Missouri 2025 Regular Session

Missouri House Bill HB183 Compare Versions

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11 FIRSTREGULARSESSION
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32 HOUSEBILLNO.183
43 103RDGENERALASSEMBLY
54 INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVEPARKER.
6-0313H.02P JOSEPHENGLER,ChiefClerk
5+0313H.02I DANARADEMANMILLER,ChiefClerk
76 ANACT
87 Torepealsections178.786and178.787,RSMo,andtoenactinlieuthereoftwonewsections
98 relatingtohighereducationcorecurricula.
109 BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows:
1110 SectionA.Sections178.786and178.787,RSMo,arerepealedandtwonewsections
1211 2enactedinlieuthereof,tobeknownassections178.786and178.787,toreadasfollows:
1312 178.786.1.Thecoordinatingboardforhighereducation,withtheassistanceofan
1413 2advisorycommitteecomposedofrepresentativesfromeachpubliccommunitycollegeinthis
1514 3stateandeachpublicfour-yearinstitutionofhighereducation,shalldeveloparecommended
1615 4lowerdivisioncorecurriculumofforty-twosemestercredithours,includingastatementof
1716 5thecontent,componentareas,andobjectivesofthecorecurriculum.Amajorityofthe
1817 6membersoftheadvisorycommitteeshallbefacultymembersfromMissouripublic
1918 7institutionsofhighereducation.
2019 8 2.Thecoordinatingboardshallapproveacommoncoursenumberingequivalency
2120 9matrixfortheforty-twocredithourblockatallinstitutionsofhighereducationinthestateto
2221 10facilitatethetransferofthosecoursesamonginstitutionsofhighereducationbypromoting
2322 11consistencyincoursedesignationandcourseidentification.Eachcommunitycollegeand
2423 12four-yearinstitutionofhighereducationshallincludeinitscourselistingstheapplicable
2524 13coursenumbersfromthecommoncoursenumberingequivalencymatrixapprovedbythe
2625 14coordinatingboardunderthissubsection.
2726 15 3.Thecoordinatingboardshallcompletetherequirementsofsubsections1and2of
2827 16thissectionpriortoJanuary1,2018,forimplementationofthecorecurriculumtransfer
2928 EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis
3029 intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 17recommendationsforthe2018-19academicyearforallpublicinstitutionsofhigher
3130 18education.
3231 19 4.(1)Thecoordinatingboard,withtheassistanceofanadvisorycommittee
3332 20composedofrepresentativesfromeachpubliccommunitycollegeinthisstateandeach
3433 21publicfour-yearinstitutionofhighereducationinthisstate,shallapproveasixty-credit-
3534 22hour,transferable,lower-divisioncoursecurriculumandacommoncoursenumbering
3635 23equivalencymatrixforthefollowingdegreeprograms:
3736 24 (a)Generalbusiness;
3837 25 (b)Elementaryeducationandteaching;
3938 26 (c)Generalpsychology;
4039 27 (d)Registerednursing;and
4140 28 (e)Generalbiologyorbiologicalscience,orboth.
4241 29 (2)Suchsixty-credit-hour,transferable,lower-divisioncoursecurriculumshall
4342 30facilitatethetransferofcoursesthatarepartofsuchcurriculumamongpublic
4443 31institutionsofhighereducationinthisstatebypromotingconsistencyincourse
4544 32designationandcourseidentification.
4645 33 (3)Eachpubliccommunitycollegeandpublicfour-yearinstitutionofhigher
4746 34educationinthisstateofferingthedegreeprogramsdescribedinsubdivision(1)ofthis
4847 35subsectionshallincludeinitsprogramsofstudythecommoncoursenumbering
4948 36equivalencymatrixapprovedbythecoordinatingboardunderthissubsection.
5049 37 5.Thecoordinatingboardshallcompletetherequirementsofsubsection4ofthis
5150 38sectionbeforeJune30,2027,forimplementationofthesixty-credit-hour,transferable,
5251 39lower-divisioncoursecurriculumforthedegreeprogramsdescribedinsubdivision(1)
5352 40ofsubsection4ofthissectionforthe2027-28academicyearforallpublicinstitutionsof
5453 41highereducationinthisstate.
5554 178.787.1.Eachcommunitycollege,asdefinedinsection163.191,andpublicfour-
5655 2yearinstitutionofhighereducationshalladopttheforty-twocredithourblock,including
5756 3specificcoursescomprisingthecurriculum,basedonthecorecurriculumrecommendations
5857 4madebythecoordinatingboardforhighereducationundersubsections1and2ofsection
5958 5178.786,forimplementationbeginninginthe2018-19academicyear.
6059 6 2.Ifastudentsuccessfullycompletestheforty-twocreditcorecurriculumata
6160 7communitycollegeorotherpublicinstitutionofhighereducation,thatblockofcoursesmay
6261 8betransferredtoanyotherpublicinstitutionofhighereducationinthisstateandshallbe
6362 9substitutedforthereceivinginstitution'scorecurriculum.Astudentshallreceiveacademic
6463 10creditforeachofthecoursestransferredandshallnotberequiredtotakeadditionalcore
6564 11curriculumcoursesatthereceivinginstitution.
6665 HB183 2 12 3.Astudentwhotransfersfromonepublicinstitutionofhighereducationtoanother
6766 13publicinstitutionofhighereducationinthestatewithoutcompletingthecorecurriculumof
6867 14thesendinginstitutionshallreceiveacademiccreditfromthereceivinginstitutionforeachof
6968 15thecoursesthatthestudenthassuccessfullycompletedinthecorecurriculumofthesending
7069 16institution.Followingreceiptofcreditforthesecourses,thestudentmayberequiredto
7170 17satisfyfurthercourserequirementsinthecorecurriculumofthereceivinginstitution.
7271 18 4.Eachcommunitycollegeinthisstate,asdefinedinsection163.191,andpublic
7372 19four-yearinstitutionofhighereducationinthisstateshalladoptthesixty-credit-hour,
7473 20transferable,lower-divisioncoursecurriculumandcommoncoursenumbering
7574 21equivalencymatrixforthedegreeprogramsdescribedinsubdivision(1)ofsubsection
7675 224ofsection178.786,includingspecificcoursesconstitutingthecurriculum,basedonthe
7776 23corecurriculumrecommendationsmadebythecoordinatingboardforhigher
7877 24educationundersubsection4ofsection178.786,forimplementationbeginninginthe
7978 252027-28academicyear.Noinstitutionofhighereducationinthisstateshallberequired
8079 26toadoptthesixty-credit-hour,transferable,lower-divisioncoursecurriculumfordegree
8180 27programsnotofferedattheinstitution.
8281 28 5.Ifastudentsuccessfullycompletesthesixty-credit-hour,transferable,lower-
8382 29divisioncoursesatacommunitycollegeorotherpublicinstitutionofhighereducationin
8483 30thisstate,suchblockofcoursesmaybetransferredtoanyotherpublicinstitutionof
8584 31highereducationinthisstateandshallbesubstitutedforthereceivinginstitution'score
8685 32curriculumforthesamedegreeprogram.Astudentshallreceiveacademiccredit
8786 33towardthestudent'sdegreeforeachofthecoursestransferredandshallnotberequired
8887 34totakeadditionalcorecurriculumcoursesatthereceivinginstitutionforthesame
8988 35degreeprogram.
9089 36 6.Astudentwhotransfersfromonepublicinstitutionofhighereducationinthis
9190 37statetoanotherpublicinstitutionofhighereducationinthisstatewithoutcompleting
9291 38thesixty-credit-hour,transferable,lower-divisioncoursecurriculumofthesending
9392 39institutionshallreceiveacademiccredittowardthesamedegreeprogramfromthe
9493 40receivinginstitutionforeachofthecoursesthatthestudenthassuccessfullycompleted
9594 41inthesixty-credit-hour,transferable,lower-divisioncoursecurriculumofthesending
9695 42institution.Followingreceiptofcreditforsuchcourses,thestudentmayberequiredto
9796 43satisfyfurthercourserequirementsinthesixty-credit-hour,transferable,lower-division
9897 44coursecurriculumofthereceivinginstitution.
9998 45 7.Thecoordinatingboardshallreporttothehousehighereducationcommittee
10099 46andthesenateeducationcommitteeonprogressrelatedtotherequirementsof
101100 HB183 3 47subsections4and5ofsection178.786andsubsections4,5,and6ofthissectionbefore
102101 48December31,2026.
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104103 HB183 4