SCS SB 873 -- UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI STUDENT CURATORS

SPONSOR:  Graham (Pratt)

COMMITTEE ACTION:  Voted "do pass" by the Committee on Higher
Education by a vote of 4 to 3.

Currently, the University of Missouri Board of Curators has nine
voting members, one from each Congressional district and an
additional nonvoting student curator.  If Missouri loses a
Congressional district following the 2010 redistricting, the
substitute specifies that the ninth curator position will be
filled by a full-time student with voting power on all matters
except faculty or staff personnel decisions.  The student curator
will replace the current nonvoting student curator as of January
2011 but will serve a two-year term and be appointed through the
same process as the nonvoting student curator.

FISCAL NOTE:  No impact on state funds in FY 2009, FY 2010, and
FY 2011.

PROPONENTS:  Supporters say that if Missouri loses a
Congressional seat, an opportunity will exist to convert one
voting curator position to a student.  About 25% of the nation's
public colleges have a voting student representative.

Testifying for the bill were Senator Graham; Tony Luetkemeyer;
and Associated Students of the University of Missouri.

OPPONENTS:  There was no opposition voiced to the committee.

Missouri House of Representatives
94th General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Last Updated October 15, 2008 at 3:12 pm