HB 218 -- EDUCATION AND HIGHER EDUCATION

This bill makes changes to several sections of law pertaining
primarily to higher education.  In its major provisions, the
bill:

(1)  Designates February as "Missouri Lifelong Learning Month";

(2)  Deletes an inaccurate reference to the faculty
representative to the University of Missouri Board of Curators;

(3)  Deletes the outdated prohibition of collection of tuition
by the University of Missouri;

(4)  Creates a program at the University of Missouri to promote
research on spinal cord injury and congenital or acquired
disease processes.  Criteria for proposal selection and the
maximum size of awards are included in the bill;

(5)  Sets up an advisory board, to be appointed by the
university curators, to solicit and select research proposals
for the Spinal Cord Injury Research Program.  Procedures
concerning peer review and the requirement for certain meetings
to be closed are detailed in the bill;

(6)  Creates a confidentiality requirement for governing boards
of the regional state colleges, Lincoln University, and Truman
State University; makes explicit the right of members of these
boards to recuse themselves; and permits board meetings to be
closed to student representatives under certain conditions;

(7)  Clarifies the powers of the student representative on the
board of Truman State University; and

(8)  Makes the powers, duties, and conditions of appointment for
the Lincoln University student representative consistent with
those of other institutions.

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