SCS/SB 56 - This act articulates that the Coordinating Board for Higher Education may promote and encourage the development of cooperative agreements between Missouri institutions of higher education for the purpose of offering graduate degree programs on campuses of those 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 from a cooperative agreement may be paid from state funds allocated to the institution assigned the administrative authority for the program. The provisions of this act shall not be construed to invalidate the coordinating board's authority regarding new program approval.
DONALD THALHUBER