers, qualifications.
Section 178.870 - Tax rates, limits — how increased and decreased.
Section 178.900 - Definitions.
Section 178.910 - Purposes of sheltered workshops.
Section 178.931 - Payments for hours worked by disabled employees, how calculated.
Section 178.940 - Department designated to accept and disburse federal funds.
Section 178.950 - Board of education to appoint necessary staff.