FIRST REGULAR SESSION

[TRULY AGREED TO AND FINALLY PASSED]

HOUSE BILL NO. 45

91ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

0047L.02T 2001

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.



Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:

Section A. Section 161.112, RSMo 2000, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 161.112, to read as follows: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 Representatives