To repeal section 536.018, RSMo 1994, relating to administrative procedure for school districts, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to the same subject.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI, AS FOLLOWS:

     Section A. Section 536.018, RSMo 1994, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 536.018, to read as follows:

     536.018. The term "agency" and the term "state agency" as defined by section 536.010 shall not include an institution of higher education, supported in whole or in part from state funds, or the school board of a school district if such institution or school board has established written procedures to assure that constitutionally required due process safeguards exist and apply to a proceeding that would otherwise constitute a "contested case" as defined in section 536.010.