SB 525 - This act adds a student member with full voting powers to the Board of Regents, Governors, and Curators of several of the public institutions of higher education in this state.

UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI SYSTEM

SECTION 172.030 - This section asserts that one of the nine members of the Board of Curators of the University of Missouri System shall be a current full-time student of the University of Missouri, whose title shall be student curator. The student curator shall possess full voting powers and shall serve a term of two years provided that the student maintains the status of a full-time student.

SECTION 172.035 - This section, which articulates the conditions regarding the non-voting student representative on the Board of Curators, has been removed.

SECTION 172.037 - The provisions which reference the limitations of the student representative's powers have been removed from this section.

SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY

SECTION 174.050 - This section, which was last amended in 1949, used to apply to all of the boards of regents of higher education institutions in the chapter. However, only one institution (Southeast Missouri State University) currently is governed by this section. The section has been altered to exclusively apply to Southeast Missouri State University. Further, the section has been amended to allow for a student regent with full voting powers.

SECTION 174.055 - This section, which articulates the conditions regarding the non-voting student representative on the Board of Regents, has been removed.

MISSOURI SOUTHERN STATE COLLEGE AND MISSOURI WESTERN STATE COLLEGE

SECTION 174.241 - This section has been altered to allow for a student regent with full voting powers on the Board of Regents of both Missouri Southern State College and Missouri Western State College.

HARRIS STOWE COLLEGE

SECTION 174.300 - This section has been altered to allow for a student regent with full voting powers on the Board of Regents of Harris Stowe College.

NORTHWEST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY

SECTION 174.332 - This section has been altered to allow for a student regent with full voting powers on the Board of Regents of Northwest Missouri State University.

CENTRAL MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY

SECTION 174.450 - This section has been altered to allow for a student governor with full voting powers on the Board of Governors of both Central Missouri State University and Southwest Missouri State University.

TRUMAN STATE UNIVERSITY

SECTION 174.610 - This section has been altered to allow for a student governor with full voting powers on the Board of Governors of Truman State University.

SECTION 174.621 - The provisions which reference the limitations of the student representative's powers have been removed from this section.

LINCOLN UNIVERSITY

SECTION 175.020 - This section asserts that one of the nine members of the Board of Curators of Lincoln University shall be a current full-time student of the University, whose title shall be student curator. The student curator shall possess full voting powers and shall serve a term of two years provided that the student maintains the status of a full-time student. This section conforms to the University System statute due to the provisions of 175.040, which articulates that "the Board of Curators of the Lincoln University shall organize after the manner of the board of curators of the state University of Missouri".

SECTION 175.021 - This section, which articulates the conditions regarding the non-voting student representative on the Board of Curators, has been removed.

SECTION 175.023 - The provisions which reference the limitations of the student representative's powers have been removed from this section.

LINN STATE TECHNICAL COLLEGE

SECTION 178.632 - This section has been modified to allow for a student regent with full voting powers on the governing board of Linn State Technical College.

This act is similar to HB 1527 (2002).
DONALD THALHUBER