FIRST REGULAR SESSION
[P E R F E C T E D]
SENATE SUBSTITUTE FOR
SENATE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
SENATE BILL NO. 98
93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR CHAMPION.
Offered February 14, 2005.
Senate Substitute adopted, February 14, 2005.
Taken up for Perfection February 14, 2005. Bill declared Perfected and Ordered Printed, as amended.
TERRY L. SPIELER, Secretary.
0039S.10P
AN ACT
To repeal sections 172.020, 173.005, 174.020, 174.231, 174.241, 174.250, 174.251, 174.253, 174.261, 174.300, 174.310, 174.320, 174.324, 174.450, 174.453, and 176.010, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof sixteen new sections relating to state institutions of higher education.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Sections 172.020, 173.005, 174.020, 174.231, 174.241, 174.250, 174.251, 174.253, 174.261, 174.300, 174.310, 174.320, 174.324, 174.450, 174.453, and 176.010, RSMo, are repealed and sixteen new sections enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as sections 172.020, 173.005, 174.020, 174.231, 174.250, 174.251, 174.253, 174.261, 174.300, 174.310, 174.320, 174.324, 174.450, 174.453, 176.010, and 1, to read as follows:
172.020. Pursuant to sections 9(a) and 9(b) of Article IX of the Missouri Constitution, the state university is hereby incorporated and created as a body politic and shall be known by the name of "The Curators of the University of Missouri", and by that name shall have perpetual succession, power to sue and be sued, complain and defend in all courts; to make and use a common seal, and to alter the same at pleasure; to take, purchase and to sell, convey and otherwise dispose of lands and chattels, except that the curators shall not have the power to subdivide, sell or convey title to any land contained within a university campus or to subdivide, sell or convey title to any portion of any parcel of land containing in excess of twenty-five hundred contiguous acres unless such transaction is approved by the general assembly by passage of a concurrent resolution signed by the governor. The curators shall not sell, trade or otherwise convey or permit the severance of timber, minerals or other natural resources, unless the curators comply with bidding procedures established by rule that mandate notice of the transaction be provided in a manner reasonably calculated to apprise prospective purchasers. Such rule or rules must at a minimum require at least one notice of the transaction be published in a newspaper of general circulation where the resources are located. The curators may act as trustee in all cases in which there be a gift of property or property left by will to the university or for its benefit or for the benefit of students of the university; to condemn an appropriate real estate or other property, or any interest therein, for any public purpose within the scope of its organization, in the same manner and with like effect as is provided in chapter 523, RSMo, relating to the appropriation and valuation of lands taken for telegraph, telephone, gravel and plank or railroad purposes; provided, that if the curators so elect, no assessment of damages or compensation under this law shall be payable and no execution shall issue before the expiration of sixty days after the adjournment of the next regular session of the legislature held after such assessment is made, but the same shall bear interest at the rate of six percent per annum from its date until paid; and provided further, that the curators may, at any time, elect to abandon the proposed appropriation of property by an instrument of writing to that effect, to be filed with the clerk of the court and entered on the minutes of the court, and as to so much as is thus abandoned, the assessment of damages or compensation shall be void.
173.005. 1. There is hereby created a "Department of Higher Education", and the division of higher education of the department of education is abolished and all its powers, duties, functions, personnel and property are transferred as provided by the Reorganization Act of 1974, Appendix B, RSMo.
2. The commission on higher education is abolished and all its powers, duties, personnel and property are transferred by type I transfer to the "Coordinating Board for Higher Education", which is hereby created, and the coordinating board shall be the head of the department. The coordinating board shall consist of nine members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate, and not more than five of its members shall be of the same political party. None of the members shall be engaged professionally as an educator or educational administrator with a public or private institution of higher education at the time appointed or during his term. The other qualifications, terms and compensation of the coordinating board shall be the same as provided by law for the curators of the University of Missouri. The coordinating board may, in order to carry out the duties prescribed for it in subsections 1, 2, 3, 7, and 8 of this section, employ such professional, clerical and research personnel as may be necessary to assist it in performing those duties, but this staff shall not, in any fiscal year, exceed twenty-five full-time equivalent employees regardless of the source of funding. In addition to all other powers, duties and functions transferred to it, the coordinating board for higher education shall have the following duties and responsibilities:
(1) The coordinating board for higher education shall have approval of proposed new degree programs to be offered by the state institutions of higher education;
(2) The coordinating board for higher education may promote and encourage the development of cooperative agreements between Missouri public four-year institutions of higher education which do not offer graduate degrees and Missouri public four-year institutions of higher education which do offer graduate degrees for the purpose of offering graduate degree programs on campuses of those public four-year institutions of higher education which do not otherwise offer graduate degrees. Such agreements shall identify the obligations and duties of the parties, including assignment of administrative responsibility. Any diploma awarded for graduate degrees under such a cooperative agreement shall include the names of both institutions inscribed thereon. Any cooperative agreement in place as of August 28, 2003, shall require no further approval from the coordinating board for higher education. Any costs incurred with respect to the administrative provisions of this subdivision may be paid from state funds allocated to the institution assigned the administrative authority for the program. The provisions of this subdivision shall not be construed to invalidate the provisions of subdivision (1) of this subsection;
(3) In consultation with the heads of the institutions of higher education affected and against a background of carefully collected data on enrollment, physical facilities, manpower needs, institutional missions, the coordinating board for higher education shall establish guidelines for appropriation requests by those institutions of higher education; however, other provisions of the Reorganization Act of 1974 notwithstanding, all funds shall be appropriated by the general assembly to the governing board of each public four-year institution of higher education which shall prepare expenditure budgets for the institution;
(4) No new state-supported senior colleges or residence centers shall be established except as provided by law and with approval of the coordinating board for higher education;
(5) The coordinating board for higher education shall establish admission guidelines consistent with institutional missions;
(6) The coordinating board shall establish policies and procedures for institutional decisions relating to the residence status of students;
(7) The coordinating board shall establish guidelines to promote and facilitate the transfer of students between institutions of higher education within the state;
(8) The coordinating board shall collect the necessary information and develop comparable data for all institutions of higher education in the state. The coordinating board shall use this information to delineate the areas of competence of each of these institutions and for any other purposes deemed appropriate by the coordinating board;
(9) Compliance with requests from the coordinating board for institutional information and the other powers, duties and responsibilities, herein assigned to the coordinating board, shall be a prerequisite to the receipt of any funds for which the coordinating board is responsible for administering; and
(10) If any institution of higher education in this state, public or private, willfully fails or refuses to follow any lawful guideline, policy or procedure established or prescribed by the coordinating board, or knowingly deviates from any such guideline, or knowingly acts without coordinating board approval where such approval is required, or willfully fails to comply with any other lawful order of the coordinating board, the coordinating board may, after a public hearing, withhold or direct to be withheld from that institution any funds the disbursement of which is subject to the control of the coordinating board, or may remove the approval of the institution as an "approved institution" within the meaning of section 173.205, but nothing in this section shall prevent any institution of higher education in this state from presenting additional budget requests or from explaining or further clarifying its budget requests to the governor or the general assembly.
3. The coordinating board shall meet at least four times annually with an advisory committee who shall be notified in advance of such meetings. The coordinating board shall have exclusive voting privileges. The advisory committee shall consist of thirty-two members, who shall be the president or other chief administrative officer of the University of Missouri; the chancellor of each campus of the University of Missouri; the president of each state-supported four-year college or university, including Harris-Stowe State [College] University, Missouri Southern State [University-Joplin] University, Missouri Western State [College] University, and Lincoln University; the president of Linn State Technical College; the president or chancellor of each public community college district; and representatives of each of five accredited private institutions selected biennially, under the supervision of the coordinating board, by the presidents of all of the state's privately supported institutions; but always to include at least one representative from one privately supported junior college, one privately supported four-year college, and one privately supported university. The conferences shall enable the committee to advise the coordinating board of the views of the institutions on matters within the purview of the coordinating board.
4. The University of Missouri, Lincoln University, and all other state-governed colleges and universities, chapters 172, 174 and 175, RSMo, and others, are transferred by type III transfers to the department of higher education subject to the provisions of subsection 2 of this section.
5. The state historical society, chapter 183, RSMo, is transferred by type III transfer to the University of Missouri.
6. The state anatomical board, chapter 194, RSMo, is transferred by type II transfer to the department of higher education.
7. All the powers, duties and functions vested in the division of public schools and state board of education relating to community college state aid and the supervision, formation of districts and all matters otherwise related to the state's relations with community college districts and matters pertaining to community colleges in public school districts, chapters 163 and 178, RSMo, and others, are transferred to the coordinating board for higher education by type I transfer. Provided, however, that all responsibility for administering the federal-state programs of vocational-technical education, except for the 1202a post-secondary educational amendments of 1972 program, shall remain with the department of elementary and secondary education. The department of elementary and secondary education and the coordinating board for higher education shall cooperate in developing the various plans for vocational-technical education; however, the ultimate responsibility will remain with the state board of education.
8. The administration of sections 163.171 and 163.181, RSMo, relating to teacher-training schools in cities, is transferred by type I transfer to the coordinating board for higher education.
9. All the powers, duties, functions, personnel and property of the state library and state library commission, chapter 181, RSMo, and others, are transferred by type I transfer to the coordinating board for higher education, and the state library commission is abolished. The coordinating board shall appoint a state librarian who shall administer the affairs of the state library under the supervision of the board.
10. All the powers, duties, functions, and properties of the state poultry experiment station, chapter 262, RSMo, are transferred by type I transfer to the University of Missouri, and the state poultry association and state poultry board are abolished. In the event the University of Missouri shall cease to use the real estate of the poultry experiment station for the purposes of research or shall declare the same surplus, all real estate shall revert to the governor of the state of Missouri and shall not be disposed of without legislative approval.
174.020. 1. Except as provided in subsection 5 of this section, state institutions of higher education governed by sections 174.020 to 174.500 shall be named and known as follows: the institution at Warrensburg, Johnson County, shall hereafter be known as the "Central Missouri State University"; the institution at Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, shall hereafter be known as the "Southeast Missouri State University"; the institution at Springfield, Greene County, shall hereafter be known as the "[Southwest] Missouri State University"; the institution at Maryville, Nodaway County, shall hereafter be known as the "Northwest Missouri State University"; the [college] institution at St. Joseph, Buchanan County, shall hereafter be known as the "Missouri Western State [College] University"; the institution at Joplin, Jasper County, shall hereafter be known as the "Missouri Southern State [University-Joplin] University"; and the college in the city of St. Louis shall be known as "Harris-Stowe State [College] University".
2. References in the statutes in this state to such institutions whether denominated colleges or universities in such statutes or whether said institutions are renamed in subsection 1 of this section shall continue to apply to the applicable institution.
3. Any costs incurred with respect to modifications of the names of the state colleges and universities specified in subsection 1 of this section shall not be paid from state funds.
4. When the conditions set forth in section 178.631, RSMo, are met, the technical college located in Osage County, commonly known as the East Campus of Linn Technical College, shall be known as "Linn State Technical College".
5. The board of governors of the institution at Warrensburg, Johnson County, may alter the name of such institution to “The University of Central Missouri” upon the approval of at least four voting members of the board. Upon such a vote, the board shall provide written notice to the revisor of statutes affirming that the board has approved the alteration. From the date the revisor receives the notice, the institution at Warrensburg, Johnson County, shall be named and known as “The University of Central Missouri.” The provisions of this subsection shall expire on August 28, 2007.
174.231. 1. On and after August 28, [2003] 2005, the institution formerly known as Missouri Southern State College located in Joplin, Jasper County, shall be known as "Missouri Southern State [University-Joplin] University". Missouri Southern State [University-Joplin] University is hereby designated and shall hereafter be operated as a statewide institution of international or global education. The Missouri Southern State [University-Joplin] University is hereby designated a moderately selective institution which shall provide associate degree programs except as provided in subsection 2 of this section, baccalaureate degree programs, and graduate degree programs pursuant to subdivisions (1) and (2) of subsection 2 of section 173.005, RSMo. The institution shall develop such academic support programs and public service activities it deems necessary and appropriate to establish international or global education as a distinctive theme of its mission. Consistent with the provisions of section 174.324, Missouri Southern State [University-Joplin] University is authorized to offer master's level degree programs in accountancy, subject to the approval of the coordinating board for higher education as provided in subdivision (1) of subsection 2 of section 173.005, RSMo.
2. As of July 1, 2008, Missouri Southern State [University-Joplin] University shall discontinue any and all associate degree programs unless the continuation of such associate degree programs is approved by the coordinating board for higher education pursuant to subdivision (1) of subsection 2 of section 173.005, RSMo.
174.250. 1. If the facilities of the present Missouri Western Junior College are made available, there shall be established in St. Joseph, Missouri, a state college, which shall make available those third and fourth year college level courses that lead to a baccalaureate degree.
2. This state college shall in the year 1967, or at such a time as the present Missouri Western Junior College has acquired a campus for a third and fourth year college which meets the requirements established by the board of curators of Missouri University and its enrollment trends constitute sufficient justification for the operation of a four year college in the opinion of the board, whichever occurs later, become an independent two year state senior college, to be known as the "Missouri Western State [College] University". Its district shall be [coterminous with that of the Missouri Western Junior College district] Buchanan County and counties contiguous to Buchanan county.
174.251. 1. On and after August 28, 2005, the institution formerly known as Missouri Western State College at St. Joseph, Buchanan County, shall hereafter be known as the "Missouri Western State University". Missouri Western State University is hereby designated and shall hereafter be operated as a statewide institution of applied learning. The Missouri Western State [College located in St. Joseph, Buchanan County,] University is hereby designated an open enrollment institution which shall provide associate [and] degree programs except as provided in subsection 2 of this section, baccalaureate degree programs [which meet the needs of the citizens, businesses, and industries of its service area as defined in section 174.010, as well as counties contiguous to Buchanan County], and graduate degree programs pursuant to subdivisions (1) and (2) of subsection 2 of section 173.005, RSMo. The institution shall develop such academic support programs as it deems necessary and appropriate to an open enrollment institution [to improve the potential for success of its students] with a statewide mission of applied learning. Consistent with the provisions of section 174.324, Missouri Western State [College] University is authorized to offer master's level degree programs in accountancy, subject to the approval of the coordinating board for higher education as provided in subdivision (1) of subsection 2 of section 173.005, RSMo.
2. As of July 1, 2010, Missouri Western State University shall discontinue any and all associate degree programs unless the continuation of such associate degree program is approved by the coordinating board for higher education pursuant to subdivision 2 of section 173.005, RSMo.
174.253. Degree programs offered by Missouri Western State [College] University prior to August 28, 1995, that have been approved by the coordinating board for higher education may be continued by the board of regents. Within twelve months of August 28, 1995, the board of regents shall submit to the coordinating board for its review and approval a three-year plan outlining admissions requirements, program changes, institutional performance goals, assessment measures, and fees appropriate to its statutory mission. Pursuant to subdivision (1) of subsection 2 of section 173.005, RSMo, the coordinating board shall review and may approve all proposed new degree programs included in the three-year plan.
174.261. The state of Missouri may provide the funds necessary to provide the staff, cost of operation, and payment of all capital improvements commenced after July 1, 1977, for Missouri Southern State [College] University and Missouri Western State [College] University.
174.300. 1. Prior to October 17, 1978, the governor shall, with the advice and consent of the senate, appoint a six member board of regents to assume the general control and management of Harris-Stowe College. The members of the board shall serve for terms of six years each, except for the members first appointed, two of whom shall serve two-year terms, two of whom shall serve four-year terms, and two of whom shall serve six-year terms. Not more than three of the regents shall be affiliated with any one political party.
2. On and after August 28, 2005, Harris-Stowe State College shall be known as Harris-Stowe State University, and the provisions contained in subsection 1 of this section shall continue to apply to the institution.
174.310. 1. There shall be a period of orderly transition which shall begin with the appointment of the board of regents, during which the St. Louis board of education shall convey by gift, the buildings, facilities, equipment, and adjoining eight acres, more or less, of realty located at 3026 Laclede Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri, which currently serves as the campus of Harris-Stowe State College, to the board of regents, and during which time the St. Louis board of education, at its own expense, shall continue to provide necessary supporting services to Harris-Stowe State College. The transition period shall terminate no later than July 1, 1979, at which time the regents shall be responsible for every aspect of the college's operation.
2. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter to the contrary, the board of regents of Harris-Stowe State College is authorized to offer undergraduate degree programs with an emphasis on selected applied professional disciplines that will meet the needs of the St. Louis metropolitan area. Such programs shall be subject to approval by the coordinating board for higher education as provided for in subdivision (1) of subsection 2 of section 173.005, RSMo.
3. The state shall, effective July 1, 1978, provide the necessary funds to fully staff and operate Harris-Stowe State College and to make appropriate capital improvements.
4. On and after August 28, 2005, Harris-Stowe State College shall be known as Harris-Stowe State University, and the provisions contained in subsections 1 to 3 of this section shall continue to apply to the institution.
174.320. 1. Any person employed by Harris-Stowe State College prior to September 1, 1978, who is a member of the public school retirement system established in sections 169.410 to 169.540, RSMo, and who did not become a member of the Missouri state employees' retirement system may remain a member of that public school retirement system. Any employer contributions required to be made by sections 169.410 to 169.540, RSMo, shall be made by the state of Missouri.
2. Any person employed on or after September 1, 1978, as an instructor, teacher or administrator of Harris-Stowe State College and who did not become a member of the Missouri state employees' retirement system under section 104.342, RSMo, is a member of the public school retirement system of Missouri created by sections 169.010 to 169.130, RSMo. Any other person employed on or after September 1, 1978, as an employee of Harris-Stowe State College is a member of the Missouri state employees' retirement system established by sections 104.310 to 104.550, RSMo.
3. On and after August 28, 2005, Harris-Stowe State College shall be known as Harris-Stowe State University, and the provisions contained in subsections 1 and 2 of this section shall continue to apply to the institution.
174.324. 1. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, Missouri Western State [College] University and Missouri Southern State [University-Joplin] University may offer master's degrees in accounting, subject to any terms and conditions of the Missouri state board of accountancy applicable to any other institution of higher education in this state which offers such degrees, and subject to approval of the coordinating board for higher education.
2. Any new master's degree program offered at Missouri Southern State [University-Joplin] University, Missouri Western State University, or any other public institution of higher education in this state must be approved by the coordinating board for higher education pursuant to the provisions of subdivision (1) or (2) of subsection 2 of section 173.005, RSMo.
174.450. 1. Except as provided in subsection 2 of this section, the governing board of Central Missouri State University, [Southwest] Missouri State University, Missouri Southern State [University-Joplin] University, Missouri Western State University, and of each other public institution of higher education which, through the procedures established in subdivision (7) or (8) of section 173.030, RSMo, is charged with a statewide mission shall be a board of governors consisting of eight members, composed of seven voting members and one nonvoting member as provided in sections 174.453 and 174.455, who shall be appointed by the governor of Missouri, by and with the advice and consent of the senate. No person shall be appointed a voting member who is not a citizen of the United States and who has not been a resident of the state of Missouri for at least two years immediately prior to such appointment. Not more than four voting members shall belong to any one political party. The appointed members of the board of regents serving on the date of the statutory mission change shall become members of the board of governors on the effective date of the statutory mission change and serve until the expiration of the terms for which they were appointed. The board of regents of any such institution shall be abolished on the effective date of the statutory mission change, as prescribed in subdivision (7) or (8) of section 173.030, RSMo.
2. The governing board of Missouri State University, a public institution of higher education charged with a statewide mission in public affairs, shall be a board of governors of ten members, composed of nine voting members and one nonvoting member, who shall be appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate. The nonvoting member shall be a student selected in the same manner as prescribed in section 174.055. No more than one voting member shall be appointed to the board from the same congressional district, and every member of the board shall be a citizen of the United States, and a resident of this state for at least two years prior to his or her appointment. No more than five voting members shall belong to any one political party.
3. The governing board of Missouri Southern State University shall be a board of governors consisting of nine members, composed of eight voting members and one nonvoting member as provided in sections 174.453 and 174.455, who shall be appointed by the governor of Missouri, by and with the advice and consent of the senate. No person shall be appointed a voting member who is not a citizen of the United States and who has not been a resident of the state of Missouri for at least two years immediately prior to such appointment. Not more than four voting members shall belong to any one political party.
174.453. 1. The board of governors shall be appointed as follows:
(1) Five voting members shall be selected from the counties comprising the institution's historic statutory service region as described in section 174.010, except that no more than two members shall be appointed from any one county with a population of less than two hundred thousand inhabitants;
(2) Two voting members shall be selected from any of the counties in the state which are outside of the institution's historic service region; and
(3) One nonvoting member who is a student shall be selected in the same manner as prescribed in section 174.055.
2. The term of service of the governors shall be as follows:
(1) The voting members shall be appointed for terms of six years; and
(2) The nonvoting student member shall serve a two-year term.
3. Members of any board of governors selected pursuant to this section and in office on May 13, 1999, shall serve the remainder of their unexpired terms.
4. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 1 of this section, the board of governors of Missouri Southern State [University-Joplin] University shall be appointed as follows:
(1) [Five] Six voting members shall be selected from any of the following counties: Barton, Jasper, Newton, McDonald, Dade, Lawrence, and Barry provided that no more than three of these [five] six members shall be appointed from any one county;
(2) Two voting members shall be selected from any of the counties in the state which are outside of the counties articulated in subdivision (1) of this subsection;
(3) One nonvoting member who is a student shall be selected in the same manner as prescribed in section 174.055; and
(4) The provisions of subdivisions (1) and (2) of this subsection shall only apply to board members first appointed after August 28, 2004.
5. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 1 of this section, the board of governors of Missouri Western State University shall be appointed as follows:
(1) Five voting members shall be selected from any of the following counties: Buchanan, Platte, Clinton, Andrew, and DeKalb provided that no more than three of these five members shall be appointed from any one county;
(2) Two voting members shall be selected from any of the counties in the state which are outside of the counties articulated in subdivision (1) of this subsection;
(3) One nonvoting member who is a student shall be selected in the same manner as prescribed in section 174.055; and
(4) The provisions of subdivisions (1) and (2) of this subsection shall only apply to board members first appointed after August 28, 2005.
176.010. The following words and phrases as used in sections 176.010 to 176.080, unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context, shall have the following meanings:
(1) "Governing body" shall mean:
(a) The board of curators of the University of the State of Missouri;
(b) The board of curators of Lincoln University of Missouri;
(c) The board of governors for the Truman State University;
(d) The board of [regents] governors for the Central Missouri State University;
(e) The board of regents for the Southeast Missouri State University;
(f) The board of [regents] governors for the [Southwest] Missouri State University;
(g) The board of regents for the Northwest Missouri State University;
(h) The board of [regents] governors for the Missouri Western State [College] University;
(i) The board of [regents] governors for the Missouri Southern State [College] University;
(j) The board of regents for Harris-Stowe State [College] University;
(k) The board of trustees of any junior college district formed under sections 178.770 to 178.890, RSMo;
(l) The board of regents of Linn State Technical College, provided the conditions of section 178.631, RSMo, are met.
(2) "Net income and revenues" shall mean the income arising from the operation of a project remaining after providing for the costs of operation of such project and the costs of maintenance thereof.
(3) "Project" shall mean one or more dormitory buildings with or without dining room facilities as an integral part thereof, or dining room facilities alone, or one or more social and recreational buildings, or any other revenue producing facilities of state educational institutions, or any combination of such facilities.
(4) "Revenue bonds" shall mean bonds issued hereunder for the purposes herein authorized and payable, both as to principal and interest, solely and only out of the net income and revenues arising from the operation of the project for which such bonds are issued after providing for the costs of operation and maintenance of such project, and, in addition thereto, in the discretion of the governing body, out of either one or both of the following sources:
(a) The proceeds of any grant in aid of such project which may be received from any source; and
(b) The net income and revenues arising from the operation of another project, as herein defined, already owned and operated by any such state educational institution.
Such bonds shall not be deemed to be an indebtedness of the state of Missouri, the educational institution issuing them, the governing body of such educational institution, or the individual members of such governing body.
(5) "State educational institutions" shall mean and shall include:
(a) The State University of Missouri, incorporated as a body politic under the name of "The Curators of the University of Missouri", together with the departments of said state university especially established by law as the "College of Agriculture at Columbia" and the "University of Missouri-Rolla";
(b) "Lincoln University" at Jefferson City;
(c) "Truman State University" at Kirksville, Missouri;
(d) "Missouri State University" at Springfield;
(e) The several regional universities, to wit:
"Central Missouri State University" at Warrensburg, Missouri;
"Southeast Missouri State University" at Cape Girardeau, Missouri;
["Southwest Missouri State University" at Springfield, Missouri;]
"Northwest Missouri State University" at Maryville, Missouri;
"Missouri Western State University" at St. Joseph, Missouri;
"Missouri Southern State University" at Joplin, Missouri;
"Harris-Stowe State [College] University" at St. Louis, Missouri;
[(e)] (f) Junior college districts formed under sections 178.770 to 178.890, RSMo;
[(f)] (g) The several state colleges, to wit:
["Missouri Western State College" at St. Joseph, Missouri;
"Missouri Southern State College" at Joplin, Missouri;]
"Linn State Technical College" in Osage County, Missouri, provided the conditions of section 178.631, RSMo, are met.
Section 1. Missouri State University shall not seek the land grant designation held by Lincoln University and the University of Missouri nor shall Missouri State University seek the research designation currently held by the University of Missouri. Missouri State University shall offer engineering programs and doctoral programs only in cooperation with the University of Missouri; provided that such cooperative agreements are approved by the governing boards of each institution and that in these instances the University of Missouri shall be the degree-granting institution. Should the University of Missouri decline to cooperate in the offering of such programs within one year of the formal approval of the coordinating board, Missouri State University may cooperate with another educational institution, or directly offer the degree. In all cases, the offering of such degree programs shall be subject to the approval of the coordinating board for higher education, or any other higher education governing authority that may replace it. Missouri State University may offer doctoral programs in audiology and physical therapy. Missouri State University shall neither offer nor duplicate the professional programs at the University of Missouri including, without limitation, those that train medical doctors, pharmacists, dentists, veterinarians, optometrists, lawyers, and architects. The alteration of the name of Southwest Missouri State University to Missouri State University shall not entitle Missouri State University to any additional state funding.
[174.241. 1. The board of regents of Missouri Western State College shall consist of six members, who shall be appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, and shall be responsible for the administration of the college. All persons appointed to the board of regents shall be citizens of the United States and shall have been residents of the state of Missouri for two successive years next preceding the date of their appointment, shall be residents of the district in which the college is located, and not more than three members of the board of regents shall belong to the same political party.
2. The term of service of the members of the board of regents shall be six years, the term of one member expiring each year, except that of the members first appointed, one shall be appointed for a term of one year, one for a term of two years, one for a term of three years, one for a term of four years, one for a term of five years, and one for a term of six years. The governor shall first appoint members to the board of regents prior to October 13, 1975.]