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2	2	FIRST REGULAR SESSION
3	3	SENATE BILL NO. 69
4	4	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
5	5	INTRODUCED BY SENATOR HENDERSON.
6	6	0931S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
7	7	AN ACT
8	8	To repeal sections 178.786 and 178.787, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof two new sections
9	9	relating to higher education core curricula.
10	10
11	11	Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
12	12	Section A. Sections 178. 786 and 178.787, RSMo, are 1
13	13	repealed and two new sections enacted in lieu thereof, to be 2
14	14	known as sections 178.786 and 178.787, to read as follows:3
15	15	178.786. 1. The coordinating board for higher 1
16	16	education, with the assistance of an advisory committe e 2
17	17	composed of representatives from each public community 3
18	18	college in this state and each public four -year institution 4
19	19	of higher education, shall develop a recommended lower 5
20	20	division core curriculum of forty -two semester credit hours, 6
21	21	including a statement of the content, component areas, and 7
22	22	objectives of the core curriculum. A majority of the 8
23	23	members of the advisory committee shall be faculty members 9
24	24	from Missouri public institutions of higher education. 10
25	25	2. The coordinating board shall approv e a common 11
26	26	course numbering equivalency matrix for the forty -two credit 12
27	27	hour block at all institutions of higher education in the 13
28	28	state to facilitate the transfer of those courses among 14
29	29	institutions of higher education by promoting consistency in 15
30	30	course designation and course identification. Each 16
31	31	community college and four -year institution of higher 17
32	32	education shall include in its course listings the 18 SB 69 2
33	33	applicable course numbers from the common course numbering 19
34	34	equivalency matrix approved by the coord inating board under 20
35	35	this subsection. 21
36	36	3. The coordinating board shall complete the 22
37	37	requirements of subsections 1 and 2 of this section prior to 23
38	38	January 1, 2018, for implementation of the core curriculum 24
39	39	transfer recommendations for the 2018 -19 academic year for 25
40	40	all public institutions of higher education. 26
41	41	4. (1) The coordinating board, with the assistance of 27
42	42	an advisory committee composed of representatives from each 28
43	43	public community college in this state and each public four - 29
44	44	year institution of higher education in this state, shall 30
45	45	approve a sixty-credit-hour, transferable, lower -division 31
46	46	course curriculum and a common course numbering equivalency 32
47	47	matrix for the following degree programs: 33
48	48	(a) General business; 34
49	49	(b) Elementary education and teaching; 35
50	50	(c) General psychology; 36
51	51	(d) Registered nursing; and 37
52	52	(e) General biology or biological science, or both. 38
53	53	(2) Such sixty-credit-hour, transferable, lower - 39
54	54	division course curriculum shall facilitate the tran sfer of 40
55	55	courses that are part of such curriculum among public 41
56	56	institutions of higher education in this state by promoting 42
57	57	consistency in course designation and course identification. 43
58	58	(3) Each public community college and public four -year 44
59	59	institution of higher education in this state offering the 45
60	60	degree programs described in subdivision (1) of this 46
61	61	subsection shall include in its programs of study the common 47
62	62	course numbering equivalency matrix approved by the 48
63	63	coordinating board under this subse ction. 49 SB 69 3
64	64	5. The coordinating board shall complete the 50
65	65	requirements of subsection 4 of this section before June 30, 51
66	66	2027, for implementation of the sixty -credit-hour, 52
67	67	transferable, lower-division course curriculum for the 53
68	68	degree programs described i n subdivision (1) of subsection 4 54
69	69	of this section for the 2028 -29 academic year for all public 55
70	70	institutions of higher education in this state. 56
71	71	178.787. 1. Each community college, as defined in 1
72	72	section 163.191, and public four -year institution of higher 2
73	73	education shall adopt the forty -two credit hour block, 3
74	74	including specific courses comprising the curriculum, based 4
75	75	on the core curriculum recommendations made by the 5
76	76	coordinating board for higher education under subsections 1 6
77	77	and 2 of section 178.786, for implementation beginning in 7
78	78	the 2018-19 academic year. 8
79	79	2. If a student successfully completes the forty -two 9
80	80	credit core curriculum at a community college or other 10
81	81	public institution of higher education, that block of 11
82	82	courses may be transferred to any other public institution 12
83	83	of higher education in this state and shall be substituted 13
84	84	for the receiving institution's core curriculum. A student 14
85	85	shall receive academic credit for each of the courses 15
86	86	transferred and shall n ot be required to take additional 16
87	87	core curriculum courses at the receiving institution. 17
88	88	3. A student who transfers from one public institution 18
89	89	of higher education to another public institution of higher 19
90	90	education in the state without completing th e core 20
91	91	curriculum of the sending institution shall receive academic 21
92	92	credit from the receiving institution for each of the 22
93	93	courses that the student has successfully completed in the 23
94	94	core curriculum of the sending institution. Following 24
95	95	receipt of credit for these courses, the student may be 25 SB 69 4
96	96	required to satisfy further course requirements in the core 26
97	97	curriculum of the receiving institution. 27
98	98	4. Each community college in this state, as defined in 28
99	99	section 163.191, and public four -year institution of higher 29
100	100	education in this state shall adopt the sixty -credit-hour, 30
101	101	transferable, lower-division course curriculum and common 31
102	102	course numbering equivalency matrix for the degree programs 32
103	103	described in subdivision (1) of subsection 4 of section 33
104	104	178.786, including specific courses constituting the 34
105	105	curriculum, based on the core curriculum recommendations 35
106	106	made by the coordinating board for higher education under 36
107	107	subsection 4 of section 178.786, for implementation 37
108	108	beginning in the 2028 -29 academic year. No institution of 38
109	109	higher education in this state shall be required to adopt 39
110	110	the sixty-credit-hour, transferable, lower -division course 40
111	111	curriculum for degree programs not offered at the 41
112	112	institution. 42
113	113	5. If a student successfully completes the sixt y- 43
114	114	credit-hour, transferable, lower -division courses at a 44
115	115	community college or other public institution of higher 45
116	116	education in this state, such block of courses may be 46
117	117	transferred to any other public institution of higher 47
118	118	education in this state and sh all be substituted for the 48
119	119	receiving institution's core curriculum for the same degree 49
120	120	program. A student shall receive academic credit toward the 50
121	121	student's degree for each of the courses transferred and 51
122	122	shall not be required to take additional core c urriculum 52
123	123	courses at the receiving institution for the same degree 53
124	124	program. 54
125	125	6. A student who transfers from one public institution 55
126	126	of higher education in this state to another public 56
127	127	institution of higher education in this state without 57 SB 69 5
128	128	completing the sixty-credit-hour, transferable, lower - 58
129	129	division course curriculum of the sending institution shall 59
130	130	receive academic credit toward the same degree program from 60
131	131	the receiving institution for each of the courses that the 61
132	132	student has successfully co mpleted in the sixty -credit-hour, 62
133	133	transferable, lower-division course curriculum of the 63
134	134	sending institution. Following receipt of credit for such 64
135	135	courses, the student may be required to satisfy further 65
136	136	course requirements in the sixty -credit-hour, transferable, 66
137	137	lower-division course curriculum of the receiving 67
138	138	institution. 68
139	139	7. The coordinating board shall report to the house 69
140	140	higher education committee and the senate education 70
141	141	committee on progress related to the requirements of 71
142	142	subsections 4 and 5 of section 178.786 and subsections 4, 5, 72
143	143	and 6 of this section before December 31, 2026. 73
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