Effective - 28 Aug 2016
178.788. Transfer practices, criteria to evaluate — requirements for credit transfers. — 1. The coordinating board for higher education, in consultation with the advisory board established in section 178.786, shall develop criteria to evaluate the transfer practices of each public institution of higher education in this state and shall evaluate the transfer practices of each institution based on this criteria.
2. The coordinating board shall develop procedures to be followed by institutions of higher education in resolving disputes concerning the transfer of course credit and by the commissioner of higher education in making a final determination concerning transfer of course credit if a transfer is in dispute.
3. Each institution of higher education shall publish in its course catalogs and on its official website the procedures adopted by the board under subsections 1 and 2 of this section.
4. If an institution of higher education does not accept course credit earned by a student at another public institution of higher education, that institution shall give written notice to the student and the other institution that the transfer of the course credit is denied. The two institutions and the student shall attempt to resolve the transfer of the course credit in accordance with rules promulgated by the coordinating board. If the transfer dispute is not resolved to the satisfaction of the student or the institution at which the credit was earned within forty-five days after the date the student received written notice of the denial, the institution that denies the transfer of the course credit shall notify the commissioner of higher education of its denial and the reasons for the denial.
5. The commissioner of higher education or his or her designee shall make the final determination about a dispute concerning the transfer of course credit and give written notice of the determination as to the involved student and institutions.
6. The coordinating board shall collect data on the types of transfer disputes that are reported and the disposition of each case that is considered by the commissioner of higher education or the commissioner's designee.
7. The provisions of sections 178.785 to 178.789 shall not apply to native students who are not seeking to transfer credits nor affect the authority of an institution of higher education to adopt its own admission standards or its own grading policies.
8. Students enrolled in professional programs shall complete the appropriate core curriculum that is required for accreditation or licensure.
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(L. 2016 S.B. 997)
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.