HB 194 -- Faculty and Student Representatives to University
Governing Boards

Co-Sponsors:  Hosmer, Farnen, Williams, Reynolds, Champion, Bray

This bill authorizes a faculty representative as a nonvoting
member of the governing boards of the University of Missouri,
the regional state colleges and universities, Truman State
University, and Lincoln University.  The faculty representative
to each institution's governing board is appointed by the
Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate.  The
faculty representative must be a U.S. citizen, a Missouri
resident, and a full-time, tenured member of the faculty, who is
to serve a single term of 2 years.  The faculty representative
is authorized to receive the same reimbursement for expenses as
other board members, must attend all meetings of the board, and
has all of the powers of the other board members, except the
right to vote.  Technical changes to accommodate the addition of
a nonvoting faculty member representative are made to several
sections of law.  The bill permits the regional colleges, Truman
State, and Lincoln to close meetings to the faculty
representative and requires all board members at these
institutions to observe confidentiality.

The provisions concerning the student representative at Lincoln
University are revised to make them consistent with the other
student representative sections concerning participation in
meetings, compensation, and payment of student fees; and the
powers of the Truman State student representative are clarified.

Missouri House of Representatives
Last Updated November 26, 2001 at 11:42 am