FIRST REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 45
91ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE FARNEN.
Pre-filed December 1, 2000, and 1000 copies ordered printed.
ANNE C. WALKER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To repeal section 161.112, RSMo 2000, relating to the qualifications of the commissioner of education, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to the same subject.
Section A. Section 161.112, RSMo 2000, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 161.112, to read as follows:
161.112. The state board of education shall appoint a commissioner of education as its chief administrative officer. The
commissioner shall be a citizen [who has resided in the state for at least one year immediately preceding his appointment
and who possesses] and resident of the state upon assumption of his or her duties, and shall possess an educational
attainment and breadth of experience in the administration of public education. The board shall prescribe the duties of the
commissioner and fix [his] the commissioner's compensation, and may remove [him] the commissioner at its discretion.
Missouri House of
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