FIRSTREGULARSESSION
[PERFECTED]
HOUSEBILLNO.183
103RDGENERALASSEMBLY
INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVEPARKER.
0313H.02P JOSEPHENGLER,ChiefClerk
ANACT
Torepealsections178.786and178.787,RSMo,andtoenactinlieuthereoftwonewsections
relatingtohighereducationcorecurricula.
BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows:
SectionA.Sections178.786and178.787,RSMo,arerepealedandtwonewsections
2enactedinlieuthereof,tobeknownassections178.786and178.787,toreadasfollows:
178.786.1.Thecoordinatingboardforhighereducation,withtheassistanceofan
2advisorycommitteecomposedofrepresentativesfromeachpubliccommunitycollegeinthis
3stateandeachpublicfour-yearinstitutionofhighereducation,shalldeveloparecommended
4lowerdivisioncorecurriculumofforty-twosemestercredithours,includingastatementof
5thecontent,componentareas,andobjectivesofthecorecurriculum.Amajorityofthe
6membersoftheadvisorycommitteeshallbefacultymembersfromMissouripublic
7institutionsofhighereducation.
8 2.Thecoordinatingboardshallapproveacommoncoursenumberingequivalency
9matrixfortheforty-twocredithourblockatallinstitutionsofhighereducationinthestateto
10facilitatethetransferofthosecoursesamonginstitutionsofhighereducationbypromoting
11consistencyincoursedesignationandcourseidentification.Eachcommunitycollegeand
12four-yearinstitutionofhighereducationshallincludeinitscourselistingstheapplicable
13coursenumbersfromthecommoncoursenumberingequivalencymatrixapprovedbythe
14coordinatingboardunderthissubsection.
15 3.Thecoordinatingboardshallcompletetherequirementsofsubsections1and2of
16thissectionpriortoJanuary1,2018,forimplementationofthecorecurriculumtransfer
EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis
intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 17recommendationsforthe2018-19academicyearforallpublicinstitutionsofhigher
18education.
19 4.(1)Thecoordinatingboard,withtheassistanceofanadvisorycommittee
20composedofrepresentativesfromeachpubliccommunitycollegeinthisstateandeach
21publicfour-yearinstitutionofhighereducationinthisstate,shallapproveasixty-credit-
22hour,transferable,lower-divisioncoursecurriculumandacommoncoursenumbering
23equivalencymatrixforthefollowingdegreeprograms:
24 (a)Generalbusiness;
25 (b)Elementaryeducationandteaching;
26 (c)Generalpsychology;
27 (d)Registerednursing;and
28 (e)Generalbiologyorbiologicalscience,orboth.
29 (2)Suchsixty-credit-hour,transferable,lower-divisioncoursecurriculumshall
30facilitatethetransferofcoursesthatarepartofsuchcurriculumamongpublic
31institutionsofhighereducationinthisstatebypromotingconsistencyincourse
32designationandcourseidentification.
33 (3)Eachpubliccommunitycollegeandpublicfour-yearinstitutionofhigher
34educationinthisstateofferingthedegreeprogramsdescribedinsubdivision(1)ofthis
35subsectionshallincludeinitsprogramsofstudythecommoncoursenumbering
36equivalencymatrixapprovedbythecoordinatingboardunderthissubsection.
37 5.Thecoordinatingboardshallcompletetherequirementsofsubsection4ofthis
38sectionbeforeJune30,2027,forimplementationofthesixty-credit-hour,transferable,
39lower-divisioncoursecurriculumforthedegreeprogramsdescribedinsubdivision(1)
40ofsubsection4ofthissectionforthe2027-28academicyearforallpublicinstitutionsof
41highereducationinthisstate.
178.787.1.Eachcommunitycollege,asdefinedinsection163.191,andpublicfour-
2yearinstitutionofhighereducationshalladopttheforty-twocredithourblock,including
3specificcoursescomprisingthecurriculum,basedonthecorecurriculumrecommendations
4madebythecoordinatingboardforhighereducationundersubsections1and2ofsection
5178.786,forimplementationbeginninginthe2018-19academicyear.
6 2.Ifastudentsuccessfullycompletestheforty-twocreditcorecurriculumata
7communitycollegeorotherpublicinstitutionofhighereducation,thatblockofcoursesmay
8betransferredtoanyotherpublicinstitutionofhighereducationinthisstateandshallbe
9substitutedforthereceivinginstitution'scorecurriculum.Astudentshallreceiveacademic
10creditforeachofthecoursestransferredandshallnotberequiredtotakeadditionalcore
11curriculumcoursesatthereceivinginstitution.
HB183 2 12 3.Astudentwhotransfersfromonepublicinstitutionofhighereducationtoanother
13publicinstitutionofhighereducationinthestatewithoutcompletingthecorecurriculumof
14thesendinginstitutionshallreceiveacademiccreditfromthereceivinginstitutionforeachof
15thecoursesthatthestudenthassuccessfullycompletedinthecorecurriculumofthesending
16institution.Followingreceiptofcreditforthesecourses,thestudentmayberequiredto
17satisfyfurthercourserequirementsinthecorecurriculumofthereceivinginstitution.
18 4.Eachcommunitycollegeinthisstate,asdefinedinsection163.191,andpublic
19four-yearinstitutionofhighereducationinthisstateshalladoptthesixty-credit-hour,
20transferable,lower-divisioncoursecurriculumandcommoncoursenumbering
21equivalencymatrixforthedegreeprogramsdescribedinsubdivision(1)ofsubsection
224ofsection178.786,includingspecificcoursesconstitutingthecurriculum,basedonthe
23corecurriculumrecommendationsmadebythecoordinatingboardforhigher
24educationundersubsection4ofsection178.786,forimplementationbeginninginthe
252027-28academicyear.Noinstitutionofhighereducationinthisstateshallberequired
26toadoptthesixty-credit-hour,transferable,lower-divisioncoursecurriculumfordegree
27programsnotofferedattheinstitution.
28 5.Ifastudentsuccessfullycompletesthesixty-credit-hour,transferable,lower-
29divisioncoursesatacommunitycollegeorotherpublicinstitutionofhighereducationin
30thisstate,suchblockofcoursesmaybetransferredtoanyotherpublicinstitutionof
31highereducationinthisstateandshallbesubstitutedforthereceivinginstitution'score
32curriculumforthesamedegreeprogram.Astudentshallreceiveacademiccredit
33towardthestudent'sdegreeforeachofthecoursestransferredandshallnotberequired
34totakeadditionalcorecurriculumcoursesatthereceivinginstitutionforthesame
35degreeprogram.
36 6.Astudentwhotransfersfromonepublicinstitutionofhighereducationinthis
37statetoanotherpublicinstitutionofhighereducationinthisstatewithoutcompleting
38thesixty-credit-hour,transferable,lower-divisioncoursecurriculumofthesending
39institutionshallreceiveacademiccredittowardthesamedegreeprogramfromthe
40receivinginstitutionforeachofthecoursesthatthestudenthassuccessfullycompleted
41inthesixty-credit-hour,transferable,lower-divisioncoursecurriculumofthesending
42institution.Followingreceiptofcreditforsuchcourses,thestudentmayberequiredto
43satisfyfurthercourserequirementsinthesixty-credit-hour,transferable,lower-division
44coursecurriculumofthereceivinginstitution.
45 7.Thecoordinatingboardshallreporttothehousehighereducationcommittee
46andthesenateeducationcommitteeonprogressrelatedtotherequirementsof
HB183 3 47subsections4and5ofsection178.786andsubsections4,5,and6ofthissectionbefore
48December31,2026.
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